A verdict of State Court of Hamburg, on May 12th, 1998, decided that when linking with other sites, the owner of a web site under certain circumstances assumes liability for contents displayed on such linked sites. To exclude liability for content on external, linked sites, it is imperative to distance oneself from any such content. 1. Online offer - content The author of this site is not responsible, nor liable for actuality, correctness, nor completeness and quality of information provided. Claims for damages against the author because of wrong or incomplete information, or as a result of the use or non-use of provided information, need to be excluded, exempted, unless there is proof for the deliberate and gross negligent behavior of the author. Any offer is open and not binding. The author deserves the right to edit, change or adjust parts of the site, or the whole site, without prior notice, as well as to delete and discontinue the site. 2. Links and references When directly or indirectly referring to external sites (hyperlinks) that are outside of the author’ s responsibility, liability is feasible only in cases where the author had advance knowledge of a corresponding content, and if it were technically feasible and reasonable to require the author to prevent or remove any potentially unlawful content. The author explicitly declares that at the time of linking a potential external web site, the author had been unaware of potentially unlawful content. The author has no control and is not responsible for new content that may be added now or in the future to already linked sites. It is for that reason that the author distances him-/herself from any changes to content of sites that have been linked with this web site, and that may have been or will have been changed after the link had been made. Exclusive responsibility and liability for any illegal, false or incomplete content lies with the owner and author of any linked site. The same applies for damages that may have ensued from usage or non-usage of information provided on linked sites. They are the exclusive liability of the author and owner of linked sites, not of the author of a site that simply refers to another web site. 3. Copy right and trademark right It is the intention and goal of the author of this site to exclusively use license free graphs, text material or calculations, and to respect the copy rights of other, external graphs, text material and calculations. Any third party brand or trademark, which may be mentioned on this web site is protected by ownership and trademark law. The simple mentioning of a trademark on our site does not imply that trademark rights of a third party are not being respected. Copy right for any content, items produced and published by the author of this site exclusively lies with the author and owner of this web site. Distribution and usage of such graphs, text material or calculations in other electronic or print media is not permissible without the explicit approval of the author and owner of this site. 4. Data protection The provision of any personal data, such as name, address, email address by customers always is voluntary. It is possible to use this online offer while providing anonymous data, such as with the help of a pseudonym, as long as technically feasible and reasonable. 5. Exemption from liability: legal effectiveness This exemption from liability is part of the online offer with a reference to this exemption. In case that, certain aspects of this text or individual phrases do not meet all of the current legal standards, the remaining parts of this document are still valid and to apply.

EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY