Imprint (Legal Notice)
Disclosure intended to satisfy the EU e-commerce information duties (Directive 2000/31/EC, as transposed in Germany) for services directed at readers in Germany. Last updated: August 2026.
Site operator
Guide Germany (guide-germany.com) is operated by Jules de Bruin, the same real person who operates How to Austria, How to France, and How to Spain, trading as a sole proprietorship (Einzelunternehmen) established under Austrian law, not as a German legal entity.
Address:Czerningasse 8, 1020 Vienna (Wien), Austria (the same registered address used on the operator's other sites in this network)
Email: julesdbruin@gmail.com
German tax number: Not applicable. The operator is not a German tax resident or a business registered in Germany, so no German tax number exists for this activity. The operator is established as an Austrian sole proprietorship, as stated above.
Applicable law and jurisdiction
The site is operated from Austria. Austrian law applies to the operator's underlying business, while this notice is drafted to meet EU e-commerce disclosure requirements for services directed at readers in Germany. Consumers resident in Germany retain the benefit of mandatory German and EU consumer protection provisions regardless of the operator's place of establishment.
Hosting provider
The site is hosted by Vercel Inc., 340 S Lemon Ave #4133, Walnut, CA 91789, United States. vercel.com
Personal data (Datenschutz)
Personal data is processed in accordance with the GDPR and the guidance of the German data protection authorities. For a private operator the competent body is the Landesdatenschutzbehörde of the federal state where the reader lives. See our Privacy Policy for details, including how to lodge a complaint with that authority.
Consumer dispute resolution (ODR)
The European Commission provides an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform for EU consumers: ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. The operator is not affiliated with any specific German consumer arbitration body (Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle); consumers may nonetheless address complaints to the operator directly using the email above.
Affiliate disclosure
This site contains affiliate links. When you sign up with a provider through one of our links, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. This does not influence our editorial content or recommendations.
Intellectual property
The text, layout, and graphic elements of this site are protected. Reproduction without authorisation is prohibited, except for short quotation with a link back to the source.