PRIVACY POLICY Effective Date: 04 July 2006 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE This website, including any subsite accessible through the homepage (the “Site”), is published and maintained by subsidiaries, affiliates, and/or related entities of Frers Naval Architecture & Engineering (“Frers”). Please note that when you enter any subsite accessible through this homepage or the shopping page, such subsite may have its own terms and conditions of use which are specific to such subsite. When you access, browse, or use this Site you accept, without limitation or qualification, the terms and conditions set forth below and any additional terms and conditions of use set forth in any subsite. YOUR RIGHT TO USE THE SITE AND ITS CONTENTS This Site is only for your personal use. You may not distribute, exchange, modify, sell, or transmit anything you copy from this Site, including but not limited to any text, images, audio, and video, for any business, commercial, or public purpose. As long as you comply with the terms of these Terms and Conditions of Use, Frers grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to enter, display, and use this Site. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of this Site in any way. OWNERSHIP All materials on this Site, including but not limited to images, text, and video clips (the “Content”), are protected by copyright under Italian copyright law, international conventions, and other copyright laws. You cannot use the Content, except as specified herein. You agree to follow all instructions on this Site limiting the way you may use the Content. There are a number of proprietary logos, service marks, and trademarks found on this Site. By making them available on this Site, Frers is not granting you any license to utilize those proprietary logos, service marks, or trademarks. Any unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and criminal statutes. You may download one (1) copy only of the Content to be used only by you for your personal use at home, unless the subsite you are accessing states that you may not. If you download any Content from this Site, you may not remove any copyright or trademark notices or other notices that go with it. FRERS’ RIGHTS TO USER’S MATERIAL If you send any communications or materials to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any comments, data, questions, suggestions, or the like, all such communications are, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Thus, you give up any claim that any use of such material violates any of your rights including moral rights, privacy rights, proprietary or other property rights, publicity rights, rights to credit for material or ideas, or any other right, including the right to approve the way Frers uses such material. Any material submitted to this Site may be adapted, broadcast, changed, copied, disclosed, licensed, performed, posted, published, sold, transmitted, or used by Frers anywhere in the world, in any medium, forever. Furthermore, Frers is free to use, without any compensation to you, any concepts, ideas, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information. However, you agree and understand that Frers is not obligated to use any such ideas or materials, and you have no rights to compel such use. LINKS This website may contain links to other Internet sites on the World Wide Web. Frers provides such links for your convenience only, and is not responsible for the content of any website linked to or from this Site. Links from this Site to any other website do not mean that Frers approves of, endorses, or recommends that website. Frers disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy, legality, reliability, or validity of any content on any other website. FRERS’ RIGHT TO CHANGE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OR CONTENT ON THE SITE Frers may add to, change, or remove any part of these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time, without notice. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use or any terms posted on this Site apply as soon as they are posted. By continuing to use this Site after any changes are posted, you are indicating your acceptance of those changes. Frers may add, change, discontinue, remove, or suspend any other Content posted on this Site, including features and specifications of products described or depicted on the Site, temporarily or permanently, at any time, without notice and without liability. DISCLAIMER OF WARRENTIES AND DAMAGES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS SITE (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT AND FUNCTIONS MADE AVAILABLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE) IS PROVIDED “AS IS”. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, WITH REGARD TO THE CONTENT ON THIS SITE, FRERS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (1) FOR THE ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY CONTENT PUBLISHED ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE; (2) THAT THE SERVER THAT MAKES THIS SITE AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER COMPONENTS THAT MAY INFECT, HARM, OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY WHEN YOU ACCESS, BROWSE, DOWNLOAD FROM, OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE. ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY YOUR PRIVACY At Frers we believe that, as our online visitor, you have a right to know our practices regarding the information we collect when you visit our websites, and what type of information is collected. The guidelines contained herein only apply to your visits to www.germanfrers.net. This includes web pages on www.germanfrers.net that contain “germanfrers.net” in their URLs, but does not include any redirect URLs that link the user to another internet domain. Other websites which are linked to/from www.germanfrers.net (including other Frers affiliates, and via banner ads) may have different policies; therefore, please review the privacy policy notices on those websites for details. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION: COOKIES; PERSONAL For each visitor to www.germanfrers.net, Frers’ web server automatically recognizes and stores information, such as the visitor’s IP address/domain name combination and any referring websites. We use this information to understand visitor traffic patterns through our websites for purposes such as enhancing their usability. Your computer provides this information automatically each time you log on, unless you've activated blocking technology available in some browsers. When you visit Frers’ website or advertisements appearing thereon we may use an industry-wide technology called “cookies” which stores certain information on your computer and which will allow us to customize your experience to better match your interests and preferences, or to simply facilitate your signing in to use the services. Most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However, if you block or erase cookies, we may not be able to restore any preferences or customization settings you previously specified, and our ability to personalize your online experience would be limited. Please refer to your browser instructions or “help” screen to learn more about these functions. POLICY GOVERNS USE; CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY The terms of this policy will govern the use and any information collected while it is in place. Frers reserves the right to change this policy at any time, so please re-visit this page as often as you wish. In case of any material change, we will make a notation into the homepage like a news link. Changes to this privacy policy are effective at the time they are posted to this Site, and your continued use of this Site after posting will constitute acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes. QUESTIONS If you have any questions or comments about our personal information practices or about this privacy statement, please feel free to send us an e-mail at dgallazzi@germanfrers.net. To report any technical problems with this website, you can e-mail the Web Master at: andrea@paginebusiness.com