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Legal Notice
Draft – to be reviewed by a lawyer before publication
This text is a draft and not legal advice. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer and must not be read as binding. Provider company details appear as placeholders in square brackets.
Version 2026-1-entwurf
Open points
These points have to be resolved before publication.
- Seat and legal form: Until the seat and legal form of [FIRMA] are fixed, it is unclear whether section 5 ECG and section 25 MedienG (Austria), section 5 DDG (Germany) or both apply. When offering to users in several countries, the requirements of each legal system must be checked.
- Norm references:
docs/legalcontains no sources on imprint and disclosure duties. All cited norms (section 5 ECG, section 25 MedienG, section 5 DDG) are listed only as "to be checked"; mandatory details, scope and current wording must be confirmed by a lawyer. - Disclosure under section 25 MedienG: Whether the website is a "medium" under the Austrian Media Act and which details (media owner, business purpose, basic direction) must be disclosed needs clarification.
- Supervisory authority and chamber: Whether the activity is subject to trade or professional supervision is open.
- Telephone number: Whether a phone number is mandatory or a second fast contact option (e-mail, contact form) suffices must be checked per jurisdiction.
- Consumer dispute resolution: The service targets businesses only; whether a notice or participation duty exists must be checked.
- Switzerland: For providers with seat or target audience in Switzerland, the imprint duty (e.g. under unfair competition law) is not substantiated in
docs/legaland must be checked. - Responsible for content: Whether and for which content a named responsible person must be given is open.
Details under section 5 ECG (Austria), section 5 DDG (Germany) and section 25 MedienG (Austria)
All norm references are "to be checked" (see open point 2).
| Item | Placeholder | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Company name and legal form | [FIRMA] | Section 5 ECG, section 5 DDG: name or company of the service provider including legal form (to be checked) |
| Seat and address | [ANSCHRIFT] | Section 5 ECG, section 5 DDG: geographic address of establishment; no P.O. box (to be checked) |
| Contact: e-mail | [KONTAKT] | Section 5 ECG, section 5 DDG: details for fast electronic contact (to be checked) |
| Contact: telephone | [KONTAKT – optional] | Mandatory depending on jurisdiction (to be checked, open point 5) |
| Commercial register number and court | [FIRMENBUCHNUMMER/HANDELSREGISTER] | Section 5 ECG: register number and court; section 5 DDG: register and number (to be checked) |
| VAT ID | [UID] | Section 5 ECG: UID number; section 5 DDG: VAT identification number, if any (to be checked) |
| Management / authorised representatives | [GESCHÄFTSFÜHRUNG] | Section 5 DDG: authorised representatives of legal entities (to be checked) |
| Supervisory authority / chamber / professional rules | [OFFEN – if applicable] | Section 5 ECG, section 5 DDG: where the activity is subject to supervision (to be checked, open point 4) |
| Media owner (Austria) | [FIRMA] | Section 25 MedienG: name or company, business purpose, seat, ownership and holdings (to be checked, open point 3) |
| Basic direction / editorial line (Austria) | [OFFEN – define text] | Section 25 MedienG: disclosure of the website's basic direction, where applicable (to be checked) |
| Consumer dispute resolution | [OFFEN] | Service for businesses only (B2B); check whether a notice of non-participation or participation is needed (open point 6) |
Liability and copyright notices
[OFFEN – have standard notices on content, external links and copyright drafted by a lawyer, if desired.]
Open source
kloq is largely licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPL-3.0). The licence texts in the source repository are authoritative [OFFEN – insert link].
As of: 2026-10-10, version 2026-1-entwurf.