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Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
1. Scope

This Policy and these Terms of Use apply to the website offered by tedrive Steering Systems GmbH. They refer solely to the actions of tedrive Steering regarding the website users’ data.


2. Definitions

“Personal Data“ is data which relates to a living individual and makes them personally identifiable by direct (e.g. birth date) or indirect (e.g. address or telephone number) means. This term does not include information that has been made anonymous and cannot provide direct reference to a specific person, e.g. the number of visitors to a website within a certain period of time. All websites that tedrive Steering offers information on are called collectively „tedrive Steering’s website“. tedrive Steering Systems GmbH or tedrive Systems Beteiligungsgesellschafts mbH including any potential future subsidiaries or affiliated companies are named „tedrive Steering“ in the following. Registered tedrive Steering-website visitors will be referred to as „User“. Personal data provided by individuals, during registration as user for tedrive Steering’s website, will be referred to as „registration information“.


3. Principles for the processing of Personal Data

3.1 tedrive Steering’s website is operated in Germany. The German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) is applicable to the collection, processing and use of personal data by tedrive Steering.

3.2 tedrive Steering uses the users personal data for the limited purpose to provide our websites services. We will not disclose your personal data to third parties for advertisement or marketing purposes, or transfer your personal data to third parties except it is mandatory for tedrive Steering in order to fulfil its services

3.3 Exceptions to number

3.2 can evolve under legal provisions fulfilling the instructions of criminal prosecution authorities and other state authorities or in the case of a strong suspicion of unlawful misuse of tedrive Steering’s website.

3.4 At tedrive Steering the personal data stored by tedrive Steering is available to the user for inspection and changes at all times. For this please contact: info@td-steering.com

3.5 Insofar as the user has provided his consent for the use of data beyond the contractual purpose, the user can withdraw this consent at any time.


4. Server Logs

The so called server log automatically records every page requested. These “server logs“ include: • The users’ internet protocol address (that may uniquely identify the computer) • The remote host (name and IP address of the requesting computer) • Time, status, transferred data, as well as the internet page which linked the user to the requested page (so called “Referrer”), plus the product and version information of the browser used (so called “User-Agent”). tedrive Steering analyses the server’s log file if at all for statistic purposes only. This serves for optimizing tedrive Steering’s website by analyzing the site usage related to days and times as well as the requested data volume from tedrive Steering’s website. Furthermore tedrive Steering is able to detect possible errors e.g. corrupted links or bugs, based on the server’s log file, and thus to improve and develop the tedrive Steering-website. tedrive Steering will principally not refer the information stored in the server log like page requests and site usage to personally identifiable persons. However, tedrive Steering reserves the right to screen server log files of users afterwards, when there is a suspicion of illegal and/or contract contrary usage of tedrive Steering’s website. Cf. insofar number 3.3 which applies accordingly.


5. Usage by Minors

Registration is reserved to adults and representatives authorized by companies subject to registration.


6. Changes to this policy

tedrive Steering may update this policy at any time if changes are necessary due to an afterwards identified regulatory gap, in respect of new by tedrive Steering provided functions or do to new legal requirements. tedrive Steering will inform all registered users about all changes of this policy by e-mail to the addresses provided during registration.


7. Availability of this policy

The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy can be called up and printed at any time from the link “privacy statement”. If there are any questions please feel free to contact: info@td-steering.com


8. Intellectual Property Rights
All on tedrive Steering’s website contained intellectual property are protected by copyright, patent law and trademark rights as well as related rights. tedrive Steering's websites grant no licenses in the sense of these laws. Without written permission by tedrive Steering, it is prohibited to modify, distribute, reproduce, copy and mirror or any other use of the content which goes beyond the acquisition of information, of tedrive Steering’s website.


9. Liability

9.1 tedrive Steering’s website is published with extraordinary diligence. As far as possible the website is constantly updated. Despite of all care taken, tedrive Steering cannot guarantee correctness and actuality. Therefore tedrive Steering shall not be held liable except in case of intent or gross negligence by tedrive Steering. The above mentioned liability limitation shall not apply with culpable injury to life, limb or health and guaranteed features as well as in the case of infringement of primary obligations.

9.2 The same applies to external content, reached via internal links or comparable in tedrive Steering’s website. The user acknowledges that any liability for the content of the linked sites is excluded. In particular tedrive Steering has no influence of the adherence of data protection requirements by third parties.


10. Severability Clause

If, at any time, any provision of these data protection terms, or parts thereof, should be considered void, the remainder of these terms shall continue in full force. The void provision will be replaced by a valid provision that best fulfils the intended economic purpose. This shall also apply in the case of a contractual gap.
Additional information about authorized representatives and the address of jurisdiction can be found in the legal notices (please install link) on the tedrive Steering-website.



Last updated: April 1, 2010