1. Contents of the Online Website

The author does not accept any guarantee for the timeliness, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against the author relating to damages of a material or a non-material nature, which were caused by the use or non-use of the information provided, or by the use of erroneous and incomplete information, are fundamentally excluded, in as far as no intentional or grossly negligent conduct can be demonstrated on the part of the author. All offers are non-committal and non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, to extend and to delete any parts of the website or, indeed, the complete website without any special notification, or to cancel publication either temporarily or for good.

2. References and Links

In the case of direct or indirect references to external websites (“hyperlinks”), which lie outside the area of responsibility of the author, an obligation of liability would come into force only in the case in which the author has knowledge of the contents of the site and it would be technically possible and reasonable for him to prevent use in the case of unlawful contents. The author herewith expressly declares that at the time of making the link no illegal contents were evident on the sites being linked. The author does not have any influence on the current and future design, the contents or the authorship of the linked/referenced sites. He therefore expressly distances himself herewith from all contents of all linked/referenced sites which were modified after the time of linking. This stipulation applies to all the links and references contained on the author’s website as well as to entries by third parties in the guest books, discussion forums, link directories and mailing lists which have been set up by the author, and in all other forms of databases to whose content external written access is possible. The provider of the website which has been linked – and not the party who merely refers to the respective publication via links – is solely liable for all illegal, erroneous or incomplete contents and, in particular, for damages which arise from the use or non-use of such information as provided.

3. Copyright and Trademark Rights

In all publications, the author endeavors to respect the copyrights of the pictures, graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts used; to use pictures, graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts created by himself; or to have recourse to license-free, public-domain graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts. All brand names and trade names mentioned on the Internet site (and which may be protected by third parties) are subject to the unrestricted regulations of the applicable trademark rights as well as to the property rights of the registered owners. The mere mention of a name does not imply that brand names are not protected under the rights of third parties! The copyright for published contents created by the author himself shall remain sole property of the author of the site. Any reproduction or use of such graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of the author.

4. Data Protection

In as far as the Internet site provides the opportunity for entering personal or business-related data (e-mail addresses, names, postal addresses), then the provision of this data shall occur on the part of the user on an expressly voluntary basis. The utilization and payment for all services provided is – as far as this is technically possible and reasonable – permissible even without the submission of such data or under the submission of anonymous data or a pseudonym. The use by third parties of the contact data published within the framework of the imprint or any comparable data, such as postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers, as well as e-mail addresses, for the transmission of non-expressly requested information is not permitted. The author expressly reserves the right to take legal action against the senders of so-called spam-mails in the case of breaches of this prohibition.

5. Data Protection Notice regarding Google Analytics on this website

In order to continuously improve our service and to be able to design it in an ever more interesting and individual way on a day-to-day basis for you, our clients, this website uses Google Analytics. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” (i.e. text files) which are stored on your computer and which permit an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the case of the activation of the IP anonymization on this website, your IP address however will be previously abbreviated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional circumstances will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and there abbreviated. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports about website activities, and to provide further services connected with website use and Internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be matched with other data from Google. You can prevent the storing of cookies using the relevant settings in your browser software. However, in this case, we have to remind you that you may not be able to make complete and comprehensive use of all the functions contained on this website. Additionally, you can prevent the acquisition by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

6. Legal Validity of this Disclaimer

This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the Internet site of the A.R.I.S.E GmbH. In as far as any parts or individual formulations of this text do not, no longer or do not fully correspond to the applicable legal situation, the remaining parts of the document shall remain unaffected in their content and in their validity.