Terms of Use

Legal Terms & Conditions, Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH

Please read the following carefully before accessing or using this Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH (collectively HTE) website ("Site").

Scope and Right of use

By accessing and using the Site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth below. If you do not wish to be bound by the agreement represented by these terms and conditions, you may not access the Site. HTE may modify, amend or replace the agreement at any time, and such modifications, amendments or replacements shall be effective immediately upon posting. You agree to review the agreement periodically to be aware of such modifications and your continued access shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the modified agreement.

This Site was developed in accordance with and shall be governed by, and your accessing and using the Site shall be deemed acceptance of, the laws of Germany, with the exception of that body of law referred to as conflicts of law, as well as consent that any legal action or proceeding between HTE and you arising out of your access and use of this Site shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Germany.

If the User uses this HTE Site as business customer, i.e. that it is not acting for purposes which are outside its trade, business or profession, or as administration customer, § 312i para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 - 3 of the German Civil Code does not apply.

Intellectual Property and Copyright

The copyright to all content on this Site (documents, figures, images, and photos) belongs to HTE. Unless specifically prohibited, you may print out paper copies of the content on this Website only for non-commercial and internal viewing. With the exception of the above, HTE reserves all rights to this property, based on its copyrights, patent rights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights. Note, however, that if separate conditions of use are listed for individual content, or links made to such content, those conditions of use have priority.

You must clearly notify users of any alteration you may make in these documents, such that any altered version is not misunderstood as being an original. HTE specifically retains all rights, including copyright, which it may have in data, files and/or images, text and the media they contain.
Commercial publications, copying or redistribution of HTE documents in any manner for personal or corporate gain is prohibited without prior written permission. Certain material, including third party material, may be subject to specified additional terms & conditions.
§§ 69a et seq. of the German Copyright Law shall not be affected hereby.

Duties of the User

In accessing or using the HTE Site the User shall not

• breach public morality in its manner of use;
• violate any intellectual property right or any other proprietary right;
• upload any contents containing a virus, so-called Trojan Horse, or any other program that could damage data;
• transmit, store or upload hyperlinks or contents to which the User is not entitled, in particular in cases where such hyperlinks or contents are in breach of confidentiality obligations or unlawful; or
• distribute advertising or unsolicited e-mails (so-called "spam") or inaccurate warnings of viruses, defects or similar material and the User shall not solicit or request the participation in any lottery, snowball system, chain letter, pyramid game or similar activity.

HTE may deny access to the HTE Site at any time, in particular if the User breaches any obligation arising from these Terms of Use.

Limitations of Liability and Hyperlinks

This Site may include inaccuracies or errors. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE PREPARED AND PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY'S RIGHTS OF ANY KIND. IN NO EVENT SHALL HTE BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER OR ANY DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE DOCUMENTS HEREIN OR YOUR ACCESSING, BROWSING IN AND USE OF THIS SITE.

HTE will use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information, but makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy or completeness. HTE shall not be liable for damages of any kind arising out of your access of, or inability to access, this Site or your reliance on the information in this Site. The products and services descriptions included are for the sole purpose of providing a general reference tool concerning the nature and type of products and services available from Hitachi Group companies. The descriptions are not intended to be relied upon by potential clients. If you are interested in a particular product or service, please contact us.

Clicking on certain links within this Site may take you into unrelated or other websites for which HTE can take no responsibility. Users linking to third parties' sites use such sites according to the terms & conditions of use attached to the same. The use of such web pages shall be at the sole risk of the User.

The communications and material you send to HTE by Internet electronic mail are on a non-confidential basis. Any information you send to HTE must be truthful, not violate the rights of others and be legal.

HTE reserves the right to change the Site and the products and services described therein as well as this legal statement at any time.

The trademark and logos used on this site are registered and unregistered. Trademarks of HTE, other Hitachi Group companies and third parties and may not be used other than as specifically permitted by their respective owners.

HTE recognises the importance of the personal data by which you can be identified, such as name, address, and email address. and email address. HTE shall comply with applicable laws on data privacy protection and the HTE Site Data Protection Privacy Notice, which is available per hyperlink on the HTE Site and/or www.hitachi-hightech.com/eu/

You may visit the Site without revealing any personal data, but if you do provide us with your personal data we will only use it for the purposes of responding to your enquiries and providing you with information requested by you. Other Hitachi Group companies' websites may collect your personal data: please refer to the relevant Hitachi Group company website to see how your personal data will be handled. If you do not provide the information requested, you can still visit most of the Hitachi Group companies' websites but you may be unable to access certain options, offers and services.

Any supplementary agreement requires the written form.

The place of jurisdiction shall be Krefeld if the User is a merchant in terms of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch).

This site is owned and controlled by

Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH
Europark Fichtenhain A12
47807 Krefeld
Germany
Registered office: Krefeld - Register court: Krefeld - Commercial register no.: HRB 7877

These Terms of Use shall be governed by - and all disputes relating to or in connection with these Terms of Use or their subject matter shall be resolved in accordance with - the laws of Germany, to the exclusion of its conflict of laws rules. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (CISG) of 11 April 1980 is excluded.

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