1. General information
bdtronic GmbH (hereinafter referred to as “service provider”) has opened the website www.bdtronic.com for the personal information of its users. The service provider takes every reasonable effort to allow round-the-clock access to the website, seven days a week, except in circumstances beyond its control and subject to any downtimes and necessary maintenance operations of the Websites and services. Consequently, the service provider cannot guarantee the availability of the website and/or services, or reliability of the transmissions and performances in terms of response time and quality. The service provider's responsibility cannot be invoked if the website cannot be accessed and/or the services cannot be used.
2. Liability for content
The information and recommendations on this website are provided in good faith. The service provider takes the greatest care and does its utmost to disseminate quality information on the website. However, the service provider cannot guarantee that the content is correct, complete and up to date. The use of the content of the service provider's website takes place at the user’s own risk.
According to Sect. 7 (1) of the German Telemedia Act (hereafter referred to as “TMG”) as a service provider the service provider is responsible for the content of the website. According to Sect. 8, 9 and 10 of the TMG however concerning third party information that was transmitted or downloaded, the service provider is not obligated to monitor it or investigate circumstances that may suggest an unlawful activity. This is without prejudice to the obligation provided by the general law to remove or block information. A liability can only occur if the service provider has certain knowledge of a specific infringement of rights. As soon as the service provider becomes aware of such an infringement of rights, an immediate removal of such content will follow. Information on this website should not be considered as recommendation to use information, products, procedures, equipment or formulations at variance with a patent, copyright or registered trademark. The service provider declines any express or implicit responsibility if the use of this information were to infringe a patent, copyright or registered trademark.
The information and/or documents appearing on this website may be amended at any time, and may have been updated. In particular, they may have been updated between the time when the user downloads them and later reads them. The information is given for guidance alone and cannot be considered as a contractual offering from the service provider. Errors or omissions may occur. The mere use of the service provider’s website does not result in a contractual relationship between the user and the service provider.
Access to the products and services presented on the website may be the subject of restrictions. The user must therefore ensure that the law of the country, in which the user connects to the internet authorises the access to the website.
3. Liability for links
The website contains links, which lead to external third party websites. The service provider has no influence on the content of these external websites. Therefore, it is not possible for the service provider to assume any liability for such content. The respective provider/operator of the corresponding website is responsible for such content. Without specific indication the service provider may not reasonably be expected to examine the content of linked third party websites. As soon as knowledge of an infringement is gained, the respective link will be removed immediately.
4. Legal validity of the exclusion of liability
This exclusion of liability is to be considered as a part of the service provider's internet presence, from which a reference is made to this Legal Information. Should parts or individual formulations of this Legal Information not or no longer or not entirely be in accordance with the current legal situation the remaining parts of this exclusion of liability regarding content and validity shall remain unaffected.
5. Intellectual Property
The photographs, texts, slogans, drawings, images, videos and any works included in the website are the property of the service provider or third parties that have granted the service provider the authorization for use. Without written consent of the respective creator or author the works or contents must not be reproduced, edited, distributed and used. Paper or data-processing reproductions, of said website and of the works reproduced there, are authorised subject to them being strictly reserved for personal use excluding any use for advertising and/or commercial and/or information purposes. As soon as the service provider becomes aware of an infringement of rights, an immediate removal of the respective content will follow. Except for the aforementioned provisions, any reproduction, representation, use or amendment, by whatever process and on whatever medium, of all or part of the website, or of all or part of the various works of which the website is formed, is strictly forbidden without having obtained the service provider's prior authorization.
The name of the service provider, the associated slogans, logos and graphical representations as well as the names of the service provider’s products must not be used without the service provider's written authorisation. Subject to these provisions, the user must neither copy nor alter or reproduce the information and elements appearing on the website in whatever manner. Furthermore, the user is not permitted to influence the website or act in a manner infringing the intellectual property rights of the service provider or third parties that have granted the service provider the authorization for use. Where it is not expressly authorized by these provisions, it is strictly forbidden to use an intellectual property right of the service provider or of a third party that has granted the service provider the authorization for use.
6. Data protection
If the user visits the service provider’s website information concerning the access (e.g. date, time and viewed websites) may be stored. This data does not involve any personal data. Such data is anonymised and is exclusively analysed for statistical reasons. A transfer to a third party – for commercial or non-commercial reasons – will not occur.
The website may regularly be used without providing personal data. However, if such data (e.g. email address, postal address or name) has to be provided, the disclosure of such data by the user is made on an expressly voluntary basis. Any sharing of this data may only occur if the user has expressly agreed.
The service provider points out that the transmission of data in the internet may be subject to security vulnerabilities. It is therefore possible that third parties may gain access to this data. Regarding this a complete protection is not possible. The use of contact data provided within in the scope of the Imprint or comparable date, such as postal address, telephone- or fax-number as well as email address, by third parties for marketing purposes of not expressly requested information, spam-emails or advertising is not allowed. In case of a violation of this prohibition the service provider reserves the right to take legal measures against it.
7. Gender Equality
The text and wording used by the service provider mostly uses only one gender form to make it more readable. Unaffected by this, all information and data of the service provider’s website refers to all genders.