Shop Project - Documentation

Legal, Compliance & Image Rights

This section documents the legal architecture of the marketplace. Since the platform acts purely as a technical intermediary, this area governs the full liability waiver for peer-to-peer transactions, GDPR compliance via mathematical data minimization, and the licensing of user uploads for the global product catalog.

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1. Terms of Service & P2P Framework

The legal separation between platform infrastructure and the autonomous agreements of traders. The system merely provides the communication channel.

  • GROUP: Terms of Service (terms-of-service)
  • Contract Exclusion – Legal classification as a pure classifieds board without platform warranty
  • User Obligations – Self-responsibility for declaration, taxes, and youth protection in peer trading

2. Privacy Policy & Cryptographic GDPR Compliance

  • GROUP: Privacy Policy & Privacy (privacy-policy)
  • Crypto Data Segregation – Mathematical protection of personal transaction data from admin access via AES-256-GCM
  • Transient Keys – Documentation of the temporary session key method to comply with the "Right to be Forgotten"

3. Intellectual Property, Asset Protection & Catalog Licenses

Regulations for image files. Distinguishing between protected platform design and user-contributed product photos for permanent catalog maintenance.

  • GROUP: Intellectual Property & Image Rights (intellectual-property)
  • Catalog Uploads – Irrevocable granting of usage rights for product photos to prevent catalog gaps (Cardmarket principle)
  • Shop Assets – Copyright protection of proprietary UI elements, icons, and branding graphics of the system
  • Takedown Process – Standardized procedure for reporting and removing copyright infringements by third parties

4. Statutory Declarations

  • NODE: Imprint – Statutory provider identification of the operator