PRIVACY POLICY
Information entered during the registration process for the newsletter service is saved and processed centrally. Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, ART AUREA, guarantees adherence to German data protection regulations. Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, ART AUREA will use the data to improve its internet service, by analyzing information entered by users and their online behavior.
After registering for the newsletter service, users will receive newsletters and other information via email that Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, ART AUREA believes will be of interest to particular users.
Information will only be transferred to ART AUREA partners and third parties if this is expressly agreed to during registration. Particular attention is drawn to the way information is used in the registration process.
Legal notice
www.artaurea.de and www.artaurea.com refers to the web site which has been created by Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, Eichengrund 128, 89075 Ulm, Telefon 0049-731-9508490. Please note that everything on this web site is subject to our web site Terms and Conditions and disclaimer and you should read these before going any further. You are treated as accepting them by browsing the web site. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, you may not access or otherwise use the Site.
License to use this site
ART AUREA grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display the Site and the materials thereon for your personal use only, provided that you comply fully with the Terms and Conditions. ART AUREA reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of the Site or these Terms and Conditions, in whole or in part, at any time. You agree to review these Terms and Conditions periodically to be aware of any changes.
The Site is controlled and operated by Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, from its office in Ulm Germany, and any disputes shall be regulated by the relevant German Law and the Courts situated within Ulm (subject to your jurisdictional rights under relevant European/International laws, protocols and regulations).
You may not reproduce, perform, create derivative works from, republish, upload, edit, post, transmit, or distribute in any way whatsoever, any materials from this Site or any other web site owned or operated by Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, without the prior written permission of Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig.
You understand and agree that you may not reproduce, copy, resell, manipulate, or exploit any part of the Site for any commercial purpose.
Registration and data protection
Data collected in respect of registrations for the newsletter service is stored and processed centrally. In the context of these measures, Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, guarantees adherence to German data protection regulations. By analysing the data relating to users and their usage behaviour, Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, uses the data collected to improve its Internet site.
When registering for the newsletter service, users register to receive by email newsletters and other specific information that Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, believes will be of interest to the particular user.
Data can only be passed on to Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, partners and/or third parties if this was expressly agreed to at the time of registration. Separate information concerning the use of data in this respect is provided during the registration process.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Scope of application
For business relations between Institut für Uhren und Schmuckkultur, Reinhold Ludwig, (hereinafter Art Aurea) and the client, the following General Terms and Conditions of Business shall apply. The version valid at the time the contract was concluded shall be applicable. Conditions of business stipulated by the client that differ from those set out here shall be valid only if Art Aurea expressly agrees to them in writing. Contracts of sale shall be deemed to exist only through our written order confirmation or shipment of the merchandise.
2. Prices
The prices quoted on the website are net prices excluding statutory sales tax (currently 19%, books 7%). All prices are quoted in euros (€). The prices are valid from Ulm or Lindau plus freight and packaging costs (see Section 4. Shipping and delivery times) . Offers are valid only as long as stocks last.
3. Terms of payment
3.1. Within Germany and the EU
Consignments are shipped on account. Invoices are payable net within 10 days. The following methods of payment are possible: by bank transfer , by direct debit (only for German checking accounts). We reserve the right to insist on advance payment only for new clients. In the event of default of payment the same shall apply for subsequent orders. We reserve the right to exclude some methods of payment.
3.2. Abroad
Advance payment shall be required for shipments outside the EU. The purchaser shall assume any banking charges incurred. The goods are shipped immediately after receipt of the complete payment.
4. Shipment and delivery times
Generally shipment is within 5 working days worldwide by parcel service (standard shipment). Please notify us should you require the merchandise by a certain time/date. Should an item you have ordered be temporarily unavailable we will notify you accordingly.
5. Errors and damage
In the event of an error please inform us on receipt of the merchandise. Damage incurred during transport must be documented on receipt of the merchandise. Please notify us as soon as possible.
We assume no liability for our parcel service complying with delivery times.
6. Right of revocation pursuant to section 355 para. 2 of the German Civil Code (BGB). Only consumers in the sense of Section 13 BGB shall be entitled to revoke their contract declaration. A consumer shall be defined any natural person who concludes a legal transaction for a purpose that can neither be assigned to their commercial or independent professional activity.
6.1 Right of revocation pursuant to Section 355 para.2 BGB Right of revocation . The consumer shall be entitled to revoke his contract in writing (e.g. letter, fax, e-mail) within two weeks without citing a reason or by returning the items. Said period shall begin with the receipt of the delivery. The timely dispatch of the revocation shall suffice (at the latest the day of return) for the deadline on the right of revocation to be considered as met. The revocation / returned merchandise shall be sent to: Art Aurea, Eichengrund 128, 89075 Ulm, Germany, E-mail: info@artaurea.de, Fax: +49 (0)731 950 806 51.
6.2. Consequences of revocation . In the event of revocation being effective, the consumer shall restitute services received. Should he not be in a position to restitute services wholly, or can only do so partly or in an impaired condition he may be obliged to restitute the value of the same. Should the consumer exercise his right of revocation the costs of the return shipment shall be borne by him provided the price of the returned item does not exceed €40 or if the price of the item is higher but the client has not at the time of revocation effected a partial payment or returned the item, unless the delivered merchandise does not comply with the item ordered. Following orderly receipt of the returned merchandise we shall refund the purchase price by effecting credit payment to the client’s account or transfer to the bank account stated.
7. Further provisions
7.1. Reservation of title
The delivered goods shall remain our property until complete payment has been effected.
7.2. Warranty
The statutory warranty provisions shall apply.
7.3. Liability
Although we exercise the greatest care in compiling the data, processing instructions and information, and check it regularly, we cannot assume any liability for the completeness, accuracy and validity of the information on this site. Errors, omissions and technical defects are excepted. The delivery times cited by us cannot be guaranteed but are only estimated times. We cannot assume liability for any consequential losses arising out of delivery difficulties.
7.4. Non-adherence to payment deadline
In the event of the period allowed for payment not being met despite a reminder, the legal provisions for default of payment shall apply. Should the purchaser exceed the period allowed for payment all debts arising from the business connection shall become due immediately.
7.5. Place of jurisdiction
If the client is a corporate body under public law or a public special asset the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from the contractual relationship shall be Ulm, Germany.
8. Data protection declaration
Client data is stored solely for the purposes of servicing and processing your order. Data is not passed on to third parties except partners involved in fulfilling client orders. Client data is stored and processed by us in compliance with the relevant provisions set out in the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Teleservices Data Protection Act (TDDSG). Your personal data shall only be collected for specific, clear and lawful purposes. You are entitled at all times to receive information on what data is stored, or have it corrected or deleted. We shall not pass your personal data including your private address, telephone number or e-mail address to third parties. This shall not apply to our service partners, who require the data in order process your order (e.g., the dispatching company and the credit institute commissioned with effecting payment). However, in these cases the information passed on is limited to the absolute minimum.
9. Liability for links
This website provides links to other sites. However, we are not responsible or liable for their content. Nor does such content reflect our own views We do not make the contents of these sites our own. Should we receive notice of unlawful content on external websites we shall immediately move to delete the links in question.
10. Salvatory clause
Should one or more provisions of this contract with the client including these General Terms and Conditions of Business be or become wholly or partly ineffective this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. The wholly or partly ineffective provision shall be replaced by a provision that best meets the economic purpose of the invalid provision.
Status: October 2009