Legal notice & disclaimer

1. Content of the Online Offer

The author offers no guarantee for the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information supplied. Liability claims against the author that refer to damage of a material or conceptual nature caused by the use or non-use of the information offered and/or by the use of incorrect or incomplete information are absolutely excluded, except in the case of demonstrably intentional or grossly negligent fault on the part of the author. All content is non-binding and noncommittal. The author expressly reserves the right to change parts of pages or to supplement or to delete the entire content or to cancel the publication temporarily or finally without separate announcement.

2. References and Links

In the case of direct or indirect references to external web pages ("Hyperlinks"), which fall outside the author's area of responsibility, any exclusion of liability would only ever enter into effect in the case where the author has knowledge thereof and it is technically possible and reasonable for the author to prevent the use thereof in the case of illegal content. The author hereby expressly declares that at the time of creating the links, no illegal content could be discerned on the linked pages. The author has no control whatsoever over the design, contents or authorship of the linked pages. Therefore, the author hereby expressly disassociates himself from all content of any linked pages that have been changed after the time of link creation. This statement applies to all links and references falling within the author's own Internet content as well as to external entries in guest books, discussion forums and mailing lists provided by the author. Sole liability for illegal, incorrect or incomplete content and for damage arising from the use or non-use of data provided in this way lies with the originator of the page to which the link refers and not with the person who simply supplied a reference to the publication concerned via Internet links.

3. Copyright

In all publications, the author endeavours to comply with the copyright of graphics used, sound documents, video sequences and texts, to use graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts created by himself or else to fall back on license-free graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts. All brands and trademarks used on the Internet pages concerned and protected by third parties are fully subject to the provisions of the applicable licensing laws and the proprietary rights of the registered owners. However, mere mention of the above items should not give rise to the conclusion that brand names do not contain protected proprietary rights of third parties. The copyright for published items created by the author remains solely with the author of the pages. Any duplication or use of such graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without express agreement of the author.

4. Data Protection

Where the Internet content offers the possibility for the input of personal or business data (email addresses, names, addresses), entry of such data by the user is on an expressly voluntary basis. Recourse to and payment for all services offered are also permitted - as far as technically possible and reasonable - without providing such data and/or providing anonymous data or an alias. Use in the context of the imprint or comparable data of the published contact data such as postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers as well as email addresses by third parties for the transmission of unsolicited information is prohibited. The right to take legal steps against senders of so-called 'spam mail' in contravention of this prohibition is expressly reserved.

5. Legal Effectiveness of this Disclaimer

This disclaimer should be regarded as forming part of the internet content from which this page was referred to. In the event that parts or individual formulations of this text fail to correspond either any longer or completely to the applicable legal situation, this shall not affect the content or validity of the remaining parts hereof.