ADDRESS, ANSCHRIFT, COMPANY, COMPETENT GERMAN STATE DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY, DATE, DATENSCHUTZ-E-MAIL, DATUM, Impressum: URL, JURISDICTION, Managing director(s): NAME, POSTCODE, CITY, PRIVACY EMAIL, STREET, NO., SUPPORT EMAIL, SUPPORT-E-MAIL, URL, legal form. Complete docs/legal/site/entity.json, rebuild and redeploy before submitting the app to App Review.Effective date: [DATE]
Provider: [COMPANY], [ADDRESS], Germany ("we", "us")
App: Brief — understand official letters ("the App")
1.1 Brief helps you understand official letters (e.g. from authorities, insurers, landlords, companies). You photograph a letter; the App recognizes the text on your device and, at your request, generates with the help of artificial intelligence (AI): a plain-language explanation, identified deadlines, potential risks, and a draft reply.
1.2 The App offers a free tier (one full analysis of your own document plus an interactive demo case) and a paid subscription, Brief Pro (Section 4).
1.3 The App also contains a fully offline demo mode with a fictitious sample case. Demo content is illustrative only and does not relate to any real letter.
1.4 The App's analyses are informational aids, not decisions. What you do with a letter always remains your decision and responsibility.
Please read this section carefully.
2.1 No legal, tax, or other professional advice. The App does not provide legal advice (Rechtsdienstleistung within the meaning of the German Legal Services Act — RDG), tax advice, medical advice, or any other professional advice, and does not replace it. The App provides automated, general, informational explanations of text that you submit.
2.2 AI-generated content may contain errors. Analyses, summaries, deadlines, amounts, risk assessments, and draft replies are generated by AI and may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — including in ways that are not obvious. AI output is clearly labeled as AI-generated in the App.
2.3 You must verify against the original. Before relying on any information — especially deadlines, amounts, account details, file numbers, and required actions — you must check it against the original letter. Deadlines stated in the original letter are always authoritative.
2.4 Sensitive matters — consult a professional. For letters concerning court proceedings, taxes, immigration/residence, employment termination, or medical matters, and whenever significant consequences are possible, we strongly recommend consulting a qualified professional (e.g. Rechtsanwalt, Steuerberater) or contacting the issuing authority directly. The App shows contextual reminders for such categories.
2.5 Draft replies are drafts. Any reply the App composes is a suggestion. You are responsible for reviewing, correcting, and deciding whether and how to send it. Sending a reply, meeting a deadline, or taking any other action is solely your responsibility.
2.6 No attorney-client, tax-advisor, or similar professional relationship is created by using the App.
3.1 We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App on Apple devices you own or control, in accordance with these Terms and the App Store terms.
3.2 You agree not to:
3.3 We may suspend or restrict access in case of abuse, security risk, or violation of these Terms (see also Section 8).
4.1 Products. Brief Pro is offered as auto-renewable subscriptions via Apple's App Store (StoreKit): monthly (approx. EUR 7.99/month) and yearly (approx. EUR 49.99/year). The exact price shown in the App Store at the time of purchase applies. Prices include VAT.
4.2 Billing and auto-renewal. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
4.3 Cancellation. You can cancel anytime in your device settings: Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions, or via the App Store. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you keep Pro access until then. Deleting the App does not cancel the subscription.
4.4 Refunds. Purchases are processed by Apple. Refund requests are handled by Apple under Apple's terms (reportaproblem.apple.com). We cannot issue App Store refunds ourselves. Statutory rights remain unaffected. [COUNSEL: confirm withdrawal-right (Widerruf) language for digital subscriptions purchased via Apple and whether an additional notice is required in-app.]
4.5 Fair use. Pro includes up to 50 AI analyses per calendar month per subscription. This limit exists to keep the service sustainable and prevent abuse; it may be adjusted via remote configuration. We will not reduce the limit for a running billing period in a way that materially deprives you of the purchased service. Unused analyses do not roll over.
4.6 Free tier. The free tier includes one full analysis of your own document and the interactive demo case. We may modify the free tier prospectively.
4.7 Price changes. Price changes for renewals follow Apple's subscription rules — you will be informed in advance and, where required, asked to consent; otherwise you can cancel before the change takes effect.
5.1 The AI analysis requires an internet connection and third-party AI infrastructure. We aim for high availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted, error-free operation. Maintenance, capacity limits, or outages of upstream providers may temporarily restrict the service.
5.2 We may develop the App further (features, models, UI) and may replace underlying AI providers, provided the core service description (Section 1) is preserved for active subscription periods. [COUNSEL: align with § 327r BGB (changes to digital products) notification requirements.]
6.1 You retain all rights to documents you scan and text you submit. You grant us the limited right to process the submitted text solely to provide the requested analysis (see Privacy Policy). We do not use your documents to train AI models [CONFIRM contractual guarantee with AI provider].
6.2 You are responsible for ensuring you may lawfully process the documents you submit (e.g. letters addressed to you, or where you act with authorization — for example helping a family member with their consent).
7.1 We are liable without limitation for intent (Vorsatz) and gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit), for injury to life, body, or health, under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz), and to the extent of any guarantee we have expressly assumed.
7.2 For simple negligence (einfache Fahrlässigkeit), we are liable only for breach of essential contractual obligations (Kardinalpflichten — obligations whose fulfillment makes proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose fulfillment you may regularly rely), and in that case limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract.
7.3 Otherwise, liability for simple negligence is excluded. In particular — within the limits of Sections 7.1–7.2 and mandatory law — we are not liable for consequences of acting or failing to act in reliance on AI-generated content that you did not verify against the original letter (see Section 2), including missed deadlines, incorrect amounts, or unsuitable draft replies.
7.4 The above limitations also apply in favor of our legal representatives, employees, and agents.
7.5 Mandatory statutory liability (including under consumer protection law) remains unaffected. [COUNSEL: validate this clause against §§ 305 ff., 309 Nr. 7 BGB and current case law; adjust for B2C digital products, §§ 327 ff. BGB.]
8.1 These Terms apply as long as you use the App. You may stop using the App at any time; subscription cancellation is governed by Section 4.3.
8.2 We may terminate or suspend access for good cause (aus wichtigem Grund), in particular serious or repeated violation of Section 3, abuse of usage limits, or legal requirements. Statutory rights regarding paid periods remain unaffected.
8.3 Provisions which by their nature survive (e.g. Sections 2, 6, 7, 9) remain in effect after termination.
9.1 These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). If you are a consumer habitually resident in the EU, the mandatory consumer protection provisions of your state of residence remain unaffected.
9.2 If you are a merchant, legal entity under public law, or special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction is [CITY — COMPANY SEAT]. [For consumers, statutory jurisdiction applies.]
9.3 The European Commission's ODR platform has been discontinued; we are neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution before a consumer arbitration board (§ 36 VSBG). [COUNSEL: confirm current status of ODR/VSBG notice requirements.]
9.4 Should individual provisions of these Terms be invalid, the remainder stays effective; statutory law replaces the invalid provision.
9.5 Apple is not a party to these Terms and has no obligations regarding the App, except as set out in Apple's App Store terms. [COUNSEL: add Apple-required third-party-beneficiary language if these Terms replace Apple's standard EULA.]
Contact: [COMPANY], [ADDRESS] · [SUPPORT EMAIL] · [Impressum: URL]