Its very clear from the document you provided, that it DOES require that the
service in question does bear a cost.
We have a similar law in Sweden when it comes to electronic communications,
which only applies to services for-pay.
Free services are not included, so if you provide free wifi, it isn't included
in law, but if you charge for the wifi, law applies.
The reason the payment requirement is written in a vague language ("like
services that are provided for a charge") is so you cannot cheat the charge
requirement by for example making the service ad-supported or surcharging the
service with another service/product (for example, providing free email service
for 6 months if you buy something in our webshop).
If you charge money for something, OF COURSE you must provide identification,
including your social security number and your personal "tax PIN" publicity if
you are a sole proprietor, when providing for-paid internet services. This is
so the customer can make a complaint, and so it can be checked that you do pay
the taxes correctly.
If you want to hide these details, start a company. Then it’s the company's
details that is visible, and not your personal.
If you provide free services, customer can't expect anything, and you are free
to do as your wish. If your email service goes down, so what? Customer got it
for free, not our problem.
If you win a toaster in a free competition that required no entry fee, customer
can't complain then when that toaster breaks down, because theres no warranty
or requirement to repair or replace a toaster that you got completely for free.
-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Från: Ralph Seichter via mailop <mailop@mailop.org>
Skickat: den 22 oktober 2022 11:12
Till: mailop@mailop.org
Ämne: [mailop] Tangent: Banks and imprint requirements in Germany
* Slavko via mailop:
> BTW, my daughter (who live in Germany) told me, that name, address,
> phone number and birthday date is enough to manipulate with bank
> account in Germany.
I don't know of any German bank where this is the case. In my experience, banks
are quite strict when it comes to account access; one always needs both
athentication and authorization. Over the last month, all banks I do business
with have also upgraded to 2FA, which I believe is now actually required by law.
> As all (except birthday, which is mostly no problem to get), have to
> be in that "imprint", please, can someone confirm that?
See [1] (German only, unsurprisingly). Note that paragraph 5 of the
"Telemediengesetz" (TMG) applies to imprint content for service providers. The
somewhat tricky part is what actually constitutes a "service" in the context of
this law. Some argue that even a personal blog is a service, others disagree
and argue that personal (!) websites don't require an imprint. To avoid
possible hassle, it is often recommended to add a generic imprint page, and
there are cost-free "imprint generators" available.
[1] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tmg/__5.html
Important: I am no lawyer, and what I wrote *MUST NOT* be considered legal
advice in any shape or form. It is just my understanding of the rules.
-Ralph
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