Privacy Policy

Data Protection

We have drafted this privacy statement (version 01.02.2021-311257055) in order to provide you with information in accordance with the requirements of the Primary Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. to explain what information we collect, how we use data and what choices you have as a visitor to this website.

Unfortunately, by their very nature, these explanations sound very technical, but we have tried to describe the most important things as simply and clearly as possible. as possible.


Automatic Data Storage

When you visit websites these days, certain information is automatically created and stored, and this website is no exception.

When you visit our website, as you are doing right now, our web server (computer on which this website is stored) automatically stores data such as

  • the address (URL) of the web page you are visiting
  • browser and browser version
  • the operating system used
  • the address (URL) of the previously visited page (referrer URL)
  • the host name and IP address of the device from which access is made
  • date and time

in files (web server log files).

As a rule, web server log files are stored for a fortnight and then automatically deleted. We do not pass on this data, but cannot exclude the possibility that this data may be used in the event of illegal behaviour. data may be viewed in the event of unlawful behaviour.


Cookies

Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.
Below we explain what cookies are and why they are used so that you can better understand the following privacy policy.

What exactly are cookies?

Whenever you browse the internet, you use a browser. Popular browsers include Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Most websites store small text files in your browser. These files are called cookies.

One thing cannot be denied: Cookies are really useful little helpers. Almost all websites use cookies. To be more precise, they are HTTP cookies, as there are also other cookies for other applications. HTTP cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by our website. These cookie files are automatically in the cookie folder, which is the "brain" of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. When defining a cookie, one or more additional attributes must also be specified.

Cookies store certain user data about you, such as language or personal page settings. When you return to our site, your browser transmits the "user-related" information to our site. "user-related" information back to our site. Thanks to the cookies, our website knows who you are and offers you your usual default setting. In some browsers each cookie has its own file, in others, such as Firefox, all cookies are stored in a single file.

There are both first-party cookies and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our site, third-party cookies are created by partner websites (e.g. Google Analytics). Google Analytics). Each cookie is to be evaluated individually, as each cookie stores different data. The expiry time of a cookie also varies from a few minutes to Cookies are not software programs and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other "pests". Cookies also cannot access information on your PC.

This is what cookie data can look like, for example:

  • Name: _ga
  • Duration: 2 years
  • Use: distinguishing website visitors
  • Beispielhafter Wert: GA1.2.1326744211.152311257055

A browser should support the following minimum sizes:

  • A cookie should be able to contain at least 4096 bytes
  • A minimum of 50 cookies should be stored per domain
  • A total of at least 3000 cookies should be able to be stored

What are the different types of cookies?

The question of which cookies we use in particular depends on the services used and is clarified in the following sections of the privacy policy. At this point we would like to briefly discuss the different types of HTTP cookies.

There are 4 types of cookies:

Unconditionally necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary to ensure basic functions of the website. For example, these cookies are needed when a user places a product in the shopping basket, then continues surfing on other pages and only goes to the checkout later. These cookies do not delete the shopping cart, even if the user closes his browser window. browser window.

Functional cookies
These cookies collect information about user behaviour and whether the user receives any error messages. In addition, these cookies are also used to The loading time and the behaviour of the website with different browsers are also measured with the help of these cookies.

Target-oriented cookies
These cookies ensure a better user experience. For example, locations entered, font sizes or form data are saved. stored.

Advertising cookies
These cookies are also called targeting cookies. They are used to deliver individually adapted advertising to the user. This can be very practical, but but also very annoying.

Usually, when you visit a website for the first time, you are asked which of these cookie types you want to allow. And of course this decision is also stored in a cookie. stored.

How can I delete cookies?

You decide how and whether you want to use cookies. Regardless of which service or website the cookies originate from, you always have the option to delete, only partially allow or deactivate cookies. delete, only partially allow or disable cookies. For example, you can block third-party cookies but allow all other cookies.

If you want to find out which cookies have been stored in your browser, if you want to change or delete cookie settings, you can do this in your browser settings find:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Delete cookies to remove data that websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: deleting and managing cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you generally don't want cookies, you can set your browser to notify you whenever a cookie is about to be set. In this way, you can decide for each individual cookie, you can decide whether or not to allow the cookie. The procedure varies depending on the browser. The best thing to do is to search for the instructions in Google with the search term Search term "Delete Cookies Chrome" or "Disable Cookies Chrome" in the case of a Chrome browser or replace the word "Chrome" with the name of your browser, e.g. Edge, Firefox, Safari.

What about my privacy?

The so-called "Cookie Guidelines" have been in place since 2009. These state that storing cookies requires your consent. Within the EU countries, however, there are reactions to these directives vary widely. In Germany, the Cookie Directives have not been implemented as national law. Instead, the implementation of Instead, this directive was largely implemented in Section 15 (3) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG).

If you would like to know more about cookies and are not afraid of technical documentation, we recommend https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments called "HTTP State Management Mechanism".


Storage of personal data

Personal data that you submit to us electronically on this website, such as your name, email address, address or other personal details in the context of submitting a form or comments on the blog, together with the time and IP address, will only be used by us for the stated purpose, kept secure and not passed on to third parties. third parties.

We therefore only use your personal data to communicate with those visitors who expressly wish to be contacted and to process the services and products offered on this website. services and products offered on this website. We do not pass on your personal data without your consent, but we cannot rule out the possibility that this data may be accessed in the event of unlawful conduct. be viewed.

If you send us personal data by e-mail - thus away from this website - we cannot guarantee secure transmission and protection of your data. We recommend that you, never send confidential data unencrypted by e-mail.

The legal basis exists according to Article 6  paragraph 1a GDPR (lawfulness of processing) in that you give us consent to process the data you have entered. You can revoke this consent at any time - an informal e-mail is sufficient, you will find our contact details in the imprint.


Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation

You are generally entitled to the following rights according to the provisions of the GDPR:

  • Right of rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") (Article 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
  • Right to be notified - Obligation to notify in connection with the rectification or erasure of personal data or the restriction of processing (Article 19 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
  • Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling (Article 22 GDPR)

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have otherwise been infringed in any way, you can contact contact the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).


Analysis of visitor behaviour

In the following data protection declaration, we inform you whether and how we evaluate data from your visit to this website. The evaluation of the collected data is generally carried out anonymous and we cannot draw any conclusions about your person from your behaviour on this website.

You can find out more about ways to object to this analysis of your visit data in the following data protection declaration.


TLS encryption with https

We use https to transmit data securely over the Internet (data protection through technical design). Article 25(1) DSGVO). Through the By using TLS (Transport Layer Security), an encryption protocol for secure data transmission on the Internet, we can ensure the protection of confidential data. You can recognise the use of this data transmission security by the small lock symbol at the top left of the browser and the use of the https scheme (instead of http) as part of our Internet address.


Google Maps Privacy Policy

We use Google Maps from Google Inc. on our website. Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services in Europe. responsible for all Google services. Google Maps enables us to better show you locations and thus adapt our service to your needs. Through the use of Google Maps, data is data is transferred to Google and stored on Google servers. Here we would like to go into more detail about what Google Maps is, why we use this Google service, what data is stored and how you can prevent this. data is stored and how you can prevent this.

What is Google Maps?

Google Maps is an internet mapping service provided by Google. With Google Maps, you can search online via a PC, tablet or app for exact locations of cities, places of interest, accommodation or businesses online using a PC, tablet or app. If companies are represented on Google My Business, further information about the company is displayed in addition to the location. To show the To show how to get there, map sections of a location can be integrated into a website using HTML code. Google Maps shows the surface of the earth as a street map or as an aerial or satellite image. aerial or satellite image. Thanks to the Street View images and the high-quality satellite images, very accurate representations are possible.

Why do we use Google Maps on our website?

All our efforts on this site are aimed at providing you with a useful and meaningful time on our website. By integrating Google Maps, we are able to provide you with the most provide you with the most important information on various locations. You can see at a glance where we are located. The directions always show you the best or fastest way to reach us. to us. You can call up the directions for routes by car, public transport, on foot or by bicycle. For us, the provision of Google Maps is part of our customer service.

What data is stored by Google Maps?

In order for Google Maps to fully provide their service, the company needs to collect and store data from you. This includes, among other things, the search terms you enter, your IP address and also the latitude and longitude coordinates. If you use the route planner function, the starting address you entered is also stored. However, this data storage takes place on the web pages of Google Maps. We can only inform you about this, but cannot influence it. Since we have integrated Google Maps into our website, Google sets at least one cookie (name: NID) in your browser. This cookie stores data about your user behaviour. Google uses this data primarily to optimise its own services and to provide you with individual, personalised advertising, personalised advertising for you.

The following cookie is set in your browser due to the integration of Google Maps:

Name: NID
. Wert: 188=h26c1Ktha7fCQTx8rXgLyATyITJ311257055-5
Purpose: NID is used by Google to customise advertisements to your Google searches. With the help of the cookie, Google "remembers" your most frequently search queries or your previous interaction with ads. This way you will always get tailored ads. The cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to collect your personal preferences for advertising purposes.
Expiration date: after 6 months.

Note: We cannot guarantee completeness in the details of the stored data. Especially when using cookies, changes can never be ruled out. never be excluded. In order to identify the cookie NID, a separate test page was created where only Google Maps was integrated.

How long and where are the data stored?

Google servers are located in data centres around the world. However, most servers are located in America. For this reason, your data is increasingly stored in the USA. USA. You can find out exactly where Google's data centres are located here: Google's data centres

Google distributes the data on different data carriers. This means that the data can be accessed more quickly and is better protected against any attempts at manipulation. Each data centre also has also have special emergency programmes. If, for example, there are problems with Google's hardware or a natural disaster paralyses the servers, the data will still be protected. protected.

Google stores some data for a set period of time. For other data, Google only offers the option of deleting it manually. The company also anonymises information information (such as advertising data) in server logs by deleting part of the IP address and cookie information after 9 and 18 months respectively.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

With the automatic deletion of location and activity data introduced in 2019, location and web/app activity information will be stored - depending on your decision - for either stored for either 3 or 18 months and then deleted. In addition, you can also manually delete this data from your history at any time via your Google Account. If you want to completely completely, you must pause the "Web and App Activity" section in your Google Account. Click "Data and personalisation" and then on the option "Activity setting". Here you can switch the activities on or off.

In your browser, you can also deactivate, delete or manage individual cookies. Depending on which browser you use, this always works slightly differently. The following instructions show how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Delete, activate and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: clear cookies to remove data that websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: deleting and managing cookies

Microsoft Edge: deleting and managing cookies

If you generally don't want cookies, you can set your browser to notify you whenever a cookie is about to be set. In this way, you can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow it or not.

Google is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which governs the accurate and secure transfer of personal data. More information can be found at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI. If you want to learn more about Google's data processing, we recommend you read the company's in-house privacy policy at. https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.


Google Fonts privacy policy

We use Google Fonts on our website. These are the "Google Fonts" of the company Google Inc. For the European area, the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services.

You do not have to log in or enter a password to use Google fonts. Furthermore, no cookies are stored in your browser. The files (CSS, fonts) are requested via the Google domains fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com. According to Google, the requests for CSS and fonts are completely separate from all other other Google services. If you have a Google account, you do not need to worry about your Google account information being transmitted to Google while using Google Fonts. Google records the use of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and the fonts used and stores this data securely. We will take a closer look at exactly how this data is stored. in detail.

What are Google Fonts?

Google Fonts (formerly Google Web Fonts) is a directory of over 800 fonts that Google makes available to its users free of charge. free of charge.

Many of these fonts are released under the SIL Open Font License while others are released under the Apache License . Both are free software licences.

Why do we use Google Fonts on our website?

Google Fonts allows us to use fonts on our own website, but we don't have to upload them to our own server. Google Fonts is an important part of keeping the quality of our website high. quality of our website. All Google Fonts are automatically optimised for the web and this saves data volume and is a great advantage especially for the use with mobile devices. a great advantage. When you visit our site, the low file size ensures a fast loading time. Furthermore, Google Fonts are secure web fonts. Different image synthesis systems (rendering) in different browsers, operating systems and mobile devices can lead to errors. Such errors can sometimes distort the appearance of texts or visually distorted. Thanks to the fast Content Delivery Network (CDN), there are no cross-platform problems with Google Fonts. Google Fonts supports all common browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera) and works reliably on most modern mobile operating systems, including Android 2.2+ and iOS 4.2+ (iPhone, iPad, iPod). So we use Google Fonts so that we can present our entire online service as beautifully and consistently as possible.

What data is stored by Google?

When you visit our website, the fonts are reloaded via a Google server. This external call-up transmits data to the Google servers. In this way Google also recognises that you or your IP address are visiting our website. The Google Fonts API was developed to reduce the use, storage and collection of end-user data to what is necessary for the proper provision of fonts. By the way, API stands for "Application Programming Interface" and serves, among other things, as a data transmitter in the software sector.

Google Fonts stores CSS and font requests securely at Google and is therefore protected. are well received. Google publishes the results on internal analysis pages, such as Google Analytics. In addition, Google also uses data from its own web crawler to determine which websites are using Google fonts. This data is published in the Google Fonts BigQuery database. Entrepreneurs and developers use the Google web service BigQuery to be able to examine and move large amounts of data.

It is important to remember, however, that each Google Font request also sends information such as language settings, IP address, browser version, browser screen resolution and browser name automatically to the Google Web Service. browser name are automatically transmitted to the Google servers. Whether this data is also stored cannot be clearly determined or is not clearly communicated by Google.

How long and where is the data stored?

Google stores requests for CSS assets for one day on its servers, which are mainly located outside the EU. This allows us, with the help of a Google stylesheet, to use the to use the fonts. A stylesheet is a format template that can be used to easily and quickly change the design or font of a website, for example.

The font files are stored by Google for one year. Google's aim is to fundamentally improve the loading time of websites. If millions of web pages refer to the same fonts, they are cached after the first visit and immediately reappear on all other websites visited later. Sometimes Google updates font files to reduce file size, increase language coverage and improve design.

How can I delete or prevent my data from being stored?

The data that Google stores for a day or a year cannot simply be deleted. The data is automatically transmitted to Google when the page is accessed. To delete this data you will need to contact Google support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=311257055. You can only prevent data storage in this case if you do not visit our site.

Unlike other web fonts, Google allows us unlimited access to all fonts. We can therefore access an unlimited sea of fonts and thus get the most out of our website. for our website. You can find out more about Google Fonts and other issues at. https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=311257055. There, Google does go into privacy-related matters, but really detailed information about data storage is not included. It is relatively difficult to get really precise information from Google about stored data.

You can also find out what data is basically collected by Google and what it is used for on https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.


Google Fonts Local Privacy Policy

On our website, we use Google Fonts from Google Inc. For the European region, the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible. responsible. We have integrated the Google fonts locally, i.e. on our web server - not on Google's servers. This means that there is no connection to Google servers and therefore and therefore no data transfer or storage.

What are Google Fonts?

Google Fonts used to be called Google Web Fonts. This is an interactive directory of over 800 fonts that can be Google provides for free. With Google Fonts, you could use fonts without uploading them to your own server. uploading them. But in order to prevent any transfer of information to Google servers in this regard, we have downloaded the fonts to our server. In this way we act data protection compliant and do not send any data to Google Fonts.

Unlike other web fonts, Google allows us unlimited access to all fonts. This means we have unlimited access to a sea of fonts and can thus get the most out of our website. for our website. You can find out more about Google Fonts and other issues at. https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=311257055.


Embedded social media elements privacy policy

We embed elements of social media services on our website to display images, videos and text.
. When you visit pages that display these elements, data is transferred from your browser to the respective social media service and stored there. We have no access to this data. this data.
The following links will take you to the pages of the respective social media services where it is explained how they handle your data:


YouTube privacy policy

We have incorporated YouTube videos on our website. This allows us to present interesting videos directly on our site. YouTube is a video portal that since 2006 has been a subsidiary of Google since 2006. The video portal is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you call up a page on our website that has an embedded YouTube video, your browser automatically connects to the YouTube or Google servers. In the process, various data are transmitted (depending on the settings). Google is responsible for Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all data processing in Europe.

In the following, we would like to explain in more detail which data is processed, why we have integrated YouTube videos and how you can manage or delete your data.

What is YouTube?

On YouTube, users can watch, rate, comment and upload videos for free. Over the last few years, YouTube has become one of the most important social media channels in the world. To enable us to display videos on our website, YouTube provides a code snippet that we have built into our site.

Why do we use YouTube videos on our website?

YouTube is the video platform with the most visitors and the best content. We are committed to providing you with the best possible user experience on our website. And of course interesting videos can't be missing. With the help of our embedded videos, we provide you with further helpful content in addition to our texts and images. In addition, our website is found more easily on the Google search engine through the embedded videos. Also, when we run ads through Google Ads, the data we collect allows Google to show those ads only to people who are interested. Google can only show these ads to people who are interested in what we have to offer.

What data is stored by YouTube?

As soon as you visit one of our pages that has a YouTube video embedded, YouTube sets at least one cookie that stores your IP address and our URL. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can usually associate your interactions on our website with your profile using cookies. This includes data such as session duration, bounce rate, approximate location, technical information such as browser type, screen resolution or your internet service provider. Other data may include contact details, any ratings, sharing of content via social media or adding to your profile. via social media or adding to your favourites on YouTube.

If you are not signed into a Google Account or YouTube account, Google stores data with a unique identifier associated with your device, browser or app. So your preferred language setting is retained, for example. But a lot of interaction data can't be stored because fewer cookies are set.

In the following list, we show cookies that were set in the browser in a test. On the one hand, we show cookies that are set without a logged-in YouTube account. On the other hand cookies that are set with a logged-in account. The list cannot claim to be complete because the user data always depends on the interactions on YouTube.

Name: YSC
Value: b9-CV6ojI5Y311257055-1
Purpose: This cookie registers a unique ID to store statistics of the video watched.
Expiration date: after the end of the session.

Name: PREF
. Value: f1=50000000
Purpose: This cookie also registers your unique ID. Google gets statistics about how you use YouTube videos on our website via PREF.
. Expiration date: after 8 months.

Name: GPS
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie registers your unique ID on mobile devices to track GPS location.
Expiration date: after 30 minutes.

Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Value: 95Chz8bagyU
Purpose: This cookie attempts to estimate the user's bandwidth on our web pages (with embedded YouTube video).
Expiration date: after 8 months.

Other cookies set when you are logged in with your YouTube account:

Name: APISID
Value: zILlvClZSkqGsSwI/AU1aZI6HY7311257055-
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile about your interests. The data is used for personalised advertisements. Expiration date: after 2 years.

Name: CONSENT
. Value: YES+AT.en+20150628-20-0
Purpose: The cookie stores the status of a user's consent to use different services from Google. CONSENT is also used for security purposes to verify users and and to protect user data from unauthorised attacks. Expiration date: after 19 years.

Name: HSID
Value: AcRwpgUik9Dveht0I
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile about your interests. This data helps to display personalised advertising.
Expiration date: after 2 years.

Name: LOGIN_INFO
Value: AFmmF2swRQIhALl6aL...
Purpose: This cookie stores information about your login details.
. Expiration date: after 2 years.

Name: SAPISID
Value: 7oaPxoG-pZsJuuF5/AnUdDUIsJ9iJz2vdM
Purpose: This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. It is used to create a profile about your interests. create.
Expiration date: after 2 years.

Name: SID
Value: oQfNKjAsI311257055-
Purpose: This cookie stores your Google Account ID and your last login time in digitally signed and encrypted form.
Expiration date: after 2 years.

Name: SIDCC
Value: AN0-TYuqub2JOcDTyL
Purpose: This cookie stores information about how you use the website and what advertisements you may have seen before visiting our site.
Expiration date: after 3 months.

How long and where is the data stored?

The data that YouTube receives from you and processes is stored on Google servers. Most of these servers are located in America. At Google's data centres  you can see exactly where Google's data centres are located. Your data is distributed across the servers. This means that the data can be accessed more quickly and is better protected against manipulation.

Google stores the collected data for different lengths of time. Some data can be deleted at any time, others are automatically deleted after a limited period of time and still others are stored by Google for a longer period of time. stored by Google for a longer period of time. Some data (such as My Activity items, photos or documents, products) stored in your Google Account will remain stored until you delete it. stored until you delete it. Even if you are not signed in to a Google Account, you can delete some data associated with your device, browser or app.

How can I delete my data or prevent data from being stored?

Basically, you can delete data in your Google Account manually. With the automatic deletion feature of location and activity data introduced in 2019, information will be stored depending on your decision - either stored for 3 or 18 months and then deleted.

Whether you have a Google account or not, you can configure your browser to delete or disable cookies from Google. Depending on the browser you use you use, this works in different ways. The following instructions show how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: clear cookies to remove data that websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: deleting and managing cookies

Microsoft Edge: deleting and managing cookies

If you do not want cookies as a matter of principle, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. In this way, you can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow it or not. As YouTube is a subsidiary of Google, there is a joint privacy policy. If you would like to find out more about your data, we recommend that you read the data protection declaration at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.


Google reCAPTCHA privacy policy

Our primary goal is to keep our website as secure and safe as possible for you and for us. In order to ensure this, we use Google reCAPTCHA from the company Google Inc. Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services in Europe. With reCAPTCHA we can determine whether you really are a flesh and blood human being and not a robot or other spam software. By spam we mean any unsolicited information sent to us electronically. that comes to us in an unsolicited manner. With the classic CAPTCHAS, you usually had to solve text or picture puzzles to check. With reCAPTCHA from Google, we don't have to bother you with such puzzles. with such riddles. Here, in most cases, it is enough to simply tick a box and thus confirm that you are not a bot. With the new Invisible reCAPTCHA version, you no longer have to no longer have to set a check mark. You will find out exactly how this works and, above all, what data is used for this purpose in the course of this privacy policy.

What is reCAPTCHA?

reCAPTCHA is a free captcha service from Google that protects websites from spam software and abuse by non-human visitors. The most common use of this service is when filling out forms on the internet. A captcha service is a kind of automatic Turing test that is designed to ensure that an action on the internet is performed by a human and not a bot. not by a bot. In the classic Turing test (named after the computer scientist Alan Turing), a human determines the distinction between a bot and a human. With captchas, the computer the computer or a software programme. Classical captchas work with small tasks that are easy for humans to solve, but present considerable difficulties for machines. for machines. With reCAPTCHA, you no longer have to actively solve puzzles. The tool uses modern risk techniques to distinguish humans from bots. All you have to do here is tick the text box "I am not a robot" or, with Invisible reCAPTCHA, even that is no longer necessary. With reCAPTCHA, a JavaScript element is integrated into the source code and then the tool runs in the background and analyses your user behaviour. in the background and analyses your user behaviour. From these user actions, the software calculates a so-called captcha score. Google uses this score to calculate before the Google uses this score to calculate the probability that you are a human before you enter the captcha. reCAPTCHA or captchas in general are always used when bots perform certain actions (e.g. registrations, surveys, etc.). registrations, surveys, etc.) could be manipulated or abused.

Why do we use reCAPTCHA on our website?

We only want to welcome flesh and blood people to our site. Bots or spam software of any kind can safely stay at home. That's why we pull out all the stops to to protect ourselves and offer you the best possible user experience. For this reason, we use Google reCAPTCHA from Google. So we can be pretty sure that we remain a "bot-free" website. By using reCAPTCHA, data is transmitted to Google to determine whether you are really a human being. reCAPTCHA is therefore used to ensure the security of our website and, by extension, your security. For example, without reCAPTCHA, it could happen that a bot registers as many e-mail addresses as possible during a registration e-mail addresses in order to "spam" forums or blogs with unwanted advertising content. With reCAPTCHA, we can avoid such bot attacks.

What data is stored by reCAPTCHA?

reCAPTCHA collects personal data from users in order to determine whether the actions on our website actually originate from people. It can therefore send the IP address and other data, that Google requires for the reCAPTCHA service may be sent to Google. IP addresses are almost always shortened beforehand within the member states of the EU or other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. European Economic Area are almost always shortened before the data ends up on a server in the USA. The IP address will not be combined with other data from Google unless you have are logged in with your Google account while using reCAPTCHA. First, the reCAPTCHA algorithm checks whether Google cookies from other Google services (YouTube. Gmail, etc.) are already present on your browser. (YouTube, Gmail, etc.) are already placed on your browser. Then, reCAPTCHA places an additional cookie on your browser and captures a snapshot of your browser window.

The following list of collected browser and user data, does not claim to be exhaustive. Rather, they are examples of data that, to our knowledge, are processed by Google. processed by Google.

  • Referrer URL (the address of the page from which the visitor came)
  • IP address (e.g. 256.123.123.1)
  • Info about the operating system (the software that enables your computer to operate. Known operating systems are Windows, Mac OS X or Linux)
  • Cookies (small text files that store data in your browser)
  • Mouse and keyboard behaviour (every action you perform with the mouse or keyboard is stored)
  • Date and language settings (which language or date you have preset on your PC will be saved)
  • All JavaScript objects (JavaScript is a programming language that allows websites to adapt to the user. JavaScript objects can collect all kinds of data under one name)
  • Screen resolution (indicates how many pixels the image display consists of)

It is undisputed that Google uses and analyses this data even before you click on the "I am not a robot" checkbox. With the Invisible reCAPTCHA version, even the In the Invisible reCAPTCHA version, you don't even have to tick the box and the whole recognition process runs in the background. Google does not tell you in detail exactly how much and which data it stores.

The following cookies are used by reCAPTCHA: Here we refer to the reCAPTCHA demo version from Google at. https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo. All these cookies require a unique identifier a unique identifier. Here is a list of cookies that Google reCAPTCHA has set on the demo version:

Name: IDE
Value: WqTUmlnmv_qXyi_DGNPLESKnRNrpgXoy1K-pAZtAkMbHI-311257055-8
Purpose: This cookie is set by the company DoubleClick (also owned by Google) to record and report a user's actions on the website in dealing with advertisements. and to report them. This allows advertising effectiveness to be measured and appropriate optimisation measures to be taken. IDE is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net. stored.
Expiration date: after one year.

Name: 1P_JAR
Wert: 2019-5-14-12
Purpose: This cookie collects statistics on website usage and measures conversions. A conversion occurs, for example, when a user becomes a buyer. The cookie is also used to display relevant advertisements to users. Furthermore, the cookie can be used to prevent a user from seeing the same ad more than once. Expiration date: after one month

Name: ANID
Value: U7j1v3dZa3112570550xgZFmiqWppRWKOr
Purpose: We could not find out much information about this cookie. In Google's privacy policy, the cookie is mentioned in connection with "advertising cookies". "advertising cookies" such as "DSID", "FLC", "AID", "TAID". ANID is stored under domain google.com.
Expiration date: after 9 months.

Name: CONSENT
Value: YES+AT.en+20150628-20-0
Purpose: The cookie stores the status of a user's consent to use different services from Google. CONSENT is also used for security purposes, to verify user users, prevent credential fraud and protect user data from unauthorised attacks.
Expiration date: after 19 years.

Name: NID
Value: 0WmuWqy311257055zILzqV_nmt3sDXwPeM5Q
Purpose: NID is used by Google to customise advertisements to your Google search. With the help of the cookie, Google "remembers" your most frequently typed search queries or your previous interaction with ads. This way you will always get tailored ads. The cookie contains a unique ID to collect the user's personal preferences for advertising purposes. for advertising purposes.
Expiration date: after 6 months.

Name: DV
Value: gEAABBCjJMXcI0dSAAAANbqc311257055-4
Purpose: Once you have ticked the "I am not a robot" box, this cookie is set. The cookie is used by Google Analytics for personalised personalised advertising. DV collects information in anonymous form and is further used to make user distinctions.
. Expiration date: after 10 minutes.

Note: This list cannot claim to be exhaustive, as Google's experience has shown that they change their choice of cookies every now and then.

How long and where will the data be stored?

By inserting reCAPTCHA, data is transferred from you to the Google server. Where exactly this data is stored is not made clear by Google, even after repeated requests. clearly. Without having received confirmation from Google, it can be assumed that data such as mouse interaction, time spent on the website or language settings are stored on the European or American Google servers. The IP address that your browser transmits to Google will not be merged with other Google data from other Google services. Google services. However, if you are logged into your Google account while using the reCAPTCHA plug-in, the data will be merged.  The deviating data protection provisions of Google apply.

How can I delete my data or prevent the data storage?

If you do not want any data about you and your behaviour to be transmitted to Google, you must log out of Google completely before visiting our website or using the reCAPTCHA software. Google and delete all Google cookies before you visit our website or use the reCAPTCHA software. In principle, the data is automatically transmitted to Google as soon as you visit our website. To delete this data again you will need to contact Google support at  https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=311257055.

So by using our website, you consent to the automatic collection, processing and use of data by Google LLC and its agents.

You can learn a little more about reCAPTCHA on Google's web developer page at. https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/. Although Google is referring here to the technical development of reCAPTCHA in more detail, but exact information about data storage and data protection-relevant topics is also searched for in vain there. A good overview of the basic use of data at Google can be found in the company's own data protection declaration at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Source: Created with the Data Protection Generator by AdSimple in cooperation with fashiongott.co.uk