Disclaimer /Exclusion of Liability

1. The following terms and conditions are applicable to the use of this website in the relationship between the user and the operator of the website. These terms and conditions of usage shall be regarded as agreed and binding upon accessing this website.

2. This website contains data, information and other content that is protected by copyright and/or by trademark law. It is not permitted to duplicate or distribute this website or any parts thereof.

3. Anybody is permitted to set one or more links on this website. However, the operator reserves the right to revoke this permission. It is not permitted to feature this website in a frame.

We wish to point out that the transmission of data on the internet may have security gaps. It is consequently not possible for us to ensure absolute protection against access by third parties.

Please do not use the contact data in our Legal Notice to transmit advertising and information materials which have not been expressly requested. Both the provider and all other parties mentioned on this website herewith object to any commercial utilisation and circulation of their personal data.

4. The operator is liable for the content of this website in accordance with the statutory provisions. The photographs, technical drawings and charts shown on this website may deviate in shape, colour and properties from the actual product. The dimensions and weights of the items may vary slightly due to the product design and the packaging. Subject to technical modifications and errors. The information on static load capacities is based solely on the proper utilisation of the products and/or the currently applicable technical standards. The operator does not accept any liability for the accuracy and completeness of the information and content provided on this website.

5. In the event that a contractual relationship is entered into between the operator and the user, the contractual relationship shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. The compulsory consumer protection regulations of the country in which the customer normally resides is excluded from this choice of applicable law. Furthermore, the choice of law shall not be applicable if the user claims violation of immaterial property rights. The application of the UN commercial laws is excluded.

The legal venue for all disputes associated with the usage of the website shall be the operator’s corporate headquarters provided the user is a business person, a legal entity or a separate estate in public law.

6. The operator of this website shall not be held liable for the content of any websites of third parties linked to this website. The respective provider or operator of such linked websites shall be solely responsible for the content of such websites at all times. When setting such linkages, the linked websites were checked for any possible legal violations, which were not detected. A permanent control of the content of such linked websites would be unreasonable without concrete references. Should any infringements of the law on the linked websites come to our knowledge, we will immediately remove them from our website.

7. Your personal or company-related data is and used by us solely in accordance with the provisions governing data protection in the Federal Republic of Germany. The type, scope and purpose of such recording and usage of person- or company-related data is set out in the following.

Once you access our website, your internet browser automatically transmits data to our web server for technical purposes. This data includes the date and time of access, the URL of the referencing website, the accessed file, the quantity of transmitted data, browser type and version, operating system and your IP address. This data is stored separately from other data that you may input while using our online service. It is not possible for us to allocate this data to any specific person. This data is evaluated for statistical purposes and subsequently deleted.

Inventory data
In the event that a contractual relationship between you and us is established, or its content configured or changed, we record and use your person- and company-related data as required for this purpose.

By order of the relevant authorities, we may, in individual cases, provide information on this data (inventory data) to the extent that this is required for the purpose of criminal prosecution, averting danger, complying with statutory duties of constitution protection agencies or German military counter-intelligence services, or to enforce the protection of intellectual property rights.

Usage data
We shall record and use your person- and company-related data if this is required in order to facilitate the utilisation of our internet service or for billing purposes. In particular, this (usage data) includes characteristics relating to your identification or details of the beginning and end of usage and the scope of using our services.

By order of the relevant authorities, we may, in individual cases, provide information on this data (usage data) to the extent that this is required for the purpose of criminal prosecution, averting danger, complying with statutory duties of constitution protection agencies or German military counter-intelligence services, or to enforce the protection of intellectual property rights.

Cookies
We use so-called “cookies” on our websites. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and saved by your browser. Setting cookies enables our web server to recognize your browser, your individual preference settings in our websites, and possibly parts of the registration data in coded form. The aim is to make it easier for you to use our website and to enable your automatic log-in.


With your browser settings you have the option to refuse cookies, to delete cookies from your computer, to block cookies, or to receive a query before a cookie is set. Cookies are, however, needed to display this site; by blocking them you will not be able to view its content. This is necessary due to technical processes.

etracker analysis
We recommend that you include the following privacy statement - or a similar text - on websites using etracker technology: This website uses etracker technology www.etracker.comto collect visitor behavior data. This data is collected anonymously to be used for marketing and optimization purposes. All visitor data is saved using an anonymous user ID and can be aggregated to a usage profile. Cookies may be used to collect and save this data, but the data remains strictly anonymous. The data will not be used to identify a visitor personally and are not aggregated with any personal data. The collection and storage of data may be refused at any time with respect to subsequent services. Please exclude me from etracker counting.

Data privacy statement for the Facebook plugin (“Like” button)
This website uses plugins provided by Facebook.com (Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California, CA 94025, USA). The Facebook plugins can be identified by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button. Once you visit our website, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plugin.

As a result, Facebook receives the information that you have accessed our website with your IP address.

You can link content from our website to your Facebook profile by clicking on the “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account. Facebook will assign this visit to our website to your user account. As the operator of this website, we wish to point out here that we do not receive any knowledge of the content or the use of the transferred data through Facebook.

You can find further information concerning the use of data by Facebook in the privacy statement issued by Facebook at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php

Data privacy statement for the Google Plus social network
This website uses the “G +1” button of the Google Plus social network (Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States). The button is recognisable by the “G + 1” symbol. As a registered user of Google Plus, you can use “G +1” to share content of our website on Google Plus and to express your interest in our website. At the same time, Google stores the information that you have given a “G + 1” for some of our content as well as information about the page you were viewing when you pressed the “G + 1” button.

It can happen that your “G + 1”, together with your name and your photo, is shown as a reference in other Google services (e.g. Google search).

You will find information concerning the further use of the data by Google in Google’s data privacy notices at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Data privacy statement when using the twitter.com web message service

This website also incorporates Twitter service functions (Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA). We would like to point out that by using Twitter and the “re-tweet” function, the websites accessed by you will be linked to your Twitter account and disclosed to other users, at the same time transferring data to Twitter. We, the operator of this webpage, do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transferred data nor of its use by Twitter. You can read through further information on this matter in the data privacy statement issued by Twitter at http://twitter.com/privacy.

You can define your Twitter data protection settings yourself by accessing your account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings.

 
Data privacy statement when using YouTube plugins
This website is equipped with at least one YouTube plugin (belonging to Google Inc., San Bruno / California, USA).If you access any page of our website which is linked to YouTube plugins, this will establish a link to YouTube’s servers.

In the process, the YouTube server receives information relating to the specific page of our website you have accessed. If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, your server conduct will be recorded by YouTube and assigned to your personal profile. If you want to avoid such an assignment, you should log out of your YouTube account beforehand.

For further notices and information concerning the use of your data by YouTube, please click on the link mentioned: www.youtube.com

 
Data privacy statement for using Pinterest
The “Pin it” button plugin operated by Pinterest (Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA) is integrated into this website. A direct link is established between your browser and the Pinterest server once you access this website. As a result, Pinterest receives information that you have visited the website with your IP address. If you press the “Pin it” button while you are logged into your Pinterest user account, you can share content that is on this webpage via the Pinterest network. Your visit to this website is then assigned to your personal user account by Pinterest. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that we, as the operator of this website, have no knowledge of the content of the transferred data or of its use by Pinterest.

For further information relating to the data privacy statement issued by the Pinterest social network, click on the following link: http://de.about.pinterest.com/privacy/.

Besides this, you can modify the settings for storing your personal data without having an account at Pinterest at: https://help.pinterest.com/entries/25010303-How-does-Pinterest-use-data-about-other-websites-I-visit-

Data privacy statement for using Instagram
This website incorporates Instagram plugins which are identifiable by the “Instagram” button.

You can link the content of our website to your Instagram profile by pressing the Instagram button while you are logged into your Instagram account. Instagram is then able to assign your visit to our webpages to your user account.

We would also like to point out that we, as the operator of this website, have no knowledge of the content of the transferred data or of its use by Instagram.

For further information relating to the data privacy statement issued by Instagram, click on the following link: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/#