I. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

By accessing the pages and services of the website (hereinafter collectively referred to as the ‘Website’) of the DFB-Stiftung Deutsches Fußballmuseum gGmbH  (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Provider’), the user declares that they have understood and agree to the following General Terms and Conditions of Use and the legal notices relating to both the Website and the information contained therein. If the user does not agree to these General Terms of Use, they are prohibited from using the website.

The Provider reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use at any time without specific notice. The user is therefore responsible for regularly reviewing the General Terms of Use. Continued use of this website following the introduction of any amendments to the Terms of Use constitutes acceptance of such amendments.

Use of the Provider’s website is governed by the following General Terms and Conditions of Use:

§ 1 Disclaimer

All information on this website has been carefully researched. However, the provider and the respective author accept no express or implied responsibility or guarantee for the timeliness, accuracy of content, completeness or other quality of the information provided. Claims for damages against the provider or the respective author relating to material or non-material damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided, or by the use of out-of-date, incorrect, incomplete or otherwise substandard information, are generally excluded, provided that there is no demonstrable wilful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the provider or the respective author.

All content on the website is subject to change and is non-binding. The provider expressly reserves the right to amend, supplement or completely delete parts of the pages or the entire content of the website without prior notice, or to suspend publication temporarily or permanently.

Any advice or information provided by the provider via its website does not constitute a warranty on the part of the provider or the respective author, unless this has been expressly agreed in writing beforehand.

Furthermore, the provider gives no guarantee that the website or the servers on which it is hosted are free from viruses or other harmful elements. Use of the website is at the user’s own risk; in particular, the user is solely responsible for any loss of data or damage to their computer system.

§ 2 Copyright and Trade Mark Law

All rights reserved. The website and all texts, images, graphics, video clips, audio files and other content contained therein are subject to copyright and intellectual property laws. All content is intended solely for personal information. Any commercial use, publication, reprinting, digital reproduction or disclosure to third parties – including in part or in a revised form – is permitted only with the prior express written consent of the provider. This also applies to inclusion on external websites and online services, as well as to storage or reproduction in databases or on data storage media. In the event of a breach, the provider reserves the right to take any form of legal action, in particular to claim damages.

All the provider’s logos displayed on the website are legally protected trade marks and may not be published or used in any other way without the provider’s prior consent. All other trade marks and brand names mentioned on the website, including those that may be protected by third parties, are also subject without restriction to the provisions of the applicable trade mark law and the ownership rights of the respective registered owners. The mere mention of such marks does not imply that they are not protected by the rights of third parties.

No liability is accepted for unsolicited manuscripts, texts, images, graphics, video sequences, audio files and other contributions. Upon submission of the relevant contributions, the provider is granted unrestricted rights to use them. However, the Provider assumes no obligation to publish them and excludes any liability in connection with their subsequent use.

§ 3 References and links

In its judgement of 12 May 1998 (case number 312 O 85/98), the Hamburg Regional Court ruled that a provider who, by means of a so-called ‘link’ or ‘hyperlink’ to third-party websites may be held jointly responsible for the content of those websites (hereinafter referred to as ‘linked websites’). According to the aforementioned ruling, this can only be prevented if a provider expressly distances itself from the content of the linked websites.

As the provider has no influence whatsoever over the current or future content of the linked websites, it hereby expressly distances itself from all content on the relevant websites. This declaration applies expressly to all current and future links placed on the provider’s own website by the provider itself, as well as to links that have been or will be placed on the provider’s website by third parties.

The provider can therefore not be held liable, either directly or indirectly, for any unlawful, incorrect or incomplete content on linked websites. In particular, the provider shall not be liable for any material or non-material damage arising from the use or non-use of the content of a linked website, or arising from goods or services obtained from linked websites.

§ 4 Data Protection

The privacy policy of the DFB-Stiftung Deutsches Fußballmuseum gGmbH can be found here.

§ 5 Applicable law and jurisdiction

The place of jurisdiction for disputes arising in connection with the use of the provider’s website is Dortmund, insofar as the agreement of a place of jurisdiction is legally permissible. The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies.

§ 6 Legal Validity of this Disclaimer

Should any parts or individual provisions of these General Terms of Use not, no longer or not fully comply with the applicable legal situation, this shall not affect the content or validity of the remaining provisions. The invalid part or wording shall be replaced by a formulation that comes as close as possible to the original wording.

II. SUPPLEMENTARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF THE DFM PAGES ON SOCIAL NETWORKS SUCH AS FACEBOOK, ETC.

§1 Purpose

The Provider’s social media pages enable fans and football enthusiasts to exchange views and obtain information on football and cultural topics. Comments, images, links and other material posted by fans on the provider’s social media pages do not reflect the views, ideals or interests of the provider, its partners or employees. The provider accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of comments or expressions of opinion posted and disassociates itself from any endorsement thereof.

§ 2 Terms of Use

The provider does not guarantee that posted material and comments will be reviewed immediately.

A condition of using the networks is that the user must not, either negligently or intentionally, a) post material on the pages which negligently or intentionally infringes applicable law (this also includes, for example, trade mark rights, patent rights or licence rights), b) infringes the personal rights of an individual or a group through defamation, abuse, insult, harassment or other misconduct, c) publish and/or disseminate statements, information or material of a defamatory, obscene, indecent, misleading, illegal or similar nature; d) uploads or posts software or other material protected under private or public law, as well as programmes and applications, which they cannot demonstrably be authorised to use, e) falsely copies the uploaded software and posted materials and/or falsifies their source and origin details.

§ 3 Deletions

In addition to Section I. § 1, the Provider reserves the exclusive right to delete posts or materials whose content contravenes Section II. § 2.

§ 4 Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

The provisions regarding applicable law and jurisdiction set out in I. § 5 shall apply to the use of social networks, subject to any relevant clauses of the respective networks which may take precedence.

(As at: June 2015)