Legal Notice

Great care was taken in the compilation of the contents of our web pages. We cannot, however, give any guarantee of the completeness and accuracy of the contents of these pages. As service providers we are responsible under the provisions of § 7 Para. 1 of the German Telemedia Act (TMG) for our own contents on these pages in accordance with the general laws. However, under the provisions of §§ 8 to 10 of the German Telemedia Act, we are not obliged to monitor third party information which is received by or stored on our website. We are also not obliged to carry out research into circumstances which might indicate the existence of any criminal activities. The preceding provision does not affect our obligations under the general law to remove or block the use of information where appropriate. Our liability in this regard begins only at the time at which we become aware of a concrete infringement of the law. If we become aware that the contents of any pages of our website infringe the law in any way, we will of course remove it immediately.

Our website contains links to external third party websites. We have no control over the content of such websites. We can therefore accept no liability for the content of such third party websites. The relevant provider or operator of such sites is solely responsibility for the content of these sites. The contents of all linked websites were checked at the time when the links were created to ensure that their contents complied with the relevant laws. No illegal contents could be detected at the time the links to these websites were created. It would, however, be unreasonable to expect us to continuously monitor these websites to ensure that they conform to statutory legislation unless we have good reason for doing so. If we become aware that the contents of any linked pages on our website infringe the law in any way we will of course remove it immediately.

 

The contents and works placed on this website by the site operator are protected by German copyright law. The reproduction, editing, distribution and any form of commercial exploitation of the contents of these pages outside the limits imposed by the copyright law require the prior written permission of the author of the respective material. Downloads and copies of materials on these pages may be made only for personal use, non-commercial use. When the contents of these web pages were not written by the operator but by third parties, their rights under copyright law have been respected. The contents of these web pages which are owned by third parties have, in particular, always been clearly marked as such. We would, however, be grateful if you would inform us of any infringement of copyright law which you become aware of. If we become aware that the contents of any pages on our website infringe the copyright law in any way, we will of course remove it immediately.

Data protection

It is generally possible to use our website without disclosing any personal data. When personal data is collected by our website (for example, names, addresses or email addresses) this is collected as far as possible with the consent of the person to whom it relates. This data will not be passed to third parties without the owner's explicit consent. We must point out that there may be security gaps whenever data is transmitted on the internet (e.g. in communications by email). It is not possible to provide complete data protection against access to such data by third parties. The use of contact data published here in accordance with the requirements of the German statutory legal notice by third parties for the purposes of sending unsolicited marketing material is hereby explicitly forbidden. The site operators reserve the right to take all legal measures to counter the sending of unwanted advertising information, such as the sending of spam emails.

 

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google“). Google Analytics makes use of so-called "cookies". These are small text files which are stored on your computer and which permit us to analyse your use of our website. The information which these cookies produce about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA where it is stored. In the event that the IP anonymisation function is activated on this website, your IP address will be abbreviated by Google a member state of the European Union or in another state which is a member and signatory of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will full IP addresses be transmitted to a Google server in the USA where it will be abbreviated. Google has been contracted by the operator of this website to use this information to evaluate your use of this website, to compile reports on activities on the website so that other services connected with the use of the website and the internet can be provided in regard to the website operator. Your IP address which is transmitted to Google under the Google Analytics system will not be combined with any other data held by Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies from our website by adjusting the appropriate settings in your browser. We must point out however, that by doing so you will not be able to benefit from all the features of our website. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data produced by the cookies which relates to your use of our website (including your IP address) and its transmission to, and processing by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in from the following link: (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). You can find further information on this at: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en or at: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html (general information about Google Analytics and data protection).