Please read the following before enjoying our Web site. By visiting our Homepage and using the connecting links you expressly acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of the following terms and conditions.

We appreciate your interest in our Web site and we intend to to provide you with as much control as possible over your personal information. Generally, you may visit any portion(s) of our Web site without telling to us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. However, in order to fully satisfy information requirements, you may be asked to furnish personal data, which responses are entirely voluntary.

When we may seek information from you, such as your name and address, it is our intent to make you aware in advance of our collecting any personal information from you. If you offer us information via the Internet which we and/or our affiliates may need - so as to correspond with you, to provide you with information stemming from you inquiries, or for you to become a registered user of our Web site, for example - it is our intent to let you know how we shall use such information.

If you advise us that you do not wish to have any information used as a basis for further contact with you, we shall respect you wishes.

Please note that any information or material sent to us will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By sending us any information or material, you are granting us an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, perform, display, reproduce, modify, transmit, and distribute that information or material. And you also agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, or techniques that you send us for any purposes. But, we shall not release your name and address or otherwise publicize the fact that you have submitted information or material to us unless:

• we obtain your written permission to use your name;
• we first notify you that the materials or other information which have been submitted to a particular portion of our Web site will be published or otherwise used with your name on it; or
• we are required to do so by law.

All information which you submit to any of our Web sites in any other country may be transmitted electronically to a server for one of these Web sites in a different country. Such information may be used, stored, or processed in a country other than the country in which it was originally submitted and your personal details will be stored in accordance with the data protection provisions of the country in which that Web site is legally permitted to operate. You will find additional details pertaining to the subject of data protection on the relevant Web site.

We do monitor the domains from which our Web site is visited. After analyzing the raw data for the purposes of determining statistical trends as well as usage patterns, we then discard the raw data. We have also instructed our global affiliates to include information as to the privacy practices anywhere information is collected, subject to what that portion of our Web site may do and subject to the provisions contained herein.

The content, of our Web site, including images and the design of our Web site, are subject to laws for the protection of intellectual property. Moreover, the contents of Web site may not be copied, disseminated, modified, or further transmitted and made available to third parties for commercial purposes, whatsoever.

The information which is presented to you on our Web site has been compiled with the greatest of care and is updated regularly. Despite the most careful review of all our pages, it is impossible to guarantee a complete freedom from all errors, omissions, or possible obsolescence. For this reason, we specifically exclude all liability or warranty with regard to the accuracy, completeness, and currency of the information provided on our Web site. ALL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED BY US ON AN "AS IS" BASIS ONLY.

Also, the above disclaimer is applicable in particular to any other Web sites to which reference is made through so-called hyperlinks, which concern the Web sites of third parties over which we have no control. Hyperlinks to third parties do not constitute an endorsement by us of the contents thereof and for this reason, we expressly exclude any liability for the content of such other Web sites. We are also not responsible for the data protection protocols of the operators of such other Web sites. Prospective users connecting to such other web sites do so at their own risk.

A our sole discretion, we reserve the right to discontinue all or portions of our Web site or to undertake alterations or additions to any information or data provided therein without prior notice.

Any claims for damages or for legal proceedings relating to our Web site or its use shall be governed by and follow in accordance with the applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which our Web site is operated.

We would like to present ourselves to you as an informative Web site and we hope that we meet your expectations. However, we draw your attention, as a precaution, to the fact that the intellectual property contained therein is legally protected. Our Web site neither conferred any rights or privileges nor grants any license to the use of our intellectual property.

Not withstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, we do grant you permission to:

• browse the material contained in our Web site;
• create links to our Homepage
• save files, distribute, and reproduce pages - always provided that the source is clearly stated and such material is neither altered nor destroyed; and
• print hard copies for personal use only, always provided that such printing is not for the purposes of private or commercial gain.