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Liability for contents

The contents of our website have been produced with the utmost care and attention. However, we shall not be held liable for the correctness, completeness and topicality of the contents. As a service provider, we are responsible, pursuant to § 7 (1) TMG [German Telemedia Act] for our own content on this website in accordance with the general laws. However, pursuant to §§ 8 to 10 TMG [German Telemedia Act], as a service provider, we are not obligated to monitor or investigate sent or stored third-party information, which indicate an illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with the general law remain unaffected by this. However, liability in this regard shall only be possible from the time of gaining awareness of a concrete legal violation. Once we become aware of such legal violations, we shall remove the respective contents immediately.

Liability for links

Our offer contains links to external third-party websites, the contents of which we cannot influence. Therefore, we also cannot assume any liability for this third-party content. The relevant vendor or operator of the website is always responsible for the contents of linked websites. The linked websites were reviewed for legal violations at the time of setting the link. Illegal contents were not identifiable at the time of linking. However, without concrete indications, constant checking of the linked websites is cannot be reasonably expected. Once we become aware of such legal violations, we shall remove such links immediately.

Copyright

The contents produced by the website operators and works on these websites are subject to German copyright law. The duplication, editing, dissemination and any type of exploitation outside of the boundaries of the copyright require the written consent of the relevant author/creator. Downloads and copies of this website are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. To the extent that the contents of this website have not been produced by the operator, the third-party copyrights shall be observed. In particular, third-party contents shall be identified as such. In the event that you should nevertheless become aware of a copyright violation, we request appropriate notification. Once we become aware of such legal violations, we shall remove such links immediately.

Data Protection

The use of our website is generally possible without specifying personal data. In the event that personal data is collected on our website (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses), this always takes place on a voluntary basis, if possible. These data are not disclosed to third parties without your express consent.

We point out that data transfer on the Internet (e.g. with communication by e-mail) can be subject to security gaps. Gap-free protection of the data prior to access by third parties is not possible.

The use of the published contact data within the framework of the imprint regulations by third parties for sending unsolicited advertising material and information is hereby explicitly prohibited. The website operator reserves the right to take legal action against any party who sends unsolicited advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

Data protection policy for the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)

Plugins from the social network, Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA are integrated into our website. The Facebook plugins can be identified by the Facebook logo or the "Like button" on our website. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
If you visit our website, a direct link will be established between your browser and the Facebook server by the plugin. With this, Facebook receives information that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like button", while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our website to your Facebook profile. This way, Facebook can allocate your visit to our website to your user account. We point out that as a vendor of the website, we receive no knowledge about the content of the data sent or their use by Facebook. Additional information on this can be found in the data protection policy of Facebook at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not wish Facebook to allocate your visit to our website to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Data protection policy for the use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so called "cookies", which are text files saved on the computer of the user in order to analyse the usage of the website. The information created by the Cookie concerning your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the case of activation of IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be previously abbreviated by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other Contracting States of the Treaty on the European Economic Area.

The full IP address will only be transferred to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to produce reports concerning the website activities for the website operator and to produce additional services associated with the use of the Internet and website. The IP address sent by your browser within the context of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data of Google.

You can prevent the cookies from being stored by means of an appropriate setting in your browser software; however, we must point out that in this case not all functions of the website will be available to you in their full capacity. Furthermore, you can prevent the storing of data generated by the cookies and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google and processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the available browser plugin at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Data protection policy for the use of Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a service for the integration of advertisements of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google AdSense uses so-called "cookies", which are text files saved on the computer of the user in order to analyse the usage of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called Web Beacons (invisible graphics). With these Web Beacons, information such as the visitor traffic can be evaluated on these websites.

The information created by the cookies and Web Beacons concerning the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of web formats, is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information can be forwarded by Google to contracting parties. However, Google will not combine your IP address with other data that you have stored.

You can prevent the cookies from being installed by means of an appropriate setting in your browser software; however, we must point out that in this case not all functions of the website will be available to you in their full capacity. The use of this website implies your agreement to Google using the data collected from you in the way described above and for the purpose described above.