Terms and Conditions

Lindt Cocoa Foundation is the owner or authorized user of all copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in all text, images and additional content on the website. We allow you to browse the website and reproduce extracts for your own use, but please keep intact all copyright and trademark notices. Reproduction, sale or use for commercial purpose is not permitted. You guarantee that you are the owner of all the rights over any submission, including without limitation idea, feedback or know-how on the Sites or have obtained permission to share it with us. You also agree that Lindt Chocolate Competence Foundation is allowed to re-use your submission free of compensation. Additional information (such as images, text, files, media) which you may have access to on the Sites is the sole responsibility of the source from which such content originated. LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION does not guarantee that your use of any content presented on the Sites will not infringe rights of third parties.

Any personal data that you share with us via Internet is protected according to our Privacy Notice. We invite you to read this Privacy Notice carefully before providing us with any personal data. Additional information or material communicated to LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION through Internet, via electronic mail or otherwise, including any files, comments and suggestions are and will be rendered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You shall refrain from utilizing our website to infringe anyone’s privacy and/or denigrate LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION, its users or partners or attack our systems with viruses or security issues. You may link to our website, provided that you do not suggest in any way that you are affiliated with or endorsed by us. You shall not use “framing”, “deep linking” or similar practices and must guarantee that the link to the Site opens in a separate window.

Although our aim is to offer you the best service possible, we make no promise that the services on the Sites will meet your standards, that the services will be fault-less, or that the Sites will be available at all times. As a service to our visitors, our website may comprise hypertext links redirecting to other Sites that are not operated or controlled by LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION. LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION shall not be considered accountable for these sites and hence declines all responsibility and liability in relation to their content, lawfulness, accuracy or functions. Whilst LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION makes reasonable efforts to exclude viruses or other destructive computer codes from the Sites, it does not give any assurance and assumes no liability in relation to viruses or such computer codes. To the extent permissible by any applicable law, LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION, its officers, board members, managing directors, employees, or agents  exclude all liability and responsibility for direct or indirect loss or damage of whatever nature (including but not limited to loss of profits or anticipated savings or wasted expenditure) arising from or in connection with your access to, use of, or reliance on our website, regardless of whether such loss or damage would arise in the ordinary course of events, is reasonably foreseeable, or is caused by any error or omission in the Sites (whether negligent or not). In addition, LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION, its officers, board members, managing directors, employees, or agents, exclude in any case all liability and responsibility whatsoever in connection with your use of or access to linked third party websites. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you expressly waive all claims against LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION, its officers, board members, managing directors, employees, or agents that may arise from your use or access of our website.

These Terms and Conditions as well as the use of this Website are governed in accordance with or abiding by Swiss substantial law, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws. For any dispute or claim relating to these Terms and Conditions and the use of the Sites the exclusive place of jurisdiction shall be Zurich (city district no. 1), Switzerland. LINDT COCOA FOUNDATION, however, has the right to initiate proceedings at any other competent court. This Website is operated by or on behalf of Lindt Cocoa Foundation, registered in Switzerland under number CHE-472.907.355 and located at Seestrasse 204, 8802 Kilchberg, Switzerland. If you have any questions regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact us via the online form: , or write to us at the address mentioned above. If any of these Terms are found to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, such terms shall be deleted from the Terms and Conditions and the remaining enforceable terms shall continue in full force and effect.