Terms of use

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE — LëtzBuzz. Last updated: 24 June 2026. These Terms and Conditions of Use (the "Terms") govern access to and use of the website letzbuzz.lu and all of its features (the "Service"). The Service is published by Mr Mickaël Barbier, a natural person acting in a personal capacity (the "Publisher"), reachable at contact@letzbuzz.lu. The Publisher does not act through any company and is not registered with any trade register. By accessing or using the Service in any way, you (the "User") acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted these Terms without reservation. If you do not accept these Terms, you must immediately cease all use of the Service.

1. Purpose and acceptance. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between the User and the Publisher. Acceptance occurs simply by viewing the Service, creating an account, subscribing to the newsletter, posting a comment, submitting content or any other use. Acceptance applies to all features, present and future. Any use of the Service entails full and unreserved adherence to the Terms in force on the date of such use.

2. Minimum age (16 years). The Service is strictly reserved for persons aged 16 years or older, the age of consent for the processing of personal data applicable in Luxembourg under the GDPR. By using the Service, the User represents and warrants that they are at least 16 years old. The Publisher reserves the right to suspend or delete, without notice, any account or content it has reason to believe originates from a person under the required age. The Publisher cannot be held liable for any false declaration of age by the User.

3. Description of the Service. The Service is a Luxembourg social-first media outlet offering: editorial articles, some of which are automatically generated by artificial intelligence tools, always based on verifiable data ("data-grounded") and dealing exclusively with non-sensitive topics; the display of social media content solely via the platforms' official embedding ("embed"), without re-hosting; moderated comments; a double opt-in newsletter; a "Suggest a buzz" feature allowing the submission of links; a Creator Space with a user account; OAuth connection of creators' social media accounts; an auto-publication-by-tag feature; polls and quizzes; and advertising placements. The Publisher may at any time, in its sole discretion, modify, suspend or remove all or part of the Service, without notice or compensation.

4. Service provided "as is", no warranty. The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by Luxembourg law. In particular, the Publisher does not warrant that the Service will be free from errors, interruptions, bugs, viruses or inaccuracies, nor that it will meet the User's expectations, nor the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the content, including AI-generated content. The User acknowledges that they use the Service at their own risk and under their sole responsibility. No information obtained through the Service creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.

5. Limitation of liability. To the fullest extent permitted by Luxembourg law, the Publisher's liability is limited to the maximum extent. The Publisher cannot be held liable for any indirect, incidental, intangible or consequential damage, including loss of data, revenue, opportunity, goodwill, image or profit, arising from access to the Service, its use or the inability to use it. The Publisher is not liable for interruptions, unavailability, slowness, data loss, errors or inaccuracies, nor for damage caused by third-party content, embeds, external links or failures of platforms, providers or networks. As the Service is provided free of charge, the Publisher's aggregate liability, should it be engaged for any reason whatsoever, is limited to the lowest amount permitted by law. Nothing in these Terms operates to exclude or limit the Publisher's liability in the event of wilful misconduct, gross negligence or personal injury, to the extent such exclusion would be prohibited by law.

6. User accounts and security. Creating an account (Creator Space) requires an email address and a password; authentication is handled by a technical provider. The User is solely responsible for the confidentiality of their credentials and for all activity carried out from their account. They undertake to provide accurate information, keep it up to date, choose a strong password and notify the Publisher (contact@letzbuzz.lu) without delay of any unauthorised use. The Publisher disclaims all liability in the event of loss, theft or fraudulent use of credentials. The Publisher may, in its sole discretion and without notice, suspend, restrict or delete any account in the event of a breach of these Terms, suspected fraud or for any legitimate reason.

7. User content — sole responsibility of the author. Any content submitted, published, transmitted or relayed by the User — comments, buzz suggestions, posts from connected social accounts, participation in polls and quizzes (the "User Content") — is the sole responsibility of its author. The Publisher does not endorse, approve or adopt any User Content. The User represents and warrants that they hold all rights, permissions and licences necessary for the User Content, that it infringes no third-party rights (intellectual property, image rights, privacy, neighbouring rights) and that it complies with the law. The User indemnifies the Publisher against any consequence of an inaccurate representation under this article.

8. Licence granted to the Publisher. By submitting User Content, the User grants the Publisher a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence, for the legal term of protection of the rights, authorising it to host, reproduce, display, adapt to technical constraints, moderate and relay such content within the framework of the Service and its promotion. For content originating from social media, such relaying is carried out exclusively via official embedding ("embed"), without re-hosting. This licence is granted only to the extent necessary for the operation and promotion of the Service. The User retains ownership of their User Content.

9. Prohibited content. User Content is strictly prohibited where it, among other things: is unlawful, defamatory, insulting, hateful, discriminatory, violent, harassing, obscene or of a sexual nature involving minors; infringes the rights of third parties (intellectual property, privacy, image rights, confidentiality); discloses third parties' personal data without a legal basis; contains a virus or malicious code; constitutes spam, unauthorised advertising or manipulation; or breaches any applicable law. The Publisher may refuse, modify or remove any content contrary to this clause, without notice or compensation, without this entailing any general obligation to monitor.

10. Connection of social media accounts. The creator may connect their social media accounts via the OAuth protocol (X being active; Instagram, TikTok and Facebook being contemplated). Such connection constitutes authorisation for the Publisher to access metadata and to relay the relevant content exclusively via official embed. The authorisation is revocable at any time by the User, by disconnecting the relevant account. The Publisher is neither responsible for nor a guarantor of third-party platforms, their terms, their availability, their changes or any removal of content on their part. Revocation of the authorisation does not affect previously and lawfully made relays, which will cease within a reasonable technical period.

11. Auto-publication by tag. When a connected creator tags @LetzBuzz or uses the hashtag #LetzBuzz, they expressly consent to the corresponding content being relayed on the Service via official embed. Prior to any relay, an automated safety filter is applied on a best-effort basis, without any warranty of completeness or absence of error. No sensitive topic and no unverified private individual is subject to auto-publication. The Publisher retains full discretion to relay, not to relay or to remove any content at any time, without notice, without stating reasons and without compensation. Use of the tag creates no right to publication and no obligation on the part of the Publisher.

12. Third-party content, embeds and external links. The Service displays social media content and links to third-party websites over which the Publisher exercises no control. Such content remains hosted by the original platforms and is the sole responsibility of its authors and of those platforms. The Publisher does not endorse such content and disclaims all liability as to its lawfulness, accuracy, availability or effects. Access to third-party resources is at the User's own risk and is governed by the terms specific to those third parties.

13. Right of moderation. The Publisher has a fully discretionary right of moderation allowing it, at any time and without notice or compensation, to modify, refuse, delay, unpublish, suspend or delete any content, comment, suggestion, relay or account, for any reason whatsoever, including in the absence of established unlawfulness. Moderation may be manual or automated. In accordance with applicable law, the Publisher is under no general obligation to monitor content or to actively seek out unlawful facts. The exercise or non-exercise of this right cannot engage the Publisher's liability.

14. Indemnification. The User undertakes to indemnify, defend and hold the Publisher harmless against any claim, action, complaint, judgment, loss, damage, cost or expense (including reasonable defence and legal fees) arising from their User Content, their use of the Service, the breach of these Terms or the infringement of a third party's rights. The Publisher reserves the right to assume sole control of its defence in any matter covered by this clause, in which case the User undertakes to cooperate fully.

15. No professional advice. The content of the Service, including editorial articles and AI-generated content, is provided for purely informational and entertainment purposes. It in no way constitutes professional, legal, financial, medical or other advice and cannot replace the opinion of a qualified professional. The User remains solely responsible for the decisions they make on the basis of such content.

16. Intellectual property. The structure, code, graphic design, trademarks, logos, editorial texts and databases of the Service are protected by intellectual property law and remain the exclusive property of the Publisher or its licensors. Nothing in these Terms entails any assignment of these rights. Any reproduction, representation, extraction, reuse or exploitation, in whole or in part, without the Publisher's prior written authorisation, is prohibited and may engage the User's liability.

17. Personal data. The Publisher, Mr Mickaël Barbier, is the controller of the personal data collected via the Service (email and hashed password, session cookies, metadata and tokens of connected accounts stored server-side, name and content of comments, newsletter email, consent log, IP address for security and rate-limiting purposes, audience measurement and advertising subject to consent). Trackers that are not strictly necessary (audience measurement, advertising) are only placed after prior consent obtained via the consent management module. Processors include the host (United States, framed by standard contractual clauses), the database (EU), the email service, the audience-measurement tool and the advertising service. The User has rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability, exercisable at contact@letzbuzz.lu, as well as the right to lodge a complaint with the National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD), the Luxembourg supervisory authority. Detailed terms are set out in the Service's Privacy Policy.

18. Newsletter. Subscription to the newsletter operates on a double opt-in basis: a subscription request followed by confirmation by the User. The User may unsubscribe at any time via the link provided in each mailing or by writing to contact@letzbuzz.lu. The Publisher cannot be held liable for non-receipt of mailings resulting from spam filters, an incorrect address or a failure of the mailing provider.

19. User obligations. The User undertakes to use the Service fairly and in compliance with the law, not to disrupt its operation, not to attempt to access it without authorisation, not to circumvent security measures, not to collect data in an automated manner without authorisation and not to use it for fraudulent, abusive purposes or in breach of these Terms. Any breach may result in the immediate suspension or termination of access, without prejudice to any action by the Publisher.

20. Termination. The Publisher may, in its sole discretion and without notice, suspend or terminate any User's access to the Service, delete their account and their content, in the event of a breach of these Terms or for any legitimate reason. The User may stop using the Service and request the deletion of their account at any time. Termination does not affect provisions which, by their nature, are intended to survive, in particular those relating to liability, indemnification, intellectual property and applicable law.

21. Amendment of the Terms. The Publisher reserves the right to amend these Terms at any time. The applicable version is the one published on the Service on the date of use. Continued use of the Service after an amendment constitutes acceptance of the amended Terms. It is the User's responsibility to consult the version in force regularly.

22. Force majeure. The Publisher cannot be held liable for any non-performance or delay attributable to an event of force majeure or to a cause beyond its reasonable control, including failure of networks, hosts or third-party platforms, cyberattack, breakdown, disaster, decision of the authorities or interruption of telecommunications services.

23. Miscellaneous. If any provision of these Terms is found to be void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force. The Publisher's failure to invoke a provision does not constitute a waiver of it. The User may not assign their rights and obligations under these Terms without the Publisher's prior written consent; the Publisher may freely assign them. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the Service.

24. Applicable law and jurisdiction. These Terms are governed by Luxembourg law. Any dispute relating to their validity, interpretation or performance falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, subject to mandatory jurisdiction rules that may benefit the consumer under Luxembourg or European law. For any question, the User may contact the Publisher at contact@letzbuzz.lu.

Reporting of illegal content (notice-and-takedown, DSA). For content of which the Editor is not the author (official « embeds », comments, User submissions), the Editor acts as a host/intermediary within the meaning of Directive 2000/31/EC and Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA); its liability is limited and may only be engaged where it has failed to act promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge of the illegality. Any illegal content may be reported to contact@letzbuzz.lu, stating the URL, the nature of the illegality and the reporter's contact details. The Editor undertakes to review reports and to remove or disable access, without delay after obtaining actual knowledge, to any manifestly illegal content. For its own editorial articles, the Editor acts as a publisher (responsible).

Liability cap. As the Service is provided free of charge, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Editor's total aggregate liability, on any basis whatsoever, shall not in any event exceed fifty euros (EUR 50). This does not apply in the event of wilful misconduct, gross negligence, personal injury, or where the law prohibits such a limitation.

No affiliation and freedom of information. The Editor carries out an activity of information and commentary on current events, trends and web culture, protected by freedom of expression and information (Article 10 ECHR, Article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights). The names, trademarks, logos and third-party content occasionally cited are used for information and illustration purposes (nominative fair use); the Editor is neither affiliated with, nor a partner of, nor sponsored by the persons, brands or platforms cited, except where sponsored content is expressly indicated. Any person who considers themselves harmed has the right of reply and the rectification/removal procedure below.

Right of reply and rectification. In accordance with the Luxembourg Act of 8 June 2004 on freedom of expression in the media, any natural or legal person cited has a right of reply. Requests are made via the « Right of reply » page or to contact@letzbuzz.lu; they are timestamped and handled by the newsroom. Any request to correct a factual inaccuracy is examined promptly.

AI-generated or AI-assisted content. Some editorial content is generated or assisted by artificial-intelligence tools. Although the Editor applies a data-grounded approach and best-effort verification, it does not warrant the absence of inaccuracy. No liability is accepted for any factual inaccuracy resulting from AI-generated or AI-assisted content, to the extent permitted by law. Any inaccuracy may be reported to contact@letzbuzz.lu for correction.

Automated extraction and text-and-data mining. Any automated extraction, collection or reuse of the Service's content (« scraping »), as well as its reuse for the training, development or improvement of artificial-intelligence models, is expressly prohibited without the Editor's prior written authorisation. The Editor expressly reserves its rights under Article 4(3) of Directive (EU) 2019/790 (text-and-data-mining opt-out). This reservation is also signalled by technical means (robots.txt, headers).

Contractual limitation period. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any action or claim against the Editor relating to the Service or these Terms must be brought within twelve (12) months of the triggering event, failing which it shall be time-barred. This does not apply where it would be deemed unfair to a consumer or contrary to a mandatory provision.

Survival. The provisions relating to limitation of liability, indemnification, intellectual property, limitation period and governing law survive the termination or expiry of these Terms and continue to apply.