Terms of Service

Last updated: 2026-07-20

These terms form the agreement between you and Nazmtec for the use of Maqal, a hosted multilingual publishing service reachable at maqal.blog. By creating an account, subscribing to a plan, or publishing content through the service you accept these terms in full.

1. The service we provide

Maqal is a hosted publishing platform. Each customer receives a site under a path on our base domain, and, on paid plans, may connect a custom domain. We host your site, store your uploaded media, serve your pages to readers, and keep encrypted backups. Features evolve over time; we may add, change, or withdraw individual features, and where a change materially reduces what a paid plan offers we will give you reasonable advance notice by email.

2. Accounts and eligibility

You must provide accurate registration details and keep them current. You must have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement; if you are acting for an organisation you confirm that you are authorised to bind it. You are responsible for everything that happens under your account and for keeping your credentials confidential. Tell us without delay at legal@maqal.blog if you believe your account has been accessed without your authorisation. During the invitation-only phase, access is granted at our discretion and may be withdrawn.

3. Plans, billing, renewal, and cancellation

We offer a free plan and paid subscription plans. Paid plans are billed in advance for each billing period through our payment provider, Stripe; we never receive or store your full card details. Where a free trial is offered, it converts into a paid subscription at the end of the trial unless you cancel first. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. You may cancel at any time with effect from the end of the current billing period, and your site remains available until then. Statutory rights of withdrawal for consumers in the European Union remain unaffected, and we will refund amounts where the law requires it. Prices are stated inclusive or exclusive of value added tax as shown at checkout.

4. Your content and the rights you grant us

You keep ownership of everything you publish. To operate the service you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, back up, transmit, and display your content, strictly for the purpose of running and securing the service and delivering your site to your readers. This licence ends when you delete the content or close your account, except for encrypted backup copies that expire on our normal rotation schedule. You warrant that you hold the necessary rights to everything you publish and that it does not infringe third-party rights.

5. Acceptable use and moderation

Your use of the service is subject to our Acceptable Use Policy, which forms part of these terms. We screen uploaded media and published text with automated tools and may review flagged material manually. Where content appears to breach the policy or the law we may restrict its visibility, remove it, suspend the site, or terminate the account, choosing the least intrusive measure that is appropriate to the severity. Content that is manifestly illegal, in particular material depicting the sexual abuse of children, is removed immediately and reported to the competent authorities.

6. Availability, suspension, and termination

We aim for high availability but do not promise uninterrupted service, and we may take the platform offline for maintenance. We may suspend access where required by law, where necessary to protect the platform or other customers, or where fees remain unpaid after a reminder. Either party may terminate at any time; you by cancelling in your account settings, and we by giving reasonable notice by email, except where immediate termination is justified. After termination we retain your data for a limited grace period so that you can export it, and then delete it, subject to any statutory retention duty.

7. Warranties and limitation of liability

The service is provided with reasonable care and skill but without further warranty. We are liable without limitation for damage arising from injury to life, body, or health, for intent and gross negligence, and under the German Product Liability Act. For slight negligence we are liable only where we breach an obligation that is essential to the purpose of this agreement, and then only for damage that is foreseeable and typical for this kind of contract. Any further liability is excluded. You remain responsible for keeping your own copies of content that matters to you.

8. Changes, governing law, and disputes

We may amend these terms where necessary for legal, technical, or commercial reasons and will notify you by email at least thirty days before a material change takes effect; continued use after that date counts as acceptance, and you may cancel free of charge before it. German law applies, excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory rules of the country in which you live, and you may bring proceedings in your local courts. If you are a business, the place of jurisdiction is our registered seat.

Questions about this policy? Contact legal@maqal.blog.