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Data protection

GIFA thanks you for visiting our website. On some pages you will be asked to provide certain personal details. You are free not to reply. All personal data collected will only be stored, processed and possibly passed on to one of the EOS partners for the purposes of individual follow-up, the transmission of information on our products or services or the submission of offers. GIFA guarantees that your data will be treated confidentially in accordance with the applicable data protection legislation. We would like to point out that you have no legal claim to the use of our free services. We accept no liability for any malfunctioning of the system. Furthermore, GIFA accepts no liability for the unavailability or interruption of the services we provide free of charge.

Privacy policy

As the protection of your personal data is important to GIFA, particularly as regards respect for privacy in the processing and use of this information, we would like to inform you of the following:

– General information on data protection, data security and the purpose of storage

The personal data you send via a GIFA web form will only be used to process your requests. We take all technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data against loss and misuse. Your data is stored in a secure environment which is not accessible to the public.

– Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse 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. 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, including in particular the publisher of this website. 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. However, if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

– Right to information

On written request, we will be happy to inform you about your stored personal data. Please send your request to info (at) gifa (dot) org.

Disassociation from other links

GIFA accepts no responsibility for the content of third party websites that can be accessed via hyperlinks. The following declaration applies to all links to other websites: GIFA expressly declares that it has no influence whatsoever on the design or content of the linked websites. GIFA therefore expressly disassociates itself from the content of all linked pages on the Internet and does not adopt this content as its own. Furthermore, we accept no liability for any software or other tools made available and accessible via links on these pages. The respective operators are responsible for their content.

Copyright

Text, photos, graphics, sound, animations and videos and their arrangement on www.gifa.org are protected by copyright and other protective laws. Neither the content of this website nor the names of domains with identical content belonging to GIFA may be copied, processed, modified, converted into electronic or machine-readable form or made accessible to third parties, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of GIFA. Some pages contain images which are subject to the copyright of third parties.

Trademarks

On our pages, trademarks and protected names are not generally identified as such. However, they must be considered and treated as such. Unless otherwise stipulated, all trademarks mentioned on our websites are registered trademarks. This applies in particular to brands, nameplates, company logos and emblems. Should we infringe any copyrights on our websites, please inform us immediately by e-mail (subject: copyrights) so that we can revise our offer as soon as possible.

No warranty

This Internet site has been designed with the utmost care. GIFA cannot guarantee the correctness and accuracy of its content. GIFA therefore accepts no liability for any damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this web site unless caused by verifiable intent or gross negligence on the part of GIFA.

No licence

The intellectual property, trademarks and copyrights in the GIFA web site are protected. This web site does not grant any licence to use the intellectual property of GIFA or third parties. Should one of the conditions be invalid due to legal circumstances, this shall not affect the existence and validity of the remaining points.

Your comments

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