Terms of Use
The use of the present website provided by Linde LienHwa is subject to the following provisions :
1. Trademark and Copyright, Rights of Use
The entire content of the website, such as text, pictures, graphics, sound, animations and videos, including corporate logos and brands, as well as the layout of Linde LienHwa web pages, is protected by trademark and copyright law and other laws for the protection of intellectual property. Distributing, changing or copying the contents of these pages, including framing or the use of any framing techniques, is prohibited.
Linde LienHwa clearly specifies that some of the pictures contained on the website are protected by the copyright of third parties.
No rights of licence or other rights are granted via the website for the use of the intellectual property contained therein, including brands and copyright. Copying, distributing, reproducing, forwarding and otherwise using this protected intellectual property is not permitted without the written consent of Linde LienHwa. The remaining contents of the website may also not be copied, distributed, changed or made available to third parties. The use of texts, sections of text or visual material, in particular, requires the prior approval of Linde LienHwa.
The user is only permitted to produce a single copy of the website for personal, non-commercial use, on the condition that the content is not altered in the course of copying and all references to industrial property rights are retained in the copy, or inserted if only extracts from the website are used. The content of press releases and other documents classified as public may be used in public communications. This does not apply to those parts of public documents which are protected by trademark or copyright law, or other legal regulations.
2. Limitation of Liability
Linde LienHwa continually checks and updates the information provided on its website. Although due care is taken, Linde LienHwa cannot guarantee that the website is free from errors. The Company therefore accepts no liability and furnishes no guarantee, neither express nor implied, that the information provided is up-to-date, accurate or complete. The same applies to all other web pages accessed by hyperlink from Linde LienHwa site, whether these belong to affiliated companies or third parties. Linde LienHwa accepts no liability for such web pages and is not responsible for the data protection arrangements of the operators of these web pages.
Linde LienHwa reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to make amendments or additions to the information or data provided. Any statements made on Linde LienHwa’s website regarding the future of the Company, are based on the beliefs and judgement of the management of Linde LienHwa and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties. Linde LienHwa is under no obligation to update such statements regarding the future of the Company and accepts no liability whatsoever for these statements.
Linde LienHwa may deny access to its website at any time and provides no guarantee of the uninterrupted availability of its website.
Although Linde LienHwa will make every effort to keep its website free from viruses, it cannot provide any guarantee that it is virus-free.
3. Websites by Third Party Providers / Links
The website contains links and references to third party websites. These links and references do not imply any endorsement of the content of third party websites by Linde LienHwa. Linde LienHwa is not responsible for the availability or the content of third party websites and is not liable for any damage or injury resulting from their use, regardless of purpose. Links to third party websites are provided to users of Linde LienHwa’s website for their convenience only.
4. User Information
To enable us to comply with your requests for information, you may be asked to supply personal data. Any such data is supplied by you completely voluntarily and is used solely for the purpose of complying with your request for information. All data is collected, stored, processed and used in accordance with applicable data protection law.
5. Applicable Law
These Terms and all questions and disputes relating to the use of this website are subject to the laws of the Republic of China.
Data Protection
Principles
Thank you for visiting Linde LienHwa’s website, and for your interest in our company and our products. We take the protection of your private data seriously and rely on mutual cooperation. The protection of your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. Therefore, it goes without saying that we comply with statutory provisions for data protection. Our employees are obligated to treat all information confidentially. In the sections below, we would like to briefly explain how we protect your data and what it means for you when you make use of our online offering.
Access data
When our Internet pages are called up, Linde LienHwa receives access data that is stored for protective purposes and aids in identification. This data includes :
- The name of your Internet service provider.
- The country from which you are accessing the site.
- The website that has directed you to our Intenet presence.
- The search term you use, if you come to our site via a search engine.
- Linde LienHwa websites that you visit.
- The user tool (web browser, operating system) you use to access our website.
- Files that you download from our website (e.g. PDF or Word documents).
- The duration of your visit.
- The date and the time of your visit.
This data is analyzed by Linde LienHwa so that we can familiarise ourselves with and evaluate user behaviour. We do not make use of personal data in the process.
Personal data
Personal data is information that is used explicitly to determine your identity. It includes information such as your name and your postal or e-mail address. The only time we save personal data in addition to your access data is if you give us this information voluntarily, e.g. as part of a registration, a survey, a prize competition, a contact inquiry, registration for a newsletter or to process an online order. Moreover, personal data is used only to the extent necessary and only for the legally permissible purpose for which you gave your consent. To ensure the secure transmission of your data, Linde LienHwa employs encryption procedures in secure areas. This means that communication between your browser and our order system, for instance, cannot be read by others on the Internet. All data is stored exclusively on specially protected servers of The Linde Group in Germany. Using our order system is regarded as consenting to the storage and use of your data by Linde LienHwa and its partners.
Passing on personal data to third parties
Linde LienHwa renders some of its services together with select partners. These partners are subject to the same strict statutory provisions for data protection as and are integrated into the data-protection concept of Linde LienHwa. Personal data is only passed on :
- When processing order-related data, such as for online orders.
- In individual cases, provided you have given your prior consent.
Additional information – such as voluntary statements about your primary areas of interest – is not passed on to third parties by Linde LienHwa. Personal data is conveyed to state institutions and authorities only within the scope of statutory or judicial obligations.
Power of revocation
If you request in writing that Linde LienHwa or the representative responsible for you amend, cease from using or delete your personal data, we shall do so immediately. If you are registered as a user, we also offer you the opportunity to view the data for yourself and delete or change as necessary.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are used by many websites in Taiwan and throughout the world. Cookies are created during your visit to our website and are placed on your hard disk by our server. Our cookies contain no information about specific individuals. Moreover, cookies placed by our servers can only be read again by us and not by any external website. Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. If you do not wish to enjoy the advantages of cookies, you can deactivate this function in your browser. You can also view our website without cookies. However, this may restrict the use of some features.
Other active content (e.g. Javascript, ActiveX)
Javascript, ActiveX and other website control elements and script languages that contain executing elements can be deactivated at any time for security reasons using your browser. Our Internet sites can still be navigated without Javascript.
Links
Some of Linde LienHwa's websites contain links to other websites. We make every effort to check these direct links. Linde LienHwa is not responsible for the content of the websites to which we link. Linde LienHwa is also not responsible for the content of websites that link to our website.
Restrictions
Linde LienHwa reserves the right to alter these guidelines for data protection at any time in compliance with the stipulations of relevant data-protection law.