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Ownership of Site, copyright and trademarks

The Alfred Escher Foundation is the owner and operator of this Site. All material available on this Site is protected by copyright and belongs exclusively to the Alfred Escher Foundation. The copyrights of third parties are reserved. Nothing on this Site shall be construed as granting any license or right to use any image, trademark, logo or any other element. Downloading, copying or printing this website or parts thereof is only permitted for personal use. No act of downloading or otherwise copying from the Site will transfer title to any software or material on the Site to you. Explicit reference to the Alfred Escher Foundation must be made in the event that the material, or any part thereof, is reproduced in any form, written or electronic. Furthermore, any republication of this material requires the express consent of the Alfred Escher Foundation. The Alfred Escher Foundation will make full use of all opportunities to enforce these rights.

No offer

The information and details of the Alfred Escher Foundation published on this Site do not constitute an offer to support any projects or to provide any other service to institutions or private individuals. The services mentioned on this Site are not intended for persons living in a country or having the nationality of a country where access to such information is prohibited by local law or regulations.

No guarantee

Although the Alfred Escher Foundation has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within the Site was accurate at the time of publication, no representation or warranty (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness by the Alfred Escher Foundation or its contracting partners. Opinions and other contents on the Site are subject to change without notice. Information posted on the Site should not be understood to imply that there has not been any change in the affairs of the Alfred Escher Foundation since the date that the information was published or that the information is still accurate.

No warranty

The Alfred Escher Foundation provides the information and details on this Site without any warranty of any kind. The Alfred Escher Foundation further assumes no responsibility for, and makes no warranties that, functions contained on the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Site or the servers that make it available will be free of viruses or other harmful elements.

Liability waiver

Under no circumstances, including but not limited to, negligence, shall the Alfred Escher Foundation be liable for any damage or consequential damage that results from accessing or using, or inability to access or use, any elements of the Site.

Links to other websites

The Alfred Escher Foundation has not reviewed any of the websites linked or linking to the Site, and is not responsible for the content of off-Site pages or any other websites linked or linking to the Site. Following links to any off-Site pages or other websites shall be at your own risk.

Security of data transfers

Please note that data transported over an open network such as the internet or an e-mail service is accessible to other parties. Third parties can therefore gather and use the transferred data without your approval. In addition, your data can be lost during transmission. The Alfred Escher Foundation cannot accept any responsibility for the security of your data during its transfer, and it refuses any liability for direct or indirect damage.