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Liability for content and links

Extreme care was taken when creating the content of our website. However, it cannot be guaranteed that this content is completely flawless. We therefore assume no liability or guarantee for the accuracy or completeness of the website, nor for it being up to date at all times. We further assume no liability or guarantee for the website being accessible and error free at all times.
This website may contain links to external sites operated by third parties. We assume no liability for the content of external links, although such content has been carefully checked. The operators of linked websites bear sole responsibility for the content of the same.

Copyright

The content and texts created by the website operators which are featured on this website are governed by copyright law. Written consent is to be obtained from the respective author and/or creator before such content and/or texts are duplicated, edited, disseminated and exploited in any way beyond the limits of copyright law. Downloads and copies of this website are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. If content on this website has not been created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. Third-party content in particular is marked as such. Should you become aware of a copyright infringement in spite of this, please notify us accordingly. We shall remove the affected content as soon as we become aware of any such infringement.

Insofar as this website copyrighted license material (eg photos, graphics) includes third parties, particularly Getty Images Licensed Materials, the following copyright must be observed restrictions on the use: It is forbidden to download the Licensed Material, and prohibit republication, retransmission, reproduction or other use make the Licensed material as a separate file.

Data privacy

Personal information usually does not have to be provided in order to use our website. If personal information is collected by our website (e.g. name, address, email address), such information is always requested voluntarily wherever possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. Please note that data transfer over the Internet (e.g. communication by email) may entail security flaws. It is not possible to fully protect data from being accessed by third parties. The contact information published in line with our obligation to provide an imprint is expressly not to be used by third parties in order to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The website operators explicitly reserve the right to take legal measures should unsolicited advertising information be sent, for instance in the form of spam mails.
Web analysis? This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, i.e. text files stored on your computer which analyse how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie as to your website use is normally transferred to a Google server in the US and stored there. If IP anonymisation is activated for this website, your IP address will, however, first be shortened by Google within the EU member states or other EEA EFTA states. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and then shortened. Google will use this information on behalf of the website operator in order to analyse how you use the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with additional services associated with using the website and the Internet. The IP address communicated by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting the respective browser software setting; however, please note that doing this may limit the functionality of this website.
You can also prevent data generated by cookies and data related to your website use (incl. your IP address) from being collected and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Moreover, you can prevent Google Analytics from assessing your data by clicking on this link:

This generates an “opt-out cookie”, which prevents your data from being collected when visiting the website in future.
Please note that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension “anonymizeIp”, which means that IP addresses may only be processed in a shortened format without directly referring to individuals. See http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ for more information on Google’s privacy policy and terms of service.