Access to this Website and Amendments
1. Access to and use of this website (hereinafter referred to as "the Site") is provided by SANYO under the following terms and operated by SANYO Sales & Marketing Europe GmbH, a company registered in Germany with registered number HRB 52991 at Amtsgericht Muenchen with registered office at Stahlgruberring 4, D-81829 Muenchen, Germany.
2. Use of this site assumes acceptance of our terms by the user. This clause shall take effect when the Site is first used. If you do not agree with the terms, you should immediately cease use.
3. We reserve the right to make changes to these terms without any notice. You are responsible for ensuring you keep yourself regularly informed of any updates. By continuing to use this site, you are automatically accepting all previous amendments.
4. You are responsible for informing users of your internet connection of the terms.
5. You may not hinder other users in their use of this site or otherwise perform an action which could have a negative effect on use of the site by other users.
6. You are responsible for checking the contents of the Site and appropriately restricting its access to it to minors.
7. You should not use this Site in any way which:
7.1 is in breach of any law or generally violates a provision of the respective applicable jurisdiction;
7.2 is fraudulent, criminal or unlawful;
7.3 is inaccurate or not longer applicable;
7.4 is obscene, indecent, pornographic, vulgar, racist, sexist, discriminatory, injurious, damaging, harassing, embarrassing, malicious, abusive, hateful, menacing, defamatory, untrue or politically motivated;
7.5 falsely represents another or the relationship to another person;
7.6 violates data protection provisions, copyright, trademark right, or any intellectual property rights and/or other personal rights of SANYO or any third parties;
7.7 is directed against SANYO’s interests; or
7.8 includes the following: the use, dissemination or transmission of any viruses, unsolicited e-mails (spam), so-called trojan horses, trap doors, back doors, easter eggs, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or computer programs that are intended to cause damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept a system or expropriate general or personal data.
Availability, Security and Accuracy of this Site
8. Whilst we endeavour to make this Site available 24 hours a day, we will not be held responsible if for any reason this Site is unavailable at any particular time. We also give no guarantee that your accessing this Site will always be error-free. This is due to the nature of the Internet and thus cannot be guaranteed by us. We also ask for your understanding in that we sometimes carry out maintenance work which restricts use of the Site and that we have to add new functions and services.
9. Access to this Site can be temporarily or permanently blocked or shut down at any time without providing notice to you or all other users. We reserve the right to impose restrictions on you accessing the Site, the length of use and manner in which you use it, without providing any reasons. If we deny or restrict your access, you must not attempt to regain access, for example, by using any other name or user.
10. We do not guarantee that this Site will be compatible with all hardware and software which you may use. Although we may put in place security measures for your protection, we shall not be liable for damage to, or in particular viruses or other code that may damage any computer equipment, software, data or any other property as a result of your use of the Site or from downloading. This shall also apply for consequential damages resulting therefrom. In addition, we shall also not be held liable for the actions of third parties.
11. We reserve the right to make changes to this Site and its contents without providing any prior notice. #
12. Although we will endeavour to ensure that all information and data in this Site are correct (including all details about our products and services), we shall also give no direct or indirect guarantee for their completeness, accuracy or that they are up to date. If you place orders through or as a result of using this Site, you yourself are responsible for ensuring that your order contains all the necessary information.
13. The contents of this Site are intended solely as a guide. Nothing on this Site shall constitute advice or a recommendation. There is no indication that the products or services mentioned on this Site are actually available or comply with laws of other countries outside Germany.
Using the Account and Password
14. You will possibly require an account name and password in order to access restricted areas of this Site. In this case, the provisions of this paragraph shall apply.
15. From time to time and without providing prior notice, we may change the contents or the information available within the password protected areas.
16. You must at all times keep your account name and password strictly confidential and secure.
17. Do not use a password which could be easy to guess.
18. You may not give your account name and password to other third parties without our explicit permission.
19. If you think you may have misplaced your account name and password or that they have become known to a third party, you must notify us of this without delay.
20. You are responsible for any use under your account name and password.
21. We retain the right to deny you the right to an account name and password.
22. We may request that your account name and password are changed from time to time.
Availability of our Products and Services
23. The presentation and description of our products on this Site do not imply a warranty that they are available. Rather, the supply of our products or services referred to on this Site shall be governed by our terms and conditions applicable to the sale or supply of those products or services. You can obtain a copy of our General Terms of Business on request. Contact us by e-mail or post at the contact details set out at the end of these Site Terms.
Our Liability
24. Liability shall only exist for us, our legal representatives or agents if the damages (i) can be attributable to negligence or intent or (ii) were caused by a culpable breach of a key contractual obligation (cardinal obligation), i.e. an obligation the meeting of which enables the proper performance of the contract, or a breach of which puts at risk achieving the purpose of the contract, and in compliance with which the contractual partner thus regularly relies. Liability for damages, regardless of the reason, is also excluded. Pursuant to point (ii) above, if we are liable for a breach of a key contractual obligation where there is no negligence or intent, the liability shall be limited to the amount of the damages we normally anticipated arising when concluding the contract on the basis of the circumstances we were aware of at this time.
Rights to Use Information and Documentation
25. Use of the information and documentation provided on this Site is subject to these terms or, the relevant licence terms previously agreed with us in cases where the information or documentation is updated. Any licence terms agreed separately shall take precedence over these terms.
26. We shall grant you a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to use the information and documentation transmitted on this Site to the extent that this is agreed, or, if nothing has been agreed, to the extent that it corresponds to our aim by providing and transmitting them.
27. You may not at any time sell, lease or in any way transmit the information or documentation to third parties.
28. The information and documentation are protected by both copyright laws and international copyright treaties as well as other intellectual property laws and agreements. Please respect these rights and, in particular, do not remove any alphanumeric identifiers, brands and copyright notices from the information or the documentation or copies thereof.
Intellectual Property
29. Irrespective of the particular provisions contained in these Site Terms, information, brand names and other contents of our Site may not be amended, copied, reproduced, sold, rented, used, appended or otherwise used in any other way without the prior written permission of SANYO.
30. Other than the rights of use or other rights expressly granted herein, no further rights, regardless of their nature, will be granted to you, in particular rights to company names and commercial intellectual property rights such as patents, utility models or brands, we shall also not have a corresponding obligation to grant such rights.
31. To the extent that ideas and suggestions are recorded on this Site, Sanyo may use these free of charge in order to develop, improve and sell products from its portfolio.
Third Parties Websites
32. Although we carry out a thorough selection of all links to external websites, we have no control over them and have no responsibility for their contents. The links are only provided ‘in the present form’ without a guarantee of the contents of the relevant linked sides being given either directly or indirectly.
33. You may not recreate or copy this Site on your own site or those of third parties without express written permission.
Copyright and Data Protection
34. You agree to adhere to the applicable copyright laws and the data protection requirements valid in each case.
Severability Clause
35. Should individual provisions be ineffective or unenforceable or become ineffective or unenforceable due to a law of a state or country, the effectiveness of the other provisions shall thereby remain unaffected.
36. The ineffective or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by an effective and enforceable provision which resembles most closely the effects of the commercial purpose pursued by the contractual parties through the ineffective or unenforceable provision. The above terms shall apply if the contract proves to be incomplete.
Contacting us
37. If you wish to contact us, please click here to access our contact page
38. These Site Terms shall be governed solely by German law and German jurisprudence. You agree to be subject to the jurisdiction of German Courts. We are also permitted to raise a claim in accordance with the legislation of your country.