Terms and Conditions
Last updated: October 20, 2025
Welcome to Essen Paradies! These Terms and Conditions govern your use of our website, https://essenparadies.com. By accessing or using this Site, you agree to comply with these Terms. If you disagree with any part, please do not use the Site.
1. Age Restrictions
This Site is not intended for use by minors under the age of 18.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
All content on this Site, including text, images, videos, logos, and designs, is owned by Essen Paradies or its licensors. You may view and use content solely for personal, non-commercial purposes.
You may not:
- Publish or distribute Site content on other platforms
- Sell, sublicense, or commercially exploit Site content
- Publicly perform or display Site content
- Use the Site in ways that harm or disrupt it, or violate applicable laws
3. User Restrictions
You are prohibited from:
- Data mining, harvesting, or extracting Site content
- Using the Site for advertising or marketing without permission
- Accessing restricted areas without authorization
Any user ID and password you receive are confidential. You must maintain confidentiality.
4. Your Content
“Your Content” refers to anything you submit to the Site (text, images, videos, etc.). By submitting, you grant Essen Paradies a non-exclusive, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, and distribute your content.
Your Content must be original and respect third-party rights. Essen Paradies may remove content at any time without notice.
5. No Warranties
The Site is provided “as is.” Essen Paradies makes no warranties regarding accuracy, reliability, or availability of the Site or content. Use the Site at your own risk.
6. Binding Arbitration (“Arbitration Agreement”)
a. Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. You agree that any dispute or claim against us, or our vendors or service providers (collectively, “We” or “Us”), related to your access or use of this website, these Terms, or your relationship with Us, will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except:
- You may assert claims in small claims court if qualified, individually.
- You or We may seek equitable relief in court for intellectual property infringement.
You must commence arbitration within one (1) year of the dispute; otherwise, the claim is permanently barred. Arbitration applies to all claims, including those prior to these Terms.
b. Process. Send a detailed letter describing your claim to our physical address: [insert your business address here]. We will attempt informal resolution within 30 days. If unresolved, arbitration will be conducted by JAMS under their rules (JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules or Comprehensive Rules). Arbitration may be remote, written, or in person.
c. Fees. If you cannot afford JAMS fees, we will pay them for you. Frivolous claims may require you to cover our attorneys’ fees.
d. Authority of Arbitrator. The arbitrator has exclusive authority to resolve disputes and may award individual monetary or non-monetary relief.
e. Waiver of Jury Trial. You and We waive the right to trial by jury; all claims will be resolved by arbitration, except as noted above.
f. Waiver of Class or Consolidated Actions. Arbitration must be individual; class, collective, or consolidated claims are prohibited, except for Batch Arbitration as defined below.
g. Batch Arbitration. If 50+ arbitration requests of similar nature occur within ~30 days, JAMS may consolidate them for efficiency.
h. Severability. Invalid portions of this Agreement will be severed; the remainder remains effective.
i. Survival. This Arbitration Agreement survives termination of your relationship with Us.
j. Modification. Future material changes to this Arbitration Agreement will not apply to claims already submitted.
7. Consent to Data Collection
These Terms incorporate our Privacy Policy, which explains how we, our vendors, and service providers collect and use data. By using the Site, you consent to this data collection. You may revoke consent via opt-out instructions in the Privacy Policy.
8. Limitations on Liability
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE, OUR VENDORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE.
AGGREGATE LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF:
- TOTAL AMOUNT PAID OR PAYABLE TO RAPTIVE BY YOU FOR THE SITE DURING THE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT; OR
- ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).
These limitations apply regardless of theory of liability, including contract, statute, or tort.
9. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Essen Paradies from any claims, liabilities, damages, or expenses arising from your breach of these Terms or misuse of the Site.
10. Severability
If any part of these Terms is invalid under applicable law, the remainder remains in effect.
11. Variation of Terms
Essen Paradies may revise these Terms at any time. Continued use constitutes acceptance of updated Terms.
12. Assignment
Essen Paradies may assign, transfer, or subcontract its rights under these Terms without notice. You may not assign your rights or obligations.
13. Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the full agreement between you and Essen Paradies regarding your use of the Site.
14. Governing Law & Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of Germany. Disputes will be resolved in the non-exclusive jurisdiction of courts in Germany.