Welcome to the IAC Internet Site (“the Site”). By accessing this Site, you accept the present terms and conditions of use.
1) Disclaimer of Liability
The IAC Internet Site provides information about the activities, geographic locations, business areas, products and financial performance of the IAC Group.
IAC makes every effort to ensure the information on this Site is accurate and up-to-date, and reserves the right to make changes to the content or the products described therein at any time without notice. However, IAC makes no commitment to update the content. IAC further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within the materials. IAC assume no responsibility for any errors, inaccuracies, omissions or out-of-dateness of the information made available on this Site.
The information presented on this Site as well as on this legal disclaimer page shall neither be deemed to be of a financial nature nor as an incentive to invest in or speculate on the IAC Group’s shares.
Any liability of IAC for damages arising out of the use of this Site – irrespective of the legal cause, including tort – is limited to damages that are caused by intent or gross negligence. To the extent that there is a mandatory liability of IAC as a result of a breach of material contractual duties, the total amount of any claim for damages is limited to the foreseeable damages. This shall not affect IAC's liability under applicable Product Liability law or under any warranties given. The aforesaid limitations of liability also do not apply in the event of harm to life, bodily injury or harm to health of a person.
IAC employs great efforts to keep the site free from viruses; however, IAC is unable to guarantee any absence of viruses. For this reason, IAC recommends that care be taken to assure adequate protection against viruses (e.g. using virus scanners) before downloading documents and data.
2) Links to Other Sites
IAC makes no representations whatsoever about any other Web site that you may access through this Site. IAC may suggest links from its Site to other affiliated or non-affiliated sites. These sites are independent from the Site. IAC does not edit these sites. The links to all these sites shall in no case constitute approval or partnership between IAC and these sites. Consequently, IAC shall not be responsible for their content, their products, their advertising or any component or service presented on these sites. IAC reminds users that the affiliated and non-affiliated sites are subject to their own terms and conditions of use. Prior written approval must be obtained from IAC before creating a link to the IAC Site.
3) Intellectual Property
All components of the Site as well as the Site itself are protected by the laws on intellectual property. It is strictly forbidden to use, distribute, make available, copy, reproduce, modify, alter or transmit Site materials, such as text, image or sound, without IAC’s prior written agreement. The brands and logos on the Site are the property of IAC and are subject to authorization for their use. No right or license shall be granted for any of these components without the written authorization of IAC or third parties who own the rights to the brands or logos appearing on the Site. IAC reserves the right to take legal action in the event of any infringement of its intellectual property rights, including criminal action. This Site may offer downloads for certain materials that remain the property of IAC under the application of the above provisions, and may only be used for the personal and private use of the person downloading them. These materials are provided by IAC as a service to its customers and stakeholders for informational purposes only. Single copies may be downloaded subject to the provisions below. By downloading any materials from this site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site or download any materials from it.
4) Data collection
You can access the Site without being requested to submit any form of personal data. However, when visiting the Site, certain data are automatically stored on our servers for the purpose of system administration or for statistical or backup purposes. These data comprise the name of your Internet service provider, in some cases your IP address, the version of your browser software, the operating system of the computer used to access the Site, the website you are using to visit the Site, the webpages that you visit while you are on the Site and, if applicable, any search terms you have been using to find the Site. Depending on the circumstances, such data may allow that conclusions be drawn about certain visitors to the Site. However, no person-related data are used in this context.
5) Modification of this Text
IAC reserves the right to modify or update this text at any time without prior notice.
6) Miscellaneous
These terms and conditions of use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany without regard to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods the application of which Convention to these terms and conditions is hereby expressly excluded. To the extent permitted by applicable law, legal venue for all disputes relating to the Site lies with Krefeld, Germany. Should any provision of these terms and conditions be or become invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
