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Ask HN: Hetzner's Terms and Conditions: "full name and address must be present"

1 pointsby sadplutoover 12 years ago
Greetings. I hope that given the popularity of Hetzner here in HN somebody will be able to shed some light on its Terms and Conditions. Under the item <i>6. Published Content</i> I see the following:<p><pre><code> 6.1 It is the customer's responsibility to identify the Internet content as their own or as third-party content. The customer's full name and address must be present. Further obligations may result from the provisions of the Telecommunications Act and Teleservices Act. The customer is obliged to examine these provisions and to comply with them. </code></pre> Does this mean that even a personal blog hosted there (maybe anywhere in Germany) must provide the author's full address? Does anybody know whether this rule is enforced at all?<p>Thanks!

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sadplutoover 12 years ago
I think a little search answers my own question. From [Google's cache of][1] I see that it refers to commercial activities.<p><pre><code> § 6 Identification of providers Concerning commercial offers, providers shall indicate: 1. their name and address as well as, 2. in case of associations and groups of persons, the name and address of their authorized representative. </code></pre> It makes much more sense now, though of course it raises the typical question as to what is a commercial offer. For instance, would a blog with Google ads qualify? But I digress... Never mind!<p>[1] <a href="http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/statutes/TDG.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/statutes/TDG.htm</a>