Legal Notice and Privacy

I. Legal Notice

1. Content of the online offer
The Author does not guarantee that the information provided is current, accurate, or complete. Liability claims against the Author on the grounds of material or immaterial damages caused by the use or non-use ofthe information offered or the use of incorrect or incomplete information, are fundamentally excluded. All offers are made without commitment, and are non-binding. The Author expressly reserves the right to change, extend, or delete part or all of the offer without prior notice, or to temporarily or permanently discontinue publication.

2. References and links
All direct or indirect references to other Internet sites ("links"), which lie outside the area of responsibility and liability of the Author would only come into effect if the Author is aware of the contents, and it would be technically possible and reasonable for him to prevent the use in the event of illegal contents. The Author hereby expressly declares that the linked sites did not contain any illegal contents at the time of creating the links. The Author has no influence over the current or future design, the contents or the copyright of the linked/connected sites. The Author hereby expressly dissociates himself from all contents of all linked/connected sites that have been changed after the creation of the links. This applies to all links and references created within the Author's own Internet offer and to all outside entries in guest books, discussion forums, and mailing lists set up by the Author. The provider of the site to which reference is made is solely liable for illegal, incorrect, or incomplete contents, and particularly for damages arising from the use or non-use of such information, and not the person who simply makes reference to the relevant publication by means of links.

3. Copyright and trademark law
The Author has made every effort to observe the copyright of the graphics, audio sequences, video sequences and texts in all publications, to use its own graphics, audio sequences, video sequences and texts, or to use only graphics, audio sequences, video sequences and texts not subject to licensing. All brands and trademarks used within the Internet site, including those registered by third parties, are subject without restriction to the stipulations of the applicable trademark law and the proprietary rights of the relevant registered owners. The mere reference to such brands or trademarks does not give grounds for the assumption that trademarks are not protected by the proprietary rights of third parties! The copyright for published objects created by the Author remains solely with the Author of the site. The copying or use of such graphics, audio sequences, video sequences, and texts in other electronic or printed publications requires the express consent of the author.

4. Data protection
Entering of personal or business data (e-mail addresses, names, addresses) via this web facility and disclosure of any such information on the part of the user is made on an expressly voluntary basis. The use of published postal addresses, telephone or fax numbers and email addresses for marketing purposes is prohibited; offenders sending unwanted spam messages will be punished.

II. Privacy Policy

1. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. 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. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider 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 to the website provider. 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 this website. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available here: Do not Track

III. Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies...

2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

3. Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

4. The Cookies We Set
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

5. Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited. This service uses the "DoubleClick" cookie, which tracks use of qbasic.net and user behavior concerning ads, products and services offered. Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings. For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.