Legal Notice

Liability for content

The contents of our website were created with the greatest care. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, and up-to-dateness of the content. As service providers, we are responsible for our own content on these pages according to general law as per § 7 Para 1 TMG. In accordance with §§ 8 to 10 TMG, we are not required as service providers to monitor forwarded or stored outside information or search for facts that may indicate illegal action. Obligations to remove or block the use of information as per general law remain unaffected. However, liability in this respect is only possible from the time we become aware of an actual violation of law. When such violations of law become known to us, we will remove the content immediately.

Liability for links

Our web content includes links to external websites of third parties, over whose content we have no influence. For this reason, we cannot accept any liability for these external contents. In all cases, the provider or operator is responsible for the content of the linked pages. However, a permanent check on the contents of the linked site, without concrete evidence of a violation of the law, is not reasonable. At the time the web links were set up, the websites in question were examined for any trace of legal infringements and none were found. Should any such infringements be detected, we will immediately remove such links.

Copyright
The content and works provided on these web pages are subject to German copyright laws. Duplication, processing, distribution and any form of use outside the scope of the copyright laws requires the written permission of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this page are only permitted for private, and not commercial, use. Insofar as the contents on this site were not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, the contents from third parties are identified as such. Nevertheless, if you become aware of a copyright violation, we ask you to inform us accordingly, If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such contents immediately.

Data protection
To the extent that personal data (for example name, address, or email address) are collected on our pages, this takes place on a voluntary basis wherever possible. These data are not passed on to third parties without your express consent. We point out that data transfer on the Internet (e.g. during communication by e-mail) may result in gaps in security. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible. 

The use of contact data published due to general information requirements by third parties to send unsolicited advertisements and informative material is expressly rejected. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal steps in case of unsolicited transmission of advertising information, such as by means of spam mails.

Data protection declaration for the use of Facebook plug-ins (the “like” button)
Our website incorporates plug-ins provided by the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. These plug-ins are identifiable by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our website. For a full list of all Facebook plug-ins, please see http://developers.facebook.com/plugins.

When you visit pages on our website, a direct link is created between your browser and the Facebook server. This provides Facebook with information that you have visited our website via your IP address. We must inform you that as providers of the pages we have no knowledge of the content of the transferred pages and their use by Facebook. Further information regarding this can be found in Facebook’s data protection declaration on:

http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php

The embedded plug-ins provide Facebook with the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged into Facebook, your visit can be assigned to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by clicking “Like”, or entering a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook and stored by it. Even if you are not logged into Facebook, there is the possibility of the plug-ins transmitting your IP-address to Facebook.

For the information on the purpose and scope of data collection and procession by Facebook, as well as your rights in this respect and settings options for protecting your privacy please visit Facebook’s privacy policy:http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to connect the data concerning your visit to our website with your Facebook member account, please log off Facebook.

Statement on data privacy relating to the use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a tool for web analysis web belonging to Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies“(i.e. text data) which are saved on your computer and subsequently used to analyse your use of the website. As a rule, the information that is generated from the cookie about the way you use the website is transferred to a Google server in the US and saved there. However, if the IP anonymisation on this website is activated, your IP address is shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other Contracting States ro the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Only in exceptional circumstances will the whole IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. On request of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website in order to generate reports on website activities and to perform associated services for the domain operator regarding website and internet use. Google Analytics will not combine IP addresses from your browser with other Google data.

In addition, you can prevent the storage of the cookies by means of an appropriate setting for your browser software; however, we must point out that in this case you may not be able to make use of all the functions on this website. Furthermore, you can prevent Google from gathering and processing data generated by the cookie and the use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in accessible at the following link:http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Data protection declaration relating to the use of Google Adsense
This site uses Google AdSense, a service for including advertisements from Google Inc. (“Google”). Google AdSense uses “cookies” which are text files that are stored on your computer and allow the analysis of the use of the site. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible images). Information such as visitor traffic on these pages can be evaluated by means of these web beacons.

The information generated by cookies and web beacons on this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information can be passed from Google to Google contractual partners. However, Google will not combine your IP address with other data which you have stored.

You may refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings on your browser software. However, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the features of this website. By using this site you agree to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described above and for the above-mentioned purpose.