Terms & Conditions

Scope

Chrono24 provides services subject exclusively to these terms and conditions. They apply to all future business relations even if they are not expressly agreed. Chrono24 reserves the right to change these terms and conditions after providing appropriate prior notice. Notices of changes to the terms and conditions will be published exclusively on the Internet on the website of Chrono24. If the customer does not reject the modified or amended terms and conditions within two weeks after their publication on the Internet, the new terms and conditions will take effect. If the customer does reject the new terms and conditions with the notification period, Chrono24 reserves the right to terminate the agreement at the time that the modified or amended terms and conditions shall come into force.

By participating in this service, either as an advertiser or a user, you expressly agree to our terms of use.
Prices

Participation is free for private individuals. Commercial sellers are required to designate themselves as such in their advertisements. Commercial sellers must pay a monthly fee according to the price list if they continue using the service after their first free trial month expires. Chrono24 reserves the right to change prices at any time upon giving 4 weeks prior notice. In the case of a price increase, commercial sellers are permitted to terminate the agreement. The termination will take effect at the same time as the price increase takes effect. In addition, both parties reserve the right to terminate the agreement by giving notice at least 2 weeks before the end of the month when the termination shall take effect.
Advertisements

Advertisements on Chrono24 are considered intellectual property. They may not be republished or distributed on other websites or via other media, whether in whole or in part, individually or as a group. Further distribution and use in media of any type is permitted only with the express written permission of Chrono24.

The sale of imitations, replicas, fakes and/or forgeries is expressly forbidden.
Limitation of Liability

Chrono24 assumes no liability for damages incurred because advertisements are not displayed or are incompletely or incorrectly displayed. Chrono24 assumes no liability for the deletion of advertisements. Chrono24 only provides information. The advertiser is solely liable for the correctness and legality of that information. We expressly state that we do not verify the identity of advertisers, particularly of private individuals.

Chrono24 assumes no liability for damages resulting from the misuse of information provided on the website. Claims of damages against Chrono24 or our agents, in particular for breach of contract, negligence, false advice or violation of other contractual obligations will not be recognized. Furthermore, Chrono24 assumes no liability for damages arising from use of software provided by Chrono24.
Privacy and Data Protection

Chrono24 respects the privacy of its users. The personal data of Chrono24 users is treated as confidential and is made available only when necessary for contact via a classified advertisement and only to the extent permitted by the Data Protection Act.

In accordance with the governing provisions of the the law, Chrono24 has the right to release information to the courts, and prosecuting authorities for the purpose of prosecution.
Manipulation or Disruption of the Website

Users may search for advertisements in the Chrono24 databases exclusively via the search functions provided by Chrono24. Bypassing these search functions to search for advertisements, in particular through the use of automated search software that accesses the Chrono24 databases, is expressly forbidden. Violators will be prosecuted under civil law for encroachment on established business practices and may be criminally liable for unauthorized interference with protected intellectual property rights under §§ 108 ff. of the Copyright Act.

Manipulation of the results of the search functions on the Chrono24 website by providing false or misleading information, by false categorization, by technical measures or by misuse of the functions of the Chrono24 website is forbidden.

Actions aimed at making the Chrono24 website malfunction or at hampering its use are expressly prohibited. The user is not permitted to take any measures that may result in an unreasonable or excessive load on the infrastructure of Chrono24. The user is not permitted to block, rewrite, modify or otherwise disrupt the functioning of the Chrono24 website.
Use of Information obtained via Advertisements

Information obtained from the Chrono24 website may only be used personally and only for the purpose of acquiring the requested object.

All rights (copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights) to the database and the content, data and other elements contained therein belong exclusively to Chrono24. The rights of sellers to the content of their advertisements are not affected.

The user has the right according to these terms of use to make individual records visible on his/her monitor exclusively through the use of the search functions provided by the Chrono24 website and may print them out. Automated searches using scripts or other means are forbidden. Trademark and copyright notices on the Chrono24 website may not be altered.

The user is forbidden to use the data obtained via searches, in whole or in part, in order to
(1) create a database in any media or form and/or
(2) for commercial data collection or disclosure and/or
(3) for any other commercial use.
Final Provisions

The exclusive venue for all disputes, even if the customer is a dealer, is Karlsruhe.

Contracts created by Chrono24 under these terms and conditions are subject to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany to the exclusion of German international private law.

If any provision of these terms and conditions and/or contract is or becomes invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. Instead, a substitute provision such as the parties would have established had the invalidity of the provision been known, in the sense of the agreement and for the purpose of achieving the same economic results, will apply. The same applies to all omissions.

February 2011