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Terms of Service

1. Scope and Provider

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) apply to the use of the website stript.io and the software “Stript” (desktop application and local web application), provided by:

Dr. Ingo Glaser, sole proprietor (Einzelunternehmer)
KrumbacherstraĂźe 8, 80798 Munich, Germany
(the “Provider”, “we”)

These Terms govern the license and usage relationship between you and us. The purchase contract for the paid tier, by contrast, is concluded with our Merchant of Record, Lemon Squeezy (see Section 4).

2. Service Description

2.1 What Stript is

Stript is software that helps you automatically detect personal and other sensitive data in your documents and replace it with placeholders (pseudonyms) before you use the text with artificial-intelligence tools (e.g., large language models). Using a locally stored mapping table, the placeholders can later be mapped back to the original data (de-anonymization). Your documents are processed exclusively on your own device (local-first).

2.2 Definitions (pseudonymization vs. anonymization)

To avoid misunderstandings, we clarify:

Technically, Stript performs pseudonymization, because the link to the original data remains reversible via the mapping table. Where the term “anonymization” is used in our product communication, it refers to this process of automated detection and pseudonymization. Whether the output you produce is “anonymous” in a data-protection sense depends on the individual case, the document, and your further use, and is not warranted by us.

2.3 No guarantee of results; user responsibility

Stript strives for the highest possible detection accuracy. Complete, error-free, or 100% detection of personal or sensitive data is technically impossible and is expressly not guaranteed; both undetected data (false negatives) and incorrectly flagged content (false positives) may occur. Stript is a supporting tool and is no substitute for legal review or your own careful checking.

You remain responsible for the documents you process and for their further use; in particular, you are obliged to review the output before disclosing it to third parties (e.g., AI services). To the extent you process personal data, you remain the data controller within the meaning of the GDPR. You are also responsible for the legality of the documents you process.

2.4 Waitlist

Signing up for the waitlist is free and non-binding. You will receive an email notification when Stript becomes available, and you may unsubscribe at any time.

2.5 Tiers

3. Rights of Use / License

Upon provision of the software, we grant you a simple, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable right to use Stript within the scope of the selected tier and these Terms. In the paid tier, this right applies for the duration of the active subscription.

The following are in particular not permitted: passing on, selling, renting, or publishing license keys; circumventing technical usage or license restrictions; and reverse engineering, decompiling, or disassembling the software, except where permitted by mandatory law (e.g., § 69e UrhG).

The license for the paid tier is bound to one device (one concurrent activation per license key). You can switch devices at any time by removing the license from the previous device in the application’s settings and then activating it on the new device. The software verifies the validity of the license online at regular intervals (at most every 30 days). If a verification cannot be performed for more than 30 days (for example, due to a permanently missing internet connection), the Professional features are unavailable until the next successful verification; use of the free tier, including the restoration (de-anonymization) of documents already processed, remains unaffected.

4. Conclusion of Contract and Payment via Lemon Squeezy (Merchant of Record)

The paid tier is sold via our payment provider Lemon Squeezy as “Merchant of Record” (seller / reseller). This means:

5. Term, Renewal, and Cancellation of the Subscription

The subscription to the paid tier runs for the selected billing period (monthly or annually) and automatically renews for the same period unless cancelled beforehand. Cancellation or management of the subscription is carried out via the customer portal provided by Lemon Squeezy, accessible directly at stript.lemonsqueezy.com/billing or via app.lemonsqueezy.com/my-orders; in the application, you can find it in Settings under “Manage Subscription”. Once cancellation takes effect, or after the paid period expires, the entitlement to use the Professional features ends; use under the free tier remains possible to the extent applicable.

6. Right of Withdrawal for Consumers

6.1 Principle (Merchant-of-Record setup)

Because the purchase contract is concluded with Lemon Squeezy as the seller (Section 4), any statutory right of withdrawal, and the obligation to provide an electronic withdrawal function (“withdrawal button”, § 356a BGB), is governed primarily by Lemon Squeezy’s terms and is owed to you by Lemon Squeezy. The consent required under § 356(6) BGB for immediate performance of the contract (see Section 6.2) is obtained during Lemon Squeezy’s checkout process.

6.2 Precautionary withdrawal instruction (in case of a direct contract with us)

The following instruction applies as a precaution in the event that, in an individual case, a paid contract is concluded directly with us (Dr. Ingo Glaser) as the trader. In the standard Merchant-of-Record setup (Section 6.1), Lemon Squeezy is your contractual partner.

Right of withdrawal. You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period is fourteen days from the day of conclusion of the contract.

To exercise your right of withdrawal, you must inform us (Dr. Ingo Glaser, KrumbacherstraĂźe 8, 80798 Munich, E-Mail: info@stript.io) by means of a clear declaration (e.g., a letter sent by post or an email) of your decision to withdraw from this contract. You may use the attached model withdrawal form (Section 6.3), but this is not mandatory. To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient that you send your communication concerning the exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period expires.

Consequences of withdrawal. If you withdraw from this contract, we shall reimburse you all payments received from you without undue delay and no later than fourteen days from the day on which we receive notification of your withdrawal.

Premature lapse of the right of withdrawal (digital content). For the supply of digital content not delivered on a tangible medium, your right of withdrawal lapses if you (1) have expressly consented to us beginning performance of the contract before the withdrawal period expires, (2) have confirmed your awareness that, by giving this consent, you lose your right of withdrawal upon the beginning of performance, and (3) we have provided you with confirmation pursuant to § 312f BGB (§ 356(6) BGB). The declaration required for this reads:

“I expressly request that you begin providing the license key or digital content before the withdrawal period expires. I am aware that I lose my right of withdrawal upon the beginning of performance of the contract.”

6.3 Model withdrawal form

(If you want to withdraw from the contract, please complete and return this form.)

To: Dr. Ingo Glaser, KrumbacherstraĂźe 8, 80798 Munich, E-Mail: info@stript.io

I/we () hereby withdraw from the contract concluded by me/us () for the purchase of the following goods () / the provision of the following service ():

– Ordered on () / received on ():
– Name of consumer(s):
– Address of consumer(s):
– Date:
– Signature of consumer(s) (only for notification on paper)

(*) Delete as appropriate.

7. Warranty / Liability for Defects in Digital Products

To the extent that you are a consumer and the matter concerns a paid digital product, the statutory provisions on the supply of digital products (§§ 327 et seq. BGB) apply, in particular regarding liability for defects (§§ 327d et seq. BGB) and the obligation to provide necessary updates (§ 327f BGB). These statutory rights are not restricted by these Terms. The absence of a guarantee of results described in Section 2.3 concerns the inherently incomplete nature of detection performance and does not constitute an exclusion of statutory warranty rights.

8. Limitation of Liability

(1) We are liable without limitation for damages arising from injury to life, body, or health, for intent and gross negligence, for fraudulently concealed defects, within the scope of a guarantee assumed by us, and under the Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz).

(2) In the case of simple (slight) negligence, we are liable only for the breach of a material contractual obligation (cardinal obligation), an obligation whose fulfillment is essential to the proper performance of the contract and on whose observance you may regularly rely. In such a case, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical of the contract at the time of conclusion.

(3) Otherwise, liability for simple negligence is excluded.

(4) The above limitations of liability do not apply to liability under Section 8(1) and leave mandatory statutory rights, in particular the warranty rights under Section 7, unaffected.

9. Local Processing / Data Backup

Because Stript processes all documents locally on your device, the IT security of your device environment and the backup of your data and the local mapping table fall within your area of responsibility. Our responsibility within the scope of statutory liability under Section 8 remains unaffected.

10. Intellectual Property

Stript and all associated materials (software, documentation, website content, trademarks) are protected by copyright and trademark law. Beyond the rights of use granted in Section 3, no rights are transferred. Reproduction or redistribution without express permission is not permitted.

11. Data Protection

The processing of personal data is governed by our Privacy Policy.

12. Consumer Dispute Resolution

We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (§ 36 VSBG).

13. Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to amend these Terms with effect for the future, to the extent this is necessary for a valid reason (e.g., a change in the legal situation, in supreme-court case law, or in our services) and you are not thereby unreasonably disadvantaged. We will inform you of material changes in good time in an appropriate manner (e.g., by email, where we have an address, or by a clear notice in the application). If you do not object within a reasonable period, the amended Terms shall be deemed accepted; we will separately inform you of your right to object and the consequences.

14. Final Provisions

Last updated: 09.07.2026