Terms and Conditions of Use

German American Cultural Center welcomes the opportunity to provide information in this website to its Affiliates, Members, friends and citizens as well as the general public. The German American Cultural Center website is an official German American Cultural Center system. It is intended for use by visitors and the general public for viewing and retrieving information only.

Use of the German American Cultural Center website signifies your agreement with its terms and conditions of use. The terms and conditions of use as well as the content of the website are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

Disclaimers

Although every effort has been made to provide complete and accurate information, German American Cultural Center makes no warranties, express or implied, or representations as to the accuracy of content on this website. German American Cultural Center assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the information contained in the website or the operation of the website.

By using the German American Cultural Center website, you assume all risks associated with the use of this site including any risk of your computer, software or data being damaged by a virus, software, or any other files which might be transmitted or activated via the German American Cultural Center website. German American Cultural Center expressly disclaims any liability for any special, incidental, or consequential damages, including without limitation, lost revenues, or lost profits, resulting from the use or misuse of the information contained in the website.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold German American Cultural Center harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs including attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to your use of the website.

Links to other Websites

This website contains links to other Internet sites and information provided by groups, organizations, miscellaneous and governmental persons or entities not affiliated with German American Cultural Center. Such links are not endorsements or referrals of any products, services or information contained in such websites, and no information in any such web site has been endorsed or approved hereby. No claims, promises, or guarantees about the completeness, accuracy, currency, content or quality of information contained in the links to and from this web site are made. Information provided and opinions expressed by others do not necessarily represent the opinion of German American Cultural Center. German American Cultural Center expressly disclaims any and all liability resulting from reliance on such information or opinions.

No warranties

This website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. German American Cultural Center makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, German American Cultural Center does not warrant that:

> this website will be constantly available, or available at all; or

> the information on this website is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.

Nothing on this website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind. [If you require advice in relation to any [legal, financial or medical] matter you should consult an appropriate professional.]

Limitations of liability

German American Cultural Center will not be liable to you (whether under the law of contact, the law of torts or otherwise) in relation to the contents of, or use of, or otherwise in connection with, this website:

> [to the extent that the website is provided free-of-charge, for any direct loss;]

> for any indirect, special or consequential loss; or

> for any business losses, loss of revenue, income, profits or anticipated savings, loss of contracts or business relationships, loss of reputation or goodwill, or loss or corruption of information or data.

These limitations of liability apply even if German American Cultural Center has been expressly advised of the potential loss.

Exceptions

Nothing in this website disclaimer will exclude or limit any warranty implied by law that it would be unlawful to exclude or limit; and nothing in this website disclaimer will exclude or limit German American Cultural Center's liability in respect of any:

> death or personal injury caused by German American Cultural Center'snegligence;

> fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of German American Cultural Center; or

> matter which it would be illegal or unlawful for German American Cultural Center to exclude or limit, or to attempt or purport to exclude or limit, its liability.

Reasonableness

By using this website, you agree that the exclusions and limitations of liability set out in this website disclaimer are reasonable.

If you do not think they are reasonable, you must not use this website.

Other parties

[You accept that, as a limited liability entity, German American Cultural Center has an interest in limiting the personal liability of its officers and employees. You agree that you will not bring any claim personally against German American Cultural Center's officers or employees in respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the website.]

[Without prejudice to the foregoing paragraph,] you agree that the limitations of warranties and liability set out in this website disclaimer will protect German American Cultural Center's officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries, successors, assigns and sub-contractors as well as German American Cultural Center.

Unenforceable provisions

If any provision of this website disclaimer is, or is found to be, unenforceable under applicable law, that will not affect the enforceability of the other provisions of this website disclaimer.

Privacy Policy

When you visit the German American Cultural Center’s website, no personally identifying information about you is gathered, unless you choose to provide such information in an e-mail message. The only other information provided is the visitor’s domain and Internet protocol address, the type of browser and operating system used to access the site, the files visited and the time spent on each file and the time and date of the visit. If you send us e-mail, we use the information you send to respond to your inquiry. E-mail correspondence to the German American Cultural Center, like U.S. mailed correspondence, may become a public record. As a public record, your correspondence could be disclosed to other parties upon their request, in accordance with any or all Public Information Acts.

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