Terms of Use
1. Acceptance of the Terms
This website (the "Website") is owned and operated by Deutsche Schule Shanghai Hongqiao and Deutsche Schule Shanghai Yangpu (collectively “DSS”, “School”, or "We"). These terms (the "Terms") govern your use of the Website. By using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read these Terms and our Personal Information Protection Policy (Privacy Policy), understand them and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you should not use or access the Website.
2. Changes to the Website and Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. All changes to these Terms are effective upon being posted to the Website. Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of those changes. Material changes will be conspicuously posted on the Website or otherwise communicated to you, in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.
3. Privacy Policy
DSS places great importance on protecting the privacy and personal information of users of this Website. We may collect information arising from your access to and use of the Website as described in our Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part of these Terms and outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and protection of such information.
4. Intellectual Property
DSS Content and Intellectual Property
All information and content published on this site, including text, graphics, logos, images, audio, video, and software (“Content”), is the property of DSS or its licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.
The name "Deutsche Schule Shanghai," the DSS logo, and all related trademarks, names, designs, and slogans constitute intellectual property of the School. They may not be used without the School's express prior written permission.
Third-Party Intellectual Property
All other brand names and trademarks mentioned on the Website that are not owned by DSS are the property of their respective owners and are protected by applicable laws and regulations.
The mere mention of a trademark or brand name on the Website is not an indication that it is unprotected or that we endorse the owner or its products. Your right to use the Website's Content (as the case may be) does not extend to the use of any third-party intellectual property found on the site.
Your Use of the Content
You may view, download, and print individual pages or sections of the Website solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not modify the Content and retain all copyright and other proprietary notices.
You must not, unless expressly authorized: (a) use the Website or the Content for any resale or commercial purpose, (b) make derivative uses of the Content or modify, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise exploit or use the Content in any manner that infringes upon our intellectual property rights or those of any third party, or (c) use any data mining‚ robots‚ crawlers, or similar data gathering and extraction methods on the Website.
5. Your use of the website
You are responsible for complying with all laws and regulations that apply to your use of the Website. DSS reserves the right, in its sole discretion and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations to terminate your access to or use of the Website for any reason without notice or liability if you breach or if there is a reasonable suspicion that you are breaching, this section or any other provisions of these Terms.
6. Links
The Website may contain links to external websites ( “Hyperlinks”) operated by third parties, which are outside the responsibility and control of DSS.
We hereby expressly declare that at the time the links were created, we had no knowledge of any illegal content on the linked pages. DSS has no influence on the current or future design, content, or authorship of the linked pages.
Therefore, we hereby expressly dissociate ourselves from all contents of all linked pages that were changed after the link was set.
7. No Warranties and Limitation of Liability
Disclaimer of Content and Availability
All information published on the site is compiled and maintained to the best of our knowledge and belief. We assume no responsibility for the correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability and completeness of the information.
While we aim to ensure the Website is available 24 hours a day, we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We will not be liable if the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
Exclusion of Warranties
The Website‚ including the information‚ services and other content is provided “as is” without any warranties or guarantees of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or timeliness of the website or its content.
To the maximum extent permissible by applicable laws‚ DSS DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND‚ INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, IN NO EVENT SHALL DSS, ITS STAFF, REPRESENTATIVES (TOGETHER, “DSS PARTIES”) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXAMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE, OR ANY OTHER LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE WEBSITE, whether the claim is based on contract, tort, strict liability, warranty, or otherwise.
The foregoing limitation of liability shall not apply to damages arising from willful misconduct or gross negligence, or to damages resulting in bodily injury or death caused by ordinary negligence (simple negligence).
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to you.
8. Supplementary terms
Applicable Law and Venue
These Terms and any dispute in connection with the Terms or your use of the Website shall be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.
Disputes shall be submitted to the competent people’s court where the Hongqiao Campus of DSS is located.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from the Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. In such an event, the unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision that most closely matches the economic intent of the original provision.
9. Contact details
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions when using our Website, please contact us via: pr.office(at)ds-shanghai.de