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The following provides mandatory data concerning the provider of
this Website, obligations with regard to data protection, as well
as other important legal references involving the Website concerning
the LISA Brownbag and GWs Notes at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational
Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) (http://brownbag.lisascience.org/)
as required by German law.

Provider
The provider of this Website within the legal meaning of the term
is the registered association Max Planck Society for the
Advancement of Science.

Address
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Tel.: +49 (0) 89 2108 – 0
Internet: www.mpg.de
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Register of Societies and Associations
The Max Planck Society is registered in the Official
Register of Societies and Associations at Berlin-Charlottenburg
Local Court under the register number VR 13378 B.

Legal Representation
The Max Planck Society is legally represented by its Board of
Directors which, in turn, is represented by the President of
the Society, Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss and by Secretary General Dr. Barbara
Bludau.

Value Added Tax Identification Number
The value added tax identification number of the Max Planck Society is
DE 129517720.

Editors
Pau Amaro-Seoane and Bernard Schutz
Max-Planck Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik (Albert Einstein-Institut)
Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam

Legal Structure
The Max Planck Society is a non-profit research facility which is
organized
as a registered association. All of the institutes and facilities of the
Max Planck Society are largely autonomous in terms of organization and
research, but as a rule have no legal capacity of their own.

Foreign Language Pages
To the extent that parts of this Website are offered in languages other
than German, this represents a service exclusively for staff and guests
of the Max Planck Society who are not proficient in German.

Data Protection
Data Collection and Processing
Visits to this Website are logged. The anonymized IP address currently
used by your computer, as well as further technical data pertaining to
the data call is recorded.

No cookies are used within the scope of this Internet session.

Data is evaluated only for statistical purposes in anonymized form.
No personal user profiles are created.

The data protection officer of the Max Planck Society is available for
questions concerning the topic of data protection at dsb@gv.mpg.de
or +49 (0) 89-2108-1317.

Data Transmission
Your personal data will only be transmitted to government organizations
and authorities in legally required cases and/or for prosecution in the
event of attacks on our network infrastructure. Your personal data are
not provided to third parties for any other purpose.

Liability for Contents of Online Information
In accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 1 of the Tele-Media Law, the
Max Planck Society shall be responsible for its own contents according
to general legal provisions. The Max Planck Society makes every effort
to provide timely and accurate information on this Website.
Nevertheless, errors and inaccuracies cannot be completely ruled out.
Therefore, the Max Planck Society does not assume any liability for the
information provided being up-to-date as well as its accuracy,
completeness
or quality. The Max Planck Society shall not be liable for damage of a
tangible or intangible nature caused directly or indirectly through the
use or failure to use the information offered and/or through the use of
faulty or incomplete information unless it is verifiably culpable of
intent or gross negligence. The same shall apply to any software
downloads
available free of charge. The Max Planck Society reserves the right to
modify, supplement, or delete any or all of the information offered on
its Website, or to temporarily or permanently cease publication thereof
without prior and separate notification.

Links to Websites of Third Parties
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links are blue or green and underlined.

The respective provider shall be responsible for the contents of any
linked external pages. In establishing the initial link, the Max Planck
Society has reviewed the respective external content in order to
determine
whether such link entailed possible civil or criminal responsibility.
However, a constant review of linked external pages is unreasonable
without concrete indication of a violation of rights.. If the Max Planck
Society discovers or is pointed out by others that an external offer
linked
to by the Max Planck Society causes civil or criminal responsibility,
the
Max Planck Society will immediately eliminate any link to this offer.
The Max Planck Society expressly dissociates itself from such contents.

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