Data Protection

Although every care has been taken to assure the accuracy of the content on this web site, MECOS does not warrant the content's quality and that it is up to date, correct and complete. It disclaims all warranties relative to damage of material or immaterial nature that might arise from the use or non – use of the available contents or from the use of incorrect or incomplete pieces of information in the content. All contents are "as is" and not binding. MECOS reserves the right of modification without prior notice of the entire Web Site, parts thereof as well as of contents or parts thereof. This may also include shutting down temporarily or permanently this Web Site.

MECOS may only be liable for direct or indirect references to non-MECOS Web Sites if the contents of these sites are known to MECOS and in cases where it is technically possible and reasonable to prevent the use of these Web Sites provided they offered illegal contents.

MECOS herewith declares that at the time of referencing non-MECOS Web Sites, no illegal contents were evident on those Web Sites. MECOS has no influence on present and future contents of non-MECOS Web Sites and therefore explicitly dissociates itself from all contents of referenced sites that have been altered after referencing by MECOS has taken place. This declaration applies to all referen­ces as well as entries and references in guestbook, channels and mailinglists provided by MECOS.

For illegal, incorrect or incomplete contents in general and damage caused by its use or non-use in particular liability lies solely with the provider of such contents and not with the provider of merely the reference to such contents.

MECOS does not warrant that this Web Site or other linked Web Sites are free from viruses or other harmful elements.

MECOS is committed to respect the copyright of illustrations, sound-sequences, video-clips and texts that appear in the content, to use proper illustrations, sound-sequences, video-clips and texts or use illustrations, sound-sequences, video-clips or texts that are available free of licences. All mentioned brand names and trade marks that might be protected by third parties mentioned in the content are unrestrictedly subject to copy- and property rights of the respective proprietor.

The copyright of objects created and published by MECOS remains solely with MECOS. The content made available on this Web Site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, transferred, distributed, stored, modified, downloaded or otherwise exploited for any use without the prior written approval of MECOS.

This Privacy Policy, under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (May 25, 2018), applies to MECOS AG.

The protection of your privacy is very important to us. We respect your personality and privacy and ensure their protection as well as the lawful processing of your personal data.

Personal data is all information and information that relates to a specific or identifiable person. In addition to your contact information such as name, telephone number, address or e-mail address, this includes other information that you provide us with, such as the date of birth.

With this privacy policy we inform you about which data we process from you, for what we need this data and how you can object to the data collection.

When we talk about processing your personal data in this privacy policy, we mean any handling of your personal data. These include storage, editing, use, deletion, etc.

Our website may contain links to websites of other providers, to which this privacy policy does not extend.

4.1 Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States .

In case IP-anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address will be first transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP-anonymization is active on this website.

Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

4.2 Cookies

The IP-address, that your browser conveys within the scope of Google Analytics, will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en 

As an alternative to the browser Addon or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click the button below in order to opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics within this website in the future (the opt-out applies only for the browser in which you set it and within this domain). An opt-out cookie will be stored on your device, which means that you'll have to click this link again, if you delete your cookies. http://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/?hl=en 

This disclaimer is to be understood as part of the online contents. If parts of this disclaimer or wordings thereof do not conform entirely or in part to current legal requirements, all other parts of this document remain intact in content and legal validity.