Muhler – General Terms of Use
1. Scope
1.1 Any use of muhler-auto website is subject to the Terms of Use set forth below. By using the Muhler Web Site or by logging in (should a separate log-in be required), you declare your agreement with the Terms of Use. (Follow this link to a list of Muhler’s subsidiaries)
1.2 In individual cases, additional special terms (“Special Terms”) may apply, e.g. in connection with purchases of products and/or services. The provisions of the Special Terms apply if the latter contradict the present Terms of Use.
2. Services Provided by Muhler
2.1 Muhler makes certain information available for you on the Muhler Web Site. The use of the information is subject to these Terms of Use.
2.2 Muhler reserves the right to shut down the Web Site, in whole or in part, at any time.
3. Registering for and Access to Password-Protected Areas
3.1 In the interest of ensuring the security of business transactions, some areas of the Muhler Web Site are accessible only after you have registered and logged in by entering a password. In particular, Muhler reserves the right to require users to register even for pages that have been freely accessible up to now.
3.2 Muhler reserves the right to refuse to register any user.
3.3 If registration is required, you must provide accurate information when registering. You will ensure that the e-mail address you provided is active and that you will receive e-mails that are sent to this address.
3.4 Once you have registered, you will be given a user name and a password (jointly referred to as the “User Data”). You are expected to change the password that Muhler provided to you to a password known only to you the first time you log in. The User Data allow you to inspect and change your own data as well as to withdraw or expand your consent to the processing of your data.
3.5 You must ensure that your User Data are not accessible to third parties, and you are liable for all orders placed and other activities carried out using your User Data. You must log off from the password-protected area at the end of each online session. If you find out that third parties are abusing your User Data, you must notify Muhler thereof immediately in writing and, where applicable, in advance by simple e-mail. Upon receipt of the notification, Muhler will block access to the password-protected area to anyone using your User Data. Access shall be restored only if it is possible to stop all abusive use and if you have filed a separate application with Muhler or have re-registered.
3.6 Muhler has the right, at any time and without having to give any reasons, to deny you the right to access the password-protected area by blocking your User Data, especially if you have
- provided incorrect data when you registered;
- violated these Terms of Use or your duties of care in connection with the handling of your User Data;
- violated applicable laws when accessing or using the Muhler Web Site; or
- not used the Muhler Web Site for a longer period of time.
3.7 You may at any time request termination of your registration in writing, provided that the deletion will not violate the proper performance of contractual relationships. In such an event, Muhler will delete all of your User Data and all of your other personal data it stores as soon as this data is no longer needed.
4. Intellectual Property Rights to the Information published on the Muhler Web Site
4.1 The information published on the Muhler Web Site, including the editorial materials; informational texts; documentation; databases; photographs; video and audio clips; downloads; illustrations; artistic designs and other graphical elements; materials; names; trademarks; and logos are the property of Muhler or the licensors of Muhler and are protected under national and international copyright law and/or intellectual property rights related to databases, trademarks, and other industrial property. You shall observe these rights and, in particular, you shall not remove alphanumeric codes, marks or copyright notices from the information.
4.2 You may not systematically download, reproduce and/or disseminate the information on the Muhler Web Site.
4.3 The word and figurative mark Muhler, other product trademarks, illustrations and logos identify Muhler products and are the registered property of Muhler or its licensors. Trademark registrations may not yet have taken place in all relevant countries. These trademarks may only be used with the express permission of Muhler. The Muhler name may be used as a cross-reference, e.g. to link to this Web Site. Muhler must be given prior notification of any such use.
5. Rights to Use the Information Posted on the Muhler Web Site
5.1 Muhler gives you the non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable and non-sublicensable right to access the information provided on the Muhler Web Site and to use the information for personal and non-commercial purposes. Above and beyond the personal and non-commercial use, you may not change; copy; reproduce; sell; lease; transmit; display; publish; license; process; use; supplement or otherwise exploit the information published on the Muhler Web Site without the express consent of Muhler.
5.2 Above and beyond the rights granted in item 5.1, nothing shall be construed as granting you, by implication or otherwise, any license or any right to use a patent, a trademark or any other intellectual property right of Muhler. Nor is any license or any right to use a copyright or other rights related to the information published on the Muhler Web Site granted thereby.
6. Your Duties When Using the Muhler Web Site
6.1 The use of the information made available on the Muhler Web Site is subject to these Terms of Use and possibly other applicable Special Terms.
6.2 When using the Muhler Web Site, you may not:
- harm other persons, particularly minors, or infringe their right to privacy;
- use the Web Site in ways that violate these Terms of Use or any Special Terms that may apply;
- breach public morality through your manner of using the web site;
- infringe any intellectual property rights and copyrights, or any other proprietary rights;
- upload any content containing a virus, so-called Trojan horses or any other program that could damage or modify the software;
- damage, deactivate, overload or in another way adversely affect servers or networks that Muhler uses;
- obtain unauthorized access to accounts, computer systems or networks that are linked to the Muhler Web Site;
- enter, store or upload hyperlinks or content to which you are not entitled, particularly in cases where such hyperlinks or content are in breach of confidentiality obligations or unlawful;
- disseminate advertising, unsolicited e-mails (so-called “spam”) or inaccurate warnings of viruses, defects and the like, or solicit participation in lotteries, snowball systems, chain letters, pyramid schemes or similar activities.
6.3 The Muhler Web Site may not be framed.
6.4 Muhler may block access to the Muhler Web Site at any time, especially if you violate your duties under these Terms of Use.
9. Viruses
Although Muhler makes every effort to keep the Muhler Web Site free of viruses, Muhler cannot guarantee that it is free of viruses. Before using the Muhler Web Site and, in particular, before downloading information, for your own protection as well as to prevent the transmission of viruses to the Muhler Web Site, you shall take the necessary steps to ensure appropriate and up-to-date security measures and virus scanners at your end.
10. Data Privacy and Protection
Personal data that is made available or collected via this web site or in connection with it may only be used in accordance with the requirements of data privacy and protection laws and Muhler’s data privacy and protection policy.
11. Amendments of the Terms of Use
11.1 Muhler reserves the right to change the Terms of Use or the Special Terms at any time. The Terms of Use as well as the Special Terms in effect at the time you use the Muhler Web Site are those that apply to your use of the Muhler Web Site.
11.2 If individual provisions of these Terms of Use or the Special Terms are invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the legal validity of the remaining terms.