Terms of use
Welcome to LUKAS.com (this "Site"), a web site maintained by LUKAS Hydraulik GmbH. LUKAS Hydraulik is a business unit of IDEX Corporation. IDEX Corporation and its business units are collectively referred to as "us", "our" or the "Company" in these Terms and Conditions of Access.
These Terms and Conditions of Access set forth the terms and conditions under which users are authorized to have access to and use this Site.
Acceptance
Any use of this Site by you conclusively indicates that these Terms and Conditions of Access have been reviewed and accepted by you. If you do not agree with any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Access, you should not use this Site.
Content
The content of this Site ("Content") is the property of the Company, and all right, title and interest in all Content belongs solely to the Company. You may access and use Content for any legitimate business purpose; provided, however, that you may not use this Site or any Content for any purpose prohibited by the Company, in its sole discretion, upon notice of such prohibited purpose from the Company. Any access or attempt to access other areas of any computer equipment on which this Site is located, or other information contained on such computer equipment for any purpose, is prohibited.
Intellectual property rights
The Company owns and operates this Site. Unless identified with the designation "Copy Free", all names, titles, logos, and designs identifying the products and brands of the Company -- including any derivative and related names, titles, logos and designs, appearing in this Site -- are trademarks of the Company and its sole property. Any other names, titles, logos and designs appearing on this Site are the property of their respective owners.
This Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, photographs, graphics, images, illustrations and software, and the entire Content is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation under the United States copyright laws, international conventions and other copyright laws. The Company owns a copyright in the Content original and in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of all Content.
Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, retransmission, framing, misuse, misappropriation, unauthorized use, transfer, sale, distribution, performance, display, creation of a derivative work or any other exploitation of any Content, in whole or in part, without the express written consent of the Company is strictly prohibited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any user of this Site is granted a limited license to download Content for personal use only provided that all copyright and other notices in any downloaded Content are maintained. By downloading Content, the user agrees and acknowledges that the user does not acquire any ownership or other use rights to any Content or this Site by downloading such Content. Except as expressly authorized above, nothing contained in this Site or these Terms and Conditions of Access shall be construed as conferring, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under any patent, trademark, copyright or other property right of the Company or any third party.
Individual documents published by the Company on this Site may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information specific to such individual document. Any product, process, or technology in such individual documents may be the subject of other intellectual property rights reserved by the Company or a third party and are not to be licensed under these Terms and Conditions of Access.
If you are interested in using any Content in any manner except as expressly authorized above, you should contact the Company for information on licensing.
Disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability
Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, third party content providers, licensors, agents or representatives makes any warranty or representation of any kind, either express or implied, with respect to this Site, any Content or any products or services offered through this Site, including, but not limited to, any warranty that this Site will be operable, uninterrupted, virus free or error free, any warranty of title, any warranty of privacy, any warranty of dependability, accuracy, timeliness, authenticity, completeness or reliability, or any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
By using this Site, you acknowledge and agree that this Site and all Content are provided on an "as is, where at" basis without any warranty or representation of any kind, either express or implied, with respect to this Site, any Content or any products or services offered through this Site, including, but not limited to, any warranty that this Site will be operable, uninterrupted, virus free or error free, any warranty of title, any warranty of privacy, any warranty of dependability, accuracy, timeliness, authenticity, completeness or reliability, or any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
In no event will the Company or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, third party content providers, licensors, agents, or representatives be liable to any person or entity for damages of any nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use of this Site or any linked web site. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that you agree is fair and reasonable concerning your use of this Site and applies to all harm, liabilities, injuries, losses, damages, costs and expenses of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, special, compensatory, or consequential damages, regardless of how same arise, whether in tort, negligence, statute, contract, common law, equity or otherwise, and whether for or in connection with loss of programs or data, loss of income, revenues or profits, loss of anticipated sales, loss of opportunity, business interruption, failure to realize expected savings, damage to person or property, claims of third parties or otherwise.
Links
This Site may from time to time be linked to other web sites. The Company is not responsible for any content contained on any web site that is not maintained by the Company. No link from this Site to a third party web site, or from a third party web site to this Site, is an endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by the Company of such third party web site. The Company will have no liability to users arising from any link from a third party web site to this Site or from this Site to a third party web site.
Information provided
All comments, graphics, ideas and other information you provide to the Company through this Site will become the property of the Company without any compensation to the user. To the extent you are requested to provide any information to the Company while using this Site, you represent and warrant that such information will be accurate and complete in all respects.
Information collected
The Company may collect information about you and your use of this Site (including, but not limited to, your name, email address, street address and telephone number, credit card information, and length of time spent by you on this Site) for many purposes. You consent to the Company's use of such information for any lawful purpose. Any personally identifiable information you provide through this Site (e.g., information that can identify the user, including, but not limited to, your name, email address, street address, telephone number, employer and occupational title) will be subject to the Privacy Policy posted on this Site.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address truncated by the last octet prior to its storage using the "_anonymizeIp()" method) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
You can opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Google +1 Button
Our Internet presence uses the "+1″ button of the social network Google Plus that is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google"). The button is identifiable through the "+1″ sign on a white or colored background.
When you call up a Web site associated with our Internet presence that has such a social button, your browser connects directly with the servers of Google. The content of the "+1″ plug-in is transmitted directly to your browser from Google, which is then used to incorporate it into the Web site. We therefore have no influence on the extent of data that Google collects through the button. According to Google, if one does not click on the button, no personal data is collected. Such data, including the IP address, is only collected and processed for logged-in members.
The purpose and extent of data collection, the further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and the various possible settings to protect your privacy are to be found in Google's data protection guidelines concerning the "+1" button: http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html
If you are a Google Plus member and do not wish for Google to use our Internet presence as a way to collect information about you and to link this information with the membership data about you which Google has stored, then you must log out of Google Plus before visiting us on the Internet.
Use of the Facebook Social Plugins
Our website uses social plugins ("plugins") provided by the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are identifiable by a Facebook logo (white letter f on blue background or a thumb up icon) or the notice "Facebook Social Plugin". For a full list of all social Plugins please see: http://developers.facebook.com/plugins.
When you visit a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook servers. Facebook directly transfers the plugin content to your browser which embeds the latter into the website, enabling Facebook to receive information about your having accessed the respective page of our website. Thus we have no influence on the data gathered by the plugin and inform you according to our state of knowledge.
The embedded plugins provide Facebook with the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged into Facebook, your visit can be assigned to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking "Like", or entering a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook and stored by it. Even if you are not logged into Facebook, there is possibility that the plugins transmits your IP-address to Facebook.For the information on the purpose and scope of data collection and procession by Facebook, as well as your rights in this respect and settings options for protecting your privacy please visit Facebook's privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you are a Facebook member and do not want Facebook to connect the data concerning your visit to our website with your member data already stored by Facebook, please log off Facebook before entering our website. Further you can block Facebook social Plugins by using add-ons for your browser, like the "Facebook Blocker".
Use of the TweetMeme button
Our website uses the Tweetmeme-Button provided by MediaSift Ltd, Building L033, London Road, University of Reading, Reading, RG1 5AQ, United Kingdom. The button can be recognised by its bubble with a number and a green "retweet" button. With the TweetMeme button, Twitter users can share our blog entries via Twitter. The button also shows the number of tweets for each blog entry.
When you view a page on our website that includes such a button, your browser sets up a direct connection with the servers at MediaSift. The content of the TweetMeme button is transferred from MediaSift directly to your browser, which incorporates it into the Web page. For this reason, we have no influence on the amount of data gathered by MediaSift with the aid of this plug-in and provide this information to the best of our knowledge, which is that only the IP address of your connection and the URL of our page are transmitted when the button is acquired, but are not used for purposes other than display of the button.
Misuse of information
The Company uses precautions to protect information provided by you to the Company through this Site from misuse or unauthorized disclosure in accordance with the Privacy Policy posted on this Site. However, the Company does not guarantee that any such information is secure from misuse or unauthorized disclosure, and the Company will not have any liability to you for any misuse or unauthorized disclosure of such information.
Indemnification and hold harmless
You understand and expressly agree that all access to and use of this Site is at your sole risk.
You will indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all harm, liabilities, injuries, losses, damages, costs and expenses incurred by the Company (including, but not limited to, fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company) in connection with your access to or use of this Site or any Content, except to the extent such harm, liabilities, injuries, losses, damages, costs or expenses are due solely to the negligence of the Company.
You agree that you shall not take any action against the Company or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, third party content providers, licensors, agents, or representatives in any connection with any matter relating to or arising out of your access to or use of this Site.
Termination and modifikation
The Company may terminate this Site and modify any Content at any time, in each case, without notice to you and without liability to you for such termination or modification.
Notices
You may send notices to the Company at IDEX Corporation, 630 Dundee Road, Northbrook, Illinois, 60062, or email webmaster@IDEXcorp.com. Any such notice will be effective upon actual receipt by the Company. The Company may send notices to you through email, regular mail or a posting on this Site. Any such notice will be effective upon actual receipt by you in the case of email or regular mail or upon posting in the case of posting on this Site.
Miscellaneous
These Terms and Conditions of Access (a) may be amended by the Company at any time without notice to you, (b) inure to the benefit of and are binding upon you and the Company and each of your and the Company's successors and assigns, except that you may not assign any of your obligations under these Terms and Conditions of Access without the written consent of the Company, (c) shall be governed by, and interpreted and enforced in accordance with, the internal law of the State of Illinois without regard to principles of conflict of laws, and (d) constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and the Company with respect to your access to and use of this Site and supersede all prior oral and written proposals, representations, understandings and agreements.
You and the Company will submit all disputes in connection with any matter relating to or arising out of your access to or use of this Site exclusively to a federal or state court located in Cook County, Illinois, and you consent to the jurisdiction of such court for such dispute and acknowledge such court to be a proper venue for such dispute.
