Terms of Use

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1## Adblock Plus
11. **INTRODUCTION**
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3We, eyeo GmbH, Lichtstrasse 25, 50825 Cologne, Germany ("eyeo"; "we"), have developed the browser extension Adblock Plus ("ABP") which can be downloaded via at our [website](https://adblockplus.org/) and other domains. ABP is a free extension that allows you to - among [other things](https://adblockplus.org/en/features) - customize your web experience. You can block annoying ads, disable tracking, block domains known to spread malware and lots more. It's available for all major browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Opera, Safari and Yandex.Browser. ABP uses filters that you choose to block unwanted elements.
3 1. **Services.** We have developed various ad-filtering desktop browser extensions and mobile applications under the Adblock Plus and AdBlock Browser brands (collectively, the "**Services**") which can be downloaded via our website and other domains. The Services allow you to-among other things-customize your web experience. With the Services, you can block annoying ads, disable tracking, block domains known to spread malware, and lots more. Additional information on the Services can be found [here](https://adblockplus.org/en/).
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5### What does that mean?
5 2. **Premium Services.** Premium subscriptions of the Services are also available for purchase. In addition to having the same features that are available under the free versions of the Services, the subscriptions of the Services also have additional premium features. Additional information on subscriptions of the Services can be found [here](https://adblockplus.org/en/premium).
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7ABP is provided free of charge to you as a user. However, we've reached a point where further Terms of Use, such as these, are necessary. This protects you and it protects us. These Terms of Use apply to your use of ABP.
7 3. **Terms of Use.** These Terms of Use (the "**Terms**") apply to your use of the Services. By downloading or purchasing the Services (as applicable), you acknowledge that you have read these Terms and agree that you are legally bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not download or purchase the Services (as applicable) and/or uninstall them from your browsers and devices.
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9### What do you mean "ABP is free to use?"
9 4. **Privacy.** We collect and process certain personal data to provide secure, efficient, and user-friendly experiences with the Services. For information on how we collect and process your personal data, please read our [Privacy Policy](https://adblockplus.org/en/privacy).
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11ABP is an open source project, licensed under [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/), and can be used by anyone free of charge. The use of ABP is subject to the restrictions of the [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/).
11 5. **eyeo GmbH.** For purposes of these Terms, "eyeo", "we", "us", or "our" means eyeo GmbH, Kunibertsgasse 10, 50668 Cologne, Germany, Local Court Cologne HRB 73508, VAT ID: DE279292414, represented by the managing directors Frank Einecke and Jan Wittek, telephone number: +49 (0)221 / 6430630, e-mail address: info@eyeo.com.
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13### Non-permitted use of ABP
13 6. **Reservation of Rights.** We reserve the right to change these Terms at our sole discretion. We will inform you at least one month in advance of the effective date of any new Terms (i.e., the date at which the new Terms will become effective). If you do not object to the new Terms within one month after their effective date, you will be considered to have agreed to be bound by the new Terms.
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15Please note that some website owners may not permit ad-blocking users to view their website. That must be respected, especially in the following cases:
152. **License.** The Services are licensed under the [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/). The terms and conditions of the GPLv3 are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of these Terms.
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17- You must not use ABP on websites where you have agreed not to use it, i.e. by agreeing to Terms of Services on the respective website, not to use any ad blockers.
18- You are not permitted to use ABP in connection with any tools to circumvent technological measures that effectively control access to websites.
173. **Non-Permitted Use of the Services.** Please note that some website owners may not permit ad filtering users to visit their websites. You agree that you will not use the Services in the following cases:
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20### What are Acceptable Ads?
19 1. You may not use the Services on any website on which you have agreed not to use ad filtering tools (e.g., by agreeing to Terms of Services on respective websites to not use any ad filtering tools).
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22By default, nonintrusive ads aren't blocked when using ABP in order to support websites ([learn more](https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads)). You can disable this feature at any time by opting out ([guideline how to disable Acceptable Ads](https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads)). This does not affect ABP's functionalities.
21 2. You may not use the Services in connection with any tools that circumvent technological measures that effectively control access to websites or certain website content.
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24Within our Acceptable Ads program the following rules have and always will apply to everyone, without exception:
234. **What are Acceptable Ads?** By default, nonintrusive ads are not blocked when using the Services in order to support websites ([learn more](https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads)). You can disable this feature at any time ([guidelines on how to disable Acceptable Ads](https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads)). Disabling Acceptable Ads does not affect the other functionalities of the Services.
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26- Participants cannot pay to avoid the [criteria](https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads). Every enabled ad must comply.
27- For transparency, we add all Acceptable Ads to our [forum](https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewforum.php) so that our community of users can provide feedback.
28- We listen to our users. If an Acceptable Ads proposal is flagged by our community for a legitimate reason, we will remove it from the allowlist.
255. **What should you do if the Services are not working properly?**
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30We are able to keep our open source product free by charging large entities a fee for allowlisting services. For the other roughly 90 percent of our partners, these services are offered free of charge.
27 1. Except for any statutory rights for digital products and services to which you may be entitled and which cannot be waived as a matter of law, the Services are provided "as is" and on "as available" basis. You acknowledge and understand, for example, that the Services may not be available during a maintenance or repair window, a power outage, or an internet service interruption.
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32### What if ABP does not work properly?
29 2. You use the Services at your own risk. We do not make any representation or warranty that the Services will meet your requirements or function in an uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free manner. Without limiting the generality of the previous statements, we also do not make any representation or warranty that all ads will be blocked. Please note that [Acceptable Ads](https://adblockplus.org/en/about) will be displayed via the Services as part of their default settings.
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34ABP is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis. Your use of ABP is at your own risk. eyeo makes no warranty or condition that ABP will meet your requirements or be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free:
31 3. You acknowledge and understand that the filters that are used on the Services may occasionally result in blocked content. This is an unwanted side effect of some filters and cannot be completely avoided.
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36- eyeo makes no warranty or condition that all ads will be blocked; in particular [Acceptable Ads](https://adblockplus.org/en/about) will be shown in ABP's default setting.
37- **You acknowledge and understand that the filters used may occasionally lead to blocked content. This is an unwanted side effect of some filters and cannot be completely avoided.**
38- ABP itself has no functionality; it does not block anything until you "tell" it what to block by adding [external filter lists](https://adblockplus.org/en/about). Filter lists are essentially an extensive set of rules that tell ABP which elements of a website to block. eyeo has no influence on those filter lists.
33 4. The Services by themselves do not have any functionality. They do not block anything until you "tell" them to block certain elements of a website by adding [external filter lists](https://adblockplus.org/en/about) to the Services. Filter lists are essentially an extensive set of rules that instruct the Services which elements of a website to block. You acknowledge and understand that we do not have any influence over filter lists.
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40In the case that you detect any defect or incorrect blocking, including the blocking of content, [inform](https://adblockplus.org/en/bugs) us as soon as possible.
35 5. We encourage you to immediately [report](https://adblockplus.org/en/bugs) any errors or incorrect blocking of the Services that you may discover. These reports will help us improve the Services.
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42### Additional information
376. **Liability for Damages.**
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44This Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. If you have no place of jurisdiction in Germany or in any other EU member state, if you have transferred your permanent domicile abroad after these Terms of Use take effect or if your domicile or usual place of residence is unknown at the time legal action is taken, the sole place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this agreement will be the location of our registered offices.
39 1. Except with respect to claims for damages to you arising from injury to life, body, health, or from the violation of essential contractual obligations (so-called cardinal obligations), eyeo will only be liable for damages to the extent that damages are based on an intentional or grossly negligent breach of duty by eyeo, its legal representatives, or its vicarious agents. Essential contractual obligations are those whose fulfillment are necessary to achieve the objective of the contract.
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46We reserve the right to amend and adapt these Terms of Use with effect for the future. You can request the currently applicable version of the Terms of Use from our [legal department](<mailto: legal@eyeo.com>) or access them on our website. You will be notified no later than one month before new Terms of Use take effect. If you do not object to the validity of the new Terms of Use within one month after they take effect, you will be deemed to have accepted the new Terms of Use. We will inform you separately in suitable form about the significance of the one month's notice period, your right to object and the legal consequences of non-objection. This amendment mechanism does not apply to amendments to the parties' main contractual obligations.
41 2. In the event of a breach of essential contractual obligations, eyeo is only liable for the foreseeable damage typical for the contract if such damage was caused by simple negligence, unless your claims for damages are based on injury to life, body, or health.
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43 3. The limitations of liability made in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 above also apply to the legal representatives, employees, and vicarious agents of eyeo if claims are asserted directly against them.
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45 4. The limitations of liability made in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 above do not apply if eyeo has assumed a guarantee for the quality of the Services or has fraudulently concealed a defect of the Services. The limitations of liability made in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 above also do not apply if eyeo and you have reached a separate, written agreement on the quality of the Services. The provisions of the German Product Liability Act remain unaffected.
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477. **Premium Services Terms of Use.**
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49 1. **Application.** The terms and conditions under this Section 7 only apply to your use of the subscriptions of the Services. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of this Section 7 and the other terms and conditions of these Terms, the terms and conditions of this Section 7 will govern but solely with respect to the subject matter of this Section.
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51 2. **Right of Withdrawal of Contract under German Law.**
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53 1. Under German law, you are entitled to a statutory right of withdrawal from a contract when entering into contracts for certain consumer transactions. Subject to Section 7.2.2 below, this right can be exercised at any time within 14 days from entering into the contract for the transaction (the "**Withdrawal Period**"). For clarity, your statutory Withdrawal Period commences on the date that you receive an e-mail confirmation of your purchase of the subscription of the Services.
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55 2. Your statutory right of withdrawal from a contract under German law expires for contracts for the supply of digital content that is not based on a tangible medium upon the occurrence of the following events:
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57 1. the vendor (e.g., us) has begun to perform the contract;
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59 2. the consumer (e.g., you) has expressly agreed that the vendor may begin to perform the contract before the end of the withdrawal period;
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61 3. on commencement of performance of the contract, if the consumer has confirmed that he is aware that his right of withdrawal from a contract will expire as a result of his consent in accordance with Section 7.2.2.2 above; and
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63 4. the vendor has provided the consumer with a confirmation in accordance with Section 312(f) of the German Civil Code.
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65 3. **Multiple Installations.** During the period of time that your subscription of the Services is active, you may install and re-install the subscription on all your supported devices without incurring any additional costs.
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67 4. **Premium Services Term and Termination.**
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69 1. These Terms will become effective with respect to your use of the subscription of the Services on the date that you receive an e-mail confirmation of your purchase of the subscription and will continue in effect until your subscription is no longer active.
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71 2. At the end of each subscription period, your subscription of the Services will automatically renew for additional subscription periods that are each equal in duration to the subscription period that had just lapsed. For example:
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73 1. For 1-year subscription periods, your subscription of the Services will automatically renew for additional 1-year subscription periods.
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75 2. For 1-month subscription periods, your subscription of the Services will automatically renew for additional 1-month subscription periods.
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77 3. You will be charged the then-current price for subscriptions of the Services that is valid at the time of your renewal.
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79 4. You may terminate your subscription of the Services at any time during your subscription period.
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81 5. Each of our (i.e., you and eyeo) right to extraordinary termination of these Terms for good cause remains unaffected. An important reason exists in particular if one party intentionally or negligently violates an essential obligation from this contract and therefore the terminating party can no longer be reasonably expected to adhere to the contract.
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838. **Dispute resolution.** The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (OS). This can be accessed via the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. eyeo GmbH is neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board.
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859. **Final provisions**
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87 1. The law of the Federal Republic of Germany will govern these Terms to the exclusion of the provisions of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If, however, your habitual residence at the time that you downloaded or purchased the Services (as applicable) is located in a jurisdiction which requires the application of its own laws to these Terms, then such laws will govern these Terms.
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89 2. At the time that these Terms become effective on each of us (i.e., you and eyeo), there are no verbal ancillary agreements and/or additions. Collateral agreements, amendments, or supplements must be made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of each party to be effective. The waiver of the written form requirement must also be in writing.
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91 3. In the event that a circumstance beyond our reasonable control prevents us from providing you the Services in accordance with these Terms (each a "**Force Majeure Event**"), you acknowledge and agree that we have no obligation under these Terms to the extent and duration of such Force Majeure Event.
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93 4. In the event that any provision of these Terms is or becomes invalid, such invalidity will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
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95Last updated: 30 April 2025
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