Terms of Use

Due to ongoing technical innovations and changes of the relevant legal framework the following Terms of Use need to be changed and/or amended by us from time to time. We therefore ask the user to review these Terms of Use before each visit to this website and to consider any changes and/or amendments.

Introduction

This website is brought to you by Fritz Henkel Stiftung, Henkelstrasse 67, 40589 Düsseldorf, Germany. The information available on this website about Fritz Henkel Stiftung (hereinafter referred to as „Foundation“) and third parties has been put together with utmost care. However, we are unable to guarantee the completeness and correctness of the information. The foundation does not assume any liability for any mistakes in the contents of this website. Forward-looking statements on this website have been made to the best of our knowledge. However, the results achieved by the foundation may differ greatly from these forward-looking statements, because they depend on a whole group of factors of a competitive and macroeconomic nature that are in some cases beyond the control of the Foundation. Without prejudice to any legal obligations to amend forward-looking statements, the Foundation has no intention of constantly updating all forward-looking statements contained in this website.

By accessing this site, you accept without restriction or reservation the following General Terms of Use of the Website that you can view or print out.

General Terms of Use of the Website

1. Copyright Law

All images and texts and their arrangements on this website are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. They may therefore not be reproduced, distributed, edited, translated or otherwise stored or processed in other media, including in electronic form. Any use, in particular the use of texts, parts of texts, sound or image material, requires the prior written consent of the Fritz Henkel Stiftung Foundation.

The press photos of the Foundation may only be used for editorial purposes. Press photos of the Foundation that are reproduced and/or electronically modified for editorial purposes must bear the copyright notice „© [year] Fritz Henkel Stiftung. All rights reserved“. Reproduction is free of charge, but we request a sample copy for our records.

© 2024 Fritz Henkel Stiftung, Düsseldorf. All rights reserved

2. Disclaimer for Third Party Websites

a. The pages of this website contain links (i.e. „hyperlinks“) to other websites that are operated by third parties and whose contents are not known to the Foundation. The Foundation merely facilitates access to such websites and assumes no responsibility whatsoever for their contents. Our links to third party websites are merely intended to make navigating easier for you. We do not accept responsibility for statements made on the linked pages. We rather explicitly dissociate from any and all contents of any and all third-party pages linked on the pages of our website. In particular, we do not assume any liability for any breaches of statutory provisions or infringements of third-party rights that occur on such pages.

b. For websites to which hyperlinks are provided from the Foundation website, the owners of these websites are solely responsible for the content of these pages.

c. The Foundation does not assume any liability for any infringement of any copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property or personality rights that occurs on a page accessed by a hyperlink.

d. This disclaimer is valid for all links displayed on the fritz.henkel-stiftung.com website and for any contents of websites to which the user is directed via such links.

3. General Disclaimer

Any liability of the Foundation for damages arising out of the use of this website – irrespective of the legal cause, including tort – is limited to damages that are caused by intent or gross negligence. To the extent that there be a mandatory liability of the Foundation as a result of a breach of material contractual duties, the total amount of any claim for damages is limited to the foreseeable damages. The aforesaid limitations of liability also do not apply in the event of harm to life, bodily injury or harm to the health of a person.

The Foundation employs great efforts to keep foundation websites free from viruses, however, we are unable to guarantee any absence of viruses. For this reason, we recommend that care be taken to assure adequate protection against viruses (e.g., using virus scanners) before downloading documents and data.

The Foundation does not guarantee that the services offered on the Foundation website will be free of faults or that they will be available.

4. Forecasts and Declarations of Intent

Forward-looking statements on this web site have been made to the best of our knowledge. However, the results achieved by the Foundation may differ greatly from these forward-looking statements, because they depend on a whole group of factors of a competitive and macroeconomic nature that are in some cases beyond the control of the foundation. Without prejudice to any legal obligations to amend forward-looking statements, the Foundation has no intention of constantly updating all forward-looking statements contained in this website.