General terms of use / Imprint

The non-profit, registered association Pro Rauchfrei (VR 18737) operates various online presences for the purpose of informing its members and interested Internet users.

§ 1 Entry into force

These general terms of use come into force with effect from September 14, 2005, 11.00 pm. Older or other versions lose their validity.

§ 2 Copyright information

All information on this website is provided as stated without any claim to correctness, completeness or up-to-dateness. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this publication, in connection with a specific excerpt, file or document, anyone is authorized to view, copy, print and distribute this document, subject to the following conditions:

The document may only be used for non-commercial information purposes. Each copy of this document or a part thereof must contain this copyright declaration and the operator’s copyright protection symbol. The document, any copy of the document or any part thereof may not be modified without the written consent of the operator. The operator reserves the right to revoke this authorization at any time, and any use must be discontinued immediately as soon as a written notice is published by the operator.

§ 3 Contractual assurances and disclaimers

Unless otherwise agreed, this website is available to you free of charge. The operators assume no liability for the accuracy of the information contained, the availability of the services, the loss of data stored on our websites or the usability for any particular purpose. The operators are also not liable for consequential damages resulting from the use of the offer.

Insofar as an exclusion of liability cannot be considered, the operators are only liable for gross negligence and intent. Product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used on these pages for information purposes only. This publication may contain technical or other inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes may be added to this information from time to time; these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication. The operator may make improvements and/or changes to the services described in this publication at any time.

§ 4 Expressions of opinion in comments, letters to the editor and in the forum

Due to the constantly changing content of comments, letters to the editor and in the forum, it is not possible for the operator to view all contributions completely, check their content and exercise direct active control over them. No responsibility is assumed for the content, correctness and form of the contributions posted.

§ 5 Submitting articles

Every member has the opportunity to write their own articles and propose them for publication in the editorial section of the site. An editorial team determined by the Executive Board decides on publication.

The member makes the following declarations for all articles that he or she submits to these pages in the future:

§ 6 Anonymization of contributions and articles ( § 4 and § 5)

In connection with § 4 and § 5, “anonymization” means that “anonymized” appears as the author of affected posts and articles. Irrespective of this, the operators will still be able to see who the original author was. This procedure is preventive in order to be able to support the investigating authorities in the course of criminal prosecution.

§ 7 Data protection declaration

If the opportunity for the input of personal or business data is given, the input of these data takes place voluntarily. The use of our service is – as far as technically possible and reasonable – also permitted without providing such data or by providing anonymized data or a pseudonym. Further important information on the subject of data protection can be found in our “Data protection declaration”.
Deliberate false entries can only be prevented by Pro Rauchfrei to the extent that they can be recognized as obviously false by mathematical or algorithmic procedures.

If you receive e-mails from Pro Rauchfrei even though you are not (or no longer) a member of Pro Rauchfrei or you have not subscribed to our newsletter mailing list (or have already requested deletion), please send us the e-mail in question. It is possible that someone has made an entry in your name. In this case, we will delete you from our databases immediately.

§ 8 Registration and password

The member is obliged to treat the username/password combination confidentially and not to pass it on to third parties. If there is any suspicion of misuse of the access data, the operators must be informed. The member is liable for misuse if he/she has acted intentionally or negligently.

§ 9 Note according to the German Teleservices Act/MdStV

The respective providers are responsible for third-party websites to which this offer refers via so-called links.The operators are not responsible for the content of such third-party sites. Furthermore, the website can be linked to from other sites without our knowledge using so-called links.The operators assume no responsibility for representations, content or any connection to these websites on third-party websites.The operators are only responsible for third-party content if there is positive knowledge of it (i.e. also of illegal or criminal content) and it is technically possible and reasonable to prevent its use. However, according to the Teleservices Act, operators are not obliged to constantly check third-party content.

§ 10 Legal validity

These general terms of use refer to the Internet offerings of the Pro Rauchfrei e.V. association (VR 18737). If parts or individual formulations of this text do not, no longer or do not completely correspond to the applicable legal situation, the remaining parts of the document remain unaffected in their content and validity.

1. Individual expression of opinion: Comments, letters to the editor and contributions in the discussion forum exclusively represent the author’s personal opinions and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or view of the Pro Rauchfrei association. Announcements and statements from the Pro Rauchfrei association are explicitly identified as such.
2. Rights of Third Parties: The member assures that the submitted articles are free of third-party rights, in particular copyright, trademark or personal rights. This applies to all contributions and images submitted.
3. Rights of use: By writing and publishing discussion contributions, comments or letters to the editor (hereinafter referred to as “contributions”), the author transfers to the operator an unrestricted and irrevocable right of use. This includes publication on the Internet on these websites as well as on other Internet servers, in newsletters, print media and other publications.
4. Principles of conduct: The association also offers non-logged in or unregistered users/members (hereinafter referred to as “guests”) the limited opportunity to write contributions. Both guests and registered users/members (hereinafter referred to as “members”) undertake to:
   1. to refrain from any insults, criminal content, pornography and coarse language in their posts,
   2. to bear sole responsibility for the content they post, not to violate the rights of third parties (in particular trademark, copyright and personal rights) and to fully indemnify the operators of these pages from third-party claims triggered by their contributions.
   3. not to post any kind of advertising in forums, comments or letters to the editor or to use forums, comments or letters to the editor for any type of commercial activity. This applies in particular to the publication of “0190/0900” telephone numbers for any purpose.

   5. Right to publication: There is no right to publication of submitted contributions. The operators of these websites reserve the right to edit or delete contributions at their own discretion. In the event of violations of the obligations under a., b. and/or c. The operators also reserve the right to temporarily block membership or permanently delete it.

   6. Deletion of contributions on request: Deletion of contributions is excluded unless binding legal provisions expressly require deletion. At the author’s written request, anonymization is possible (see also § 6). The written request must be accompanied by a list of the affected contributions and a justification. The request must be signed personally by the author of the contributions to be anonymized. It is not possible to anonymize contributions written by guests.

   7. Compensation claims: The publication of submitted contributions does not give rise to any claims for remuneration (fees, license fees, reimbursement of expenses or similar) from the member against the operators of this website. The work is voluntary (unpaid).

   1. Official announcements from the association: The Pro Rauchfrei association reserves the right to publish official announcements as part of articles. Contributions that fall into this category are marked accordingly.
   2. Third party rights: The member assures that the submitted articles are free of third-party rights, in particular copyright, trademark or personal rights. This applies to all submitted articles and images.
   3. Rights of use: The member grants the operators of these websites an unrestricted right to use the submitted articles and images. This includes publication on the Internet on these websites as well as on other Internet servers, in newsletters, print media and other publications.
   4. Right to publication: There is no entitlement to the storage, publication or archiving of submitted articles. The operators reserve the right not to publish submitted articles without giving reasons, to edit them before publication or to delete them again after publication at their own discretion.
   5. Deletion of articles on request: Deletion of articles is excluded unless binding legal provisions expressly require deletion. At the author’s written request, anonymization is possible (see also § 6). The written request must be accompanied by a list of the affected items and a justification. The request must be signed personally by the author of the article to be anonymized.
   6. Compensation claims: The publication of submitted articles does not give rise to any claims for remuneration (fees, license fees, expense allowances or similar) from the member against the operators of this website. The work is voluntary (unpaid).