These terms govern your use of www.skaah.media, operated by SKAAH Hospitality GmbH, Glärnischstrasse 39, 8152 Opfikon, Switzerland (“SKAAH Media”, “we”). By using the website you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.
1. The service
SKAAH Media publishes news, analysis, commentary and video. Access is currently free and needs no account. We may change, suspend or withdraw any part of the website at any time without notice, and we may restrict or block access for anyone who breaches these terms.
2. Information, not advice
Content is for general information only. It is not financial, investment, legal or tax advice. The Disclaimer forms part of these terms.
3. Intellectual property
The website and its content, including text, headlines, graphics, logos, video, layout and software, are protected by copyright and other rights owned by SKAAH Hospitality GmbH or its licensors. “SKAAH” and “SKAAH Media” and their logos are brand names and signs of the SKAAH group and may not be used without written permission.
4. What you may do
- Read, watch and share links to our content for personal, non-commercial use.
- Quote short extracts with a clear credit to SKAAH Media and a link to the original article.
- Use the share buttons provided.
5. What you may not do
- Republish, syndicate, translate or sell our content, in whole or in substantial part, without our written permission.
- Remove credits, bylines or copyright notices.
- Copy or collect content by automated means, including scraping and crawling, beyond what our robots.txt file allows.
- Use our content to train, fine-tune or evaluate artificial intelligence or machine learning systems without our written licence.
- Frame the website or present our content as your own.
- Use our name, logo or content to suggest that we endorse a product, a service or a view.
- Interfere with the website’s operation or security, or attempt to gain unauthorised access.
- Use the website for any unlawful purpose.
For republication or licensing requests, write to legal@skaah.media.
6. Material you send us
If you send us a story tip, letter, comment, picture or other material, you confirm that you are entitled to send it and that it is lawful. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, edit and publish it in connection with our journalism. We are not obliged to publish anything you send, and we may edit or remove it. You will compensate us for claims by third parties that arise because material you sent us breached these terms. Reader comments are not open at present. If they are opened, comments that are unlawful, abusive, defamatory, discriminatory or promotional will be removed.
7. Third-party content, links and advertising
The website contains links to third-party websites and may carry advertising and sponsored content, which is labelled as such. We are not responsible for third-party websites, products or services.
8. Rights complaints and takedown requests
If you believe content on the website infringes your copyright, personality rights or other rights, write to legal@skaah.media with:
- your name and contact details
- the link to the content concerned
- the right you say is infringed and why
- the action you are asking for
We review every request promptly. Requests for factual corrections follow the Editorial Policy.
9. No warranty
The website is provided “as is” and “as available”. We do not guarantee that it will be uninterrupted, free of errors or free of harmful components, or that content is complete, accurate or current.
10. Liability
To the extent permitted by law, the liability of SKAAH Hospitality GmbH, its management, employees, contributors and other auxiliary persons is excluded. This applies in particular to slight negligence, to indirect and consequential loss such as lost profit or lost data, and to loss arising from use of, or inability to use, the website, from reliance on its content, or from third-party content and links. Liability for unlawful intent and gross negligence, and any other liability that cannot be excluded under Swiss law, is not affected.
11. Privacy
The Privacy Notice and Cookie Notice explain how we handle personal data.
12. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The version published on this page applies from its date. Continued use of the website after a change means you accept it.
13. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms are governed by Swiss substantive law, excluding its conflict of law rules. The courts at the registered office of SKAAH Hospitality GmbH have exclusive jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory place of jurisdiction, in particular for consumers.
14. General
If any provision of these terms is invalid, the remaining provisions stay in force. If we do not enforce a provision, that is not a waiver of it. The English version of these terms prevails over any translation.
SKAAH Hospitality GmbH, Glärnischstrasse 39, 8152 Opfikon, Switzerland. Email: legal@skaah.media.
