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Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by FDSGSG on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:41AM (#29565741)
Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by martin_a on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:45AM (#29565798)
You seem to misunderstand what a postal address is.

The provided information on this website is not enough to do legally binding business (at least in some parts of Europe, it's not only Germany).

Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by FDSGSG on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:46AM (#29565812)
In Germany you can enter into a verbal contract without any exchange of personal details. Why would a website be treated differently? I'm curious.

As far as I understand German law is very flexible about what constitutes a valid legally binding contract.

Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by martin_a on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @09:21AM (#29566280)
Chapter 2 and 3 of the "BGB" contain several paragraphs which define legal rights and obligations for doing business via the internet or telephone.

§312f for example defines that customers must receive "a copy of a contractual document signed by the contracting parties in such a way that their identity is identifiable" (translated via DeepL).

A simple mail address is not an identity in German law, especially not when doing business with B2C as you always have a 14 day period to cancel your order (except for downloads and various, special products).

edit: If you want to cancel, you must be able to do so via (offline) mail, too.

Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by FDSGSG on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @09:29AM (#29566381)
Sure, they're not following the rules. Why would that affect the validity of your contract with them if you purchase good from them? Why would this contract not bind the seller?