Legal Notice & Privacy

2. References and links

All direct or indirect references to other Internet sites ("links"), which lie outside the area of responsibility and liability of the Author would only come into effect if the Author is aware of the contents, and it would be technically possible and reasonable for him to prevent the use in the event of illegal contents. The Author hereby expressly declares that the linked sites did not contain any illegal contents at the time of creating the links. The Author has no influence over the current or future design, the contents or the copyright of the linked/connected sites. The Author hereby expressly dissociates himself from all contents of all linked/connected sites that have been changed after the creation of the links. This applies to all links and references created within the Author's own Internet offer and to all outside entries in guest books, discussion forums, and mailing lists set up by the Author. The provider of the site to which reference is made is solely liable for illegal, incorrect, or incomplete contents, and particularly for damages arising from the use or non-use of such information, and not the person who simply makes reference to the relevant publication by means of links.

3. Copyright and trademark law

The Author has made every effort to observe the copyright of the graphics, audio sequences, video sequences and texts in all publications, to use its own graphics, audio sequences, video sequences and texts, or to use only graphics, audio sequences, video sequences and texts not subject to licensing. All brands and trademarks used within the Internet site, including those registered by third parties, are subject without restriction to the stipulations of the applicable trademark law and the proprietary rights of the relevant registered owners. The mere reference to such brands or trademarks does not give grounds for the assumption that trademarks are not protected by the proprietary rights of third parties! The copyright for published objects created by the Author remains solely with the Author of the site. The copying or use of such graphics, audio sequences, video sequences, and texts in other electronic or printed publications requires the express consent of the author.

4. Data protection

Entering of personal or business data (e-mail addresses, names, addresses) via this web facility and disclosure of any such information on the part of the user is made on an expressly voluntary basis. The use of published postal addresses, telephone or fax numbers and email addresses for marketing purposes is prohibited; offenders sending unwanted spam messages will be punished.

2. Usage of the Twitter Button

Our website uses the Twitter button provided by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Irland. This button is identifiable by a white bird on a blue background. Once that Button has been clicked, a direct connection will be created to the Twitter server using your end device. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it will be used by Twitter. Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found here: https://twitter.com/en/privacy

Your privacy preferences with Twitter can be modified in your account settings.

3. Usage of Facebook's Social Plugins

Our website uses social plugins ("plugins") provided by the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are identifiable by a Facebook logo (white letter f on blue background or a thumb up icon) or the notice "Facebook Social Plugin". For a full list of all social Plugins please click here. When you visit a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook servers. Facebook directly transfers the plugin content to your browser which embeds the latter into the website, enabling Facebook to receive information about your having accessed the respective page of our website. Thus we have no influence on the data gathered by the plugin and inform you according to our state of knowledge: The embedded plugins provide Facebook with the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged into Facebook, your visit can be assigned to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking "Like", or entering a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook and stored by it. Even if you are not logged into Facebook, there is possibility that the plugins transmits your IP-address to Facebook. For the information on the purpose and scope of data collection and procession by Facebook, as well as your rights in this respect and settings options for protecting your privacy please visit Facebook’s privacy policy. If you are a Facebook member and do not want Facebook to connect the data concerning your visit to our website with your member data already stored by Facebook, please log off Facebook before entering our website. Further you can block Facebook social Plugins by using add-ons for your browser, like the "Facebook Blocker".

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

3. Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

4. The Cookies We Set

When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

5. Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited. This service uses the "DoubleClick" cookie, which tracks use of qbasic.net and user behavior concerning ads, products and services offered. Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings. For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including Twitter and Facebook, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.