corporate benefits
Benefits at work
1.
Scope
1.1 These Terms of Use
apply to the online presentation platform for employee offers (hereinafter
referred to as the "Platform").
1.2 The
offers shown on the platform are exclusively designed for users who order the
offers or the voucher or discount codes as consumers within the meaning of Article
2(1) of Law no. 24/96, of 31 July (Consumer Protection Law). Using the offers
for commercial purposes is prohibited. This shall include but not be limited to
commercially purchasing and/or commercially selling goods and services which is
strictly prohibited.
1.3 CBPPE - corporate benefits Portugal, Unipessoal Lda,NIPC 516655760, com sede na Avenida do Brasil, 15, 1.º, 1749-112 Lisboa (hereinafter referred to as "corporate benefits") is the operator of the Platform.
1.4 Soley these Terms of
Use shall apply. Conflicting or deviating terms and conditions of the users
will not be accepted unless corporate benefits has given its prior written
approval.
2.
Content of the Platform and Role of corporate benefits
2.1 On the Platform,
various third-party companies (hereinafter referred to as "Vendors")
present goods and services, voucher codes, discount codes, benefits, etc. which
can be purchased or redeemed outside the Platform on the Vendors' websites.
Those offers are aimed for employees of companies or members of associations or
clubs (hereinafter referred to as "Users"). corporate benefits is
only running the platform for the presentation of goods and services by the
Vendors. corporate benefits does NOT sell any of the goods and services
presented.
2.2 Based on the
information given to corporate benefits, the Vendors are companies within the
meaning of within the meaning of Article 13 of the Portuguese Commercial Code. They
can be identified by the logos displayed; In addition, every website of the
Vendor accessible via the platform provides of an imprint including the contact
information of the Vendor. Intellectual property rights to the Vendor’s content
displayed on the Platform remain with the respective Vendor.
2.3 Contracts for the
purchase of goods or other services are concluded outside the Platform between
the User and the Vendors.
2.4 All Vendors are
solely responsible for the content and presentation of the advertised goods and
services on the platform. Each Vendor also decides at his own discretion
whether to limit the time and/or quantity of his discounts, goods and services.
corporate benefits does not check the Vendor’s content. Hence, corporate
benefits cannot be held liable for the correctness of the information by the
Vendors or their performance. Errors and changes may occur and are reserved.
3.
Registration, conclusion of contract, storage of the contract text and contract
language
3.1 For using the
Platform, the User needs to subscribe with corporate benefits and create a User
Account. The Platform is provided free of charge to the user acting as a
consumer.
3.2 Registration can only
take place with a permanently used e-mail address. Using a so-called
"thrash mail address", which is only temporarily valid, is expressly
prohibited. Such addresses are given to new users after being "thrown away",
which could allow unauthorized persons to gain access to the User' account.
3.3 After the User has
submitted the online registration form, corporate benefits will provide the
User with an activation code sent to the email address listed within the
subscription process. This message constitutes an offer of corporate benefits
to the User to conclude a contract via the Platform on the basis of these terms
of use. The acceptance of this offer by the User and thus the conclusion of the
contract takes place by entering the activation code on the Platform.
3.4 The contract, i.e.
the User's registration, is stored by corporate benefits, but is not accessible
to the User. The User can check the data stored for his user account via the
menu item "My data" in his user profile on the Platform. In addition,
the User can access, print, download or save the Terms of Use at any time via
the "Terms of Use" link provided on the Platform, but only in the
current version. Older versions are not available on the Platform.
3.5 The contract may be
concluded in German or English.
3.6 In order to use the
Platform, Users must be at least 16 years old or provide the consent of their
parents or guardians.
4.
Access and use of the Platform; consequences for breach of these Terms of Use;
Penalty
4.1 The offers on the Platform are designed exclusively for employees of companies that have been provided with a Platform of corporate benefits, Users who do not meet these requirements are not permitted to use the Platform. If the use of the offers takes place without the aforementioned conditions being met, corporate benefits may take the sanctions specified in sections 4.4 and 6.2 of these Terms of Use against the users concerned (contractual penalty, damages, termination, blocking).
4.2 The offers are
exclusively designed for users who use the offers or the voucher or discount
codes as consumers within the meaning of Article 2(1) of the Consumer Defence
Law. The use of the offers or the voucher or discount codes for commercial
purposes, including but not limited to the commercial purchase, commercial
offering or commercial resale of goods purchased at a discount, is prohibited.
corporate benefits outlines that violations of these provisions may lead to
claims for damages, including but not limited to claims of the Verndors against
the users. In the event of a repeat offense, corporate benefits reserves the
right to file a criminal complaint.
4.3 Proof of entitlement
to use the Platform in accordance with No. 4.1 is done by entering an e-mail
address under the respective company domain or by entering a code that has been
provided to the company for confidential disclosure exclusively to its employees.
corporate benefits reserves the right to report unauthorized use by
unauthorized persons or public disclosure by users.
4.4 In the event of a
culpable violation of the provisions in
- Section 1.2 (use of the
Platform and its offerings for commercial purposes),
- Section. 4.1 (use of
the Platform without being an employee of a company to which corporate benefits
has provided a Platform),
- Section 4.2, sentence 2
(commercial purchase, commercial offering or commercial resale of goods
purchased at a discount) OR
- Section 4.3., sentence
2 (public disclosure of access codes)
of these Terms of Use
obliges to pay corporate benefits a contractual penalty of at least € 500, in
the event of a claim for damages more than this amount, compensation shall be
added.
corporate benefits
expressly reserves the right to assert further claims for damages. These can significantly
exceed the amount of the above-mentioned lump sum. In case of repeat offense,
the minimum fine is € 2,000. The contractual penalty will be offset against
further claims for damages by corporate benefits.
4.5 The User is obliged
to notify corporate benefits immediately if he/she leaves the company assigned
to the Platform as an employee. Upon leaving the Company, the User's
entitlement to access and use the Platform also expires.
4.6 Users may not pass on
their access data to other persons. They must keep their credentials
confidential. In the event that a user notices third parties becoming aware of
his access data, he is obliged to change his access data immediately. The User
is also obliged to inform corporate benefits immediately if there are
indications that his user account has been misused by third parties.
5.
Confidentiality of offers and contractual penalty for passing on voucher and
discount codes
5.1 The offers and
conditions on the Platform are based on corporate customer and corporate
conditions, which the respective Vendors only grant to authorized users of the
Platform. The offers and conditions may therefore only be made available to the
authorized group of users of the Platform.
5.2 The offers and
conditions as well as the voucher or discount codes are strictly confidential
and may not be communicated to third parties. They represent a trade secret of
corporate benefits. The User is expressly prohibited from passing on voucher or
discount codes obtained through the Platform to third parties. In particular,
the publication of such coupon or discount codes on the Internet or the sale of
such coupon or discount codes offline or online is prohibited. This prohibition
includes the public communication and dissemination by the User of screenshots
of the coupon or discount codes of corporate benefits.
5.3 In the event of a
culpable violation of the provisions of Section 5.2 (Prohibition of public
communication and distribution of voucher or discount codes), the User is
obliged to pay corporate benefits a contractual penalty of at least €
500.00 per violation. In the event of a claim for damages more than this
amount, compensation shall be added. corporate benefits expressly reserve
the right to assert further claims for damages. These can significantly exceed
the amount of the above-mentioned lump sum. In case of repeat offense, the
minimum fine is € 2,000. The contractual penalty will be offset against other
civil claims for compensation for the damages deducted by CBPPE.
5.4 corporate benefits reserve
the right to indemnify the User in the event of violations of the provisions of
this Section. 5 from further use of the Platform.
5.5 corporate benefits
points out that violations of the provisions in this Section 5 are also violations
of the Act for the Protection of Trade Secrets and may be punishable.
6.
Termination of the User Agreement, Discontinuation, Restriction or Modification
of the Offer and Deletion of the User Account
6.1 The User may
terminate the User Agreement at any time without giving reasons by deleting his
User Account via the menu item "Delete Access" in his User Profile or
terminate the User Agreement by notifying corporate benefits in text form (e-mail,
fax or letter) without notice.
6.2 corporate benefits is
entitled to terminate the User Agreement at any time by notifying the User in
text form with a notice period of two working days and to block the User's
access to the Platform upon effective termination.
6.3 In the event of
violations of Section 1.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 or 5.2 of these Terms of Use,
corporate benefits is entitled to block or restrict the User's User Account
with immediate effect without notice and to terminate the User Agreement.
Further claims of corporate benefits shall remain unaffected.
6.4. Moreover, each
contractual party’s right to terminate the agreement for cause shall remain
unaffected.
6.5 Upon termination or
expiration, the User's account and his access to the Platform will be deleted.
7. Limitation of Liability
7.1 corporate benefits is
liable in the event of intent (including malice) and gross negligence in
accordance with the statutory provisions. In the case of slight negligence,
corporate benefits is only liable if a material contractual obligation is breached.
Essential contractual obligations are to be understood as those obligations
which the contract has to grant to the user according to its meaning and
purpose or the fulfilment of which enables the proper execution of the contract
at all and on the observance of which the user may regularly rely.
7.2 In the event of
liability due to slight negligence, this liability shall be limited to such
damages as are foreseeable or typical at the time of conclusion of the
contract. Liability due to injury to life, limb or health remains unaffected,
as does strict liability under law, e.g. according to the Product Liability
Act.
7.3 Insofar as the
liability of corporate benefits is excluded or limited, this also applies to
the personal liability of the employees, legal representatives and vicarious
agents of corporate benefits. All limitations of liability also apply to all
statutory (including tortious) and contractual claims resulting from the use of
the Platform or from the user relationship.
8.
Participation in dispute resolution procedures and information on online
dispute resolution
The European Commission's
website for online dispute resolution (ODR website) can be accessed via the
following link: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr
However, corporate benefits does not participate in dispute resolution
proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
9. Final Provisions
9.1 corporate benefits is
entitled to amend these Terms of Use at any time if this is necessary due to
the legal situation, new or changed services and/or a disproportion between
performance and consideration or if regulations are changed for the benefit of
the User. The User will be informed of the changed terms and conditions with
the explicit reference to the possibility of terminating the user relationship
at any time. If the User accepts the new terms of use by confirming them at the
next login, the amended terms and conditions become part of the agreement.
corporate benefits will draw the user's attention to this legal
consequence. Refusal of consent shall be regarded as termination of the
account by the User.
9.2 Portuguese law shall
apply with the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
be excluded, even if the User has his residence or registered office abroad.
This choice of law applies to consumers but shall leave the protection afforded
to consumers by those mandatory provisions, i.e. provisions of the country in
which the consumer has his habitual residence, i.e. unaffected.
last updated: 07.2024