Terms of Service

Membership agreement of WestRing international trading & consulting GmbH,

vers. 3.1 08^th July 2022

Valid for: WorldRing the business network

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

WELCOME TO WorldRing the business network (“WorldRing“). The following sets forth the terms and conditions of the WorldRing Membership Agreement (this “Agreement“) between you (“Member”) and WorldRing the business network with its legal representation WestRing international trading & consulting GmbH contracting company determined in accordance with this clause 1.1 under which WorldRing offers you access to and use of the Service through the websites, mobile sites, mobile applications and other portals owned, operated, branded or made available by WorldRing to you.
As some or part of the Service may be supported and provided by affiliates of WorldRing, WorldRing may delegate some aspects of the Service to its affiliates. Use of the Service indicates that you accept the terms and conditions set forth below. If you do not accept all of the terms and conditions, please do not use the Service. BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT OR CLICKING THE “I AGREE” BUTTON, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT AND PRIVACY POLICY WHICH ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE “TERMS OF USE”). The WorldRing Membership Agreement will not take effect unless and until you have activated your Account. Terms not defined in this Agreement shall bear the same meaning as that contained in the Terms of Use.
1. WorldRing may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended and restated Agreement on the website. The amended and restated Agreement shall be effective immediately upon posting. Posting by WorldRing of the amended and restated Agreement and your continued use of the Service shall be deemed to be acceptance of the amended terms.

THE SERVICE

The Service is free of charge and unlimited for all users under the jumpseat membership level! (only valid for direct customers, ultimate producers and consignees).

The full Service is only available after full registration and confirmation of membership level that applies. After the trial period, the full membership amount has to be paid to WestRing international trading & consulting GmbH to maintain the access to the service. If the agreed membership fee will not received in time, the full Service won’t be available any longer and the status will be set back to “jumpseat”. (only valid for direct customers, ultimate producers and consignees).

The Service will have the following core features (which may be added to or modified, or suspended for scheduled or unscheduled maintenance purposes, from time to time at the sole discretion of WorldRing and notified to you):

a) Company Profile – allows each Member to display and edit basic information about its business, such as year and place of establishment, estimated annual sales, number of employees, products and services offered, etc.
b) Products – allows each Member to display and edit descriptions, specifications and images of products. The number of products displayed at the same time depends on the chosen membership level.

WorldRing may suspend or terminate all or part of the above at any time in its sole discretion without liability for any losses or damages arising out of or in connection with such suspension or termination.

Benefits, features and functions available to a Member may vary for different countries and regions. No warranty or representation is given that a particular feature or function or the same type and extent of features and functions will be available.

WorldRing shall issue a Member ID and Password (the latter shall be chosen by the Member during registration) to each Member to access the Service through such Member’s Account. Each Member shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of its Member ID and Password and for all use of and activities that occur under the Member ID and Password (whether such use or activities are authorized or not). A set of Member ID and Password is unique to a single Account and no Member shall share, assign or permit the use of its Account, Member ID or Password to another person, even to other individuals within the Member’s own business entity (where applicable). Each Member acknowledges that sharing of its Account with other persons, or allowing multiple users outside of its business entity to use its Account (collectively, “multiple use”), may cause irreparable harm to WorldRing and each Member shall indemnify WorldRing against any loss or damages (including but not limited to loss of profits) suffered by WorldRing as a result of such multiple use of an Account. Each Member hereby undertakes to notify WorldRing immediately of any unauthorized use of its Account, Member ID or Password or any other breach of security. Each Member hereby agrees that WorldRing shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising from the Member’s failure to comply with this paragraph.
- WorldRing reserves the right to change, upgrade, modify, limit or suspend the Service or any of its related functionalities or applications at any time temporarily or permanently without prior notice. WorldRing further reserves the right but shall not be obliged to introduce new features, functionalities, applications or conditions to the Service or to future versions of the Service. All new features, functionalities, applications, conditions, modifications, upgrades and alterations shall be governed by this Agreement, unless otherwise stated by WorldRing.

The Service will be offered for a period of 12 months before it gets renewed, unless terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Each Member acknowledges that inability to use the Service wholly or partially for whatever reason may have adverse effects on its business. Each Member hereby agrees that in no event shall WorldRing be liable to the Member or any third parties for any inability to use the Service (whether due to disruption, changes to or termination of the Service or otherwise), any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions with respect to any communications or transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof, or any losses or damages (direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise) arising from the use of or inability to use the Service.

MEMBERSHIP LEVELS, PAYMENT AND SCOPE OF SERVICE

WorldRing offers four (4) different membership levels (only valid for direct customers, ultimate producers and consignees):

jump seat – free membership with limited access to the service

– free registration and upload of product search or product offer

– automated notification for new matched to your request

economy – 750,00 EUR annual membership fee (three [3] months free trial period)

– Own log in and full access to the WorldRing Member Area

– Free upload of Product details to the WorldRing Marketplace to search potential buyers within
the WorldRing Network

– Free upload of query for business contacts to the WorldRing Marketplace to search for potential
suppliers

– Number of maximum Marketplace uploads at the same time: 5

– Full access to the company information of your match

– Full access to the international WorldRing-Agent contact list

– Invitation to the annual Meeting of all WorldRing Members

– Coverage by the WorldRing Security Fund* (WSF) up to 5.000,- EUR against fraud and
insolvency of other WorldRing Members.

business – 1.500,00 EUR annual membership fee (three [3] months free trial period)

– Own log in and full access to the WorldRing Member Area

– Free upload of Product details to the WorldRing Marketplace to search potential buyers within
the WorldRing Network

– Free upload of query for business contacts to the WorldRing Marketplace to search for potential
suppliers

– Number of maximum Marketplace uploads at the same time: 10

– Full access to the company information of your match

– Full access to the international WorldRing-Agent, Consultant & Customer contact list

– Free advertising pack I (Company Logo in sidebar on marketplace)

– Invitation to the annual Meeting of all WorldRing Members

– Free credit information about your new potential business partner**

– Coverage by the WorldRing Security Fund* (WSF) of WorldRing up to 10.000,- EUR against
fraud and insolvency of WorldRing Members.

– Use of the WorldRing supply chain management software (if offered by your designated agent)

first – 2.500,00 EUR annual membership fee (four [4] months free trial period)

– Own log in and full access to the WorldRing Member Area

– Free upload of Product details to the WorldRing Marketplace to search potential buyers within
the WorldRing Network

– Free upload of query for business contacts to the WorldRing Marketplace to search for potential
suppliers

– Number of maximum Marketplace uploads at the same time: unlimited

– Full access to the company information of your match

– Full access to the international WorldRing-Agent, Consultant & Customer contact list

– Free advertising pack II (company logo displayed and top search results)

– Invitation to the annual Meeting of all WorldRing Members

– Free credit information about your new potential business partner**

– Coverage by the WorldRing Security Fund* (WSF) of WorldRing up to 25.000,- EUR against
fraud and insolvency of WorldRing Members.

– Use of the WorldRing supply chain management software (if offered by your designated agent)

*WSF – refer to the rules & regulations of the WSF for full coverage!

** WorldRing uses the service of an international Database of Credit information. WR can only provided credit information, if these information are available in the Database. WR is not responsible for the actuality and correctness of the provided information.

All memberships come with a free trial period as shown in the overview of membership levels. The free trial period can only be used once for each Company.

The free trial period ends with immediate effect and the membership invoice is due with immediate effect, once a business has been done with a contact that has been provided by WorldRing.

After the date of expiry of the free trial period, the user account will be set back to the Jumpseat status, if the annual membership fee has not been paid. Effective date is the date of the arriving of the money on the account. All user details will remain saved.

The membership level can be upgraded at any time during the active period of the Member.

WorldRing offers the following payment methods:

– Credit card

– PayPal

– Invoice

Membership for Trading Companies
- Trading Companies – 5.000,00 EUR annual membership fee

– Own log in and full access to the WorldRing Member Area

– Free upload of Product details to the WorldRing Marketplace to search potential buyers within
the WorldRing Network

– Free upload of query for business contacts to the WorldRing Marketplace to search for potential
suppliers

– Number of maximum Marketplace uploads at the same time: unlimited

– Full access to the company information of your match

– Full access to the international WorldRing-Agent, Consultant & Customer contact list (except of
customers in your own country)

– Invitation to the annual Meeting of all WorldRing Members

– Free credit information about your new potential business partner**

– Coverage by the WorldRing Security Fund* (WSF) of WorldRing up to 25.000,- EUR against
fraud and insolvency of WorldRing Members.

– Use of the WorldRing supply chain management software (if offered by your designated agent)

*WSF – refer to the rules & regulations of the WSF for full coverage!

Subscription & cancellation terms:

Your subscription begins as soon as your initial choice of paid membership has been made and the terms of use has been accepted. You will be charged, in one lump sum, the annual rate stated at the time of purchase, plus applicable taxes. Your subscription will automatically renew on your annual renewal date until you cancel. You authorize us to store your payment method(s) and to automatically charge your payment method(s) every year until you cancel.

We will automatically charge you the then-current rate for your plan, plus applicable taxes (such as VAT or GST if the rate does not include it), every year upon renewal until you cancel. We may change your plan’s rate each annual renewal term, and we will notify you of any rate change with the option to cancel. If the applicable VAT or GST rate (or other included tax or duty) changes during your one-year term, we will accordingly adjust the tax-inclusive price for your plan mid-term on your next billing date.

If your primary payment method fails, you authorize us to charge any other payment method in your account. If you have not provided us a backup payment method(s) and you fail to provide payment, or if all payment methods in your account fail, we may suspend your subscription.

For European Economic Area customers, your bank may require you to authenticate your initial purchase using a password, a one-time code sent to your mobile number, or biometric recognition. When you authenticate, you also authorize us to charge your payment method for your additional purchases without providing us further payment information or other instructions (i.e., we will initiate future payments independently). Such additional purchases may occur when we automatically charge your payment method in connection with a recurring subscription or when you upgrade your membership level.

Cancellation Terms
You can cancel your subscription anytime via your WorldRing member profile or by contacting Customer Support @ info@worldring.org

MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES

Each Member hereby represents, warrants and agrees to (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about itself and its business references as may be required by WorldRing and (b) maintain and promptly amend all information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. To the extent permitted under applicable laws, each Member hereby grants an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) license to WorldRing to display and use all information provided by such Member in accordance with the purposes set forth in this Agreement and to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights you have in such material or information, in any media now known or not currently known. Information that is protected under data protection laws will only be used and kept in compliance with those laws.

Each Member hereby represents, warrants and agrees that the use by such Member of the Service and the Sites shall not:

a) contain fraudulent information or make fraudulent offers of items or involve the sale or attempted sale of counterfeit or stolen items or items whose sales and/or marketing is prohibited by applicable law, or otherwise promote other illegal activities;

b) be part of a scheme to defraud other Members or other users of the Sites or for any other unlawful purpose;

c) infringe or otherwise abet or encourage the infringement or violation of any third party’s copyright, patent, trademarks, trade secret or other proprietary right or rights of publicity and privacy or other legitimate rights;

d) impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent yourself or your affiliation with any person or entity;

e) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including without limitation those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);

f) contain information that is defamatory, libellous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing;

g) contain information that is obscene or contain or infer any pornography or sex-related merchandising or any other content or otherwise promotes sexually explicit materials or is otherwise harmful to minors;

h) promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;

i) contain any material that constitutes unauthorized advertising or harassment (including but not limited to spamming), invades anyone’s privacy or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law or regulation;

j) involve attempts to copy, reproduce, exploit or expropriate WorldRing’s various proprietary directories, databases and listings;

k) involve any computer viruses or other destructive devices and codes that have the effect of damaging, interfering with, intercepting or expropriating any software or hardware system, data or personal information; and

l) involve any scheme to undermine the integrity of the computer systems or networks used by WorldRing and/or any user of the Service and no Member shall attempt to gain unauthorized access to such computer systems or networks;

m) link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or services or other materials that violate any law or regulation or are prohibited under this Agreement or the Terms of Use; or

n) otherwise create any liability for WorldRing or its affiliates.

Each Member represents, warrants and agrees that with regards to information about or posted on behalf of any business referee, it has obtained all necessary consents, approvals and waivers from such referee to (a) act as such Member’s business referee; (b) to post and publish their contact details and information, reference letters and comments on their behalf; and (c) that third parties may contact such business referees to support claims or statements made about the Member. Each Member further warrants that all reference letters and comments are true and accurate and hereby waives all requirements for such Member’s consent to be obtained before third parties may contact the business referees.

Member shall not take any action which may undermine the integrity of WorldRing’s feedback system, such as leaving positive feedback for himself using secondary Member IDs or through third parties or by leaving unsubstantiated negative feedback for another Member.

Each Member acknowledges and agrees that WorldRing reserves the right to, but shall not be required to actively monitor nor exercise any editorial control whatsoever over the content of any message or other material or information created, obtained or accessible through the Service. WorldRing does not endorse, verify or otherwise certify the contents of any comments or other material or information made by any Member. Each Member is solely responsible for the contents of their communications and may be held legally liable or accountable for the content of their comments or other material or information.

Each Member represents, warrants and agrees that it has obtained all necessary third party licenses and permissions and shall be solely responsible for ensuring that any material or information it posts on the Sites or provides to WorldRing or authorizes WorldRing to display does not violate the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party or is posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such rights. Each Member further represents, warrants and agrees that it has the right and authority to sell, distribute or offer to sell or distribute the products described in the material or information it posts on the Sites or provides to WorldRing or authorizes WorldRing to display.

If any Member breaches the representations, warranties and covenants of paragraphs 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6 above, or if WorldRing has reasonable grounds to believe that such Member is in breach of such representations, warranties and covenants, or if upon complaint or claim from any other Member or third party, WorldRing has reasonable grounds to believe that such Member has wilfully or materially failed to perform its contract with such third party including without limitation where a Member who supplies products or services using the Sites and Services has failed to deliver any items ordered by such third party after receipt of the purchase price, or where such Member has delivered the items that materially fail to meet the terms and descriptions outlined in its contract with such third party, or if WorldRing has reasonable grounds to believe that such Member has used a stolen credit card or other false or misleading information in any online transaction, WorldRing has the right to suspend or terminate the Service and all Member Benefits with respect to such Member without compensation and without liability for any losses or damages arising out of or in connection with such suspension or termination, and restrict or refuse any and all current or future use of the Service or any other services that may be provided by WorldRing. Further, WorldRing reserves the right in its sole discretion to place restrictions on the number of product listings that a Member can post on the Sites for such duration as WorldRing may consider appropriate, and to remove any material it reasonably believes that is unlawful, could subject WorldRing to liability, violates this Agreement or the Terms of Use or is otherwise found inappropriate in WorldRing’s opinion. WorldRing reserves the right to cooperate fully with governmental and regulatory authorities, law enforcement bodies, private investigators and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected criminal or civil wrongdoing. Further, to the extent permitted under applicable laws and policies, WorldRing may disclose the Member’s identity, contact information and/or information regarding the Member’s account(s), transactions or activities carried out on or via the Sites, if requested by a government, regulatory or law enforcement body or an injured third party, or as a result of a subpoena or other legal action, and WorldRing shall not be liable for damages or results thereof and Member agrees not to bring any action or claim against WorldRing for such disclosure. In connection with any of the foregoing, WorldRing may suspend or terminate the Account of any Member as WorldRing deems appropriate in its sole discretion.

Each Member agrees to indemnify WorldRing, its employees, agents and representatives and to hold them harmless, from any and all losses, claims and liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise from its submissions, posting of materials or deletion thereof, from such Member’s use of the Service or from such Member’s breach of this Agreement or the Terms of Use. Each Member further agrees that WorldRing is not responsible, and shall have no liability to it or anyone else for any material posted by such Member or third parties, including fraudulent, untrue, misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illicit material and that the risk of damage from such material rests entirely with each Member. WorldRing reserves the right; at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by the Member, in which event the Member shall cooperate with WorldRing in asserting any available defences.

Each Member is obliged to pay the agreed annual membership fee in time to keep access and use of the Service

USE OF DISCUSSION BOARDS ON THE SITE

WorldRing provides its Members use of discussion boards on the Sites free of charge to promote and encourage open, honest and respectful communication between all of our Members.

Each Member acknowledges that all data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials (“Content”), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted through a discussion board on the Sites, are the sole responsibility of such Member from whom the Content originated. This means that the posting Member, and not WorldRing, is entirely responsible for all Content that is uploaded or posted via our discussion boards on the Sites. WorldRing does not control the Content posted via discussion boards and therefore does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content.

WorldRing reserves the right to, but shall have no obligation to, delete or edit any postings in its sole discretion without prior notice. WorldRing may but shall not be obliged to monitor posting activities of any Member who is in breach of this Agreement and may restrict their ability to post messages on the discussion boards on the Sites. Under no circumstances will WorldRing be liable in any way for any Content, including (without limitation) any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the discussion boards by such Member. Each Member agrees to evaluate and bear all risks associated with the use of any Content including any reliance on its accuracy or completeness. Each Member understands that by using the WorldRing discussion boards on the Sites, such Member may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable.

Without prejudice to each Member’s responsibilities under clause 3 of this Agreement, each Member agrees not to use the discussion boards on the Sites to:

a) upload, post or e-mail any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

b) harm minors in any way;

c) impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity or disguise the origin of any Content;

d) “stalk” or otherwise harass another;

e) to use the personal data about other users for purposes unrelated to the discussion board or to disclose personal data on the discussion board about third parties without their authorization

f) upload, post or e-mail any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;

g) upload, post or e-mail any Content that infringes any intellectual property rights or other legitimate rights of any party;

h) upload, post or e-mail any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail”, “spam”, “chain letters”, or any other form of solicitation;

i) upload, post or e-mail any Content that contains computer viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications equipment;

j) upload, post or e-mail any Content that contains a complaint regarding WorldRing’s services or refers to such a complaint on the Sites or to any other Members; any such complaint must be directed to the customer service e-mail on the Sites; or

k) violate any applicable national or internal laws or regulations.

Each Member acknowledges that WorldRing does not pre-screen Content but that WorldRing shall have the right (though not the obligation) in its sole discretion to move, modify or remove any Content that is posted or

To the extent permitted under applicable laws, e ach Member grants to WorldRing a perpetual, world-wide, royalty-free irrevocable, non-exclusive licence (including the right to sub-license through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display any Content (in whole or part) such Member uploaded, posted or supplied to WorldRing for posting on the Sites and/or to incorporate such Content in other works in any form, media or technology now known or developed. Information that is protected under data protection laws will only be used and kept in compliance with those laws.

Each Member shall indemnify and hold WorldRing and its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, officers, agents or partners harmless from and against any direct or indirect loss or damage (including consequential loss and loss of profits, goodwill or business opportunities) arising from any third party claim in relation to any Content such Member uploaded, posted or e-mailed on or through the discussion boards on the Sites, such Member’s use of the discussion boards on the Sites, or such Member’s breach of the provisions set out in clause 4.4.

On being made aware of any such breaches, WorldRing may ban, delete or prohibit any Content that relates to those breaches or that WorldRing in its sole discretion consider to be harmful to the public or the rights of WorldRing or any of its affiliates, licensors, partners or Members.

WorldRing reserves the right to take whatever action it deems necessary to prevent a Member’s breach of clause 5.4 including the following:

a) issue a warning letter to the relevant Member (where the breaches are deemed by WorldRing to be minor); or

b) ban the relevant Member from discussion boards on the Sites (where the breaches are deemed by WorldRing to be major).

All incidents will be logged and WorldRing’s decision shall be final in all such cases.

All information and/or other Content posted on the Sites by the WorldRing service team or by Members or third party partners is supplied for information purposes only and shall not under any circumstances be construed as legal and/or business advice or a legal opinion. Members are encouraged to seek independent professional advice in such situations.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND WORLDRING HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND TERMS ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WORLDRING MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE VALIDITY, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, STABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR CURRENTNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES.

Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the access to or use of the Sites or Service is done at each Member’s sole discretion and risk and each Member is solely responsible for any damage to its computer system or any loss of data that results from the download of any such material. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by any Member from WorldRing or through or from the Service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in this Agreement.

The Sites may make available to User services or products provided by independent third parties. No warranty or representation is made with regard to such services or products. In no event shall WorldRing or its affiliates be held liable for any such services or products.

Under no circumstances shall WorldRing be held liable for an delay or failure or disruption of the Service resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces or causes beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, Internet failures, computer, telecommunications or any other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, flood, storms, explosions, Acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals or non-performance of third parties.

To the extent permitted by law, WorldRing shall not be liable for any special, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever (including but not limited to damages for loss of profits or savings, business interruption, loss of information), whether in contract, negligence, tort or otherwise or any other damages resulting from any of the following:

a) the use or the inability to use the Service;

b) any defect in goods, samples, data, information or services purchased or obtained from a Member or a third-party service provider through the Sites;

c) unauthorized access by third parties to data or private information of any Member;

d) statements or conduct of any user of the Sites; or

e) any other matter relating to the Sites or Service however arising, including negligence.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

WorldRing is the sole owner or lawful licensee of all the rights to the Service. The Service embodies trade secrets and intellectual property rights protected under worldwide copyright and other laws. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the Service shall remain with WorldRing, its affiliates or licensors, as the case may be. All rights not otherwise claimed under this Agreement or by WorldRing are hereby reserved.

“WORLDRING” and related icons and logos are registered trademarks or trademarks or service marks of -WestRing international trading & consulting GmbH and its affiliates in various jurisdictions and are protected under applicable copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights laws. The unauthorized copying, modification, use or publication of these marks is strictly prohibited.

GENERAL

This Agreement and the Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between the Member and WorldRing with respect to and governs the use of the Service, superseding any prior written or oral agreements in relation to the same subject matter herein.

WorldRing and the Member are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.

Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.

WorldRing’s failure to enforce any right or failure to act with respect to any breach by a Member under this Agreement will not waive that right nor waive WorldRing’s right to act with respect with subsequent or similar breaches.

WorldRing shall have the right to assign this Agreement (including all of its rights, titles, benefits, interests, and obligations and duties in this Agreement) to any person or entity (including any affiliates of WorldRing). The Member may not assign, in whole or part, this Agreement to any person or entity.

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

Privacy statement – data protection

Data protection at a glance

General remarks

The following information provides a simple overview of what your personal data is passes when you visit this website. Personal data are all data with which you

can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection you will find our privacy statement under this document.

Collection of data on this website

Who is responsible for collecting data on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website provider. His contact details see the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data are collected by communicating them to us. This may include, for example:

Trade data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data will be automatically or with your consent when visiting the website through our IT systems recorded. These are mainly technical data (e.g. web browsers, operating system or time page views). This data will be collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What is the purpose of your data?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is made available correctly. Other Data can be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have in relation to your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information on the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to rectify or To request the deletion of such data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to: to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. If you have any questions about data protection, you can do so at any time at the following address: info@worldring.org

Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (Hoster). The personal data which collected on this website will be stored on the hoster’s servers. This may be done by:

IP addresses, contact requests, meta- and communication data, contract data, contact details;
Trade names, website accesses and other data generated through a website.

The hoster will be used for the performance of the contract vis-à-vis our potential and existing customers (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interests of safe, fast and efficient Provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Our hoster will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfil his/her obligations necessary and follow our instructions with regard to these data.

We use the following hosters:

1 & 1 IONOS SE
Elgendorfer Str. 57
56410 Montabaur

Conclusion of a contract for the processing of contracts

In order to ensure data-protection-compliant processing, we have a contract for:

Contract processing closed with our host.

General Instructions and Mandatory Information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We are dealing with your personal data confidential and in accordance with data protection law; and this privacy statement. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data that allow you to be personally identified. The present Privacy statement explains which data we collect and what we use for. It also explains how and for what purpose. Please note that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. in the case of e-mail communication) may have security flaws. Full protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible body

The Controller on this website is:

Westring international trading & consulting GmbH
Am Herrenlandpark 9
41379 Brüggen
Telephone: + 49 2163 888 14 60
E-mail: Info@westringtc.de

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, through the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.) decided.

Data retention period

Unless a more specific retention period has been specified in this privacy statement, your personal data in us until the purpose for which the data are processed ceases to exist. If you make a justified request for deletion or withdraw consent to data processing your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the cancellation shall take place after those reasons have ceased to exist.

Note on the transfer of data to the US

Our website includes tools from companies based in the US. When these tools are active and can provide your personal data to the US servers of the companies concerned to be passed on. Please note that the US is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law for the purposes of this Regulation. US companies are obliged to provide personal data to:

To issue security authorities without you being able to take legal action against them as a person concerned. It cannot therefore be ruled out that U.S. authorities (e.g. secret services) might use them on US servers process, analyse and permanently store existing data for monitoring purposes. As we do not influence these processing activities.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing.

Many data processing operations are possible only with your explicit consent. You can withdraw consent that has already been given at any time. The legality of the measures taken prior to revocation Data processing shall not be affected by revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in specific cases and to:

Direct mail (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE 6(1)(C) E OR F GDPR
THEY SHALL AT ANY TIME HAVE THE RIGHT, FOR REASONS RELATING TO THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, TO
WHERE THE PROCESSING OF THEIR PERSONAL DATA GIVES RISE TO A SITUATION WHERE TO LODGE AN APPEAL; THE SAME APPLIES TO A MEASURE BASED ON THOSE PROVISIONS PROFILING. THE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH A PROCESSING OPERATION IS BASED;

READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT IF THEY LODGE AN APPEAL, WILL WE NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN HAVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING PROVIDE EVIDENCE WHICH OVERRIDES THEIR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR WHICH PROCESSING FOR THE INVOCATION, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OPPOSITION UNDER ARTICLE 21(1) GDPR). THEIR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES THEY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING AT ANY TIME

PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING TO BE LODGED; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING IN SO FAR AS SUCH DIRECT MARKETING IN LINKED. IF THEY OBJECT, THEIR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OPPOSITION UNDER ARTICLE 21(2) OF THE GDPR).

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of an infringement of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to appeal against Supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of habitual residence, of their place of work or the place of the suspected infringement. The right of appeal shall be without prejudice to administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to data that we have based on your consent or in the performance of a contract process automatically, per se or to a third party, in a commonly used, machine-readable format to be handed over. Provided that you transfer the data directly to another controller this shall be done only to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This page uses this page for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as Example of orders or requests you send to us as a page operator, an SSL or TLS encryption. An encrypted connection can be seen from the fact that the address line of the browser of Change “http://” to “” and use the lock icon in your browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you send to us will not be able to be read by third parties Access, erasure and rectification. You are entitled at any time, within the limits of the applicable legal provisions, to free of charge access to your personal data stored, their origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, where appropriate, the right to rectify or erase such data. To that end, and if you have any further questions about personal data, please contact the following address: info@worldring.org

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. Please do not hesitate to contact us at the address given in the press. The law

there is a restriction of processing in the following cases:

If you contest the accuracy of your personal data held by us, we need time to verify this. For the duration of the test, you are entitled to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was unlawful, you can require restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but to exercise it you need to defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to replace the obtain the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have lodged an objection under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, a balance must be struck between your and our interests. As long as it is not known who’s interests above all, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data to be demanded.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, you may with the exception of storage – only with your consent or for invocation, exercise or Defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union; or processed by a Member State.

Collection of data on this website

Our websites use cookies. Cookies are small text files and address that do not cause damage to their terminal equipment. They will either be held temporarily for the duration of a meeting. (Session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) stored on your device. Session cookies will be automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain on your device saved until you delete it yourself or automatically delete it by your web browser. In some cases, third party cookies can also be stored on your device if you enter our side (third party cookies). These allow us or you to use certain third party services (e.g. cookies for processing payment services). Cookies have different functions. Many cookies are technically necessary as certain website functions would not function without them (e.g. shopping basket function or display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or to display advertisements. Cookies needed to perform the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or provide some of the functionalities you want (functional cookies, e.g. basket function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are required to be stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, provided that no other Legal basis. The website provider has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure that their services are technically accurate and optimised. Provided that Consent to the storage of cookies has been sought, the storage of the relevant Cookies solely on the basis of this consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR); The consent is revocable at any time. You can set your browser so that you can be informed about the setting of cookies. Allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or generally and automatically delete the cookies when the browser is closed. At the Deactivation of cookies may limit the functionality of this website. If cookies are used by third parties or for analytical purposes, we will inform separately in the context of this privacy statement and, if necessary, request consent.

Contact form

If you send us questions via the contact form, you will find your information from the request form including the contact details you provide for the processing of the request and saved for follow-up questions. We do not provide these data without your further consent. These data will be processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided that your request is accompanied by related to the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures (Goods) above. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your request Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) if requested. The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you delete request to withdraw your consent to storage or remove the purpose for data storage (e.g. after the processing of your request has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions —in particular, retention periods remain unaffected.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all of them, will personal data emerging (name, request) for the purpose of handling your request saved and processed by us. If you do not give your consent we will not pass on those details to others. These data will be processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided that your request is accompanied by related to the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures (Goods) above. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your request Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) if requested. The data you sent to us by contacting us will remain with us until you delete request to withdraw your consent to storage or remove the purpose for data storage (e.g. after your request has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions — in particular, statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Analytical tools and advertising

WordPress Statistics

This website uses WordPress Statistics to provide statistical analysis of visitors’ access. The supplier is the Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA. WordPress Statistics uses technologies to recognise the user for the purpose of Enable analysis of user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). WordPress Statistics analysis of, inter alia, log files (referr., IP address, browser, etc.), the origin of website visitors (country, city) and what actions they have undertaken on the page (e.g. clicks, views, downloads). In this way collected information on the use of this website is stored on servers in the US. Your IP address will be anonymised after processing and before storage. This analytical tool is used on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The Website operators have a legitimate interest in anonymous analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising. Provided that consent is given has been consulted (e.g. consent to store cookies), the processing is carried out solely on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR; Consent may be revoked at any time.

Newsletters

Newsletter data

If you wish to obtain the newsletter on the website, we need an E-mail address and information allowing us to verify that you are the holder of the indicated e-mail address and agree to receive the newsletter. Additional Data are not collected or only collected on a voluntary basis. We use these data only for sending the requested information and not communicating it to third parties. Data entered in the newsletter application form shall be processed only on the basis for your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). The consent given to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use to send the newsletter can be used at any time revoked, for example via the ‘exit’ link in the newsletter. The legality of the measures already taken. The revocation shall be without prejudice to data processing operations. The data you have deposited with us for the purpose of reference to the newsletter will be sent by us up to your Download from the newsletter at our premises and/or the newsletter service provider and saved in accordance with Removal of the newsletter from the newsletter distribution list. Data used for other purposes in we are not affected by this. Once you have been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address will be sent to us or the Newsletter service providers may be stored in a blacklist in order to prevent future mailings. The blacklist is only used for this purpose and not combined with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). The Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. They may object to storage, provided that. Your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Plugins and tools

Vimeo

This website uses the plugins of the Vimeo video portal. The supplier is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. If you visit one of our Vimeo video pages, you will connect to the Vimeo servers. The Vimeo server will be informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also gets your IP address. This also applies if you are not at Vimeo are logged in or have no account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo will be sent to the Vimeo server in the US. If you are logged in to your Vimeo account, allow Vimeo to browse your browsing behaviour directly assign a personal profile. You can prevent this by using your Vimeo account log out.

Vimeo Cookies or similar Detection technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). Vimeo is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Provided that a corresponding consent has been sought, processing is carried out solely on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; Consent may be revoked at any time. For more information on how to handle user data, see Vimeo’s privacy statement under:

https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Source: e-recht24.de

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Information according to § 5 TMG:

Westring international trading & consulting GmbH
am Herrenlandpark 9
41379 Brüggen

Represented by:
René Lankes

Contact:
Phone: +49 216388814 60
E-Mail: info[at]westringtc.de

Registration:
Commercial register: Krefeld
Registernumber: HRB14056

VAT-ID:
according to §27 a Umsatzsteuergesätz:
DE285703537

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