Legal Disclaimer

A. Data Protection

www.vega.de is a website of VEGA Deutschland GmbH.

VEGA Deutschland GmbH welcomes you to our website and appreciates your interest in our company and our professional services. The protection and confidential handling of your personal data are very important to us, including the collection, processing and use of such data during your visit.

Despite careful supervision, we are not responsible for external links since we are not involved in the transmission of this information, selecting the recipients of this information and selecting or changing the information conveyed in this manner.

© VEGA Deutschland GmbH 2009

The content of this website is copyrighted.

All rights to these websites, including content, text, graphics, photos and animations, are property of VEGA Deutschland GmbH or the respective owner and may not be reproduced, copied, stored, transmitted, distributed or otherwise used without consent.

Your data may be collected, processed and used in compliance with applicable laws. You can learn all about data protection law at www.datenschutz.de.

The section below explains which information is collected during your visit to our websites and how we used this information:

Collection and processing of data, including personal data

Each time a user accesses a page of the VEGA Deutschland GmbH website and each time a file is downloaded, data about this process is stored in a log. This data is collected exclusively for internal and statistical purposes.

The following is data is stored each time a file is downloaded:

 

  • the name of the downloaded file;
  • the date and time of the download;
  • the size of the downloaded file;
  • an indication as to whether the download was successful;
  • a description of the type of web browser used;
  • the domain name from which the request was received.

 

Additional personal data, such as your name, address, phone number and e-mail address, is not collected unless you disclose this information voluntarily, e.g. in the process of registration, participating in a survey, performing a contract or requesting information.

Use and disclosure of personal data

If you make your personal data available to us, we will use this data exclusively for the purposes of technical administration of our websites and to meet your specifications and requirements, including performing our contract with you and answering your questions.

Your personal data will not be disclosed, sold or otherwise sent to third parties except

  • as necessary for the purposes of performing the contract;
  • as necessary for billing purposes; and
  • insofar as you give your prior consent.


You have the right to revoke such consent at any time, which will disallow all future disclosures.

Personal data will be deleted if:

 

  • you revoke your consent to storage of the data;
  • such data is no longer necessary for the relevant purpose; or
  • storage of the data is unlawful on other grounds.


Right to information

Upon written request, we will gladly tell you which personal data (e.g. name, address, phone number, date of birth) about you we have collected.

Automatic collection of non-personal data; creation of cookies; ancillary programs; active content

When you access our website, information is collected automatically (i.e. not through registration) which cannot be attributed to any specific person (e.g. through a web browser or operating system, website domain names from which the user accessed the website, number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages visited). Our company uses this information to help us constantly improve and update the layout of our website so as to make it more attractive and more useful for visitors.

When you visit our website/s, it is possible that information will be stored on your computer in the form of "cookies," which will allow us to automatically recognise your computer upon your next visit. Cookies allow us to adapt the site to your preferences or to store your password so that you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit.

If you do not want us to be able to recognise your computer, please adjust your browser settings so that cookies are deleted from your hard drive and all cookies are blocked, or so that you get a warning whenever a cookie is created.

If you leave our site by clicking on a link or advertising banner and enter a third-party site in this manner, cookies may be placed on your computer by the third-party site. We are not responsible for these cookies.

Our website uses java script. If you choose not to use this program or active content for security reasons, please adjust your browser settings accordingly.

Security notice

We will make every effort and take all technical and organisational measures necessary to ensure that your personal data is not stored in such a way as to be accessible to third parties or the general public. Should you choose to contact us by e-mail, please note that the confidentiality of the information sent in this manner cannot be guaranteed. We therefore advise you to send confidential information by post only.

Contact

If you have unresolved questions pertaining to the processing of your personal data, please contact:

VEGA Deutschland GmbH
Mr. Andreas Kirschniok
Industriestrasse 161

50999 Köln

 

B. Disclaimer

Access to and use of the webpage / website is based on the usage conditions described in the following and the relevant laws and regulations. Through and by accessing and using this webpage/website, the user declares that he agrees to the following usage conditions, without further restrictions or changes:
In the following, VEGA Deutschland GmbH is called “VEGA.”

1. Copyright / Trademarks
Unless otherwise stated, the contents of this webpage/website – including, but not limited to the text, the pictures contained, and the arrangement itself – are the property of VEGA. This does not apply to the content of third parties to which reference may be made through links, the copyright to which is held, in cases of doubt, by the owner of the web pages / websites connected through a link. All contents provided with a trademark, service sign, or other protection mark that are used or referred to in this webpage/website are the property of the holder of their rights in each case.


The content of this webpage/website can in no way be interpreted in such a way that it tacitly confers, by legal effect or in any other way, a license or title to a copyright, patent, trademark, or other protection right of VEGA or a third party is transferred. Without the prior consent of VEGA, neither this webpage/website nor the content made available through it (especially graphic images, audio and video sequences, html codes, buttons, and text) can be copied, reprinted, published, sent, transmitted, or distributed in any other way. Production of one single copy for exclusively personal, non-commercial use by downloading onto a single personal computer (including permanent or temporary storage on this PC, display of its content in off-line mode, and production of a paper copy of parts of the content is, however, expressly permitted, but under the condition that the webpage/website and its content are not changed thereby and all references to copyrights, patents, trademarks, and other protection rights are contained in the copies produced or that a corresponding reference is attached, to the extent that an interface is involved.


Unless otherwise stated to the contrary, VEGA must make sure that all information that is available on this webpage/website that is available to the user is not confidential or under a protection right. The user declares by entering information that he is properly authorized to make this information available. Because of the open nature of the Internet, VEGA recommends that no information by made available that the user must consider confidential.

2. Exclusion of guarantees and guarantee benefits
The information on this webpage/website is made available without cost, and it serves only for informational purposes and in not the basis of any business or service relationship between the user and VEGA. Statements found on the webpage/website do not constitute providing information (actual or requested) VEGA.

A guarantee or guarantee benefit in any form (especially of suitability for a particular purpose, the existence of legal titles, or non-infringement of rights of third parties) is not given. VEGA will not be held responsible for the correctness of information provided by us.

3. Liability
VEGA is in no case liable, except in cases of fraud, for damages that arise from or in connection with the use of this webpage/website or its content. This applies regardless of the form of the claim and the question of whether this claim is on a confidential or non-confidential basis.
Nevertheless, a liability remains in cases in which the applicable law (see below) prescribes a compulsory liability or permits no restriction of liability.

4. Links
Links on this webpage/website can refer to webpages/websites or services that are not marketed by VEGA. VEGA makes no statement about is in no way represents the services or products of such third parties or the contents on their webpages/websites. A reference to another webpage/website or services represents no approval of this webpage/website or service. Use of the auf information on such a webpage/website or the service offered therein is at the user’s own risk.

5. Agreement with applicable law
Any legal claim or process in connection with the website or its use is based on the interpretation of the laws of the Federal Republic of German, with the exception of regulations of international private law.
The user is responsible for following the legal standards of the territory from which he accesses the webpage/website. He gives assures that access to this webpage/website or use of the information contained therein does not violate any legal standard.

6. Legal remedies in case of contract violation
VEGA reserves the right, in case of violation of these provision, to make use of the framework of possible legal remedies, including excluding the user from the right to access the site.

7. Access to password-protected areas
Access to and use of secure areas and areas protected by passwords is limited to authorised users. Unauthorised persons who try to gain access to these areas, webpages or sites can be prosecuted.

8. Changes to the provisions
VEGA retains the right to change these guidelines at any time.