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The parties agree to arbitrate all disputes and claims in regards to these Terms andConditions or any disputes arising as a result of these Terms and Conditions, whether directly orindirectly, including Tort claims that are a result of these Terms and Conditions. The parties agreethat the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. Theentire dispute, including the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision shall bedetermined by the Arbitrator. This arbitration provision shall survive the termination of these Termsand Conditions. Class Action Waiver Any arbitration under these Terms and Conditions will take place on an individual basis; classarbitrations and class/representative/collective actions are not permitted. 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If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid orunenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers andliability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemedsuperseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the originalprovision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the userand DB MEDIA with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneouscommunications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and DBMEDIA with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given inelectronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relatingto this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other businessdocuments and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wishto the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English. Changes to Terms DB MEDIA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under whichMASTERYOURGERMAN.COM is offered. The most current version of the Terms willsupersede all previous versions. DB MEDIA encourages you to periodically review the Terms tostay informed of our updates.Contact UsDB MEDIA welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:DB Media Productions LLC12 Bolling LaneBethesda, Maryland 20817This is a RocketLawyer.com document. Page 6 of 7Email Address:termsofuse@dbmediaproductions.comTelephone number:(301)365 09-00Effective as of August 01, 2023 × Privacy Policy Who we are Master Your German is dedicated to help students improve their German language skills, and inform them about German culture, as well as the way of live in German speaking countries or regions such as Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Our website address is: https://masteryourgerman.com. Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. 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