Terms and Conditions — Legal Monitor

Version 1.1 — effective from 15.04.2026 (material change: service scope, scan authorization, pricing rules)

Provider: Thorsten Ahrens, Serahr — serahr.de

1. Scope

These Terms apply to the use of "Serahr Legal Monitor", provided by Thorsten Ahrens (hereinafter "Provider"). The service is exclusively intended for businesses, freelancers, associations, foundations, and other legal entities acting in the course of their commercial, self-employed, or statutory activities (hereinafter "Customer"). By actively confirming (checkbox) in the registration form, the Customer accepts these Terms.

2. Service Description

Serahr Legal Monitor is an automated information service. The service includes the following offerings conclusively:

• Monitoring: Regular scanning of publicly accessible legal sources (e.g. Federal Law Gazette, EUR-Lex, data protection authorities) for changes relevant to the Customer's business. Typically twice per month (1st and 15th).
• AI-powered summary and assessment: Relevance evaluation of identified changes using a language model (currently Claude Sonnet 4 from Anthropic, accessed via OpenRouter). See Privacy Policy § 4 for AI processing details.
• Automatic source discovery: The service may propose new legal sources as candidates using AI ("Auto-Discovery"). New sources are only actively used after quality checks.
• Email notifications: Personalized reports emailed to each subscriber with topics relevant to them.
• Dashboard: Web access with overview of identified topics, resolution status, and compliance trends.
• Website scan: One-time or token-based repeated scan of a Customer-provided website (see § 3).
• Custom keywords: Option to enter individual search terms to refine relevance checks. These keywords are incorporated into AI prompts of all monitoring runs in pseudonymized form (without customer attribution) to enable cross-topic relevance checks. The Customer should therefore not enter confidential or personally identifying terms.
• API access: Programmatic retrieval of Customer-relevant findings via a personal API key.
• Webhook notifications: Automatic HTTP POST to a Customer-configured URL on new findings.
• Compliance report: Printable status report as PDF for a given reference date.
• 30-day read-only access after cancellation.

3. Website Scan and Scan Authorization

The website scan only checks publicly accessible information on the provided website, as visible to any visitor (cookies, loaded scripts, imprint, privacy policy, terms of service). The scan does not analyze source code, server structures, databases, or internal systems. The scan result is a technical assessment, not a legal evaluation. No guarantee of completeness or accuracy is provided.

The scanner identifies itself to the scanned website with user-agent SerahrLegalMonitor/1.0 (+https://serahr.de/legal-monitor/bot) and respects robots.txt directives (for this user-agent or for *). If scanning is disallowed, it will not be executed.

Scan authorization (mandatory): By initiating the scan, the Customer actively warrants that they are responsible for the given website (owner, authorized administrator, or with express consent of the responsible party). The Customer indemnifies the Provider against all third-party claims arising from a scan without authorization (notably § 830 BGB, § 4 UWG, copyright or data protection law). Scan authorization is logged and retained as evidence per scan.

4. No Legal Advice

This service expressly does not constitute legal advice and does not replace consultation with a qualified lawyer. The Provider is not a lawyer and does not provide legal services within the meaning of the German Legal Services Act (RDG). The information provided serves only as guidance. Topic summaries, relevance and recommendation outputs are produced by an AI language model and are marked as AI-generated in the dashboard and email (Art. 50(2) AI Act, effective from 02.08.2026).

5. No Guarantee of Completeness

The Provider endeavors to identify and summarize relevant legal changes in a timely manner. However, no guarantee is given as to the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of the information. In particular, it cannot be guaranteed that:

• all relevant legal changes are captured
• the AI-powered assessment is correct in every case
• the summaries cover all relevant aspects of a legal change

Independent review by the Customer or a lawyer remains necessary.

6. Prices, Payment and Price Adjustment

The service is available in: €49.00 per month, €490.00 per year (equivalent to 2 free months), or a one-time lifetime license for €999.00 (plus applicable VAT). Billing is via Stripe. Lifetime licenses are limited to 100 units. A one-time free website scan upon registration is available without subscribing.

Scan tokens: Each user receives 1 scan token upon registration. Subscribers receive 3 scan tokens upon each renewal (no stacking — the token count is reset to 3). Each scan consumes 1 token. Unused tokens expire upon the next refill. Existing tokens may be used during the 30-day read-only access period after cancellation.

Upgrade, downgrade, proration: An upgrade (e.g. monthly → yearly or → lifetime) takes effect immediately; the amount already paid for the current billing period is prorated against the new plan. A downgrade takes effect at the end of the current billing period; amounts already paid are not refunded.

Discount codes/coupons: Codes apply only to the plan and period explicitly named. No right to discounts exists. Specific code conditions are displayed at checkout.

Price adjustment: The Provider may adjust prices for ongoing subscriptions with at least 6 weeks notice before the next renewal. Notice is by email. The Customer has a right of extraordinary termination effective at the time the price adjustment takes effect. Lifetime license prices paid are guaranteed for the lifetime of the service.

7. Term, Cancellation, Withdrawal Waiver

The contract is concluded for an indefinite period. The Customer may cancel at any time effective at the end of the current billing period. Cancellation via dashboard (Settings → Manage subscription) or Stripe customer portal. 30 days read-only access after cancellation; data is permanently deleted within another 30 days thereafter (see Privacy Policy § 8, § 9).

Right of withdrawal: The offer is exclusively for business customers (§ 1). A right of withdrawal pursuant to §§ 355 ff. BGB does not apply. In case a consumer uses the service contrary to § 1: the right of withdrawal expires upon start of service delivery pursuant to § 356(5) BGB, as this is a digital service and the Customer expressly agrees that service delivery begins before the withdrawal period expires.

8. Liability

The Provider's liability is limited as follows:

• For damages arising from injury to life, body, or health, liability is unlimited.
• For intentional or grossly negligent breaches of duty, liability is unlimited.
• For slightly negligent breaches of essential contractual obligations, liability is limited to foreseeable, contract-typical damages.
• In particular, the Provider is not liable for damages arising from the Customer acting or failing to act based on the information provided.
• For damages arising from an unauthorized scan (§ 3), the Customer is exclusively liable.

9. Availability and Lifetime Protection

The Provider strives for high availability but cannot guarantee it. Maintenance, technical issues, or changes to monitored sources may cause temporary limitations.

Lifetime protection: If the service is fully discontinued within 3 years of a lifetime license purchase, the Provider refunds the purchase price on a pro-rata-temporis basis (relative to 3 years of use). Discontinuation is announced at least 6 weeks in advance by email.

10. Data Protection

Personal data is processed in accordance with the Privacy Policy at serahr.de/en/datenschutz/legal-monitor.

11. Changes to Terms

The Provider reserves the right to amend these Terms with reasonable notice. The Customer will be notified by email.

Material changes require the Customer's active consent. Without consent, the Customer may continue to use the affected part of the service under the previous terms or terminate extraordinarily effective on the change date. Deemed consent through mere silence is excluded.

Editorial clarifications and legally required adaptations take effect if the Customer does not object within six weeks of receiving the change notice.

12. Final Provisions

German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Place of jurisdiction is the Provider's registered office, to the extent permitted by law. Severability clause applies.