1. Scope and construct of the Terms of use
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE! BY EDITING YOUR PROFILE WITH LEADING EXPERTS®, INITIATE RATINGS OR HAND IN RECOMMENDATIONS YOU ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE.
The provider reserves all rights to make changes and add amendments to the Terms of use in a one-sided manner. Any possible changes will be indicated on the system website .
2. Scope and delivery of service
The service offers a technical opportunity, to measure expert quality via client questioning, and it enables users, active in cross-border activities, to contact the experts in a purposeful and well-directed manner. The provider offers this opportunity with his service as well as delivery and provision of information concerning client ratings. He is, however, at no time a partner in the contractual relationships between the advice-seeking person and the expert.
The core and main purpose of the service is the establishing and facilitating of contacts and connections but is in no way a service for legal consultation or advising. By using the service or by any notification of experts per E-Mail, no mandate-relationship whatsoever between the expert and the provider is established.
The rating of the service is not intended to be the only thing to use in choosing a cross border-expert. It is a snapshot evaluation of the experts-background and thus an indication of the experts competences but it does not capture his actual counseling achievements.
The service as a whole as well as all contents of the website, the related software inclusive all documentation and data are protected by copyright. Any use which goes beyond the scope and the set of rules and conditions as stated in the Terms of Use can only be allowed after receiving the written permission of the provider as the legal owner and holder of all rights.
The provider shall be entitled to expand or reduce the scope of the service at any time.
There is no guarantee that the service is available at any time and without any interruptions. The provider, furthermore, retains and reserves all rights to carry out maintenance work which would consequently interrupt the proper function of the on-line information system temporarily.
3. Rights and obligations of the expert
The expert is obliged to do anything in his power - within his sphere of influence, to adhere to the laws and rules of data protection and safety. He is not allowed to misuse any information accessed and obtained by him from the service, or use them for commercial purposes.
Likewise, the expert commits himself, not to violate the code of conduct as stated and outlined on the website. The provider shall have the right to change this code of conduct at any time in a one-sided manner. The expert will be notified over the website about such possible changes at least 2 months before they come into effect.
When using the service, the expert must abstain from spreading any contents violating any laws or rules of common decency. The expert, moreover, commits himself to compensate the provider in the case of violation of that kind. On the other hand, the provider as a disclaimer refuses any and all liability and responsibility for any kind of contents spread by another expert using the service.
By activating certain connections (links) on the website, the advice-seeking person or the expert will leave the website, naturally connecting themselves with other external websites. The provider is in no way responsible or liable for any contents to be found there, or for any products offered, services rendered or any other offers made.
4. Fees and costs
The right to use the general service is free of charge. The definition of the free of charge general service results in using the website.
5. Liability
Any damage claims against the provider and any liability by him are definitive and strictly excluded, unless the damage has been caused with intent or by culpable negligence.
Liability is particularly exluded in one or all of the following cases:
- for all damages originating from a legal relationship which has been arranged and established with the help of the service;
- for all damages resulting from an interruption of the service by the website or the internet connections;
- in all cases of disfunctional running or operations of third-party systems or in data processing centres operated by third-party users to whom the system provides connecting links;
- for all loss of data, as well as lost, garbled or distorted information;
- for all damage caused by faulty software, hacker attacks or other problems caused by using the internet;
- for all opportunity profit losses (missed profit chances) and for asset losses and all subsequent damages occuring as a result of using the rating of the service, or through exclusion from using the service;
- for all and any damages resulting from the wrongful, misleading or not seriously meant enquiries and their corresponding answers or responses;
- for any kind of damage caused by wrongful, false or incomplete ratings
The provider is in no way responsible and liable for any possible damage caused and done by auxiliary staff.
The provider, furthermore, is not liable for - and cannot guarantee - that the enquiry calls of the advice-seeking persons are really serious, and that these persons submit ratings which are really correct and fair.
For the rating and its included Le-rating the service conducted researches to the best knowledge and belief. In the same way the service evaluated all the data. However the service issues no guarantee for the correctness, exactness and completeness. The provider is in no way responsible and liable for any possible damage. The service is no individual counseling and it can not replace it.
6. Data protection
The provider observes all laws and legal rules, especially those related to data protection. For all guidelines of data protection please read the Privacy policy.
The expert is fully aware of the fact that for certain functions of the service so-called "cookies" have to be inserted and set for technical reasons. The expert fully agrees to this neccessary insertion of cookies.
7. Further stipulations and clauses
All legal and lawful relationships between the provider and the expert shall be subject to Swiss law. Place of juristiction is at the location and residence of the provider.
The parties agree that in the case of differences of opinion and before calling upon a court or judge, any possible effort shall be made to come to a peaceful and amicable conclusion and attempting an agreement. The counter party should always be given the opportunity to come forward with a written statement, clarifying its opinion.
Should there be a case when the rules of the Terms of Use are ineffective or incomplete, then this rule or regulation will automatically be replaced by a rule or legal regulation which comes as close as possible to the ineffective rule.
Should some single rules and regulations of the Terms of Use contradict laws or legal regulations then the remaining other Terms of Use regulations shall by no means be affected or invalid.
