Disclaimer & Privacy

1. general conditions for the use of the KRM website

The operator of the KRM Blog and publisher of these Terms of Use is Kompetenzzentrum Records Management AG, Dübendorf, Switzerland (“KRM”, “we”, “us”, “our”).

Bitte lesen Sie die folgenden rechtlichen Hinweise aufmerksam durch. By accessing, registering as a user and using this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with the terms of use, please refrain from using the KRM blog.

These terms of use and the regulations on data protection are adapted, supplemented or changed from time to time. With each new call or visit to the KRM website and the KRM blog, the current, retrievable versions apply.

2. registration as a user

You have the opportunity to join the KRM community free of charge and register as a user of the KRM blog. Joining under a false name as well as using bogus email addresses is prohibited. Note that you are not allowed to share your password with others. Each blog user is allowed to access and/or use the blog only with their own, but not with third party access data.

By registering with KRM Internet Services, you warrant that you will use the KRM Blog only for private, non-commercial purposes and, in particular, that you will keep confidential any information entrusted to you by other Members and will not use it for commercial purposes.

A user is entitled to unsubscribe in writing or by e-mail at any time without giving any reason.

3. data protection

The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Please refer to the Privacy Policy, which is subject to these Terms of Use, how we treat your personal information, including, but not limited to. regarding types, use and disclosure of the data collected.

4. contributions of the users

Note that you are solely responsible and liable for your activities on the blog. You declare and assure in the course of using the KRM blog that you alone are entitled to the posted or uploaded content and that no rights of third parties (copyrights, personal rights, trademark rights, etc.) are violated. In the event of any claims by third parties in connection with the use of your content, you release KRM from all claims.

We would like the KRM blog to be used in a sophisticated manner. Therefore, please respect your conversation partners in the forum by choosing the right words, spelling them as correctly as possible, and being polite. Personal hostility, disparagement, or posts that contain hatred, violence, pornography, threats, that are obscene, that violate the privacy of others, that discriminate against other people’s groups, minorities, etc., that offend common decency or that violate any existing laws, as well as amusement at the expense of other blog participants are expressly prohibited. The blog administrators are instructed by the KRM to pay special attention to the fair treatment of all with each other. The KRM has the right to delete posts or comments without giving a reason. Furthermore, we reserve the right to temporarily or completely revoke the editing rights of participants, to block their user accounts or to permanently deny blog members access to the blog without explicitly stating reasons and without setting a deadline.

5. copyright and trademark protection
5.1 Rights of use of user content for marketing purposes

In the context of the use of the KRM blog, you grant KRM free of charge the non-exclusive rights to use the content uploaded by you (photos, images, instructions, etc.) for marketing purposes, unlimited in time and space. In particular, this includes the rights to edit, copy, distribute and reproduce as well as any other form of making available to the public (print, electronic, etc.) at the discretion of the KRM.

5.2 Trademarks and copyrights of the KRM

The elements contained on the KRM website or on the KRM blog, such as information, texts, images, photographs, designs and all other files of our web offer, are protected by law. Unless otherwise stated, they are subject to the copyright, trademark protection or other rights of KRM. Downloading, copying, translating or processing in other media – e.g. on your own website or in a database – does not transfer any rights to you.

The elements are free to use for browsing purposes only. If elements are reproduced in whole or in part in any form – electronic or written – for personal and non-commercial use, the source must be expressly acknowledged and all existing references to copyright and other proprietary rights must remain untouched.

Any utilization, reproduction, imitation, etc. of our Internet presence – even in excerpts – for commercial or non-personal use is only permitted with the prior written consent of the KRM.

6. no liability for third party websites

The KRM website also contains hyperlinks to websites on the Internet that are created and maintained by third parties. The KRM has no influence on these web offers of third parties and therefore cannot know the contents of these web offers in detail.

The hyperlinks on the website are provided solely to facilitate navigation for the user of the KRM website. By including hyperlinks, the KRM merely provides access to these websites and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the content of these websites. In particular, the KRM does not adopt the contents of the websites accessible via hyperlink as its own. The owners of the linked websites are solely responsible for their content and, if applicable, for the products offered there and their ordering.

By using the KRM website, you agree that the KRM is not liable for any unlawful statements or representations on the websites referred to by hyperlink. In particular, KRM shall not be liable for any infringement of copyrights, trademarks or personal rights by the content of these web pages or any content posted or uploaded by you.

7. Keine Zusicherung

The KRM takes all reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of the information on the website and the KRM blog. However, it is not possible for it to provide assurance or guarantees for the accuracy, completeness and correctness of the data, nor for functionalities, links or contents. In particular, the KRM cannot represent or warrant that use of the Website will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by the KRM.

8. limitation and exclusion of liability

As part of their voluntary blog activities, the blog moderators and experts pass on their knowledge to other members free of charge. By using this forum and in particular by making use of the help/advice provided, you release all moderators and experts from any liability to the extent permitted by law.

Any information, pages or functions provided on this website may be suspended or discontinued by KRM. It is in no way legally responsible or liable for any temporary or total interruption or discontinuation of information, pages or functions of this website.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the KRM excludes all liability and legal responsibility of itself or any KRM group company for any damage, defect or loss, including but not limited to any claim for direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, loss of profits, loss of use, data damage or loss of data, incurred by you or any third party in connection with this website. The KRM shall in no event be liable for any unlawful content of the data stored with it or its misuse by the User or for the loss of data or the presence of viruses or other harmful components. This limitation of liability shall apply irrespective of the legal basis of the liability. Any further mandatory legal liability, for example for gross negligence or unlawful intent, shall remain reserved.

9. further provisions

Should individual provisions or parts of these Terms of Use prove to be void or ineffective, this shall not affect the validity of the rest of the Terms of Use.

These Terms of Use are governed by Swiss law, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (so-called Vienna Sales Convention).

To the extent permitted by law, the ordinary courts in Zollikon, Switzerland, shall have jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of these Terms of Use or use of the Website, subject to KRM’s right to bring an action against the User at the User’s place of residence.

10. contact

If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use, please contact KRM in writing at Stettbachstr. 6, 8600 Dübendorf, Schweiz zu richten.