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Terms of Service

Introduction

Welcome to Speclr. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Speclr website, application and related services (collectively, the "Service"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

These Terms are governed by German law. Where you are a consumer within the meaning of EU law, mandatory consumer protection rights under your local law remain unaffected.

Use of the Service

You agree to use the Service only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws and regulations.

In particular, you must not:

  • Use the Service for any unlawful or fraudulent purpose
  • Interfere with or disrupt the integrity, security or performance of the Service
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, or our infrastructure
  • Use the Service to store or transmit malicious code, spam or harmful content

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or that pose a security or legal risk.

AI Functionality and Responsibility

Speclr provides AI-powered features to assist with requirements engineering, user story mapping, persona creation, test generation and related activities.

Important limitations:

  • AI-generated content may be inaccurate, incomplete or inappropriate for your specific context.
  • The Service does not guarantee correctness, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose.

Your responsibilities:

  • You are fully responsible for reviewing, validating and approving all AI-generated content before using it in your product, codebase, documentation, communication or decision-making.
  • You must ensure that no confidential or sensitive personal data is submitted to the AI unless this is strictly necessary and lawful.

Liability for AI-generated content:

  • To the extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude liability for damages caused by simple negligence in connection with AI-generated content, unless such damages result from a breach of a material contractual obligation (cardinal obligation), or from injury to life, body or health.
  • Liability for gross negligence and wilful misconduct remains unaffected in all cases.
Third-Party Services

Speclr relies on third-party services to operate the platform, including but not limited to:

  • Anthropic Claude (AI processing)
  • Vercel (hosting and delivery of the frontend)
  • Convex Cloud (backend database and execution)
  • Clerk (authentication, user management and billing)
  • Kit (waitlist and pre-launch subscriber management)

These third parties may process your data under their own terms and privacy policies. By using Speclr, you also agree to the applicable terms and policies of these providers.

We carefully select providers and use contractual safeguards such as Data Processing Agreements and Standard Contractual Clauses where required. However, we are not responsible for the independent actions or policies of these providers.

User Accounts

To access most features of Speclr, you must create a user account via Clerk.

You are responsible for:

  • Providing accurate and up-to-date registration information
  • Keeping your login credentials confidential
  • All activities that occur under your account

You must notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.

Right of Withdrawal (Consumers)

If you are a consumer within the meaning of EU law, you may have a statutory right to withdraw from a contract for digital services within 14 days of conclusion of the contract, without giving any reason.

Waiver of withdrawal right:

If you expressly request that the Service begins before the end of the withdrawal period, and you acknowledge that your right of withdrawal will be lost once performance of the contract has fully commenced, the right of withdrawal lapses upon commencement of the Service.

By creating an account and initiating use of the Service, you expressly request immediate commencement and acknowledge that your right of withdrawal will be lost once the Service has begun.

This does not affect any statutory rights you may have in the event of defects or other claims under applicable law.

Fees and Payments

Some parts of the Service may require payment of subscription or usage-based fees.

Unless stated otherwise:

  • Prices and billing terms are shown at the time of purchase or upgrade.
  • Fees are non-refundable except where required by law or explicitly stated in our refund policy.
  • We may change pricing and billing terms for future subscription periods; you will be informed in advance where required.

Failure to pay fees when due may result in suspension or termination of your access to the Service.

User Content and Data Responsibility

You may enter, upload or generate content within Speclr, including but not limited to requirements, user stories, personas, comments and test cases ("User Content").

You are solely responsible for:

  • The accuracy, legality and appropriateness of your User Content
  • Ensuring that you have all necessary rights and permissions to use and process the data
  • Ensuring that you do not violate the rights of third parties, including privacy and intellectual property rights

We do not actively review User Content for legality or correctness. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to remove or disable access to content that we reasonably believe violates these Terms or applicable law.

Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights in and to Speclr, including but not limited to the software, design, trademarks, logos, and documentation, are owned by us or our licensors.

You receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for your internal business purposes, subject to these Terms.

You may not:

  • Copy, modify, or create derivative works of the Service
  • Reverse engineer, decompile or attempt to extract the source code, except where expressly permitted by law
  • Remove or alter any proprietary notices or trademarks

You retain all rights to your own User Content. To the extent necessary to operate the Service, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive license to process, store and display your User Content within Speclr.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.

We do not warrant that:

  • The Service will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free
  • AI-generated content will be accurate, complete or suitable for your purposes
  • Defects or errors will always be corrected in a particular timeframe

Where permitted by applicable law, we exclude implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Statutory warranty rights that cannot be excluded under applicable law, in particular under German law and EU consumer protection law, remain unaffected.

Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, our liability for damages caused by simple negligence is excluded, unless such damages result from:

  • A breach of a material contractual obligation (cardinal obligation), in which case liability is limited to foreseeable, contract-typical damages
  • Injury to life, body or health

Liability for gross negligence and wilful misconduct is unlimited.

Our total aggregate liability arising out of or related to the use of the Service shall in no event exceed the amount you have paid for the Service in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or, if no fees have been paid, a total of EUR 100.

Mandatory statutory liability, including liability under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz), remains unaffected in all cases.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in our Service, applicable law, or business practices.

Where changes are material, we will notify you by email or via a prominent notice within the Service at least 30 days before the changes take effect.

If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you have the right to terminate your account before the changes take effect. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

For consumers, statutory rights regarding contract modifications under applicable EU and German consumer protection law remain unaffected.

Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, or parts of it, if:

  • You materially breach these Terms
  • You misuse the Service or create a security or legal risk
  • We are required to do so by law or by a competent authority

Upon termination:

  • Your right to access and use the Service will cease
  • We may delete or restrict access to your data in accordance with our data retention practices and legal obligations

Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including but not limited to Intellectual Property, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability and Governing Law) shall continue to apply.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Germany, without regard to conflict of law principles.

If you are a business user, any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Germany.

If you are a consumer within the meaning of EU law, statutory provisions on jurisdiction and mandatory consumer protection rights remain unaffected.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable under applicable law, that provision shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the provision shall be severed. The remaining provisions of these Terms shall continue in full force and effect.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms or the Service, you can contact us at:

Email: support [at] speclr [dot] dev

Address: Michael Flottmann, Heideweg 24, 29574 Ebstorf, Germany