Terms and Conditions

§ 1 Scope, contracting parties

(1) These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern the contractual relationship between oi.gg, Bitte im Admin-Panel pflegen ("Provider") and natural or legal persons ("User") using the URL-shortening and link-management service available at oi.gg ("Service").

(2) Deviating terms of the User are not accepted unless the Provider expressly agrees to them in text form.

§ 2 Subject matter

(1) The Provider operates a web-based service that allows shortening, managing and analysing URLs. The scope of features follows the service description currently published on the website.

(2) There is no claim to uninterrupted availability. The Provider strives for an annual average uptime of 99 %. Maintenance windows are announced where possible.

§ 3 Registration, account

(1) Extended features require an account. The User must provide truthful information and keep it up to date.

(2) Credentials are confidential; the User is liable for any use of their account. Unauthorised access must be reported to support@oi.gg without delay.

(3) By registering, the User confirms that they are at least 16 years old or have parental consent (Art. 8 GDPR).

§ 4 Rights of use

(1) The Provider grants the User a simple, non-transferable right to use the Service for the duration of the contract.

(2) Intellectual property rights in software, trademarks, logos and content of the Provider remain with the Provider.

§ 5 User obligations, prohibited content

(1) The User is solely responsible for the links they shorten and for the destinations behind them. In particular, the User must not create short links that point to:

• illegal content, content violating public morals or applicable law;
• malware, phishing, scareware, cryptojacking or similar harmful content;
• unsolicited direct marketing (spam);
• content harmful to minors, pornographic or glorifying violence;
• hate speech, calls to violence or discrimination;
• content infringing copyright, trademark, personality or competition rights of third parties;
• content used to bypass security mechanisms (e.g. CAPTCHA, geo-blocking) or to perform cyber-attacks (DDoS, brute-force);
• content that deceives the recipient by deliberately disguising the real destination.

(2) The Provider is entitled to block such links at any time without prior notice and to deactivate the affected accounts. Claims for damages remain unaffected.

(3) The User indemnifies the Provider against any claims of third parties arising from a breach of these Terms by the User, including reasonable legal defence costs.

§ 6 Suspension, termination

(1) The Provider may terminate the contract with 14 days' notice to the end of the month. The right to extraordinary termination for cause remains unaffected; cause exists in particular in case of a violation of § 5.

(2) The User may delete their account at any time via the account settings.

(3) After termination the User's data is deleted within 30 days, unless statutory retention obligations apply.

§ 7 Liability

(1) The Provider is liable without limitation in case of intent and gross negligence and for injury to life, body or health.

(2) For slight negligence the Provider is liable only for breaches of essential contractual duties and then only limited to the foreseeable, contract-typical damage.

(3) Liability for indirect damages, lost profits or data loss is – except in case of intent or gross negligence – excluded. The User is responsible for regular backups of their data.

(4) The Provider is not liable for content that is reached through shortened links; this is not the Provider's own content.

§ 8 Fees, plans

(1) The basic version of the Service is free of charge. Paid plans are described separately.

(2) Prices are gross prices (incl. statutory VAT) for consumers and net prices plus statutory VAT for businesses.

§ 9 Consumer right of withdrawal

Consumers have a statutory right of withdrawal. Details are provided in the withdrawal notice presented at contract conclusion.

§ 10 Changes to these Terms

(1) The Provider may amend these Terms with effect for the future if required for regulatory, technical or economic reasons. Changes are notified to the User in text form at least 30 days before they take effect.

(2) If the User does not object within this period and continues to use the Service, the amended Terms are deemed accepted. The notification will draw special attention to this consequence.

§ 11 Dispute resolution (ODR notice)

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (ODR), available at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. The Provider is not obliged and not willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body (§ 36 VSBG).

§ 12 Final provisions

(1) German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. For consumers, mandatory provisions of their country of residence remain unaffected.

(2) Place of performance and – where permitted – exclusive place of jurisdiction is the Provider's seat.

(3) Should any provision of these Terms be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected.

Effective: May 21, 2026 · Version 1