Terms of Use

Introduction

Welcome to Autark News. By accessing and using our website, you accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. Please read these carefully before using our services.

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Autark News website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the website, whether as a guest or a registered user.

Access and Use of the Website

The content of the Autark News website is for your general information and use only. We reserve the right to restrict access to certain areas of the website, or the entire website, at our discretion.

You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

You may use our website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to:

  • Use the website in any way that violates applicable local, national, or international law or regulation
  • Use the website to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity
  • Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the website
  • Use the website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the website
  • Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device to access the website
  • Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful

Account Registration

When you create an account on our website, you must provide information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of the Terms of Use, which may result in immediate termination of your account.

You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the website and for any activities or actions under your password. We encourage you to use "strong" passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols) with your account.

You agree to notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.

User Contributions

Our website may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, and other interactive features that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit content or materials.

Any content you post to the website will be considered non-confidential. By providing any content on the website, you grant us and our affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.

You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in and to your content and have the right to grant the license granted above. You further agree that your content will not infringe upon or violate the rights of any third party.

Intellectual Property

The website and its entire content, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by Mebound GmbH, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by German and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our website, except as follows:

  • Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials
  • You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes
  • You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution
  • If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Autark News.

Autark News has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We do not warrant the offerings of any of these entities/individuals or their websites.

You acknowledge and agree that Autark News shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such third-party websites or services.

Termination

We may terminate or suspend your access to the website immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, if you breach the Terms of Use.

All provisions of the Terms of Use which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms of Use at any time. If a revision is material, we will try to provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

By continuing to access or use our website after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, please stop using the website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us at moritz@mebound.de.

Last updated: March 2025