Legal Notice

The author/publisher of this web site is, in accordance with German and EU law, and for the purposes of applicable international treaties,

Volker “Bill” Schuelbe
Independent Software Developer / Systems Consultant
 
D-66346 Puettlingen, Germany

Liability Disclaimer

The author accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information on this site. This information is (1) of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity; (2) not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date; (3) sometimes linked to external sites over which the author has no control and for which he assumes no responsibility. The information on this web site does not constitute professional or legal advice. If you need specific advice, you should always consult a suitably qualified professional.

It is the author's goal to minimize disruption caused by technical and/or other errors. However, some data or information on this site may have been created or structured in files or formats that are not error-free, and the author cannot guarantee that this service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. The author accepts no responsibility with regard to problems incurred as a result of using this site or any linked external sites. The risk of using this site is entirely with you, and not the author. This disclaimer is not intended to limit liability in contra­vention of any requirements laid down in applicable law, or to exclude liability for matters which may not be excluded under such law. <TOP>


Intellectual Property

The author of this web site strives to always respect the intellectual property rights of others. To this end, the author either creates site content outright, or peruses properly licensed and/or public-domain works. The works of outside contributors are marked as such.

Background music, e.g. in video clips, is either composed by the web site author or created with the SmartSound Sonicfire Pro family of products. Other music is properly licensed through GEMA (No. 2000566725 / 5611195) in accordance with German law. GEMA is the attorney in fact for ASCAP, BMI, SESAC (U.S.A), SOCAN (Canada), PRS (U.K.), SACEM (France), and most other music syndicates around the world.

The entire contents of this web site are subject to German law and applicable international treaties. Copying, modification, and publication, as well as any usage beyond the limitations of German law or international treaty require written permission from the author or creator. Downloads and copies of this web site, or portions thereof, are permitted for personal, non-commercial use only. The trademarks or service marks mentioned on this web site are the property of their respective owners. <TOP>


Privacy Issues, EU “Cookie”-Directive 2009/136/EG

The <proggies2go>™ web site does not require the user to surrender personally identifiable information. Browser cookies are also not used. Purely statistical data, i.e. operating system, web browser, IP address and referrer URL are time-stamped, collected, and stored for a brief period of time. However, this statistical information is fully anonymized and no connection to you as a natural person exists. The purpose of such storage is, to achieve a higher degree of server security (i.e. to curb copyright violations), and the improvement of my web service in general. This so-called “logging” is general practice on every web server worldwide.

My applets for the Adobe® Flash player store certain program settings in a so-called SharedObject. The storage process is performed locally, i.e. on the user's machine only. Settings data contains no personally identifiable information, and there is no transfer of said data to the <proggies2go>™ web server. Owing to the design of the Flash plugin, the user's permission to store such settings is implicit by default, but may be revoked (and the settings data deleted) at any time by changing overriding settings in the Flash plugin proper.

The use of the author's published contact information for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertisements is explicitly prohibited! “E-mail spam” and “junk faxes” are not welcome here and will be met with immediate retaliatory legal measures to the fullest extent possible under the law. <TOP>