Data Protection

Legal information and information on data protection

Contents

The contents of this website and the information provided are carefully selected and regularly updated. Nevertheless it is not always possible to avoid errors and omissions. LS can therefore neither accept liability nor offer guarantees on the timeliness, accuracy and comprehensiveness of the information provided in this website, and reserves the right to amend or add to the site without prior notice.

Links

LS is also not responsible for the contents of websites to which you are directed by links on this website.

Liability

Liability on the part of LS for loss or damage, for any reason in law whatsoever, is excluded.

This does not apply to:

• Intent,
• Gross negligence by the directors or senior managers,
• Culpable injury to life, the body or health,
• Defects which LS has concealed with intent to deceive,
• In so far as LS has accepted a guarantee for a particular property of an item delivered by the company and in the event of
• Defects in an item delivered by the company, in so far as liability exits for loss or damage to persons or property in respect of privately used objects under the Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz).

In the event of culpable breach of material contractual obligations, LS is also liable for gross and ordinary negligence on the part of employees who are not part of the senior management of the company; however, in the event of ordinary negligence, liability is limited to loss or damage which is typical under the contract and which could have reasonably been foreseen. Further claims for loss or damage are excluded.

Data protection

LS may sometimes automatically collect information when this website is accessed. However, such information cannot be attributed to a particular person (e.g. the Internet browser used, the operating system, the domain name, the number of visitors, the length of the visit, the pages accessed).

This information is used by LS to determine the attractiveness of the site and for continuous improvement of the content of the site.

LS only collect data related to individuals (e.g. name, address, phone number or email address) in so far as you expressly provide this information as a part of registration, an enquiry, a questionnaire or similar.

Data related to individuals is stored by LS solely for your individual benefit, the forwarding of product information or the provision of services; this information is only made available to members of the LS Group of companies. LS warrants that all the information is processed confidentially in accordance with the statutory provisions relating to data protection.

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 . 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. 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. 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.

Copyright

 

The contents of these websites are protected by copyright and all rights are due exclusively to LS. Commercial reproduction or other commercial use of the information and contents provided, particularly the graphics and pictures, is not permitted without the written consent of LS.

 

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