Terms and conditions

Please read these terms and conditions carefully. By actively retrieving content from the website www.bs-cats.com and its (sub)pages (hereinafter jointly referred to as "Website") you declare your consent to these General Terms and Conditions of Business by implication through conduct. Should you not consent to the following General Terms and Conditions of Business please refrain from accessing this Website.

1. General conditions of use for www.bs-cats.com

Parts of this Website may be protected by copyright. Unless otherwise stated copyright, industrial property rights and other rights in all content on the Website ("Content") are owned solely and fully by Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH or Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH owns the necessary rights of use.

The Content on this Website may only be used freely to view the Content with a standard browser ("Normal Retrieving").

You may not alter, copy, publish, disseminate or save this Website including the source text and the underlying computer program ("Material") other than in the course of Normal Retrieving. The Material may only be used for non-commercial, private purposes. Copyright must be strictly observed.

Other than that, you may not reproduce Content in electronic, written or any other form or pass them on in data processing facilities, networks and to third parties without the prior written consent of Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH. This also applies to parts of the Content.

Copying the Content or parts thereof into e-mail newsletters or other media for dissemination is strictly forbidden. You may not set up an Internet link (hyperlink) from another website to a page on this Website without the prior written consent of Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH. In particular, this Website or parts thereof may not be incorporated in a framework structure ("Frames") by a so called framing in such a way that Content of the Website and other content are displayed simultaneously.

Share prices listed on the Website may not be accessed automatically without the interaction of a natural person in each individual case. Any violation of this provision automatically leads to the lapse of the respective user’s right to use the website with immediate effect.

Within the context of a partial or complete termination Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH reserves the right to restrict access to the Content of the Website or to withdraw the Website completely at any time and by observing a notice period of one week. Restriction or withdrawal may also occur without observing the notice period if Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH is unable to observe the notice period for reasons for which it is not responsible.

2. Content of the Website and exclusion of liability

Content: Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH and its contractual partners make every effort with due care of a prudent businessman to ensure that the information on this Website is correct, complete and up-to-date. However, they do not assume warranty (Gewähr) for this.

Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH emphasises that any stock exchange trading involves an element of risk. Total loss of capital invested cannot be ruled out. The user should therefore seek advice before making any investment decision, taking particular account of his individual financial position and not base his investment decision on the Content of this Website which is only of a general nature. Such advice may be offered in particular by financial institutions but not Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH.

The data, figures, studies, evaluations, graphics and other information which are displayed on this Website or which can be accessed via hyperlinks to external Internet areas do not represent investment advice. They are solely for information purposes and should not under any circumstances be regarded as an invitation or enticement to buy or sell a security or as advice in this respect.

Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH has no intention to enter into an agreement to provide consultancy or advice particularly as it has no knowledge of whether and to what extent information contained on this Website or accessed in the manner mentioned above might be used by the individual user in a specific case as a basis for making a decision on significant asset disposals.

Although we apply great care in producing our Website errors cannot be ruled out completely.

Statements contained on this Website or information which is made available in the manner set out above do not constitute any guarantee on the part of Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH.

Liability: Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH does not accept liability for breaches of duty due to simple negligence in as far as such breaches do not affect life, health and the body or claims under the Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz). This applies accordingly to breaches of duty on the part of vicarious agents of Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH.

In addition to no. 2 of these General Terms and Conditions of Business the provisions in no. 3 apply to the use of S&P bond ratings, the provisions in no. 4 apply for accessing real time price information and those in no. 5 for using news services.

3. Links to other websites and external links

The Website of Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH contains links to external websites. Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH is not responsible for the content of such external websites or for information displayed on them being up-to-date. Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH has no influence on the design and content of external websites. Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH does not adopt the content of the websites to which it provides links and is not responsible for the content of such websites.

4. Severability clause

If individual provisions of these General Terms and Conditions of Business should be or become invalid in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the other provisions. The invalid provision shall be replaced by a valid provision which, as far as possible, shall reflect the meaning and purpose of the invalid provision. The same applies to any lacuna.

5. Trade mark rights

Most of the terms used on the Website to describe securities or indices are protected under trade mark law. The rights in such terms are held either by Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH or by third parties. These terms may only be used in a manner which complies with trade mark law.

6. Privacy policy

To be able to safeguard and monitor the restrictions on use contained in these General Terms and Conditions of Business registration is necessary before using the ctas Service. Beyond this, in certain areas a registration is also necessary for functional reasons.

Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH does not pass the personal data collected to third parties other than as prescribed by statute. Personal data are only collected, processed and used by Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH in order to execute the agreement with the user, unless the user has declared its consent for an additional use.

Third Party shall not include persons or bodies commissioned to collect, process or use personal data in Germany on behalf of Gruppe Börse Stuttgart.

7. Applicable law, jurisdiction, authorative version

All legal relationships between Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH and the user are subject solely to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The exclusive place of jurisdiction for any disputes between Boerse Stuttgart cats GmbH and the user arising out of or in connection with the use of this Website shall be Stuttgart. In addition to the German version of the General Terms and Conditions of Business an English translation exists. The German version is legally binding.