www.askspree.de - Terms of Use

1. Parties to the Agreement


The Parties to the Agreement are the Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Laboratories, the research and development institute of Deutsche Telekom - An-Institut of Technische Universität Berlin (hereinafter referred to as “T-Labs”), Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7, 10587 Berlin and the user.

2. Subject matter of the Agreement


The Subject matter of the Agreement arises from these Terms of Use. These regulate the gratuitous use of the website www.askspree.de within the framework of the technical and operational resources.

3. Services of T-Labs


  1. On www.askspree.de T-Labs provides a question answering community portal. The system helps to find other users that might be able to answer a given question and allows for the direct communication between users.
  2. T-Labs reserves the right to change, amend, remove or discontinue the information and services provided on www.askspree.de in its entirety any time and without notice. T-Labs is not obliged to keep a specific offer available.

4. Rights and obligations of the user


  1. www.askspree.de contains, among others, data and information subject to copyright and/or brand name protection which are provided by T-Labs as the creator of the database. The rights in accordance with § 87 b UrhG (German Copyright Act) – rights of the database´s creator remain reserved for the benefit of T-Labs, in particular the right to further commercial use. In particular, it is prohibited to download, copy in any way, change, disseminate, store, present, transmit, hire out, borrow or utilize the database provided by T-Labs in full or in part, especially text, parts of text, data and/or audio data.
  2. The user is only entitled to technically necessary duplication for browsing purposes (access to the website and display of the website and its content) insofar as this is not done for commercial purposes. Furthermore, the user is allowed to make permanent copies of data and information for personal use.
  3. A hyperlink (Internet link) may be placed on the website to exclusively serve as a cross reference. T-Labs reserves the right to withdraw this permission. It is not permitted to show this website in a frame.

5. Warranty


  1. T-Labs does not guarantee permanent and comprehensive availability of www.askspree.de, which may for instance be affected by interruptions of the server, public communication networks, power supply or by other circumstances beyond the control of T-Labs.
  2. T-Labs furthermore reserves the right to restrict the services within reason, for the purpose of maintenance work and further development, insofar as this is necessary for proper or improved operation.
  3. T-Labs does not guarantee that the information provided on www.askspree.de is complete, accurate or up-to-date in all cases. This also applies to any links to which www.askspree.de may refer, directly or indirectly. T-Labs shall not be held responsible for the contents of a page accessed via such a link.
  4. For the rest, liability is in accordance with Section 6.

6. Liability


  1. T-Labs shall be fully liable for any damage caused intentionally or by gross negligence or if the damage is attributable to the lack of a guaranteed feature.
  2. In the event of slight negligence, T-Labs shall be fully liable in case damages arising from death and injury to body and health.
  3. Liability shall otherwise be excluded, although liability arising from the Product Liability Act (ProdHG) shall not be affected hereby.

7. Data protection


T-Labs's Data protection guidelines shall apply.

8. Final provisions


The laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, shall apply.