Note: this English text is a non-binding summary. The legally binding version is the German AGB at /agb.
These Terms of Service govern the use of the LeadScout SaaS service operated by Tobias Dietrich (sole proprietor) trading as Dietrich Development. The legally binding version is the German „Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen“ (AGB) available at /agb. The English summary below is provided for convenience.
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1. Provider and contracting party
Dietrich Development Tobias Dietrich (sole proprietor) Alemannenstr. 14, 72393 Burladingen, Germany VAT ID: DE454760515 Email: [email protected] With German law applying, the binding version of these Terms is the German „AGB“ at /agb.
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2. Service
LeadScout is a Software-as-a-Service tool for B2B lead research: discovering local businesses by postal code/category (Google Places API), AI-driven analysis (web crawl, tech stack detection, SEO audit, social check, lead scoring) and outreach drafts. The provider does not guarantee any commercial outcome (e.g. acquired customers) or the accuracy/completeness of third-party source data.
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3. Plans, credits, payments
Plans (Starter - free, Hobby, Pro) and one-time top-ups are billed via Stripe in advance. Credits are non-cashable in money, non-transferable, and non-tradable. Subscription and top-up credits do not expire by time while the contract is active; unused credits roll over into subsequent billing cycles. Any remaining credits lapse on contract termination or account deletion (subject to section 12 of the binding German AGB).
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4. User obligations
You may only use the service for lawful purposes. You are solely responsible for your outbound communication (UWG, GDPR, ePrivacy). Reselling, scraping, evading rate limits, or feeding back into white-label tools without prior written agreement is not permitted. AI outputs are drafts and must be reviewed by you before sending.
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5. Availability, support
We aim for high availability but do not guarantee a specific uptime SLA. Maintenance, third-party outages, and force-majeure events are excluded. Support is offered by email at [email protected].
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6. Liability
Liability is unlimited for intent, gross negligence, injury to life/body/health, under the German Product Liability Act, and under any guarantees we have given. For slight negligence regarding the breach of a material contractual duty (cardinal duty), liability is capped at the foreseeable, contract-typical damage and, in any case, at the fees you paid in the previous 12 months. Other liability for slight negligence - including lost profits, missed acquisition outcomes, and consequential damages - is excluded.
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7. Term, cancellation
Subscriptions auto-renew for the same term unless cancelled before the end of the current period. Monthly subscriptions: 14 days notice to the end of the running month, but cancellable at any time to the end of the running month. Annual subscriptions: one month notice to the end of any contract month. Cancellation by email or via the Stripe customer portal. Termination for cause remains unaffected.
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8. Discontinuation of the service / wind-down of the provider
If the service is to be discontinued - including a wind-down of the provider's business, insolvency, or other serious cause - users will be informed by email at least three (3) months in advance, where factually and legally possible. • Active subscriptions end at the shut-down date; pre-paid subscription fees relating to the period after that date are refunded pro rata. • Auto-renewal is stopped before the shut-down date. • Unused, paid-for top-up credits that you cannot use due to the shut-down are refunded at the actual paid pro-rata price, or replaced with an equivalent alternative offer where reasonable. Free welcome/bonus credits are not refunded. • You are given the opportunity to export your data in the machine-readable formats supported by the platform before the shut-down date. • Beyond that, the provider is not obliged to migrate data to a specific third party, hand over source code, or hand over server snapshots. • In case of insolvency or death of the operator, the three-month notice applies only insofar as factually and legally possible. Refund and payout claims rank under applicable insolvency law. Users are advised to take regular data exports as a precaution. • After the shut-down date, personal data is deleted or anonymized in line with the privacy policy; statutory retention obligations remain unaffected. • If the business is transferred to a successor, the contract may be transferred with all rights and obligations to that successor; you will be informed in advance and granted a special right to terminate at the transition date.
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9. Force majeure
Neither party is liable for delay or non-performance caused by events of force majeure beyond reasonable control (natural disasters, war, government orders, strikes, pandemics, large-scale internet/power outages, third-party DDoS attacks, failure of essential upstream providers). If the impediment lasts longer than 60 days, either party may terminate with immediate effect.
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10. Intellectual property
All rights to the platform (software, source code, UI, brand „LeadScout“, model configuration) remain with the provider or its licensors. You receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable license for the duration of the contract. Content you enter remains yours. You may freely use generated analyses and outreach copy in your business; no representation is made about copyrightability or third-party-rights-freedom of AI-generated text.
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11. Data protection
See the privacy policy at /en/privacy. If you instruct the provider to process personal data of third parties on your behalf, a separate data processing agreement (DPA) under Art. 28 GDPR must be concluded - available on request.
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12. Right of withdrawal for consumers
Consumers within the meaning of § 13 BGB have a 14-day right of withdrawal from the conclusion of the contract. Notify us by an unambiguous statement (e.g. email to [email protected]). Early expiration for digital services (§ 356(5) BGB): the right of withdrawal expires for paid digital services if (a) the consumer has expressly consented to the start of performance before the end of the withdrawal period, (b) confirmed loss of the right of withdrawal upon start of performance, and (c) the provider has given the consumer this confirmation on a durable medium. We obtain this consent during the initial paid checkout for a plan or top-up.
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13. Changes to these Terms
We may amend these Terms where required by law, court rulings, technical or organizational change, or platform changes that do not materially shift the contractual balance to your detriment. Planned changes are announced at least six (6) weeks in advance by email. If you do not object within six weeks of receipt of the notice in text form, the changes are deemed accepted. We will point out this consequence in the notice. Material changes to the main contractual obligations or fees require explicit agreement.
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14. Final provisions
Governing law: German law, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). For consumers, this choice of law applies only to the extent it does not deprive them of mandatory protection of the law of their habitual residence. Venue: For merchants, legal entities under public law, or special funds under public law, the exclusive venue is the seat of the provider (Burladingen, Germany). The same applies if you have no general venue in Germany or your residence/usual whereabouts are unknown at the time of action. Mandatory consumer venues remain unaffected. EU ODR: The European Commission provides a platform at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not willing or obliged to participate in dispute resolution before a consumer arbitration board. Severability: If individual provisions are or become invalid in whole or in part, the remaining provisions remain effective; the statutory rules apply in place of the invalid provision.