Terms and Conditions

§ 2 Scope of Use and Changes

LexMea provides the user with numerous functions (hereinafter referred to as 'digital services') free of charge as part of the usage contract:

• Access to all standard functions of the database,
• Use of all standard personalization functions (underlining, highlighting, references, own schemes, and notes)
• Access to all standard LexMea schemes
• Access to information offers and advertisements (job offers, event notices, textbooks, etc.).

LexMea continuously adapts its offer to current requirements. For this purpose, editorial content is periodically updated, and technical changes are made to maintain user-friendliness and usability of LexMea and to adapt to the current state of the art (agreed updates).

Further changes to these digital services (upgrades) are made only for a good reason, such as adapting the product to user feedback, a new technical environment, or increased user numbers, as well as other important operational reasons, and informing the users without incurring additional costs for such changes.

The usage contract for the use of these digital services is concluded for an indefinite period and can be terminated at any time without notice by both parties. If a paid service extension has been concluded, it must be terminated first according to § 11. The right to terminate without notice for good cause remains unaffected. Good cause for LexMea exists in particular if the user has seriously or repeatedly violated these General Terms and Conditions or other contractual obligations despite a warning from LexMea (especially if there is a serious or repeated case of misuse against the cooperation and security obligations).

The user terminates the digital service by deleting the user account in the user account settings.

Upon termination, there is no longer any access to the account and the data stored there. Exceptions are data that LexMea is legally obliged to retain or has a legitimate interest in retaining, e.g., to prevent re-registration after a justified suspension.

§ 4 Availability

LexMea strives to provide its entire offer as uninterrupted as possible and at least 95% of the time over the calendar year. Necessary and regular maintenance work, which is announced in advance, is excluded.

Non-availability due to internet disruptions, force majeure, or other circumstances such as war or pandemics/epidemics, which LexMea is not responsible for, is excluded.

Non-availability due to cyber-attacks that could not have been prevented even with reasonable care in cybersecurity is excluded.

§ 6 Cooperation and Security Obligations

The user must create the technical prerequisites for using the web app and retrieving the content. This is particularly the use of a common browser with up-to-date software.

The user undertakes to take common security precautions to protect their systems from malware. The user takes appropriate protective measures to prevent data espionage (§ 202a StGB), data alteration (§ 303a StGB), or data sabotage (§ 303b StGB).

The user must keep the login data used to register with LexMea confidential. They are solely responsible for all activities that occur under these login data. If there is a suspicion that someone has gained access to the user account, the user must inform LexMea immediately by email at datenschutz@lexmea.de.

The user refrains from the following within the scope of their cooperation obligations:

• using LexMea's offer in a way that could impair, disrupt, or negatively affect the offer, the servers, or the networks connected to the offer.
• uploading viruses or other malicious code or otherwise endangering the security of the offer.
• manipulating identification features to obscure the origin of information transmitted through the service.
• framing parts of the offer without LexMea's prior written consent (i.e., including a part of the page as a frame in another page) or mirroring (i.e., saving with all subpages).
• using meta-tags (encoded information stored in the head area of an HTML document and used to specify metadata), codes, or other devices that contain a reference to LexMea or the offer, a brand, a trade name, a service mark, a logo, or slogan of LexMea to direct people to other websites (e.g., using Google-Keywords Ads / SEA).
• modifying, adapting, sublicensing, translating, selling, reverse engineering, decrypting, decompiling, or disassembling parts of our offer or causing others to do so.
• facilitating or promoting activities that violate this contract.

§ 9 Data Protection

Data protection is of the highest priority for LexMea. We therefore go beyond the already high level of protection of the European General Data Protection Regulation in many areas. Our data protection notices explain how we collect and use personal data.

The use of the digital services provided at market launch by LexMea is free of charge and will remain so in the future. We can ensure this through advertisements. If we personalize this advertising, we do not pass any data to advertising partners but perform the personalization ourselves on our own European servers. For example, we show users who open § 433 BGB textbooks on sales law without our advertising partners knowing who opens § 433 BGB. LexMea collects, uses, and processes personal data to offer the user personalized content and advertisements. In the privacy cockpit, the user can check and centrally manage their privacy settings regarding the use of their data at any time.

LexMea ensures that all persons involved in processing personal data have signed a commitment to data secrecy.

In the event that LexMea acts as a processor under Art. 28 General Data Protection Regulation for the customer, the customer grants LexMea the general authorization to engage further processors (especially the European server provider Hetzner Online based in Gunzenhausen). LexMea itself implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that the processing is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and ensures the protection of the rights of the data subject.

The user can optionally consent to receive a newsletter (product changes, advertisements, events, etc.) during the registration process. Since spam emails are annoying, we only send an email for really relevant news – for example, when introducing entirely new functions on LexMea, special events in the user's region, or their legal field. This can be revoked by the user at any time in the profile settings or via a link at the end of each email.

§ 11 Special Provisions for Paid Service Extensions

Prices and Scope of Services

The terms of the offer (prices, conditions, scope of services) and separate terms of use for the paid service extensions are derived from the version of the price information and product descriptions on the LexMea (lexmea.de) websites valid at the time of the order.

The usage rights are limited to the product ordered by the user. They are personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, and non-sublicensable. Simultaneous access by multiple users using the same personal access data is not possible. This license and any access authorization to the service will be automatically revoked if the user violates their cooperation and security obligations under these General Terms and Conditions. All rights not expressly granted to the user in this contract are reserved by LexMea.

Unless otherwise specified in the offer conditions of the respective product available on lexmea.de or otherwise agreed in writing with LexMea, the remuneration is to be paid in advance without deduction. Any costs for accessing individual services are clearly marked and are only due upon separate activation.

If the user selects an external payment provider when concluding a paid service extension, LexMea uses this provider without this provider becoming a contracting party.

If LexMea offers and accepts direct debit via SEPA direct debit as a payment method, the announcement of the direct debit (“Pre-Notification”) is made with a notice period of at least one working day. If the collection of the claim fails despite timely notification and the user is responsible for the failure, they must reimburse LexMea for the additional costs incurred.

In the event of default by the customer, LexMea is entitled to block access to online services and to stop the delivery of further products ordered by the customer until all due claims from the entire business relationship with the customer, regardless of the legal basis, have been settled by the customer. Monetary debts are to be paid by the customer during the default according to the statutory provisions, particularly according to § 288 BGB.

LexMea is entitled to increase prices for long-term obligations, provided that these do not exceed 7% within one year since the last price increase or 15% within three consecutive years since the last price increase of the previously applicable price and the price increase corresponds to the cost increase incurred by LexMea for the production and provision of the products, particularly the necessary costs for the maintenance, upkeep, and further development of the technical and personnel infrastructure used for the service provision or the necessary costs for the licensing of third-party works, or if the price increase corresponds to the increase in market prices of the respective print works provided in the online services. Price increases become effective at the beginning of the third month after receipt of the change notification by the customer unless a longer period is specified in the change notification. The customer is entitled to terminate the contract extraordinarily within six weeks from the notification of the price increase at the time the price increase takes effect. If the customer does not exercise this right and has been informed of this legal consequence in the price increase notification, the contract will continue at the changed prices.

If the scope of services of online services is expanded more than insignificantly, LexMea is entitled to increase the prices appropriately, namely in proportion to the expansion that has occurred. The increase becomes effective at the beginning of the second month after receipt of the change notification by the customer. The customer is entitled to terminate the contract extraordinarily within six weeks from the notification of the price increase at the time the price increase takes effect. If the customer does not exercise this right and has been informed of this legal consequence in the price increase notification, the contract will continue at the changed prices.

Term and Termination

Unless otherwise specified in the offer conditions on LexMea.de, paid service extensions are concluded at the user's choice with a term of one month or one year. If the user does not terminate the paid service extension at least five days before the end of the term, the contractual relationship is extended indefinitely with a notice period of one month. LexMea can terminate extended contractual relationships with a notice period of three months if tariff options expire. Users can easily terminate their contracts by email to support@lexmea.de or via the termination button in the user account settings. In the event of ordinary termination of the contract, LexMea will terminate the user's access to the paid service extensions at the end of the term. The use of free services remains possible using the same account. The right to terminate the contract for good cause remains unaffected. A good cause for LexMea exists, in particular, if the customer is in arrears with the payment of an invoice despite at least two reminders or if at least preliminary insolvency proceedings have been opened over the customer's assets. Claims for damages remain unaffected.