Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

1. Content of the Internet site (“Site”)

The author assumes no responsibility whatsoever for the up-to-dateness, accuracy, completeness, or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against the author, which pertain to damage of a material or non-material type caused by the use or non-use of the information presented, or by the use of faulty and incomplete information, are generally precluded, so long as no demonstrably intentional or grossly negligent fault is present on the part of the author.

The above disclaimer also applies to the benefit of legal representatives and vicarious agents of the provider, so long as the user enforces claims against them. Excepted from the above-designated disclaimer of liability are claims for compensatory damages due to injury to life, limb, and health, and claims for compensatory damages arising from breach of essential contractual obligations. Essential contractual obligations are those, the fulfilment of which is necessary for attaining the goals of the contractual relationship.

All content is subject to change and is non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right, without special announcement, to change, to supplement or to delete parts of the pages or the entire site, or to terminate the publication temporarily or conclusively.

In case you suspect that one of your proprietary rights is being infringed by the Site, please report this promptly, e.g., by electronic mail, so that a solution can be found rapidly. Please duly note: the more time-consuming involvement of a lawyer for a warning, for which the service provider is obligated to assume the costs, does not fulfil its actual or presumed intentions.

2. References and Links

For the direct or indirect reference to third-party websites ("hyperlinks")which lie outside the author’s area of responsibility, a liability obligation enters into force solely in the case in which the author has knowledge of the content and in which it would be technically possible and reasonable to expect him to prevent usage in the case of unlawful content. The author herewith expressly declares that at the point in time of the creation of the link, no illegal content were recognisable on the sites to be linked. The author has no influence whatsoever upon the current and future design, content or authorship of the sites to be linked. Therefore, he hereby distances himself expressly from all content of all linked sites which were changed after the creation of the link. This determination applies for all links placed on his own Site, and for all references, as well as for third-party entries in the guest books established by the author, as well as discussion forums, indices of links, mailing lists, and in all other forms of data bases, whose content third parties are able to edit. Illegal, faulty or incomplete content and particularly for damages which arise from the use or non-use of such types of information presented are solely subject to the liability of the provider of the site which was referred to, not the provider who solely refers through links to the respective publication.

3. Authorship and Trademark Law

The author seeks to respect copyrights of the pictures, graphics, sound recordings, video sequences and texts used, and to use pictures, graphics, sound recordings, video sequences and texts created by him, or to fall back upon licence-free graphics, sound recordings, video sequences and texts.

All trademarks and brand names named on the Site, and, as applicable, protected by third parties, are subject without limitation to the provisions of each valid trademark law and to the title rights of the respective registered holder. The conclusion is not to be drawn, solely by reason of the mere mentioning, that brand names are not protected by the rights of third parties!

The copyright for published objects created by the author himself remains solely with the author of the pages. A duplication or use of such graphics, sound recordings, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of the author.

4. Data Protection

The protection of personal data is guaranteed within the scope of legal regulations.

Your IP address is stored when you use the contact form. In this case, the following are recorded: the name of the file accessed, the date and the hour of the access, the quantity of data transmitted, a report of a successful access, as well as the type of web browser used. In addition, the IP addresses of the computer making the enquiry are recorded.

The registration of accesses takes place for reasons of data security, and to guarantee the stability and operational safety of our system, and to protect it against possible external attacks (spam e-mails).

Moreover, the data are statistically evaluated for optimising the Site. The data saved in the records can, apart from that, be assigned to no particular person. Apart therefrom, the data serve exclusively internal purposes and are in no case forwarded to third parties.

More extensive personal data are recorded only if you voluntarily provide these data, e.g., within the scope of the contact form. There, only the necessary data are recorded. These data, as well, are recorded and processed only in a purpose-related manner, and will in no case be forwarded to external third parties.

Our Site uses cookies. These are small data files which are transmitted from the webserver to your browser, and are sent along by it with every accessing of a new site. We employ cookies for technical reasons, in order to enable you to have convenient access to the content. The use of our content is, generally, also possible without cookies. Most browsers are set in such a way that they automatically accept cookies. You can, however, deactivate the storage of cookies, or set your browser in such a way that it will notify you once cookies are sent. In this case, you can decide for yourself whether this cookie should be accepted or not.

Moreover, you can generally use this Site without disclosure of personal information. Personal information refers to data which can be used to disclose your identity, e.g. your name, your address, your telephone number, and e-mail address.

Insofar as personal data of that type are made available, we shall use these only in a purpose-related manner, for example, for answering your inquiries and for technical administration.

Apart from that, your personal data will neither be forwarded to third parties nor transmitted in any other manner.

5. Legal Effectiveness of the Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

The content of the above-mentioned disclaimer and limitation of liability is to be considered as part of the Site, from which reference was made to this page. Inasmuch as parts or individual formulations of this text should not, no longer, or do not completely correspond to the applicable legal reqirements, the remaining parts of the document remain unaffected in their content and in their validity.

Updated: 06.05.2013