Membership and usage terms, privacy policy and legal notice for Marque Intelligence, a service of IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH.
"Marque Intelligence" is a service of IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH, Marienburger Str. 35-37, 42277 Wuppertal, Germany (the "Operator"). These terms govern membership and the use of the members' area, including the content, offerings and services accessible there.
Membership is personal and non-transferable. It is currently free of charge. The Operator may introduce a fee for the future; this applies only with the member's express consent. If the member does not consent to a future fee, they may terminate the membership; no payment obligation arises without consent. There is no entitlement to admission. The membership is deliberately small and personally vetted.
Admission requires an application via the designated form. The Operator reviews each application personally; the review may include examining publicly available sources, contacting a reference named by the applicant, a personal conversation and, at the Operator's request, suitable proof of vehicle ownership. The decision on admission or rejection is at the Operator's free discretion and is not given reasons.
Members receive, subject to availability: access to research publications prior to their publication, access to the Ownership Intelligence library, sight of anonymised private sale offers, the option to request personalised sale dossiers, and invitations to events. There is no entitlement to particular content, to brokerage activity in an individual case, or to a successful sale. The Operator may further develop, change or discontinue the content and functions of the members' area.
Confidentiality is the central duty of membership. All content of the members' area — in particular sale offers, dossiers, price information, search mandates and the identity of sellers and prospective buyers — is to be treated as confidential and must not be made accessible to third parties.
Members may not use information from the members' area, whether directly or indirectly, to build their own databases, market analyses or acquisition activities. The automated extraction, analysis or further processing of the content by means of software, AI systems or comparable tools is prohibited.
Sale dossiers are issued exclusively in personalised form and bear the name of the requesting member. They are intended solely for that member's own use; any sharing, reproduction or partial distribution — in any form — is prohibited. The confidentiality obligation continues after the membership ends.
Any contact with sellers or prospective buyers in connection with offers or search mandates of the members' area takes place exclusively through the Operator. It is prohibited to use information from the members' area to make direct or indirect contact with the other party, or to initiate or conclude transactions circumventing the Operator.
In the event of culpable sharing of a personalised dossier, or circumvention under paragraph 1, the member undertakes to pay a contractual penalty of EUR 5,000 per breach. The assertion of further damages remains reserved. A breach also entitles the Operator to terminate the membership without notice. Commission claims under a brokerage contract remain unaffected.
Members provide truthful information, treat other participants with respect, and refrain from any use of the members' area for extraneous purposes, in particular advertising.
The membership runs for an indefinite period. The member may terminate the membership in text form subject to a notice period of four weeks. The operator may terminate the membership in text form subject to a notice period of four weeks. The right of either party to terminate for good cause without notice — in particular for breaches of §§ 5 to 7 — remains unaffected. Any statutory right of withdrawal of the member remains unaffected by the notice period. Upon termination, access to the members' area ends; §§ 5 and 6 continue to apply.
In connection with sale offers, the Operator acts exclusively as a broker introducing opportunities and arranging contracts. Purchase contracts come about exclusively between buyer and seller; the Operator becomes neither a party to the purchase contract nor takes possession or ownership of vehicles.
Information on vehicles is based on the seller's representations and submitted documents and is labelled in the dossiers in accordance with the Marque Classification Standard (verified / documented / stated / open). The Operator gives no warranty as to the condition of offered vehicles. Buyers are expressly advised to carry out their own inspection, including independent appraisal.
The Operator is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, and for damage arising from injury to life, body or health. For simple negligence, the Operator is liable only for the breach of essential contractual obligations (cardinal obligations), limited to the foreseeable damage typical of the contract.
All rights in the content of the members' area — in particular research publications, dossiers and the Ownership Intelligence library — remain with the Operator. Members are granted a simple, non-transferable right of use for their own, non-commercial purposes. Commercial use, reproduction or making available to the public is prohibited.
The processing of personal data is governed by the Operator's privacy policy, including the supplement for membership and private brokerage.
Changes to these terms are effective only if communicated to the member in text form. They are deemed approved if the member does not object within six weeks of receipt. The Operator will draw separate attention to this in the notice of change. Changes affecting essential contractual content (e.g. scope of services or fees) require the member's express consent.
The Operator does not participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (§ 36 VSBG, German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act).
German law applies. If the member is a merchant, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law, the place of jurisdiction is Wuppertal. Should individual provisions be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected.
Version July 2026. This English text is a convenience translation; the German version prevails.
You have the right to withdraw from the membership contract within fourteen days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period is fourteen days from the day the contract is concluded (admission to the membership circle).
To exercise your right of withdrawal, you must inform us — IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH, Marienburger Str. 35-37, 42277 Wuppertal, Germany, email: hello@marqueintelligence.com — by means of a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post or an email) of your decision to withdraw from this contract. You may use the model withdrawal form below, but it is not obligatory.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient that you send your communication concerning the exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
In the event of withdrawal, the membership ends. As the membership is free of charge, no payments are to be refunded; access to the members' area ends.
(If you wish to withdraw from the contract, please complete this form and return it to us.)
To: IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH, Marienburger Str. 35-37, 42277 Wuppertal, Germany, email: hello@marqueintelligence.com
— I/we (*) hereby withdraw from the contract concluded by me/us (*) for membership of Marque Intelligence
— Admitted on (*): ____________________
— Name of consumer(s): ____________________
— Address of consumer(s): ____________________
— Signature of consumer(s) (only if this form is notified on paper)
— Date: ____________________
(*) Delete as appropriate.
Version July 2026. This English text is a convenience translation; the German version prevails.
This supplement applies in addition to the general privacy policy of IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH for the "Marque Intelligence" service (accessible at marqueintelligence.com) and the membership, vehicle documentation and private brokerage offered there.
IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH, Marienburger Str. 35-37, 42277 Wuppertal, Germany, represented by its Managing Director Uwe Riemeyer. Contact for data protection enquiries: hello@marqueintelligence.com.
When you apply for membership, we process the data provided in the application form: name, email address, telephone number, place of residence/country, details of vehicles and collecting focus, the optionally named reference, and the information on motivation.
The purpose of processing is the personal review of the application (including a possible conversation) and the decision on admission. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of pre-contractual measures at the request of the data subject).
As part of the review, we additionally examine publicly available sources (e.g. professional networks, publicly visible posts). The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; the legitimate interest lies in protecting a confidential, personally vetted membership and the information shared there.
We contact a reference named by the applicant only if it was provided by the applying person themselves. The reference person is informed of the origin of their data upon being contacted (Art. 14 GDPR).
The decision on admission is made exclusively by a human. There is no automated decision-making within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR. No profiling or scoring takes place.
Data of rejected applications is deleted at the latest six months after notification of the decision, unless the data subject expressly requests to remain on file for the future (waiting list); in that case, consent is revocable at any time. We store the data of admitted members for the duration of the membership and beyond only to the extent that statutory retention obligations exist.
If a member offers a vehicle for discreet brokerage, we process the data transmitted for this purpose: vehicle data (including chassis number, equipment, mileage), history and service documents, photographs, and the seller's contact and contract data. The purpose is the creation of an anonymised offer, the preparation of the sale dossier, and the conduct of the brokerage. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Offers in the members' area are presented anonymously (without chassis number, registration, location or identifying images). The full details are disclosed to prospective buyers only after separate release by the seller in the course of an introduction. Vehicle photographs are deleted after the mandate ends, unless a statutory retention obligation prevents this.
If a member requests the dossier for an offer, we log this request (member, offer, time, stated interest). The dossier is issued exclusively in personalised form and bears the name of the requesting member on every page (watermark). The purpose of this processing is to protect the confidentiality of the seller data, the traceability of disclosure, and the documentation of the brokerage activity. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR.
Communication with applicants, members and sellers takes place via email, telephone and, where applicable, messenger services and video calls (for example in application or mandate conversations). Content and connection data processed in this context is used only to conduct the respective communication.
Where member events take place, we give separate notice of any photography and process images only on a separately stated legal basis (consent or legitimate interest).
A disclosure of personal data between the buyer side and the seller side takes place exclusively in the course of an introduction and only with the consent of both parties. No disclosure for advertising purposes takes place.
For the website, forms, contact management and members' area, we use Wix.com Ltd. as a processor (agreement under Art. 28 GDPR). Wix processes data in data centres in the EU and in Israel. For transfers to Israel, an adequacy decision of the EU Commission exists. To the extent that Wix uses sub-processors in third countries (in particular the USA), this is done on the basis of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR.
Documents relating to brokerage and accounting are retained in accordance with § 257 HGB (German Commercial Code) and § 147 AO (German Fiscal Code) for six and ten years respectively. Otherwise, we delete personal data as soon as the purpose of its processing has ceased and no statutory retention obligation remains.
We take technical and organisational measures pursuant to Art. 32 GDPR to protect personal data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access. When accessing the members' area, technical access data (e.g. IP address, time, access logs) may be processed to the extent necessary for secure provision and the prevention of misuse.
Data subjects have the right to access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20), and to object to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (Art. 21). There is a right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority; the authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Version July 2026. This English text is a convenience translation; the German version prevails.
IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH
Marienburger Str. 35-37
42277 Wuppertal
Germany
Managing Director Uwe Riemeyer
Telephone: +49 202 271690
Email: hello@marqueintelligence.com
Entry in the commercial register · Registering court: Wuppertal · Registration number: HRB 5775
VAT ID pursuant to § 27a German VAT Act: DE 121096580
Uwe Riemeyer, address as above.
We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (§ 36 VSBG).
"Marque Intelligence" is a service of IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH. Version July 2026. This English text is a convenience translation; the German version prevails.