Terms and Conditions

These Terms govern the relationship between the Operator and the company or person submitting content, hereinafter the “Submitter”, in connection with the submission, review, editing, translation, publication and distribution of press releases, corporate news, specialist articles, product information, event notices and other content.

Any conflicting terms of the Submitter apply only if the Operator has expressly accepted them in text form.

The Submitter represents that they are authorised to act on behalf of the stated company and to make the declarations set out in these Terms with binding effect.

All information supplied during registration, ordering or submission must be complete, current and accurate. Login credentials must be protected against access by third parties.

• Submissions may only be made by duly authorised persons.
• Material changes to company or contact information must be updated without delay.
• The Submitter is responsible for activities carried out through its account to the extent attributable to the Submitter.

Companies may submit content for free editorial publication. There is no entitlement to review within a specified period, publication, a particular placement, minimum reach, discoverability or permanent availability.

The Operator decides on acceptance, timing, scope, presentation, category, language and placement according to editorial, professional, quality and technical criteria.

Free posts may be rejected, postponed, shortened, updated, moved, archived, unpublished or deleted at any time.

• Publication is voluntary and remains at the editorial discretion of TYRE.news.
• Duplicate submissions and substantially identical releases may be combined or rejected.
• Outdated, excessively promotional or industry-irrelevant content may be rejected.
• Editorial publication does not constitute endorsement or verification of the company, product or content concerned.

Paid services, including highlighted, prioritised or posts labelled “Promoted”, “Sponsored”, “Advertisement” or similar, are additionally governed by the applicable offer, service description and agreed prices.

A paid booking creates an entitlement only to the specifically agreed service. Page views, leads, sales, rankings, search-engine positions or other commercial outcomes are not owed unless expressly guaranteed in text form.

The Operator may and, where required by law, must label paid or otherwise commercially motivated publications as advertising or sponsored content. Services already performed and campaigns already commenced will be charged in accordance with the agreement.

By submitting content, the Submitter grants the Operator a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence, unlimited in time until an effective withdrawal, to use the submitted text, images, graphics, logos, videos, audio, documents and other materials.

The licence covers operation, editorial presentation, promotion, archiving and development of TYRE.news as well as publication and distribution through the Operator’s own and affiliated media channels.

Rights are granted only to the extent the Submitter is entitled to grant them. All other rights of the Submitter and the respective authors remain unaffected.

• Storage, reproduction, communication to the public and distribution on TYRE.news.
• Use on websites, apps, newsletters, RSS feeds, social media, video and audio formats, and in the Operator’s digital and printed publications.
• Technical adaptation, formatting, compression, conversion, cropping and responsive presentation.
• Editorial editing, shortening, summarising, translation, tagging, categorisation and SEO processing, provided that the meaning and core message are not misleadingly altered.
• Use of headlines, excerpts, thumbnails and quotations to promote and link to the post.
• Disclosure to technical service providers, hosting providers, translation services, distribution partners and affiliated media channels where required for the agreed use.

The Operator may edit submitted content editorially and technically. Automated systems and AI-assisted tools may be used, particularly for translation, summarisation, tagging, categorisation, spelling correction, metadata, image adaptation and search-engine optimisation.

Despite careful processing, deviations, translation errors or condensed presentations may occur. The Submitter must notify the Operator without delay of any identifiable material error after publication.

• Correction of spelling, grammar, punctuation and formatting.
• Shortening and restructuring to improve readability.
• Translation into other languages and adaptation to regional language variants.
• Creation of teasers, summaries, headlines and metadata.
• Technical processing of images and videos for different output formats.

The Submitter represents that it owns or has validly obtained all rights required for the intended use. This includes copyright, related rights, trade mark rights, design rights, naming rights, personality rights and image rights.

For images, graphics, video or audio, the Submitter must in particular verify whether the author, photographer, image agency, employer, depicted persons or other right holders have consented to publication, editing and cross-media use.

Source, author and licence information must be supplied fully and accurately with the material. The mere availability of an image online or on social media does not confer a right of use.

• Images from search engines, third-party websites or social media must not be submitted without a sufficient licence.
• Licence terms of image agencies and stock platforms must permit use by TYRE.news and the intended media channels.
• Where identifiable persons are depicted, all necessary consents or other legal bases must exist.
• Logos, product images and trade marks may be used only to the extent legally permitted.

If a third party brings a claim against the Operator based on content supplied by the Submitter, the Submitter shall indemnify the Operator on first demand against justified claims, damages, reasonable legal enforcement and defence costs and other necessary expenses, to the extent the infringement is attributable to the Submitter.

The Submitter shall promptly and fully assist the Operator in examining and defending such claims and provide all available agreements, licences, consents, source information and other evidence. Where reasonable, the Operator will not make an adverse admission or settlement without appropriately involving the Submitter.

Content may not be submitted or published if it infringes applicable law, third-party rights, official orders or fundamental editorial standards.

• False, misleading, defamatory, insulting or reputation-damaging statements.
• Unlawful advertising, concealed advertising or impermissible commercial practices.
• Material infringing copyright, trade marks or personality rights.
• Hate speech, discrimination, glorification of violence, pornographic or otherwise harmful content.
• Malware, manipulated files, tracking technologies or content that threatens platform security.
• Content without sufficient connection to the tyre, mobility, automotive, recycling or related industries.

The Operator is not obliged to fully verify every factual assertion, licence or legal issue before publication. It may request evidence, temporarily restrict content and make publication conditional on clarification.

Upon specific indications of unlawful, inaccurate or rights-infringing content, the Operator may, without prior notice, restrict, correct, unpublish or delete a post in whole or in part. Statutory reporting, disclosure and cooperation obligations remain unaffected.

Notices of possible infringements should be sent to press(a)tyre.news and identify the post, the disputed passage, the alleged infringement and suitable evidence.

The respective Submitter is principally responsible for the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, origin, legality and quality of submitted content. Publication by TYRE.news does not constitute verification, endorsement or a guarantee.

The Operator has unlimited liability for intent and gross negligence, culpable injury to life, body or health, and in cases of mandatory statutory liability.

For a slightly negligent breach of a material contractual obligation, liability is limited to the foreseeable loss typical for the contract at the time of conclusion. Material obligations are those whose fulfilment is essential for proper performance and on which the contractual partner may regularly rely.

Otherwise, liability for slight negligence is excluded. To the extent permitted by law, the Operator is in particular not liable for indirect loss, lost profit, lack of reach, lost business opportunities, loss of data or decisions made by users based on published content.

These limitations also apply to the Operator’s corporate bodies, employees, representatives and agents. Mandatory statutory claims remain unaffected.

Continuous and uninterrupted availability of TYRE.news is not owed. Maintenance, security measures, technical faults, failures of third-party providers, force majeure or other events outside the Operator’s reasonable control may restrict availability.

The Operator may change, develop or discontinue the structure, functions, domains, technical systems, categories, presentation formats and distribution channels, provided this does not unreasonably impair already-paid principal contractual services.

The Submitter may withdraw the licence granted under these Terms for the future in text form, unless an individual agreement or mandatory law provides otherwise. The withdrawal must be sent to press(a)tyre.news and clearly identify the affected content.

Following receipt of an effective withdrawal, the Operator will remove the affected content within a reasonable technical and organisational processing period from active publication areas under its direct control.

Withdrawal has no retroactive effect. Prior lawful uses, printed publications, sent newsletters, social-media posts, backups, technical caches, search-engine copies and content on third-party platforms outside the Operator’s control may remain. Where technically and legally possible, the Operator will end its own ongoing active uses.

Free usage arrangements may be terminated by either party at any time for the future. Paid services are subject to the terms, notice periods and service periods set out in the relevant offer.

The right to terminate for cause remains unaffected. Cause may include material legal infringements, misuse, repeated false information or payment default.

The laws of the Federal Republic of Germany apply, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Mandatory statutory provisions, including mandatory protections of the state in which a contracting party has its habitual residence, remain unaffected where applicable.

The exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms and the contractual relationships based on them is Reutlingen, provided the Submitter is a merchant, a legal entity under public law, a special fund under public law, or the statutory requirements for a jurisdiction agreement otherwise exist.

The Operator remains entitled to bring claims at the Submitter’s general place of jurisdiction.

The Operator may amend these Terms for the future where there is an objective reason, particularly changes in law, case law, services, technical processes or security requirements.

Material changes affecting ongoing paid contracts will be communicated in an appropriate manner. Where express consent is legally required, the amendment becomes effective only after such consent has been given.

If any provision of these Terms is or becomes wholly or partly invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective. The invalid or unenforceable provision is replaced by the applicable statutory rule.