Before you continue to refer to material contained in this website, which is provided by MZM Business Services GmbH (MZM Business Services), please refer to the following important information regarding the access and use of the Website (Website Terms & Conditions).

Access and use of the Website indicates that you (User) accept and agree to the Website Terms & Conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, do not use the Website or download materials from this site.

Purpose of Information

The contents of the Website are only intended for general information purposes and are not intended as a replacement for, or alternative to, specialist advice and assistance. MZM Business Services reserves the express right to alter, amend or delete certain parts or even the entire Website without giving any prior notice, and also reserves the right to partially or completely cease publication.

Limitation of Liability

The Website is provided as is and MZM Business Services makes no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever regarding the accuracy or completeness of the content of the Website and any third party content accessible on or through the Website. Except to the extent required by law, MZM Business Services disclaims any and all express or implied warranties and conditions, including and without limitation, warranties and conditions as to suitability of the Websites content for a particular purpose and does not warrant that the Website and any content (including any third party content accessible on or through the Website) will be free of error or that the Website, the servers from which it is made available or any connected website is free of viruses or other harmful content.

Use of the Website is at Users own risk and User assumes full responsibility and risk of any loss resulting from use of or access to the Website. Neither MZM Business Services nor any of our directors, employees or other representatives shall be liable whether in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise, for any loss or damage whatsoever and whether direct or indirect arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website, including, without limitation, damage to software or hardware, economic loss, loss of data, consequential damage, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties.

Data Protection

MZM Business Services is committed to protecting the privacy of User in accordance with current data protection laws in Germany. Please be aware that there are inherent security risks in transmitting data (such as e-mails, etc.) via the internet and other electronic means, therefore no guarantees are made in relation to complete safeguarding of electronically transmitted data against unauthorized access by third parties. Subject to this limitation, MZM Business Services will take reasonable steps to ensure that information regarding User remains confidential.

Where any User submits information via the Website, our third party service provider, Mollom BVBA ("Mollom"), may collect, analyze, and store information about User and the content User submits for anti-spam and quality monitoring purposes. For more information, please refer to Mollom's privacy policy available at mollom.com/web-service-privacy-policy.

To the extent that the Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"), Google Analytics may use cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help us analyze how users use the Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Website. By using the Website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

User Generated Content

The Website features user generated content, besides others in the form of news articles and transaction announcements. We do not review every contribution and mergers-acquisitions.org is not responsible for nor does it endorse any contributions submitted by users. By submitting contributions to mergers-acquisitions.org User agrees to, and represents and warrants, the following:

• User has all legal and proprietary rights to post the content.
• User agrees that in posting content, User is transferring to mergers-acquisitions.org a irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual license to use, distribute, post, publish, copy, edit and adapt your content in the sense of the Creative Commons BY-SA license, and to share those rights with other parties.
• User will not post material that is illegal, libelous, defamatory, obscene or offensive in terms of race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, disability or sexual orientation.
• User will not use this service for illegal purposes.
• We retain the right at any time and without notice to remove contributions from our site.

In the case of submission of contributions that do not correspond to these guidelines, MZM Business Services reserves the right to block the User from further submissions and/or deactivate the User's account.

Links

The Website may contain links to other websites which are not controlled by MZM Business Services and contain material produced by independent third parties. The existence of a link from the Website to any third party website does not constitute an opinion, recommendation or endorsement by MZM Business Services of these websites, its content or any provider contained thereof. Any opinions or recommendations expressed on third party websites are those of the relevant website owners. Neither MZM Business Services nor any of our directors, employees or other representatives shall be liable for content provided on any website that may be accessed through links on the Website. All website links are reviewed on a periodic basis. At the time these links were established, MZM Business Services took reasonable steps to ensure no likely violations resulted from such action. MZM Business Services will promptly delete any link as soon as becoming aware of any violations.

Participation in Affiliate Programs

MZM Business Services is a participant in the Amazon Europe S.à.r.l. Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.co.uk and amazon.de.

Copyright

The Website is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. Except as otherwise specifically agreed in writing, User shall not copy, reproduce, create derivative works from or in any way exploit the Website or information from the Website. User acknowledges that MZM Business Services retains all right, title and interest in and to the Website. Use of the Website does not confer any ownership rights in the Website.

Jurisdiction

This site is provided and operated by MZM Business Services from its office in Germany. MZM Business Services makes no representation that materials of the Website are appropriate for use in locations other than Germany. If User accesses the Website from other locations, User is responsible for compliance with local laws to the extent applicable. All disputes, controversies or claims arising out of or in connection with the Website shall be governed according to German law. Place of jurisdiction is the place of business of MZM Business Services.

Unsolicited Advertisements

We oppose the use of any available contact information by a third party for sending unsolicited advertisements. As the website provider, we reserve the express right to take legal action against unsolicited mailing or e-mailing of spam and other similar advertising materials.