Review Guidelines for Users

The following terms apply for submitting a review:

1. Provider and Scope of the Review Guidelines

1.1. The provider of the web platform (hereinafter referred to as 'Service') and thus the contractual partner of the users of the service (hereinafter referred to as 'Users') is Marco Keul - revo media, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Str. 5, 33824 Werther (Westf.), Germany (hereinafter referred to as 'Operator' or 'Hosttest').

1.2. The following review guidelines apply exclusively.

If the user does not agree with the validity of these conditions, no reviews may be submitted. By submitting reviews (button: Submit Review), the user accepts the review guidelines and the contract between the user and the operator is considered concluded.

2. Services and Contract Duration

The usage relationship is concluded for an indefinite period.

3. Content

3.1. 'Review(s)' within the meaning of the review guidelines are all reviews written by the user and made accessible within the service.

3.2. The operator reserves the right to reject and delete reviews from users without justification and without notification. Users have no claim to submit reviews and their retention. In particular, texts where the rights belong to third parties may not be posted in the service. Further prohibited content is listed below.

4. Usage Rights

4.1. The user grants the operator simple, transferable, spatially and temporally unlimited rights to use and exploit the reviews written by him and to publish the reviews on other websites owned by the operator. Furthermore, the user grants the operator the right to publish the reviews on the websites of the reviewed service providers and to integrate them technically.

4.2. The operator does not provide any remuneration for the granting of usage rights.

4.3. The user grants the operator the right to reproduce, publish, edit, and store the reviews.

4.4. The user grants the operator the right to process user reviews to create aggregated summaries and display them on the platform. The processing is based on the operator's legitimate interest in a transparent and user-friendly presentation of customer experiences in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. This may also include the use of automated analysis methods (e.g., AI-supported summaries). No profiling takes place. For a summary, only the text reviews published on the platform are transmitted.

5. Prohibited Content and Behaviors

5.1. The user undertakes not to post any illegal reviews and only to post reviews if the user is or was an active customer of the respective service provider. Furthermore, reviews must not violate the rules listed below or any other rules mentioned elsewhere.

5.2. The operator reserves the right to request proof from the user that he is or was a customer of the reviewed provider. If such proof cannot be provided upon request, the review will be removed.

5.3. Reviews are prohibited if they contain the following content:

6. Warranty and Indemnification

6.1. The user warrants to the operator that he is entitled to grant the rights to the reviews posted by him.

6.2. The user is responsible for all reviews posted by him. The operator does not check the content posted by the user.

6.3. If the operator is claimed by third parties because the user has violated their rights, the user undertakes to indemnify the operator from any liability and any costs.

7. Liability of the Operator

The operator rejects any liability for financial or other non-physical damages.

The operator assumes no liability for the uninterrupted availability of the service.

The operator is not liable for unauthorized access to personal data of users by third parties.

8. Violations of Review Guidelines

In the event of violations of the review guidelines, the operator is entitled to deactivate and, if necessary, permanently remove the user's review.

9. Termination of the Usage Agreement

9.1. If the user wishes to remove his review, an informal request must be made to request (at) hosttest.co.uk. Termination does not need to be explicit.

9.2. The operator can discontinue individual services or the entire offer at any time. In this case, the user has no claims for compensation.

10. Changes to the Review Guidelines

The operator reserves the right to change the review guidelines at any time and without giving reasons.

11. Miscellaneous

German law applies to the review guidelines and the entire legal relationship between the user and Hosttest, excluding the UN Sales Convention.

If individual provisions of the review guidelines are or become invalid, this does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this agreement. In the event of the invalidity of individual or several provisions, the statutory regulations apply.

12. Data Protection

Further information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy.