Legal Notice

Given the current legal situation, please note the following information, which refers to all the hyperlinks provided on this site which take you to other third-party websites:

In accordance with a court ruling by the Regional Court of Hamburg on May 12, 1998, the provision of links to other websites may give rise to a shared responsibility for their content. According the court ruling, this may only be prevented by the website provide expressly distancing itself from any such linked content. Consequently, the following applies to all links provided on this site: The author expressly distances itself from all content of any other websites to which the user may be directed by using hyperlinks provided here. All rights to the website are reserved.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

1. Content of website

The author undertakes no guarantee whatsoever of the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the provided information. Any liability claims against the author which relate to damages of a material or immaterial nature, which are caused by the use or non-use of the offered information or through the use of incorrect or incomplete information, are excluded on principle, provided no demonstrably wilful or grossly negligent culpability exists on the part of the author. All offers are subject to change and non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, add or delete parts of the site or the whole site without separate notice, or to suspend or discontinue the publication temporarily or permanently.

2. Referrals and links

In the case of direct or indirect referrals to external websites (“Hyperlinks”) which are outside the sphere of responsibility of the author, any liability obligation would only arise in the event that the author was aware of the content of the sites in question and if the author had the technical possibility to prevent and could reasonably be expected to prevent the use of illegal content. The author hereby distances itself from all content of any linked sites which have been changed following placement of the link. This statement applies to all links and referrals located within its own website and also to external entries in guest books, discussion forums, linked registers, mailing lists and any other forms of database whose content permits written access by third parties. Any illegal, incorrect or incomplete content, and in particular any damage caused as a result of the use or non-use of this type of offered information is the sole responsibility of the provider of the site to which the link has been made, and not of the author who has merely provided a link to the relevant publication.

3. Copyright and trademark law

In all publications, the author has made every effort to observe copyright laws appertaining to the used pictures, graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts and wherever possible to use its own self-produced pictures, graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts. All trade and brand marks that appear in the author’s website content and are protected by third parties are subject in full to the terms of the relevant copyright law and the right of ownership as applied to the registered owner in each case. It should not be assumed that, simply because a brand is named, the trademarks are not protected by the rights of third parties. The copyright for published material created by the author remains the property of the author of the pages. Any reproduction or use of such graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permissible without the express permission of the author.

4. Data protection

Where this website offers users the possibility to enter personal or business data (email addresses, names, addresses), the user enters any such data on an expressly voluntary basis. The use of and payment for all offered services is – where technically possible and reasonable – also admissible without providing this data / by providing anonymized data or an alias. The use by third parties of the contact data published in connection with the publication information or similar data such as mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, as well as e-mail addresses to deliver not expressly required information is not permitted. We expressly reserve the right to bring legal action against senders of so-called spam e-mails in case of a violation of this prohibition.

5. Legal validity of this disclaimer

The present disclaimer must be regarded as part of the website from which a link refers to this page. If parts or individual formulations of the present text are not, no longer, or not fully in accordance with the current legislation, the remaining parts of the document shall remain unaffected as to their content and their validity.