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Your server provider or server location has nothing to do with the "Impressumspflicht". For example, if you're an US citizen with an English website on a US ser
by darekkay 9y ago
Your server provider or server location has nothing to do with the "Impressumspflicht". For example, if you're an US citizen with an English website on a US server, but you offer any products or services for German citizens, you need an "Impressum" [0][1].
> Companies and online media outlets, such as newspapers, magazines and journals, wishing to operate within any of these countries are obliged to make this information easily available to users. This requirement also applies to legal entities registered outside of the German-speaking realm that compete on the respective German, Austrian, or Swiss markets.
[0] - http://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de/nicht-eu-ausland-impressumspflicht.html http://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de/nicht-eu-ausland-impressumspf...
[1] - https://www.1and1.com/digitalguide/websites/digital-law/a-case-for-thinking-global-germanys-impressum-laws/ https://www.1and1.com/digitalguide/websites/digital-law/a-ca...
- zuzun 9y agoYou misread your source. Service providers outside the EU are not required to provide an imprint, even if their website is targeting German customers.
- darekkay 9y agoI'm quite sure I read it correctly. "Fazit" point 1: You do not need an imprint if you're outside the EU and you're not targetting EU citizens. Point 2: It's the opposite, if you're outside the EU but you're targetting EU citizens. EDIT: added a source in English
- zuzun 9y agoLooks like we're both kind of right. Your original source is solely based on LG Siegen 09.07.2013 - 2 O 36/13, which said service providers from non-member countries don't require an imprint and the court's decision doesn't really align with what you said. However, the ruling was overthrown by OLG Hamm 17.12.2013 - I-4 U 100/13, which actually follows your interpretation of the law.