Legal Notice: What Your Imprint Must Contain
A legal notice (Impressum) is not optional. The German Teleservices Act (TMG) requires every commercial website to identify the provider. Errors or missing details can result in legal warnings.
Mandatory Details in the Legal Notice
Full company name with legal form (e.g. arocom GmbH). Address: street, house number, postal code, city. A P.O. box is not sufficient. Authorized representative: name of the managing director. Contact: phone number and email address. Commercial register number and registry court (e.g. HRB 740215, Amtsgericht Stuttgart). VAT ID number under Section 27a UStG.
For regulated professions, the chamber, professional title and applicable regulations must also be listed.
Implementing the Legal Notice in Drupal
The legal notice must be reachable from every page within a maximum of two clicks — typically in the footer. In Drupal, it is created as a dedicated page with a fixed URL alias.
arocom creates a legally compliant imprint page for every project and links it in the footer menu alongside the privacy policy. The content is provided by the client and technically implemented correctly by us.
Your next step
Is your website legally compliant? The Drupal Future Check checks not only technology and SEO but also legal basics like the imprint and data protection.
Does every website need a legal notice?
Every commercial or journalistic-editorial website in Germany needs an imprint under TMG Section 5. Purely private websites without commercial purpose are exempt.
What happens with an incorrect legal notice?
Incorrect or incomplete imprints are subject to legal warnings. Competitors or associations can demand cease-and-desist. The costs of a warning typically range from three to low four figures.
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