Disclaimer and Privacy Statement

1. Content of this website
The author accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the up-to-dateness, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against the author relating to material or non-material damage arising from the use or non-use of the information provided and/or from the use of incorrect or incomplete information shall be excluded, except in cases of demonstrable intent or gross negligence on the part of the author. All offers are non-binding and subject to confirmation. The author expressly reserves the right to modify, supplement or delete parts of the website or the entire site and to interrupt or discontinue its publication without prior notice.

2. References and links
In the case of direct or indirect references to third-party websites ("hyperlinks")which lie outside the responsibility of the author, no liability can be accepted, except in those cases where the author has prior knowledge of unlawful content and can be reasonably expected to prevent its use and is technically capable of doing so. The author hereby explicitly states that at the time of linking there was no evidence of unlawful content on the respective websites. The author has no influence whatsoever on the current and future design, content or origin of the linked/referenced sites. For this reason, the author explicitly dissociates himself/herself from all content on all linked/referenced sites which have been modified since the link was created. This statement applies to all links and references on the author's own website and to any third-party entries in guest books, discussion forums, link indexes, mailing lists and all other types of database created by the author for which external write access is enabled for the content. The providers of the websites referenced by a link are responsible for any and all unlawful, incorrect or incomplete content and in particular for any damages arising from the use or non-use of said information provided in this way, and not the provider of the links to the publications in question.

3. Copyright and trademark law
The author endeavours to observe the copyright of all graphics, audio files, video files and texts and to use his/her own graphics, audio files, video files and texts or only licence-free graphics, audio files, video files and texts. All brands and trademarks referred to within the website that may be owned by a third party or parties are subject to the provisions of the relevant applicable trademark law and the rights of ownership of their respective owners. The fact that these trademarks are referred to does not imply that they are not protected by third-party rights. Copyright for objects created and published by the author lies with the author of the site. Any reproduction or use of graphics, audio files, video files and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of the author.

4. Data protection
Where the website contains options to enter personal or business data (e-mail addresses, names, addresses), this data is disclosed by the user on an expressly voluntary basis. The use of and payment for all services offered is permitted - if and so far technically possible and reasonable - without specification of any personal data or under specification of anonymised data or an alias. The use of contact data, such as postal addresses, telephone or fax numbers or e-mail addresses, or other comparable data published in the company information section or otherwise by third parties for the purpose of sending unsolicited information is prohibited. We expressly reserve the right to take legal action against senders of unsolicited mails (spam).

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5. Legal validity of this disclaimer
This disclaimer is to be viewed as part of the website from which this page was referred. If any parts or individual formulations of this text should fail to conform to the valid legal situation or be no longer or not fully in conformity therewith, this shall not affect the content or validity of the remaining parts of the document.