1. Contents of the Web site:

The author assumes no guarantee that the information provided is current, correct, complete or of good quality. Liability claims against the author for damages of a material or intangible nature that have been caused by the use or non-use of the information provided and/or by utilizing faulty or incomplete information are excluded as a matter of principle unless is can be demonstrated that the author has acted deliberately or in grossly negligent manner. Quotations are subject to confirmation and without obligation.
The author expressly reserves the right to alter, supplement or delete either parts of the Web site or the entire Web site without giving special notice, or to suspend publication temporarily or permanently.

2. References and links:

In the event of direct or indirect references to extraneous Web sites (hyperlinks) that are outside the author’s sphere of responsibility, his liability shall be limited exclusively to instances where the author is aware of the contents and it is technically and reasonably possible for him to prevent the use of unlawful contents. The author hereby declares explicitly that at the time when the links were inserted there was no discernible unlawful content on the pages being hyperlinked. The author has no influence whatsoever on the current or future layout, content or authorship of the linked/hyperlinked pages. For this reason the author expressly dissociates himself from the contents of any linked/hyperlinked pages that have been altered after the link was inserted. This declaration shall be valid for all the references and links included in his own Web site. The provider of a page to which reference is made shall alone be held responsible for unlawful, faulty or incomplete information and in particular for damage arising from the utilization or non-utilization of the information provided in such a manner, not the person who merely makes reference to the publication involved by means of links.

3. Copyright and trademark law:

The author endeavors to respect copyright law for any graphics or texts used in his publications, to use graphics and texts he has compiled himself or to draw upon royaltyfree graphics and texts. All the brand names and trademarks mentioned in this Web site and possibly protected by third parties shall be subject, without restriction, to the regulations of applicable trademark law and to the titles belonging to their registered owners. The mere mention of a trademark does not justify any conclusion that trademarks are not protected by third-party rights! The copyright for published objects compiled by the author himself shall remain solely with the author of the Web pages involved. Copying or reproducing such graphics and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permissible without the author’s express permission.

4. Data privacy:

If the Web site includes an option for entering a user’s personal or business data (email addresses, names, postal addresses), divulging this information is expressly deemed to be voluntary. Third-party use of the contact details publicized in the Web site credits or similar data such as postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses for the purpose of forwarding information not explicitly requested is not permissible. We specifically reserve the right to take legal action against those sending so-called spam mails if this prohibition is infringed.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. 
Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. 
Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Disable Google Analytics
Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/en_uk/policies/. Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).

5. Legal effectiveness of this disclaimer:

This disclaimer shall be deemed a part of the Web site from which reference is made to this present page. In cases where parts of this text or individual wording do not comply, no longer comply or do not completely comply with valid legal situation, the remaining parts of the disclaimer shall remain unaffected in their content and validity.