These terms of use govern the use of PROSTEP AG's AI maturity assessment. They apply in addition to the legal notices, the legal notice and the privacy policy for the assessment.
PROSTEP AG
Heinrich-Hertz-Straße 3–7
64295 Darmstadt
Germany
Email: infocenter@prostep.com
Commercial register: Darmstadt Local Court (Amtsgericht Darmstadt), HRB 8383
These terms of use apply to the use of the AI maturity assessment provided on the PROSTEP website, including the question flow, the continuation link, the results link, and the results report.
By starting the assessment, the participating person accepts these terms of use. Use is only possible if the terms of use are accepted before starting and the required information is provided.
The privacy policy is not a contractual acceptance. It informs about the processing of personal data and is linked separately on the assessment page.
The assessment provides a non-binding initial classification of the AI readiness of a company, a business division, a site, or a team. It is provided as an individual B2B information and consulting offering and is not offered anonymously. Based on the answers entered, a results report is created.
PROSTEP processes the required company, contact, and assessment data to carry out the assessment, provide the results report, attribute it to a company and contact person, identify possible consulting needs, and contact you in connection with your specific assessment and any resulting consulting and support services. Additional marketing information without a specific connection to the assessment is only sent with separate, voluntary consent.
The assessment is a free information and consulting offering, but is not provided without the business information required for it. Providing this data and being contacted about the assessment are part of the conditions of use. It does not create any entitlement to consulting, a specific offer, a particular response time, or the conclusion of a contract with PROSTEP.
The assessment is aimed at business users in a B2B context. The participating person confirms that they are using the assessment in a professional context, that the required business contact details they provide are accurate, and that they are authorized to use the company information they enter as part of the assessment.
The assessment is not intended for private consumer purposes.
The participating person undertakes to use the assessment appropriately and lawfully. In particular:
The results report represents a non-binding initial assessment based on the answers entered. The quality and validity of the result depends on the accuracy, completeness, and currency of the information entered. PROSTEP may discuss the results with the participating person in connection with the specific assessment and offer resulting consulting and support services.
The results report is not legal advice, not data protection advice, not an IT security assessment, not a feasibility study, and not a binding recommendation for action. Decisions based on the results report are the sole responsibility of the using organization.
The participating person may use the results report within their own organization for internal information, coordination, and decision-making purposes. Publication, paid distribution, modification, removal of references to PROSTEP, or use for competitive purposes is not permitted without PROSTEP's prior written consent.
A personal link may be provided to continue the assessment or access the results report. This link must be treated as confidential and may only be shared with authorized persons within your own organization.
PROSTEP may renew, block, or deactivate personal links, in particular where this is necessary for security, data protection, or operational reasons.
PROSTEP endeavors to provide reasonable availability of the assessment. There is no entitlement to uninterrupted or error-free availability at all times.
PROSTEP may change, restrict, or discontinue the assessment, questions, scoring logic, features, results presentation, or technical processes where there are objective reasons for doing so, in particular for legal, technical, security-related, or operational requirements.
All rights to the structure, questions, texts, scoring logic, design, result templates, trademarks, signs, and other content of the assessment remain with PROSTEP or the respective rights holders.
Using the assessment does not grant any rights to PROSTEP's software, databases, trademarks, concepts, evaluation methods, or other proprietary rights. Only the intended use of the assessment and of your own results report under these terms of use is permitted.
Information on the processing of personal data in connection with the assessment, which is not offered anonymously, is contained in the separate privacy policy for the AI maturity assessment.
Participation in the assessment requires the necessary business information and is possible without consenting to additional marketing information. Being contacted about your specific assessment and any resulting consulting and support services is part of the offering. For additional marketing information by email, such as newsletters, events, webinars, or general product information, separate voluntary consent is obtained.
PROSTEP may also use assessment answers in anonymized and aggregated form for benchmarks, indefinitely. Details, including your right to object, are set out in the privacy policy.
PROSTEP may temporarily or permanently block access to the assessment, continuation links, or results links where there are concrete indications of abusive, unlawful, security-threatening use or use in violation of these terms of use.
Further rights and claims of PROSTEP remain unaffected.
PROSTEP is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for damage resulting from injury to life, body, or health, and under mandatory statutory provisions.
In cases of simple negligence, PROSTEP is only liable for breach of material contractual obligations. Material contractual obligations are obligations whose fulfillment is a prerequisite for the proper use of the assessment and on whose fulfillment the participating person may regularly rely. In this case, liability is limited to the typical, foreseeable damage.
Otherwise, liability is excluded to the extent permitted by law. Liability for decisions, measures, or business consequences based on the non-binding results report only exists in accordance with the provisions above.
The participating person indemnifies PROSTEP against third-party claims arising from entering unauthorized personal data of third parties, confidential information, trade secrets, or unlawful content into the assessment, or using the assessment in violation of these terms of use. This does not apply insofar as the participating person is not responsible for the breach of obligation.
The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding conflict-of-laws rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
If the using organization is a merchant, a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by law, is Darmstadt.
PROSTEP may change these terms of use with effect for the future where this is necessary due to legal, technical, organizational, or content-related changes to the assessment. The version provided at the time the assessment is started applies to that use.
Should any provision of these terms of use be or become invalid in whole or in part, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected. The statutory provisions apply in place of the invalid provision.
Last updated: 30 July 2026