Legal Notice

Limitation of liability

We have prepared the contents on this website with the greatest degree of care. The website operator does however not accept any liability for the correctness, completeness and relevance of the contents provided. Any use of this website is at the user's own risk. Contents that carry the author’s name express the author's opinion and not the opinion of the website operator. No contract is concluded between the user and the website operator on the basis of using this website for information purposes.

External links

This website contains links to third-party websites (“external websites”). These external websites fall under the liability of the respective website operator. The operator of this website reviewed the contents of external websites linked to this website for potential legal violations at the time of including the link. No legal violations were apparent at that point in time. The operator of this website has no control over any current and future design or contents of websites linked to this website. The inclusion of external links is not to be construed as the operator of this website endorsing any contents on the external website or the link. Permanent monitoring of the external links on this website cannot reasonably be expected from the website operator without concrete indications of legal violations. Any external websites that are found to violate the law will be removed promptly upon learning of the respective violation.

Copyright protection and intellectual property rights

The contents published on this website are subject to copyright protection and intellectual property rights. Any use of such contents for purposes infringing against copyright protection and/or intellectual property rights is subject to the prior written consent of the operator of this website or the respective holder(s) of such rights. This applies in particular for the reproduction, editing, translation, storage, processing or rendition of content in databases or other electronic media and systems. Third-party contents and rights will be expressly designated as such. Any unauthorised reproduction or distribution of selected content or complete web pages is prohibited and punishable under law. Copies and downloads are only permitted for personal, private and non-commercial use. This website may only be displayed in third-party frames with the website operator's written approval.

Data protection

The website operator may store certain data relating to access of this website (date, time and page accessed). This data does not qualify as personal data, because they are anonymised. The data will be analysed for statistical purposes only. It will not be disclosed to any third parties for commercial or non-commercial purposes. The website operator expressly notes that the transmission of data via the Internet (e.g. in email communications) may be compromised by security breaches and that it is not possible to provide any guarantee for the protection of the data against unauthorised access by third parties. The contact details disclosed in this legal notice must not be used for commercial advertising without the website operator’s written consent. This restraint does not apply to existing business partners and customers. The website operator and all persons mentioned on this website hereby expressly object to any use of their data for commercial purposes and to their disclosure.

Special terms of use

Any particular type of use that is subject to special conditions contrary to those set out in points 1 to 4 above will be expressly indicated. The special terms of use will apply in these cases.