As you are surely aware of the fact that the internet encompasses various hazards of improper use of data, we herewith inform you about the framework terms and conditions of the use of our web site, in order to provde you and ourselves with maximum protection.

1. Validity and Update of these Terms of Use: Technical and regulatory changes have continuous influence on the terms of use and data privacy protection. Hence, we update our terms of use and data privacy protection on an event-driven basis. Therefore, always make sure to have the current update of our Terms of Use.

2. Copyright and other Protective Rights: Any of our web site's contents (texts, figures, graphics, audio, and video data) are our intellectual property and must under no circumstances be copied, altered, transmitted, re-used, newly commissioned, exploited, or applied in any way publicly or commercially without our prior written consent. We would like to point out that any breach of our copyright and other protective rights may provoke civil or criminal prosecution.

3. Exclusion of Liability: Our web site contains hyperlinks to third-party web pages. We shall not resume any warranty or liability for the contents of such web pages, as we do not control the information on such web pages and are not responsible for the contents and information given thereon. The use of our web site or any downloads from there or third-party web pages shall be at the sole risk of the user. Neither shall we resume any responsibility for potential damage - in particular to accumulated data, and hardware or software, nor any liability for potential damage that originate from any misuse of our web site or data/files contained thereon by the user or other persons.

4. Miscellaneous: Should any regulation contained in these terms or conditions be or in the future render invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining regulations. Any invalid regulation shall be substituted by a regulation that that lawfully come closest to the parties' interests. The place of jurisdiction shall be Burgdorf, near Hanover, if the user is a merchant in terms of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch)