Disclaimer of liability

1. Content of the online offer

The author provides no warranty for the recentness, correctness, completeness, or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against the author, based on damage of either a pecuniary or non-pecuniary nature, caused by the use or non-use of the information provided or by the use of incorrect or incomplete information, are always excluded unless malicious intent or gross negligence on the part of the author is proven. All offers are non-binding and subject to confirmation. The author reserves the right to modify, expand, delete, or temporarily or permanently cease publication of parts of the pages or the entire offer without specific announcement.

2. References and links

In the case of direct and indirect references to the websites of third parties (“links”) that are outside the responsibility of the author, a liability obligation would arise if the author were aware of their content and it were technically possible and reasonable for the author to prevent their use if any of their content is illegal.  The author therefore expressly states that, at the time the links were set, the target pages were free of illegal content. The author has no influence on the current and future design, content, or authorship of the linked pages.  He therefore expressly disassociates himself hereby from all contents of all linked pages that have been modified since the link was set.  This statement applies to all links and references set on our own website and to third-party entries in guest books, discussion forums, and mailing lists set up by the author.  For illegal, incorrect, or incomplete content and, in particular, for damage resulting from the use or non-use of such provided information, only the provider of the page to which the link refers is liable, not the author of the page that only refers to the publication in question via links.

3. Copyright and trademarks

In all publications, the author makes every effort to respect the copyrights of the graphics, audio documents, video clips, and texts used, to use graphics, audio documents, video clips, and texts that he has created himself or to use graphics, audio documents, video clips, and texts in the public domain. All logos and trademarks stated on the website that may be protected by third parties are subject without restriction to the rules of the applicable trademark law and the possession rights of the registered owners. It cannot be assumed from their mere mention that trademarks are not protected by the rights of third parties! The copyright for published objects created by the author himself remains exclusively with the author of the site. Reproduction or use of such graphics, audio documents, video clips, and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express permission of the author.

4. Privacy

If personal or business data (e-mail addresses, names, addresses) can be entered in the website, such data are divulged by the user on an explicitly voluntary basis. Whenever technically possible and reasonable, the use of and payment for the offered services is enabled without disclosure of such data or with disclosure of anonymized data or a pseudonym. We take protection of your personal data very seriously and comply strictly with the rules of the data protection laws. On this website, personal data are acquired only to the extent that is technically necessary. On no account will collected data be sold or transmitted to third parties for any other reasons. The following statement provides you with an overview of how we ensure this protection and what type of data is collected for what purpose. Data processing on this website automatically collects and stores information that your browser communicates to us in its server log files. These data are: browser type / version, operating system used, referrer URL (the page previously visited), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), user (for pages with htaccess protection), time of day and date of the server query. We are unable to assign this data to specific persons. These data will not be connected with other data sources; the data will also be deleted after a statistical analysis. Google Analytics: This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “Cookies,” text files that are stored on your computer and that permit analysis of how you use the website. The information that the cookie provides about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transferred to a server of Google Inc. in the U.S.A. and stored there. Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website to compile reports on website activities for the website provider and to provide further services associated with website use and Internet use. Google may also transmit this information to third parties if this is prescribed by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will on no account connect your IP address with other data in the possession of Google Inc. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser accordingly. However, we must point out that, in this case, you may not be able to use the full range of functions of this website. By using this website you declare your consent to processing of the data collected about you by Google in the way and for the purpose described above. Permission to collect and store data can be withdrawn at any time with effect from that moment on. Given the discussion about the use of analysis tools, every user can equip his web browser to prevent the transmission of the relevant data. Right of disclosure: You have the right to disclosure of the data stored relating to your person, their origin and recipient, and the purpose of their storage. The data protection officer will provide information about the stored data. Further information: Your trust is important to us. For that reason, we are available to answer your questions concerning the processing of your personal data at any time. If you have any questions that this privacy statement did not answer or if you would like more detailed information about this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

5. Downloads

If you download files from this website, use of the programs/scripts from our download directory will be at your own risk. We will not accept any liability for any damage to IT systems or similar.

6. Legal effectiveness of this disclaimer of liability

This disclaimer of liability is to be considered part of the website referring to this page. If any parts or individual wordings of this text do not, no longer, or do not fully comply with the law as it stands, the other parts of the document remain unaffected as to their content and validity.