Privacy Policy

Important legal notices

Please read the following conditions carefully before proceeding. Persons accessing the website www.lenkerhof.ch agree to the terms set out below.

Hotel Lenkerhof AG, Badstrasse 20, 3775 Lenk (hereinafter also referred to as "we") operates the website www.lenkerhof.ch and is therefore responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data.

Responsible body for data protection:
Hotel Lenkerhof AG
Represented by: Adriano Votta
Badstrasse 20
3775 Lenk
welcome@lenkerhof.ch

Privacy policy

Hotel Lenkerhof AG (Badstrasse 20, 3775 Lenk, Switzerland), an institution under public law (CHE-100.919.033), represented by Jan Stiller (Director), operates the website www.lenkerhof.ch and is therefore responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data and for the compliance of data processing with Swiss law.

Privacy and private data are protected. The processing of personal data of guests, customers, suppliers, partners and other users is limited to those data required for the optimal provision of services. Personal data are collected, processed and used in accordance with the content of this privacy policy and the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the Swiss Data Protection Act (DSG). This privacy policy sets out which personal data are collected, processed and used.

1.  Description and scope of data processing
1.1.
Personal data within the meaning of these data protection provisions are all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the «data subject»). This includes in particular name, e-mail address, address, telephone number as well as credit card and account details and VAT information.

1.2.
Personal data also include information about the use of the website. In this context, personal data may be collected as follows: information about visits to the website, such as the volume of data transferred, the location from which the data are accessed, as well as other connection data and sources accessed. This is usually done through the use of log files and cookies. Further information on log files and cookies can be found in section 5.

1.3.
In principle, guest data are destroyed or anonymised as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of processing. Personal data are generally used for the following purposes:

• To provide the required (service) performance to the guest/customer in the best possible way; advertising
• To ensure that the website can be used as effectively and user-friendly as possible;
• To fulfil obligations arising from contracts with third parties;
• To enable participation in interactive offers; quotation
• To inform about changes to the services;
• For the use of other tools such as social media plugins, newsletters or web analysis tools.

Principles of data processing: When processing data, the principles of lawfulness, proportionality, purpose limitation, transparency – in particular the fulfilment of information obligations – and data security are taken into account.

2.  Data processing in connection with our website
2.1.
when visiting www.lenkerhof.ch       
When you visit our website, our servers temporarily store every access in a log file. The following data are recorded without any action on your part and stored by us until automatic deletion after no more than twelve months:

• the IP address of the requesting computer
• the date and time of access
• the name and URL of the retrieved file
• the website from which the access was made
• the operating system of your computer and the browser you are using
• the country from which you accessed the website and the language settings of your browser
• the name of your Internet access provider

The collection and processing of these data is carried out for the purpose of enabling the use of our website (establishing a connection), ensuring the long-term security and stability of the system, enabling the optimisation of our internet offering and for internal statistical purposes. This constitutes our legitimate interest in data processing within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The IP address is used in particular to determine the country of residence of the website visitor and to make a corresponding default setting for the language of the website. The IP address is also evaluated together with the other data in the event of attacks on the network infrastructure or other unauthorised or abusive use of the website, for clarification and defence purposes and, where appropriate, used within the framework of criminal proceedings to identify and take civil and criminal action against the relevant users. This constitutes our legitimate interest in data processing within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

2.2.
when registering for our newsletter
You have the option on our website to subscribe to our newsletter. Registration is required for this. The following data must be provided as part of the registration:

• Title
• First and last name
• Email address
• Language

The above data are necessary for data processing. We process this data solely in order to personalise the information and offers sent to you and to tailor them more closely to your interests.

By registering, you give us your consent to process the data provided for the regular sending of the newsletter to the address you supplied and for the statistical evaluation of usage behaviour and the optimisation of the newsletter. This consent constitutes our legal basis for the processing of your email address within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. We are entitled to commission third parties with the technical handling of advertising measures and are entitled to pass on your data for this purpose (cf. below section 4.4).

At the end of each newsletter there is a link via which you can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. As part of the unsubscribing process, you may voluntarily let us know the reason for unsubscribing. After unsubscribing, your personal data will be deleted. Any further processing will only take place in anonymised form for the optimisation of our newsletter. 

2.3.   
Booking on the website, by correspondence or by telephone call
If you make bookings for overnight stays, leisure activities, wellness services and/or voucher purchases either via our website, by correspondence (email or post) or by telephone call, we generally require the following data in order to process the contract:

• Title
• First and last name
• Postal address
• Telephone number
• Credit card information
• Email address

Those inputs which are necessary in each case for the smooth processing of your booking are marked as mandatory fields or – in the case of a booking by telephone - requested from you in person. The entry of other information is optional. Other information provided voluntarily by you (e.g. date of birth, expected time of arrival, motor vehicle licence plate, preferences, comments) will only be used by us for processing the contract unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy or unless you have separately consented to this. We will process the data in particular in order to record your booking as requested, provide the services booked, contact you in the event of ambiguities or problems and ensure correct payment. Please note that we may pass on your data to third parties insofar as this is necessary in the context of using the website and processing the contract, for example when purchasing vouchers (cf. section 4.4).

The legal basis for data processing for this purpose lies in the performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

2.4.
Cookies
Cookies help in many respects to make your visit to our website simpler, more pleasant and more useful. Cookies are information files that your web browser automatically stores on the hard drive of your computer when you visit our website.

We use cookies, for example, to temporarily store your selected services and entries when filling in a form on the website so that you do not have to repeat the entry when opening another subpage. Cookies may also be used to identify you as a registered user after registration on the website, without you having to log in again when accessing another subpage.

Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or so that a notice always appears when you receive a new cookie.

2.5.   
Tracking tools

2.5.1.
Google Analytics
For the purpose of designing our websites to meet requirements and continuously optimising them, we use the web analytics service Google Analytics. In this context, pseudonymised usage profiles are created and cookies stored on your computer are used. The information generated by the cookie is transmitted to the Google Analytics server, stored there and processed for us. In addition to the data listed under section 1.1, we may thereby obtain the following information:

• navigation path taken by a visitor on the site,
• time spent on the website or subpage,
• the subpage on which the website is left,
• the country, region or city from which access is made,
• end device (type, version, colour depth, resolution, width and height of the browser window) and
• returning or new visitor.

The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide other services related to website and internet use for the purposes of market research and the demand-based design of our website. This information may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or where third parties process these data on our behalf (cf. also sections 4.1 et seq.).

The provider of Google Analytics is Google Inc., a company of the holding company Alphabet Inc, based in the USA. Before the data are transmitted to the provider, the IP address is shortened by activating IP anonymisation (“anonymizeIP”) on our website within the Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The anonymised IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. In these cases, we ensure by contractual guarantees that Google Inc. complies with an adequate level of data protection. According to Google Inc., the IP address will in no case be linked with other data relating to the user.

Further information about the web analytics service used can be found on the Google Analytics website.

2.6.   
Re-targeting
So-called re-targeting technologies may be used on the website. Your user behaviour on our websites is analysed in order to be able to offer you individually tailored advertising on partner websites as well. Your user behaviour is recorded pseudonymously. Most re-targeting technologies work with cookies (cf. section 1.4). You can prevent re-targeting at any time by rejecting or switching off the relevant cookies in the menu bar of your web browser.

2.7.   
Links to our social media presences
On our websites and/or on our social media pages, we have integrated links to our social media profiles. The links may lead to the following networks:

• Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA,
• Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA,
• Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Meno Park, CA 94025, USA,
• YouTube, a service operated by Google Inc.,
• Tripadvisor Inc., 400 1st Avenue, Needham, 02494 MA, USA,
• HolidayCheck AG, Bahnweg 8, 8598 Bottighofen, CH
• TikTok Technology Limited, The Sorting Office, Ropemaker Place, Dublin 2, Dublin, D02 HD23, Ireland
• Funplaceapp Limited, 3 Vavylonos, Latsia, 2237, Nicosia, Cyprus
• LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland

If you click on the relevant symbols of the social networks, you will be automatically redirected to our profiles on the respective networks. In order to use the functions of the relevant network there, you may need to log in to your user account. If you open a link to one of our social media profiles, a direct connection is established between your browser and the server of the relevant social network. This gives the network the information that you are visiting our websites with your IP address and have opened the link. If you open a link to a network while you are logged into your account with that network, the contents of our site may be linked with your profile on the network, which means that the network can directly assign your visit to our websites to your user account. If you want to prevent this, you should log out before clicking on the relevant links. Assignment will in any case take place if you log into the relevant network after clicking the link.

2.8.
On our website we offer you the possibility to book tables in our restaurant via the reservation system Zenchef. The provider of this service is Zenchef SAS, 18 rue de Londres, 75009 Paris, France. Zenchef collects and processes personal data necessary for the reservation of a table. The data collected include: first and last name, email address, telephone number, date and time of the reservation, number of guests.
The data are transmitted directly to Zenchef and are not stored by us. Zenchef processes this data in accordance with the data protection provisions which you can view in Zenchef's privacy policy:
https://www.zenchef.de/datenschutzerklaerung.

The use of Zenchef is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, as the processing is necessary for the performance of the contract to provide reservation services.

3. Data processing in connection with your stay
3.1.
Data processing to fulfil statutory reporting obligations
Upon arrival at our hotels, we require the following details from you and your accompanying persons:

• First and last name
• Postal address and canton
• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Nationality
• Official identity document and number
• Arrival and departure date, number of nights
• Booked room category incl. room number and average price per night
• Number of adults and children

We collect this information to fulfil statutory reporting obligations, which arise in particular from hospitality or police law. Where we are obliged to do so under the applicable regulations, we pass this information on to the competent police authority. Fulfilling the legal requirements is in our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

For international guests, we also require a copy of the official identity document. We collect this information to fulfil our contractual and post-contractual obligations towards you. The processing of this data is necessary for the performance of the contract with us within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

3.2.
Recording services used in the spa and wellness area
If, during your stay at our hotel, you use services from our spa and wellness area, the service concerned (e.g. massage) and the time at which the service is used will be recorded and processed by us for billing purposes and to provide the booked service. As a rule, we require the following information for this (which is automatically forwarded internally from the Front Office to the spa area in connection with your hotel stay): 

• First and last name
• Postal address
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Room number (if available)

In addition, you have the option of joining our 7sources beauty&spa as a member. In order to process your membership request and, in particular, to be able to contact you, we absolutely require the following information:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Telephone number

The processing of this data is necessary for the performance of the contract with us within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

3.3.   
Recording leisure services used and activities booked
If, during your stay at our hotels, you use leisure services or book activities, the service concerned (e.g. horse-drawn carriage ride, ski school) and the time at which the service is used will be recorded and processed by us for billing purposes and to provide the booked service. As a rule, we require the following information for this:

• First and last name
• Telephone number
• Email address
• Room number (if available)

The processing of this data is necessary for the performance of the contract with us within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

4.  Data processing in connection with our PMS system
The personal data mentioned in the previous sections is stored centrally in our PMS system. We process the data in the central PMS system for customer relationship management and for advertising purposes, in particular in order to be able to offer you personalised services and products.

The legal basis for data processing in the context of customer management lies in the performance of the contract within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. In relation to data processing in the context of advertising activities, the legal basis lies, on the one hand, in the performance of the contract (the existing customer relationship justifies data processing for advertising purposes) and, on the other hand, in your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, which you give when registering for the newsletter (cf. section 1.2).

4.1.
Data processing in connection with our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform
The processing of the guest's personal data takes place to enable and carry out the booking as well as to handle the stay at the hotel. This includes in particular the organisation, provision and support of all services used during the stay. In addition, the processing serves to align the services offered with the guest's individual wishes and interests in order to ensure the most personalised and pleasant stay experience possible. Data processing also enables us to offer the guest services in future that are in line with their interests and previous preferences. Furthermore, the data is used for marketing purposes in connection with the hotel's offers and services, provided that corresponding consent has been given. Finally, the processing serves to continuously improve the hotel services, for example through the evaluation of guest feedback and the analysis of usage data as part of quality management.

4.2. Storage and exchange of data with third parties
4.2.1.
Booking platforms
If you make bookings via a third-party platform, we receive various personal information from the respective platform operator (e.g. for table reservations via the external platforms „Bookatable“ and „La Fourchette“). As a rule, this is the data listed in section 1.3 of this privacy policy. In addition, enquiries regarding your booking may be forwarded to us. We will process this data in particular in order to record your booking as requested and to provide the booked services. The legal basis for the processing of data for this purpose lies in the performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Finally, we may be informed by the platform operators of disputes in connection with a booking. In some cases, we also receive data about the booking process, which may include a copy of the booking confirmation as proof of the actual completion of the booking. We process this data to safeguard and enforce our claims. This is in our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Please also note the data protection information of the respective provider.

4.2.2.
Customer Relationship Management system
Personal data of the guest is also transferred to the external service provider Smart Host GmbH, Am Kupfergraben 6a, 10117 Berlin and its assistants, who provide cloud-based software and

data processing solutions for the hotel. The processing is carried out exclusively in accordance with instructions and in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.

4.2.3.
Central storage and linking of data
We store the data provided in a central electronic data processing system. The data concerning you is systematically recorded and linked in order to process your bookings and handle the contractual services. For this purpose, we use software from Oracle Corporation, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065, USA. We base the processing of this data within the software on our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in customer-friendly and efficient customer data management.

4.2.4.
Retention period
We store personal data only for as long as it is necessary to use the above-mentioned tracking services and the other processing activities within the scope of our legitimate interest. We retain contract data for longer, as this is required by statutory retention obligations. Retention obligations that require us to retain data arise from regulations on reporting law, accounting and tax law. According to these regulations, business correspondence, concluded contracts and booking records must be retained for up to 10 years. To the extent that we no longer require this data to provide the services for you, the data will be blocked. This means that the data may then only be used for accounting and tax purposes.

4.2.5.
Disclosure of data to third parties
We only disclose your personal data if you have expressly consented, if there is a legal obligation to do so or if this is necessary to enforce our rights, in particular to enforce claims arising from the contractual relationship. In addition, we pass your data on to third parties insofar as this is necessary in the context of using the website and fulfilling the contract (including outside the website), in particular the processing of your bookings, for example when purchasing vouchers.

A service provider to whom the personal data collected via the website is disclosed or who has or may have access to it is our web host DimasterSoftware GmbH, Sellenbüren 59A, 8143 Stallikon, Switzerland. The website is hosted on servers in Switzerland. The data is passed on for the purpose of providing and maintaining the functionality of our website. This is in our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Finally, when you pay by credit card on the website, we forward your credit card information to your credit card issuer and the credit card acquirer. If you choose to pay by credit card, you will be asked to enter all mandatory information. The legal basis for the disclosure of the data lies in the performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. With regard to the processing of your credit card information by these third parties, please also read the General Terms and Conditions and the privacy policy of your credit card issuer.

4.2.6.   
Transfer of personal data abroad
We are also entitled to transfer your personal data to third-party companies (commissioned service providers) abroad for the purposes of the data processing described in this privacy policy. These are bound by the same data protection obligations as ourselves. If the level of data protection in a country does not correspond to that of Switzerland or Europe, we contractually ensure that the protection of your personal data always corresponds to that in Switzerland or the EU.

5.  Further information
5.1.
Right to information, rectification, erasure and restriction of processing; right to data portability
There is a right to request information about the personal data processed. In particular, there is the right to information about the personal data as such, the purpose of processing, the storage period or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this period, the origin of the data if they were collected from third parties, where applicable about the existence of automated individual decision-making, as well as about any recipients or categories of recipients to whom personal data are disclosed. There is also the right to withdraw at any time any consent given for the use of personal data. The aforementioned rights can be asserted at any time with the operator.

You can contact us for the aforementioned purposes via the email address welcome@lenkerhof.ch. For the processing of your requests, we may, at our own discretion, require proof of identity.

5.2.
Data security
All information transmitted through use is stored on servers within Switzerland/the European Union. As the transmission of information over the Internet is generally not absolutely secure, the security of data transmitted via the Internet to the website cannot be guaranteed. However, the website and other systems are protected by technical and organisational measures against loss, destruction, access, alteration or dissemination of the data by unauthorised persons.

We use appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data stored with us against manipulation, partial or complete loss and against unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

You should always treat your access data confidentially and close the browser window when you have finished communicating with us, especially if you share the computer with others.

We also take internal company data protection very seriously. Our employees and the service companies commissioned by us have been obliged by us to maintain confidentiality and comply with data protection regulations.

5.3.   
Note on data transfers to the USA
For completeness, we would like to point out to users resident or domiciled in Switzerland that surveillance measures by US authorities exist in the USA, which generally enable the storage of all personal data of all persons whose data have been transferred from Switzerland to the USA. This takes place without differentiation, restriction or exception based on the objective pursued and without an objective criterion that would make it possible to limit the access of the US authorities to the data and their subsequent use to very specific, strictly limited purposes that could justify the interference associated both with access to this data and with its use. We also point out that in the USA there are no legal remedies for the persons concerned from Switzerland that would allow them to obtain access to the data concerning them and to obtain its rectification or erasure, nor is there effective judicial protection against general access rights of US authorities. We expressly draw the attention of the persons concerned to this legal and factual situation in order to make an appropriately informed decision regarding consent to the use of their data.

We would like to point out to users resident in an EU Member State that, from the perspective of the European Union – among other things due to the issues mentioned in this section – the USA does not have an adequate level of data protection. Where we have explained in this privacy policy that recipients of data (such as Google) are based in the USA, we will ensure either through contractual arrangements with these companies or by ensuring that these companies are certified under the EU or Swiss-US Privacy Shield that your data are protected at our partners' premises at an appropriate level.

5.4.   
Social Media plugins
The social plugins described below are used on the website. The plugins are deactivated by default on our website and therefore send no data. By clicking on the relevant Social Media button, you can activate the plugins. If these plugins are activated, your browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of the respective social network as soon as you visit one of our webpages. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from the social network to your browser and integrated by it into the website. The plugins can be deactivated again with a click. Further information can be found in the respective privacy policies of Facebook, Twitter and Google.

5.5.   
Social plugins from Facebook
We use social plugins from facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The plugins can be recognised by the Facebook logo or the addition "Facebook Social Plugin". If you click the "Like" button, for example, or leave a comment, the relevant information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. Furthermore, Facebook makes your preferences public to your Facebook friends. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly assign your visit to our page to your Facebook account. Even if you are not logged in or do not have a Facebook account at all, your browser transmits information (for example, which webpage you visited, your IP address), which is stored by Facebook. For details on how Facebook handles your personal data and your related rights, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at http://www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected about you via our webpages to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our webpages.

5.6.
Social plugins from Instagram
We use social plugins from Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an "Instagram camera". An overview of the Instagram plugins and what they look like can be found here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges. If you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Instagram. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly by Instagram to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the relevant page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a server of Instagram in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can directly assign your visit to our website to your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Instagram" button, this information is also transmitted directly to a server of Instagram and stored there. The information is also published on your Instagram account and displayed there to your contacts. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as your rights in this respect and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/. If you do not want Instagram to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of the Instagram plugins with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net).

5.7.
Social plugins from Youtube
This website includes at least one plugin from YouTube, belonging to Google Inc., based in San Bruno, California, USA. As soon as you visit pages of our website equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection is established to the servers of YouTube. The Youtube server is informed which specific page of our website you have visited. If you are also logged in to your YouTube account, you would enable YouTube to assign your browsing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your account beforehand. Further information on the collection and use of your data by YouTube can be found in the privacy notices there at http://www.youtube.com.

5.8.
Social plugins from LinkedIn
Our website may contain functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection is established to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our websites with your IP address. If you click the "Recommend" button from LinkedIn and are logged in to your account with LinkedIn, LinkedIn is able to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.

5.9.   
Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority at any time.

5.10.
Disclaimer
5.10.1.
Content of the online offer
The author accepts no responsibility for the currency, correctness and completeness of the information provided on these pages. Claims for liability against the author of this page relating to material or immaterial damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided or by incorrect and incomplete information are fundamentally excluded, provided that there is no demonstrable intentional or grossly negligent fault on the part of the author. All offers are free and non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement, delete parts of his pages or the entire offer without separate announcement, or to suspend publication temporarily or permanently.

5.10.2.
References and hyperlinks
A liability obligation for direct or indirect references to external websites ("Links") that are outside the author's area of responsibility would only come into force if the author is aware of the content and it would be technically possible and reasonable to prevent use in the event of unlawful content. The author hereby expressly declares that, at the time the links were created, no illegal content was recognisable on the linked pages. The author has no influence whatsoever on the current or future design, the content displayed or the authorship of the linked pages. For this reason, the author distances himself from all content on linked pages that was changed after the links were created. This statement remains valid for all links and references set within his own website, as well as for external entries in guest books and mailing lists set up by the author. For all illegal, incorrect or incomplete content and, in particular, for possible damage arising from the use or non-use of such information offered, liability lies solely with the provider of the page to which reference was made.

5.10.3.
Copyright and trademark law
The author ensures that in all publications the copyright of the images, sounds, video sequences and texts used is observed, that images, sounds, video sequences and texts created by the author are used, or that royalty-free images, sounds, video sequences and texts are used. If protected brands and trademarks are used within the website or mentioned by third parties, they are subject without exception to the provisions of the applicable trademark law and the ownership rights of the respective registered owners. The mere mention cannot lead to the conclusion that these trademarks are not protected by third-party rights! The copyright for published and self-developed objects remains solely with the author of the page. The reproduction and use of these images, sounds, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of the author.

5.10.4.
Legal validity of this disclaimer
This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the online offer from which reference was made to these pages. Should individual sections or formulations of this text no longer correspond to the applicable legal situation or be incomplete, all other parts of the document remain unaffected with regard to their content and validity.

As at: August 2023