Terms of Service
1. Service provider
skanfirmy.pl is operated by Bartosz Kuć, a sole proprietor (jednoosobowa działalność gospodarcza), Polish tax ID (NIP) 7393933151, correspondence address: Puławska 49/10, 02-508 Warszawa, Poland (the “Provider”). Contact: [email protected].
These Terms set out the rules for using the website at skanfirmy.pl (the “Service”) and the services provided by electronic means, pursuant to Article 8 of the Polish Act of 18 July 2002 on providing services by electronic means.
2. Definitions
- User — any natural person, legal person or organisational unit using the Service, including its programmatic endpoints (REST/MCP) and automated agents acting on their behalf.
- Services — the electronic services described in section 3.
- Monitoring — the optional service of periodic notifications about changes in the data of watched entities, described in section 6.
- Public registers — the official data sources the Service brokers access to: the VAT Taxpayer Register (Ministry of Finance), the National Court Register / KRS (Ministry of Justice), the REGON register (Central Statistical Office / GUS) and the VIES system (European Commission).
3. Types and scope of services
The Provider makes the following available in the Service, free of charge:
- Verification tools — checking companies by NIP/KRS/REGON, verifying a bank account against the VAT White List, validating an EU VAT number (VIES), a PKD activity-code search, a tax micro-account generator and a statutory-interest calculator. These tools run in the User's browser (client-side).
- Programmatic endpoints — public REST queries (
/nip,/nips,/regon,/vies) and an MCP server (/mcp) for AI agents, with no account and no API key required. - Monitoring — the optional service described in section 6, which requires an email address.
Data presented by the Service comes from the Public registers and is informational in nature. The Service is an independent tool and is not affiliated with the Ministry of Finance or the Ministry of Justice.
4. Technical requirements
Using the Service requires a device with Internet access and a current browser with JavaScript enabled. Using the programmatic endpoints requires a client capable of making HTTP requests. The Provider charges no fee for data transmission — connectivity costs are borne by the User under the agreement with their own provider.
5. Rules of use
The User undertakes to use the Service in accordance with the law and these Terms, in particular:
- supplying unlawful content is prohibited;
- disrupting the operation of the Service is prohibited, including excessive automated load on the endpoints beyond ordinary use;
- data obtained through the Service is used solely for lawful purposes, including compliance with data protection law.
6. Monitoring — formation and termination
Monitoring is a free service provided for an indefinite term. The agreement for Monitoring is formed when the User confirms the sign-up under a double opt-in model: the User provides an email address and the NIP numbers to watch, and then confirms the subscription by clicking a link in the message sent to that address. On the free plan you can watch up to 10 NIP numbers per email address.
Once a day the Provider compares the watched entity's entry in the VAT White List against the previous day and sends a notification when the VAT status, the list of bank accounts, or the registry data shown in the White List (name, address, KRS or REGON number) changes. The detailed scope and limits are described on the Contractor monitoring page.
The User may terminate the Monitoring agreement (unsubscribe) at any time, without giving a reason: via the unsubscribe link in the footer of every message, via the one-click unsubscribe supported by their mail client, via the programmatic endpoint, or by writing to [email protected]. As the service is free, termination is immediate and involves no cost.
7. Nature of the data and liability
The Service brokers access to data from the Public registers and presents it in processed form. The Provider is not the source of that data and does not warrant its correctness, completeness or timeliness — the bodies maintaining the respective registers are responsible for its content. Results are informational only and do not constitute legal, tax or accounting advice. For the tax consequences of a specific transaction (e.g. a payment over PLN 15,000), consult a qualified adviser.
The Services are provided “as is”. The Provider makes efforts to keep the Service running without interruption but reserves the right to technical breaks and to temporary unavailability of the Public registers, which are outside its control. To the extent permitted by law, the Provider is not liable for damage arising from the use of or inability to use the Service; this does not affect liability that cannot be excluded under mandatory law, including towards consumers.
8. Complaints
Complaints about the operation of the Service may be submitted to [email protected]. A complaint should describe the problem and — where relevant — the email address used for Monitoring. The Provider handles complaints promptly, no later than within 14 days of receipt, and replies to the address from which the complaint was sent.
9. Personal data
The controller of personal data processed in connection with the Service is the Provider. The rules for processing data — including the email address used for Monitoring and the identification numbers entered in the tools — are described in the Privacy Policy.
10. Intellectual property
The economic copyright to the Service (code, layout, editorial content, graphic marks) belongs to the Provider and is legally protected. Data originating from the Public registers is public information and is not covered by that protection. Use of the publicly available endpoints and catalogs is governed by the terms indicated in the Service.
11. Final provisions
Matters not governed by these Terms are subject to Polish law. The Provider may amend these Terms for important reasons (e.g. a change in the scope of services or in legislation); the current version is always available at this address and changes take effect upon publication. The Provider informs subscribers by email about material changes affecting Monitoring. A consumer may use out-of-court means of handling complaints and pursuing claims, including the help of the poviat (municipal) consumer ombudsman or the Regional Trade Inspectorate (Inspekcja Handlowa). This is a courtesy English translation; in case of any discrepancy, the Polish version prevails.