Terms of Service

Last updated: May 2026

These Terms of Service form a binding agreement between you ("Customer") and Michael Holemans, a Belgian self-employed professional (eenmanszaak / sole proprietorship), registered with the KBO under number 0759.456.946, VAT number BE0759.456.946, with registered address at Waversesteenweg 3A, 3360 Bierbeek, Belgium, trading under the name "Clareo" ("Clareo", "we", "us"). The Service is provided on a business-to-business basis to professional users only. Full operator details: Legal information.

1. Service Description

Clareo is an AI findability analysis platform that evaluates how visible a business is to AI search engines. The Service analyzes publicly available business data, website content, and AI engine responses to produce a findability score and actionable recommendations.

2. Business-to-Business Service

Clareo is designed for business use (B2B). By using the Service, you represent that you are acting in a professional capacity on behalf of a business entity. The consumer right of withdrawal (herroepingsrecht / droit de rétractation) under the Belgian Code of Economic Law (Book VI) does not apply to B2B transactions.

3. Account and Access

You must create an account to use paid features. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials. Business data such as VAT numbers is automatically looked up via public registers and does not need to be entered manually.

4. Subscriptions and Billing

Paid plans are billed monthly or annually. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled.

  • Monthly plans: You may cancel at any time. Your plan stays active until the end of the current month and does not renew thereafter.
  • Annual plans: Annual plans are a 12-month commitment and cannot be cancelled before the end of the term. You may turn off auto-renewal at any time so the plan ends instead of renewing for another year.
  • Downgrades: You may move to a lower plan at any time; the change takes effect at your next renewal date.
  • No refunds: All payments are final and non-refundable, including for unused time following a cancellation, downgrade, or pause.
  • Pause option: You may pause your subscription for up to 90 days. Your data is preserved during the pause period.

Prices are exclusive of VAT. Belgian VAT (21%) will be applied where required.

5. Credits and Content Generation

Paid plans include monthly credits for AI-generated content (FAQ pages, schema markup, blog posts, etc.). Unused credits roll over for up to 2 months. Credits are non-transferable and non-refundable.

6. Intellectual Property

Our IP: The Clareo platform, scoring algorithms, analysis methodology, and user interface are proprietary. You may not copy, modify, or reverse-engineer the Service.

Generated content: Content generated by the Service using AI is licensed to you for business use. You may use, modify, and publish generated content for your business. We do not claim ownership of content generated for you. However, we make no guarantees regarding copyright protection of AI-generated outputs under current Belgian or EU law.

Your data: You retain ownership of all business data you provide to the Service.

7. AI Outputs and Accuracy

The Service uses artificial intelligence to analyze websites, query AI search engines, and generate findability scores, recommendations, and written analyses. AI outputs are inherently probabilistic and may contain errors, omissions, outdated information, or fabricated content ("hallucinations"). Findability scores are estimates based on signals available at the time of analysis and AI engine outputs that may vary between runs.

Clareo's reports are informational and do not constitute legal, financial, marketing, or business advice. The Customer is responsible for independently verifying findings before acting on them. Blind-test results record AI engine outputs at a specific moment in time and are not assertions about the underlying businesses mentioned. Recommendations are suggestions, not guaranteed outcomes.

The Customer agrees that Clareo is not liable for decisions made in reliance on AI-generated analysis or for the content of AI engine outputs that Clareo merely records and reports. AI-generated content is clearly labelled in the product and in reports, in accordance with Article 50 of the EU AI Act.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by Belgian law:

  • Our total liability for any claims arising from or related to the Service is limited to the total fees paid by you in the 12 months preceding the claim.
  • We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, or business opportunities.
  • This limitation does not apply to damages caused by willful misconduct (opzettelijke fout) or gross negligence (grove nalatigheid), in accordance with Belgian B2B unfair terms legislation (Book VI, Title 3/1 of the Code of Economic Law).

9. Indemnification by Customer

The Customer agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Clareo (and its operator Michael Holemans) from and against any third-party claim, action, or proceeding — including reasonable legal fees and damages awarded — arising from or related to:

  • (a) the Customer's distribution, publication, or commercial use of any analysis output, report, or AI-generated content produced by the Service;
  • (b) the Customer's use of the Service in violation of these Terms or applicable law (including but not limited to the Prohibited Uses section below);
  • (c) the Customer's instruction to analyze a business or domain that the Customer does not own or is not authorized to analyze;
  • (d) the Customer's removal, modification, or obscuring of the AI-generated provenance markers (visible badges or HTML/text comments) that the Service prepends to copied content.

Clareo will promptly notify the Customer of any such claim and reasonably cooperate in the defense. The Customer's obligation under (a) does not cover claims arising solely from a defect in the Service itself, unaltered by the Customer. Nothing in this section limits the Customer's rights or Clareo's obligations under the Belgian B2B unfair-terms legislation referenced in Section 8.

10. Data Processing

We process personal and business data as described in our Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you acknowledge that business data will be processed via external AI service providers for analysis purposes.

11. Prohibited Uses

You may not use the Service to:

  • Analyze businesses you do not own or represent without authorization
  • Circumvent usage limits or abuse API calls
  • Resell or redistribute analysis results commercially
  • Use generated content to mislead consumers or violate advertising regulations
  • Provide regulated professional advice (medical, legal, or financial-advisory) without the appropriate license
  • Conduct election-related, political-campaign, or mass-defamation activity

12. Service Modifications

We may modify the Service, including features, pricing, and credit allocations, with reasonable notice. Material changes to paid plans will be communicated at least 30 days in advance via email.

13. Termination

Either party may terminate this agreement. Upon cancellation of a paid plan, you retain access until the end of the current billing period. You can export your data via your dashboard settings before your account is closed. We may immediately terminate accounts that violate these terms.

14. Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by Belgian law. Any disputes arising from or related to these Terms shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Enterprise Courts (Ondernemingsrechtbank) of Brussels, Belgium.

15. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. No unilateral interpretation rights are reserved by either party.

16. Contact

For questions about these Terms: legal@clareo.be