Legal Notice

Provider Identification

The following provides mandatory data concerning the provider of this Website, obligations with regard to data protection, as well as other important legal references involving the Website of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (= www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de) as required by German law.

Provider

The provider of this Website within the legal meaning of the term is the registered association Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science.

Address

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
Hofgartenstraße 8
80539 München
Tel.: +49 89 2108 - 0
Internet: www.mpg.de
e-mail: presse [at] gv [dot] mpg [dot] de

Register of Societies and Associations

The Max Planck Society is registered in the Official Register of Societies and Associations at Berlin-Charlottenburg Local Court under the register number VR 13378 B.

Legal Representation

The Max Planck Society is legally represented by its Board of Directors which, in turn, is represented by the President of the Society, Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss and by Secretary General Dr. Ludwig Kronthaler.

Value Added Tax Identification Number

The value added tax identification number of the Max Planck Society is DE 129517720.

Editor

Responsible editor for the contents of the website of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development with regard to media law:

Dr. Britta Grigull
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lentzeallee 94
14195 Berlin

Legal Structure

The Max Planck Society is a non-profit research facility which is organized as a registered association. All of the institutes and facilities of the Max Planck Society are largely autonomous in terms of organization and research, but as a rule have no legal capacity of their own.

Foreign Language Pages

To the extent that parts of this Website are offered in languages other than German, this represents a service exclusively for staff and guests of the Max Planck Society who are not proficient in German.

Data Protection

Data Collection and Processing

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development is continually working on improving its website. To this end, we automatically gather statistical information relating to your visit to our website. We use this data for the purposes of statistical analyses on website utilisation and technical possibilities. Visits to our website are logged and assessed in an anonymized form.

Following information is gathered and use for statistical reports when visiting this website:

• anonymised IP address (by truncation)*
• a unique value to distinguish visitors (if cookies are permitted)*
• visited URLs of this website
• points in time of page views
• types of HTML queries
• previously visited URL (if submitted by browser)*
• name and version of operation system*
• name, version und language preferences of browser*
• screen size and colour depth
• technologies and file formats supported by browser (cookies, Java, Flash, PDF, WindowsMedia, QuickTime, Realplayer, Director, SilverLight, Google Gears)

If JavaScript is disabled, only those dates marked with * are processed.

The data is collected via an embedded Javascript programme and forwarded to a log server of the MPIB. If Javascript is deactivated in your browser settings, only some part of the information will be recorded, and the number of page views counted. When you visit our website, a cookie will be stored on your computer, which will allow our system to recognize your computer when you next visit our website. We collect/assess no other data from website visitors.

The data protection officer of the Max Planck Society is available for questions concerning the topic of data protection at dsb [at] gv [dot] mpg [dot] de or +49 89 2108-1317.

Data Transmission

Your personal data will only be transmitted to government organizations and authorities in legally required cases and/or for prosecution in the event of attacks on our network infrastructure. Your personal data are not provided to third parties for any other purpose.

Liability for Contents of Online Information

In accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 1 of the Tele-Media Law, the Max Planck Society shall be responsible for its own contents according to general legal provisions. The Max Planck Society makes every effort to provide timely and accurate information on this Website. Nevertheless, errors and inaccuracies cannot be completely ruled out. Therefore, the Max Planck Society does not assume any liability for the information provided being up-to-date as well as its accuracy, completeness or quality. The Max Planck Society shall not be liable for damage of a tangible or intangible nature caused directly or indirectly through the use or failure to use the information offered and/or through the use of faulty or incomplete information unless it is verifiably culpable of intent or gross negligence. The same shall apply to any software downloads available free of charge. The Max Planck Society reserves the right to modify, supplement, or delete any or all of the information offered on its Website, or to temporarily or permanently cease publication thereof without prior and separate notification.

Links to Websites of Third Parties

This Website includes links to other external websites. These external links are designated appropriately.

The respective provider shall be responsible for the contents of any linked external pages. In establishing the initial link, the Max Planck Society has reviewed the respective external content in order to determine whether such link entailed possible civil or criminal responsibility. However, a constant review of linked external pages is unreasonable without concrete indication of a violation of rights.. If the Max Planck Society discovers or is pointed out by others that an external offer linked to by the Max Planck Society causes civil or criminal responsibility, the Max Planck Society will immediately eliminate any link to this offer. The Max Planck Society expressly dissociates itself from such contents.

Copyright

The layout, graphics employed and any other contents on the Website of the Max Planck Society are protected by copyright law.

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