Privacy policy

Automatic data storage

When you visit websites nowadays, certain information is automatically created and stored, and this also applies to this website.

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

• the address (URL) of the web page accessed
• browser and browser version
• the operating system used
• the address (URL) of the page visited previously (referrer URL)
• the host name and the IP address of the device from which access takes place
• date and time

in files (web server log files).

As a rule, web server log files are stored for two weeks and then automatically deleted. We do not pass this data on, but we cannot rule out that this data may be inspected if unlawful conduct occurs. The legal basis, pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (lawfulness of processing), is that there is a legitimate interest in enabling the error-free operation of this website by recording web server log files.

cookies

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

What exactly are cookies?

Whenever you surf the internet, you use a browser. Well-known browsers are, for example, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Most websites store small text files in your browser. These files are called cookies.

There is no denying one thing: cookies are really useful little helpers. Almost all websites use cookies. More precisely, they are HTTP cookies, since there are also other cookies for other areas of application. HTTP cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by our website. These cookie files are automatically placed in the cookie folder, effectively the “brain” of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. When defining a cookie, one or more attributes must also be specified.

Cookies store certain user data about you, such as language or personal page settings. When you call up our site again, your browser transmits the “user-related” information back to our site. Thanks to cookies, our website knows who you are and offers you your accustomed 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). Each cookie has to be assessed individually, since each cookie stores different data. The expiry time of a cookie also varies from a few minutes up to a year (or years). 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
• Expiry time: 2 years
• Purpose: distinguishing website visitors
• Example value: GA1.2.1326744211.152311150052

A browser should support the following minimum sizes:

• A cookie should be able to contain at least 4096 bytes
• At least 50 cookies should be able to be stored per domain
• In total, at least 3000 cookies should be able to be stored

What types of cookies are there?

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

Four types of cookies can be distinguished:

Strictly 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. Thanks to these cookies the shopping basket is not deleted, even if the user closes their browser window.

Functional cookies

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

Targeted cookies

These cookies ensure better usability. For example, entered locations, font sizes or form data are stored.

Advertising cookies

These cookies are also called targeting cookies. They serve to deliver individually tailored advertising to the user. That can be very practical, but also very annoying.

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

How can I delete cookies?

You decide for yourself how and whether you want to use cookies. Regardless of which service or which website the cookies come from, you always have the option of deleting cookies, allowing them only in part or deactivating them. For example, you can block third-party cookies but allow all other cookies.

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

• Chrome: Delete, allow and manage cookies in Chrome
• Safari: Manage 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 do not want cookies at all, 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 the cookie or not. The procedure differs depending on the browser. It is best to search for the instructions in Google using the search term “delete cookies Chrome” or “deactivate cookies Chrome” in the case of a Chrome browser, or to replace the word “Chrome” with the name of your browser, e.g. Edge, Firefox, Safari.

What about my data protection?

The so-called “cookie directives” have existed since 2009. They state that the storage of cookies requires the consent of the website visitor (that is, of you). Within the EU countries, however, there are still very different reactions to these directives. In Germany, the cookie directives were not implemented as national law. 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 do not shy away from technical documentation, we recommend https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265, the Request for Comments of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) entitled “HTTP State Management Mechanism”.

Storage of personal data

Personal data that you transmit to us electronically on this website, such as your name, email address, address or other personal details in the course of submitting a form or of comments in the blog, are used by us together with the time and the IP address solely for the respective stated purpose, are kept securely and are not passed on to third parties.

We therefore use your personal data only for communication with those visitors who expressly wish to be contacted and for the handling of the services and products offered on this website. We do not pass your personal data on without consent, but we cannot rule out that this data may be inspected if unlawful conduct occurs.

If you send us personal data by email – that is, away from this website – we cannot guarantee secure transmission and the protection of your data. We recommend that you never transmit confidential data unencrypted by email.

The legal basis, pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (lawfulness of processing), is that you give us your consent to the processing of the data you have entered. You can withdraw this consent at any time – an informal email is sufficient, you will find our contact details in the legal notice.

Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation

Under the provisions of the GDPR, you are in principle entitled to the following rights:

• Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) (Article 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
• Right to notification – notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or 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 some way, you can contact the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).

Analysis of visitor behaviour

In the following privacy policy we inform you about whether and how we analyse data from your visit to this website. The analysis of the collected data is generally carried out anonymously and we cannot infer your identity from your behaviour on this website.

You can find out more about ways to object to this analysis of visit data in the following privacy policy.

TLS encryption with https

We use https in order to transmit data over the internet in a tap-proof manner (data protection by design, Article 25(1) GDPR). Through the use of 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 safeguarding of data transmission by the small padlock symbol at the top left of the browser and by the use of the scheme https (instead of http) as part of our internet address.

Google Fonts privacy policy

We use Google Fonts from the company Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) on our website.

To use Google fonts you do not have to log in or store a password. Furthermore, no cookies are stored in your browser either. 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 Google services. If you have a Google account, you need not worry that your Google account data will be transmitted to Google while you use Google Fonts. Google records the use of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and of the fonts used and stores this data securely. We will look at exactly how the data storage works in detail below.

What are Google Fonts?

Google Fonts (formerly Google Web Fonts) is an interactive directory with more than 800 fonts that Google LLC makes available for free use.

Many of these fonts are published under the SIL Open Font License, while others have been published under the Apache licence. Both are free software licences. We can therefore use them freely without paying licence fees for them.

Why do we use Google Fonts on our website?

With Google Fonts we can use fonts on our own website without having to upload them to our own server. Google Fonts is an important building block for keeping the quality of our website high. All Google fonts are automatically optimised for the web and this saves data volume and is a major advantage especially for use on mobile devices. When you visit our site, the low file size ensures a fast loading time. Furthermore, Google Fonts are so-called safe web fonts. Different image synthesis systems (rendering) in various browsers, operating systems and mobile devices can lead to errors. Such errors can in some cases visually distort texts or entire websites. 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).

We therefore use Google Fonts so that we can present our entire online service as attractively and consistently as possible. Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this already constitutes a “legitimate interest” in the processing of personal data. In this case, “legitimate interest” means legal as well as economic or non-material interests that are recognised by the legal system.

What data is stored by Google?

When you visit our website, the fonts are loaded via a Google server. Through this external call, data is transmitted to the Google servers. In this way Google also recognises that you, or rather your IP address, has visited our website. The Google Fonts API was developed in order to reduce the collection, storage and use of end-user data to what is necessary for the efficient provision of fonts. Incidentally, API stands for “Application Programming Interface” and serves, among other things, as a data transmitter in the software field.

Google Fonts stores CSS and font requests securely at Google and they are therefore protected. Through the usage figures collected, Google can determine the popularity of the fonts. 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 use Google fonts. This data is published in the BigQuery database of Google Fonts. BigQuery is a web service from Google for companies that want to move and analyse large volumes of data.

It should, however, also be borne in mind that with every Google Font request, information such as the IP address, language settings, screen resolution of the browser, version of the browser and name of the browser is also 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 located mainly outside the EU. That enables us to use the fonts with the help of a Google stylesheet. A stylesheet is a formatting template with which you can easily and quickly change, for example, the design or the font of a website.

The font files are stored at Google for one year. In doing so, Google pursues the aim of improving the loading time of websites in general. If millions of websites refer to the same fonts, they are cached after the first visit and reappear immediately on all other websites visited later. Sometimes Google updates font files in order to reduce the file size, to increase language coverage and to improve the design.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

Data that Google stores for one day or one year cannot simply be deleted. The data is transmitted automatically to Google when the page is called up. In order to be able to delete this data early, you must contact Google Support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=311150052. In this case you can only prevent data storage if you do not visit our site.

Unlike other web fonts, Google allows us unrestricted access to all fonts. We can therefore access an ocean of fonts without limits and thus get the optimum for our website. You can find more about Google Fonts and further questions at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=311150052. Although Google does address data protection matters there, really detailed information about data storage is not included. It is relatively difficult (almost impossible) to obtain really precise information about stored data from Google.

You can also read about which data is collected by Google in principle and what this data is used for at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Google Fonts Local privacy policy

We use Google Fonts from the company Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) on our website. We have integrated the Google fonts locally, i.e. on our web server – not on Google’s servers. As a result there is no connection to Google’s server and therefore also no data transmission or storage.

What are Google Fonts?

Google Fonts (formerly Google Web Fonts) is an interactive directory with more than 800 fonts that Google LLC makes available for free use. With Google Fonts you could use the fonts without uploading them to your own server. However, in order to prevent any transmission of information to the Google server in this respect, we have downloaded the fonts to our server. In this way we act in compliance with data protection law and do not pass any data on to Google Fonts.

Unlike other web fonts, Google allows us unrestricted access to all fonts. We can therefore access an ocean of fonts without limits and thus get the optimum for our website. You can find more about Google Fonts and further questions at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=311150052.

Google Tag Manager privacy policy

For our website we use the Google Tag Manager from the company Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). This Tag Manager is one of many helpful marketing products from Google. Via the Google Tag Manager we can centrally integrate and manage code sections from various tracking tools that we use on our website.

In this privacy policy we would like to explain to you in more detail what the Google Tag Manager does, why we use it and in what form data is processed.

What is the Google Tag Manager?

The Google Tag Manager is an organisation tool with which we can integrate and manage website tags centrally and via a user interface. Tags are small code sections which, for example, record (track) your activities on our website. To do this, JavaScript code sections are inserted into the source code of our site. The tags often come from Google-internal products such as Google Ads or Google Analytics, but tags from other companies can also be integrated and managed via the Manager. Such tags perform various tasks. They can collect browser data, feed marketing tools with data, integrate buttons, set cookies and also track users across several websites.

Why do we use the Google Tag Manager for our website?

As the saying goes: organisation is half the battle! And that naturally also applies to the maintenance of our website. In order to design our website as well as possible for you and for everyone who is interested in our products and services, we need various tracking tools such as Google Analytics. The data collected by these tools shows us what interests you most, where we can improve our services and to which people we should also show our offers. And for this tracking to work, we have to integrate corresponding JavaScript codes into our website. In principle we could insert every code section of the individual tracking tools separately into our source code. However, that requires a relatively large amount of time and it is easy to lose track. That is why we use the Google Tag Manager. We can simply insert the necessary scripts and manage them from one place. In addition, the Google Tag Manager offers an easy-to-use user interface and no programming knowledge is required. In this way we manage to keep order in our tag jungle.

What data is stored by the Google Tag Manager?

The Tag Manager itself is a domain that does not set any cookies and does not store any data. It functions as a mere “administrator” of the implemented tags. The data is collected by the individual tags of the various web analysis tools. In the Google Tag Manager the data is, so to speak, passed through to the individual tracking tools and is not stored.

Things look quite different, however, with the integrated tags of the various web analysis tools, such as Google Analytics. Depending on the analysis tool, various data about your web behaviour is usually collected, stored and processed with the help of cookies. For this, please read our data protection texts on the individual analysis and tracking tools that we use on our website.

In the account settings of the Tag Manager we have allowed Google to receive anonymised data from us. However, this only concerns the use and utilisation of our Tag Manager and not your data, which is stored via the code sections. We enable Google and others to receive selected data in anonymised form. We therefore consent to the anonymous passing on of our website data. Which aggregated and anonymous data is passed on exactly is something we were unable to find out – despite lengthy research. In any case, Google deletes all information that could identify our website. Google combines the data with hundreds of other anonymous website data and creates user trends as part of benchmarking measures. In benchmarking, one’s own results are compared with those of competitors. On the basis of the information collected, processes can be optimised.

How long and where is the data stored?

If Google stores data, then this data is stored on Google’s own servers. The servers are distributed all over the world. Most of them are located in America. At https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de you can read exactly where the Google servers are located.

How long the individual tracking tools store data from you can be found in our individual data protection texts on the individual tools.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

The Google Tag Manager itself does not set any cookies, but manages tags of various tracking websites. In our data protection texts on the individual tracking tools you will find detailed information on how you can delete or manage your data.

Google is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. You can find more information about this at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&tid=311150052. If you would like to find out more about the Google Tag Manager, we recommend the FAQs at https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/faq.html.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS PRIVACY POLICY

On our website we use the analysis tracking tool Google Analytics (GA) from the American company Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). Google Analytics collects data about your actions on our website. If, for example, you click on a link, this action is stored in a cookie and sent to Google Analytics. With the help of the reports that we receive from Google Analytics, we can better adapt our website and our service to your wishes. In the following we will go into the tracking tool in more detail and inform you above all about which data is stored and how you can prevent this.

WHAT IS GOOGLE ANALYTICS?

Google Analytics is a tracking tool that serves to analyse the traffic on our website. For Google Analytics to work, a tracking code is built into the code of our website. When you visit our website, this code records various actions that you carry out on our website. As soon as you leave our website, this data is sent to the Google Analytics servers and stored there.

Google processes the data and we receive reports about your user behaviour. These may include, among others, the following reports:

• Audience reports: through audience reports we get to know our users better and know more precisely who is interested in our service.
• Advertising reports: advertising reports enable us to analyse and improve our online advertising more easily.
• Acquisition reports: acquisition reports give us helpful information about how we can inspire more people with our service.
• Behaviour reports: here we learn how you interact with our website. We can trace which path you take on our site and which links you click on.
• Conversion reports: a conversion is a process in which you carry out a desired action as a result of a marketing message. For example, when you go from being a mere website visitor to a buyer or newsletter subscriber. With the help of these reports we learn more about how our marketing measures are received by you. In this way we want to increase our conversion rate.
• Real-time reports: here we always find out immediately what is currently happening on our website. For example, we can see how many users are reading this text right now.

WHY DO WE USE GOOGLE ANALYTICS ON OUR WEBSITE?

Our goal with this website is clear: we want to offer you the best possible service. The statistics and data from Google Analytics help us to achieve this goal.

The statistically evaluated data shows us a clear picture of the strengths and weaknesses of our website. On the one hand, we can optimise our site so that it is found more easily on Google by interested people. On the other hand, the data helps us to understand you as a visitor better. We therefore know very precisely what we have to improve on our website in order to offer you the best possible service. The data also serves us to carry out our advertising and marketing measures in a more individual and more cost-effective manner. After all, it only makes sense to show our products and services to people who are interested in them.

WHAT DATA IS STORED BY GOOGLE ANALYTICS?

With the help of a tracking code, Google Analytics creates a random, unique ID that is linked to your browser cookie. This is how Google Analytics recognises you as a new user. The next time you visit our site, you are recognised as a “returning” user. All collected data is stored together with this user ID. This is what makes it possible in the first place to evaluate pseudonymous user profiles.

Your interactions on our website are measured by means of identifiers such as cookies and app instance IDs. Interactions are all kinds of actions that you carry out on our website. If you also use other Google systems (such as a Google account), data generated via Google Analytics can be linked with third-party cookies. Google does not pass on any Google Analytics data unless we as the website operator authorise this. Exceptions may occur if this is required by law.

The following cookies are used by Google Analytics:

• Name: _ga
  Value: 2.1326744211.152311150052-5
  Purpose: by default, analytics.js uses the cookie _ga to store the user ID. In principle it serves to distinguish website visitors.
  Expiry date: after 2 years
• Name: _gid
  Value: 2.1687193234.152311150052-1
  Purpose: this cookie also serves to distinguish website visitors
  Expiry date: after 24 hours
• Name: _gat_gtag_UA_<property-id>
  Value: 1
  Purpose: is used to lower the request rate. If Google Analytics is provided via the Google Tag Manager, this cookie is given the name _dc_gtm_ <property-id>.
  Expiry date: after 1 minute
• Name: AMP_TOKEN
  Value: no details
  Purpose: the cookie contains a token with which a user ID can be retrieved from the AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate a sign-off, a request or an error.
  Expiry date: after 30 seconds up to one year
• Name: __utma
  Value: 1564498958.1564498958.1564498958.1
  Purpose: with this cookie your behaviour on the website can be tracked and its performance measured. The cookie is updated every time information is sent to Google Analytics.
  Expiry date: after 2 years
• Name: __utmt
  Value: 1
  Purpose: like _gat_gtag_UA_<property-id>, the cookie is used to throttle the request rate.
  Expiry date: after 10 minutes
• Name: __utmb
  Value: 3.10.1564498958
  Purpose: this cookie is used to determine new sessions. It is updated every time new data or information is sent to Google Analytics.
  Expiry date: after 30 minutes
• Name: __utmc
  Value: 167421564
  Purpose: this cookie is used to set new sessions for returning visitors. It is a session cookie and is only stored until you close the browser again.
  Expiry date: after closing the browser
• Name: __utmz
  Value: m|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/
  Purpose: the cookie is used to identify the source of the visitor volume on our website. That means the cookie stores where you came to our website from. That may have been another site or an advertisement.
  Expiry date: after 6 months
• Name: __utmv
  Value: no details
  Purpose: the cookie is used to store custom user data. It is always updated when information is sent to Google Analytics.
  Expiry date: after 2 years

Note: this list cannot claim to be complete, as Google repeatedly changes its choice of cookies.

Here we show you an overview of the most important data that is collected with Google Analytics:

• Heatmaps: Google creates so-called heatmaps. Heatmaps show exactly those areas that you click on. In this way we obtain information about where you are “moving about” on our site.
• Session duration: Google refers to session duration as the time you spend on our site without leaving the site. If you have been inactive for 20 minutes, the session ends automatically.
• Bounce rate: a bounce is when you view only one page on our website and then leave our website again.
• Account creation: if you create an account or place an order on our website, Google Analytics collects this data.
• IP address: the IP address is only shown in shortened form so that no unambiguous attribution is possible.
• Location: the country and your approximate location can be determined via the IP address. This process is also referred to as IP geolocation.
• Technical information: technical information includes, among other things, your browser type, your internet provider or your screen resolution.
• Source of origin: Google Analytics, and of course we too, are naturally also interested in which website or which advertisement brought you to our site.

Further data are contact details, any ratings, the playing of media (e.g. if you play a video via our site), the sharing of content via social media or adding to your favourites. The list does not claim to be complete and serves only as general guidance on data storage by Google Analytics.

HOW LONG AND WHERE IS THE DATA STORED?

Google has distributed its servers all over the world. Most servers are located in America and consequently your data is mostly stored on American servers. Here you can read exactly where the Google data centres are located: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de

Your data is distributed across various physical data carriers. This has the advantage that the data can be retrieved more quickly and is better protected against manipulation. In every Google data centre there are corresponding emergency programmes for your data. If, for example, hardware at Google fails or natural disasters paralyse servers, the risk of a service interruption at Google nevertheless remains low.

By default, a retention period of 26 months for your user data is set in Google Analytics. Your user data is then deleted. However, we have the option of choosing the retention period for usage data ourselves. Five variants are available to us for this:

• Deletion after 14 months
• Deletion after 26 months
• Deletion after 38 months
• Deletion after 50 months
• No automatic deletion

When the defined period has expired, the data is deleted once a month. This retention period applies to your data that is linked with cookies, user recognition and advertising IDs (e.g. cookies of the DoubleClick domain). Report results are based on aggregated data and are stored independently of user data. Aggregated data is a merging of individual data into a larger unit.

HOW CAN I DELETE MY DATA OR PREVENT DATA STORAGE?

Under the data protection law of the European Union you have the right to obtain information about your data, to update it, to delete it or to restrict it. With the help of the browser add-on for deactivating Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js) you prevent Google Analytics from using your data. You can download and install the browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Please note that this add-on only deactivates the data collection by Google Analytics.

If you generally want to deactivate, delete or manage cookies (independently of Google Analytics), there are separate instructions for every browser:

• Chrome: Delete, allow and manage cookies in Chrome
• Safari: Manage 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

Google Analytics is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. You can find more information about this at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&tid=311150052. We hope we have been able to give you the most important information about data processing by Google Analytics. If you would like to find out more about the tracking service, we recommend these two links: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS IP ANONYMISATION

We have implemented the IP address anonymisation of Google Analytics on this website. This function was developed by Google so that this website can comply with the applicable data protection provisions and recommendations of the local data protection authorities if these prohibit the storage of the full IP address. The anonymisation or masking of the IP takes place as soon as the IP addresses arrive in the Google Analytics data collection network and before any storage or processing of the data takes place.

You can find more information on IP anonymisation at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=de.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS DEACTIVATION LINK

If you click on the following deactivation link, you can prevent Google from recording further visits to this website. Please note: deleting cookies, using the incognito/private mode of your browser, or using a different browser will result in data being collected again.

Embedded social media elements privacy policy

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

• Instagram privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
• For YouTube, the Google privacy policy applies: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
• Facebook data policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
• Twitter privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy

Facebook privacy policy

We use selected Facebook tools from Facebook on our website. Facebook is a social media network of the company Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland. With the help of these tools we can offer you, and people who are interested in our products and services, the best possible offer. In the following we give an overview of the various Facebook tools, which data is sent to Facebook and how you can delete this data.

What are Facebook tools?

Alongside many other products, Facebook also offers the so-called “Facebook Business Tools”. That is Facebook’s official designation. However, since the term is hardly known, we have decided simply to call them Facebook tools. These include, among others:

• Facebook pixel
• social plug-ins (such as the “Like” or “Share” button)
• Facebook Login
• Account Kit
• APIs (programming interface)
• SDKs (collection of programming tools)
• platform integrations
• plugins
• codes
• specifications
• documentation
• technologies and services

Through these tools Facebook extends services and has the opportunity to receive information about user activities outside of Facebook.

Why do we use Facebook tools on our website?

We only want to show our services and products to people who are genuinely interested in them. With the help of advertisements (Facebook ads) we can reach precisely these people. However, in order for suitable advertising to be shown to users, Facebook needs information about people’s wishes and needs. In this way the company is provided with information about user behaviour (and contact details) on our website. As a result, Facebook collects better user data and can show interested people the appropriate advertising about our products or services. The tools therefore enable tailor-made advertising campaigns on Facebook.

Facebook calls data about your behaviour on our website “event data”. This is also used for measurement and analysis services. In this way Facebook can create “campaign reports” on our behalf about the effect of our advertising campaigns. Furthermore, through analyses we gain a better insight into how you use our services, website or products. As a result, we use some of these tools to optimise your user experience on our website. For example, with the social plug-ins you can share content on our site directly on Facebook.

What data is stored by Facebook tools?

Through the use of individual Facebook tools, personal data (customer data) can be sent to Facebook. Depending on the tools used, customer data such as name, address, telephone number and IP address may be sent.

Facebook uses this information in order to match the data with its own data that it has about you (provided you are a Facebook member). Before customer data is transmitted to Facebook, so-called “hashing” takes place. That means that a data set of any size is transformed into a character string. This also serves to encrypt data.

In addition to the contact details, “event data” is also transmitted. “Event data” means the information that we receive about you on our website. For example, which subpages you visit or which products you buy from us. Facebook does not share the information received with third parties (such as advertisers), unless the company has explicit permission or is legally obliged to do so. “Event data” can also be linked with contact details. This enables Facebook to offer better personalised advertising. After the matching process already mentioned, Facebook deletes the contact details again.

In order to be able to deliver advertisements in an optimised manner, Facebook only uses the event data if it has been combined with other data (which has been collected by Facebook in another way). Facebook also uses this event data for security, protection, development and research purposes. Much of this data is transmitted to Facebook via cookies. Cookies are small text files that are used to store data or information in browsers. Depending on the tools used and depending on whether you are a Facebook member, a varying number of cookies is created in your browser. In the descriptions of the individual Facebook tools we go into individual Facebook cookies in more detail. You can also find general information about the use of Facebook cookies at https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies.

How long and where is the data stored?

In principle, Facebook stores data until it is no longer needed for its own services and Facebook products. Facebook has servers distributed all over the world where your data is stored. Customer data, however, is deleted within 48 hours after it has been matched with its own user data.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation you have the right of access, rectification, portability and erasure of your data.

Complete deletion of the data only takes place if you delete your Facebook account entirely. And this is how deleting your Facebook account works:

1. On Facebook, click on Settings on the right.
2. Then click in the left-hand column on “Your Facebook information”.
3. Now click on “Deactivation and deletion”.
4. Now select “Delete account” and then click on “Continue and delete account”
5. Now enter your password, click on “Continue” and then on “Delete account”

The storage of the data that Facebook receives via our site takes place, among other things, via cookies (e.g. with social plugins). In your browser you can deactivate, delete or manage individual cookies or all cookies. Depending on which browser you use, this works in different ways. The following instructions show how you can manage cookies in your browser:

• Chrome: Delete, allow and manage cookies in Chrome
• Safari: Manage 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 do not want cookies at all, 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.

Facebook is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. You can find more information about this at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC. We hope we have given you the most important information about the use and processing of data by the Facebook tools. If you would like to find out more about how Facebook uses your data, we recommend the data policies at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.

LinkedIn privacy policy

On our website we use social plug-ins of the social media network LinkedIn, of the company LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The social plug-ins may be feeds, the sharing of content or the link to our LinkedIn page. The social plug-ins are clearly marked with the well-known LinkedIn logo and allow, for example, interesting content to be shared directly via our website. For the European Economic Area and Switzerland, the company LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place in Dublin is responsible for the data processing.

Through the embedding of such plug-ins, data can be sent to LinkedIn, stored and processed there. In this privacy policy we would like to inform you which data is involved, how the network uses this data and how you can manage or prevent the data storage.

What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is the largest social network for business contacts. Unlike Facebook, for example, the company concentrates exclusively on building business contacts. On the platform, companies can present services and products and establish business relationships. Many people also use LinkedIn to search for a job or to find suitable employees for their own company themselves. In Germany alone the network has more than 11 million members. In Austria there are about 1.3 million.

Why do we use LinkedIn on our website?

We know how busy you are. You cannot follow every social media channel individually. Even if, as in our case, it would be worth it. Because again and again we post interesting news or reports that are worth spreading. That is why we have created the possibility on our website of sharing interesting content directly on LinkedIn or of referring directly to our LinkedIn page. We regard built-in social plug-ins as an extended service on our website. In addition, the data that LinkedIn collects helps us to show possible advertising measures only to people who are interested in our offer. That means our service is only shown to people who are genuinely interested in it.

What data is stored by LinkedIn?

LinkedIn does not store any personal data merely through the integration of the social plug-ins. LinkedIn calls this data, which is generated by plug-ins, passive impressions. However, if you click on a social plug-in in order, for example, to share our content, the platform stores personal data as so-called “active impressions”. And this is the case regardless of whether you have a LinkedIn account or not. If you are logged in, the collected data is assigned to your account.

Your browser establishes a direct connection to LinkedIn’s servers when you interact with our plug-ins. In this way the company logs various usage data. In addition to your IP address, this may be, for example, login data, device information or information about your internet or mobile provider. If you access LinkedIn services via your smartphone, your location can also be determined (after you have permitted this). LinkedIn can also pass this data on to third-party advertisers in “hashed” form. Hashing means that a data set is transformed into a character string. In this way the data can be encrypted so that individuals can no longer be identified.

Most of the data on your user behaviour is stored in cookies. These are small text files that are usually set in your browser. Furthermore, LinkedIn can also use web beacons, pixel tags, display tags and other device identifiers.

Various tests also show which cookies are set when a user interacts with a social plug-in. The data found cannot claim to be complete and serves merely as an example. The following cookies were set without being logged in to LinkedIn:

• Name: bcookie
  Value: =2&34aab2aa-2ae1-4d2a-8baf-c2e2d7235c16311150052-
  Purpose: the cookie is a so-called “browser ID cookie” and consequently stores your identification number (ID).
  Expiry date: after 2 years
• Name: lang
  Value: v=2&lang=de-de
  Purpose: this cookie stores your preset or preferred language.
  Expiry date: after the end of the session
• Name: lidc
  Value: 1818367:t=1571904767:s=AQF6KNnJ0G311150052…
  Purpose: this cookie is used for routing. Routing records the paths by which you came to LinkedIn and how you navigate through the website there.
  Expiry date: after 24 hours
• Name: rtc
  Value: kt0lrv3NF3x3t6xvDgGrZGDKkX
  Purpose: no further information could be obtained about this cookie.
  Expiry date: after 2 minutes
• Name: JSESSIONID
  Value: ajax:3111500522900777718326218137
  Purpose: this is a session cookie that LinkedIn uses in order to maintain anonymous user sessions through the server.
  Expiry date: after the end of the session
• Name: bscookie
  Value: “v=1&201910230812…
  Purpose: this cookie is a security cookie. LinkedIn describes it as a secure browser ID cookie.
  Expiry date: after 2 years
• Name: fid
  Value: AQHj7Ii23ZBcqAAAA…
  Purpose: no further information could be found about this cookie.
  Expiry date: after 7 days

Note: LinkedIn also works together with third-party providers. That is why in our test we also detected the three Google Analytics cookies _ga and _gat.

How long and where is the data stored?

In principle, LinkedIn keeps your personal data for as long as the company considers it necessary in order to offer its own services. However, LinkedIn deletes your personal data when you delete your account. In some exceptional cases LinkedIn keeps some data in aggregated and anonymised form even after you have deleted your account. As soon as you delete your account, other people can no longer see your data within one day. In principle, LinkedIn deletes the data within 30 days. However, LinkedIn retains data if this is necessary due to a legal obligation. Data that can no longer be assigned to any person also remains stored after the closure of the account. The data is stored on various servers in America and presumably also in Europe.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

You have the right at any time to access your personal data and also to delete it. In your LinkedIn account you can manage, change and delete your data. In addition, you can also request a copy of your personal data from LinkedIn.

This is how you access the account data in your LinkedIn profile:

On LinkedIn, click on your profile symbol and select the section “Settings and privacy”. Now click on “Privacy” and then, in the section “How LinkedIn uses your data”, on “Change”. In just a short time you can download selected data on your web activity and your account history.

You also have the option in your browser of preventing the data processing by LinkedIn. As already mentioned above, LinkedIn stores most data via cookies that are set in your browser. You can manage, deactivate or delete these cookies. Depending on which browser you have, the management works somewhat differently. You will find the instructions for the most common browsers here:

• Chrome: Delete, allow and manage cookies in Chrome
• Safari: Manage 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

In principle you can also set up your browser in such a way that you are always informed when a cookie is to be set. Then you can always decide individually whether you want to allow the cookie or not.

LinkedIn is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. This framework ensures correct data transfer between the USA and the European Union. At https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0 you can find out more about this. We have tried to give you the most important information about the data processing by LinkedIn. At https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy you can find out even more about the data processing of the social media network LinkedIn.

XING privacy policy

On our website we use social plugins of the social media network Xing, of the company Xing SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. These functions allow you, for example, to share content on Xing directly via our website, to log in via Xing or to follow interesting content. You can recognise the plug-ins by the company name or by the Xing logo. When you call up a web page that uses a Xing plug-in, data can be transmitted to the “Xing servers”, stored and evaluated there. In this privacy policy we would like to inform you which data is involved and how you can manage or prevent this data storage.

What is Xing?

Xing is a social network with its headquarters in Hamburg. The company specialises in managing professional contacts. That means that, unlike other networks, Xing is primarily about professional networking. The platform is often used for job searches or to find employees for one’s own company. Beyond that, Xing offers interesting content on various professional topics. The global counterpart is the American company LinkedIn.

Why do we use Xing on our website?

By now there is a flood of social media channels and we are well aware that your time is very precious. Not every social media channel of a company can be examined closely. That is why we want to make life as easy as possible for you, so that you can share or follow interesting content directly on Xing via our website. With such “social plug-ins” we extend our service on our website. Beyond that, the data collected by Xing helps us to be able to carry out targeted advertising measures on the platform. That means our service is only shown to people who are genuinely interested in it.

What data is stored by Xing?

Xing offers the share button, the follow button and the log-in button as a plug-in for websites. As soon as you open a page in which a social plug-in from Xing is built in, your browser connects to servers in a data centre used by Xing. In the case of the share button, according to Xing, no data is to be stored that could establish a direct reference to a person. In particular, Xing does not store any IP address of yours. Furthermore, no cookies are set in connection with the share button either. Consequently no evaluation of your user behaviour takes place either. You can obtain further information about this via https://www.xing.com/app/share%3Fop%3Ddata_protection.

With the other Xing plug-ins, cookies are only set in your browser when you interact with the plug-in or click on it. Here personal data such as your IP address, browser data, date and time of your page call-up can be stored at Xing. If you have a XING account and are logged in, collected data is assigned to your personal account and to the data stored in it.

The following cookies are set in your browser if you click on the follow or log-in button and are not yet logged in to Xing. Please bear in mind that this is an exemplary list and that we cannot claim to be complete:

• Name: AMCVS_0894FF2554F733210A4C98C6%40AdobeOrg
  Value: 1
  Purpose: this cookie is used to create and store identifications of website visitors.
  Expiry date: after the end of the session
• Name: c_
  Value: 157c609dc9fe7d7ff56064c6de87b019311150052-8
  Purpose: we were unable to obtain any further information about this cookie.
  Expiry date: after one day
• Name: prevPage
  Value: wbm%2FWelcome%2Flogin
  Purpose: this cookie stores the URL of the previous web page that you visited.
  Expiry date: after 30 minutes
• Name: s_cc
  Value: true
  Purpose: this Adobe Site Catalyst cookie determines whether cookies are generally enabled in the browser.
  Expiry date: after the end of the session
• Name: s_fid
  Value: 6897CDCD1013221C-39DDACC982217CD1311150052-2
  Purpose: this cookie is used to identify a unique visitor.
  Expiry date: after 5 years
• Name: visitor_id
  Value: fe59fbe5-e9c6-4fca-8776-30d0c1a89c32
  Purpose: the visitor cookie contains a unique visitor ID and the unique identifier for your account.
  Expiry date: after 2 years
• Name: _session_id
  Value: 533a0a6641df82b46383da06ea0e84e7311150052-2
  Purpose: this cookie creates a temporary session ID that is used as an in-session user ID. The cookie is absolutely necessary in order to provide the functions of Xing.
  Expiry date: after the end of the session

As soon as you are logged in to Xing or are a member, further personal data is definitely collected, processed and stored. Xing also passes personal data on to third parties if this is necessary for the fulfilment of its own business purposes, if you have given consent or if there is a legal obligation.

How long and where is the data stored?

Xing stores the data on various servers in various data centres. The company stores this data until you delete the data or until a user account is deleted. Of course, this only concerns users who are already Xing members.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

You have the right at any time to access your personal data and also to delete it. Even if you are not a Xing member, you can prevent possible data processing via your browser or manage it as you wish. Most data is stored via cookies. Depending on which browser you have, the management works somewhat differently. You will find the instructions for the most common browsers here:

• Chrome: Delete, allow and manage cookies in Chrome
• Safari: Manage 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

In principle you can also set up your browser in such a way that you are always informed when a cookie is to be set. Then you can always decide individually whether you want to allow the cookie or not.

We have tried to give you the most important information about the data processing by Xing. At https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung you can find out even more about the data processing of the social media network Xing.

Borlabs Cookie

This website uses Borlabs Cookie, which sets a technically necessary cookie (borlabs-cookie) in order to store your cookie consents. Borlabs Cookie does not process any personal data.

Your consents, which you gave when entering the website, are stored in the borlabs-cookie cookie. If you would like to withdraw these consents, simply delete the cookie in your browser. When you enter/reload the website again, you will be asked for your cookie consent once more.

Google reCAPTCHA privacy policy

Our foremost goal is that our website is protected and secure for you and for us in the best possible way. In order to ensure this, we use Google reCAPTCHA from the company Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). With reCAPTCHA we can determine whether you really are a human being of flesh and blood and not a robot or other spam software. By spam we mean any unwanted information that reaches us unsolicited by electronic means. With the classic CAPTCHAS you usually had to solve text or picture puzzles for verification. With reCAPTCHA from Google we usually do not have to bother you with such puzzles. Here it is sufficient in most cases if you simply tick a box and thus confirm that you are not a bot. With the new Invisible reCAPTCHA version you no longer even have to tick a box. Exactly how this works and, above all, which data is used for it, is explained in the course of this privacy policy.

The legal basis for the use is Article 6(1)(f) (lawfulness of processing), because there is a legitimate interest in protecting this website from bots and spam software.

What is reCAPTCHA?

reCAPTCHA is a free captcha service from Google that protects websites from spam software and misuse by non-human visitors. This service is most frequently used when you fill in forms on the internet. A captcha service is an automatic Turing test that is intended to ensure that an action on the internet is carried out by a human being and not by a bot. In the classic Turing test (named after the computer scientist Alan Turing), a human being establishes the distinction between bot and human. With captchas the computer or a software program also takes this over. Classic captchas work with small tasks that are easy for humans to solve but present considerable difficulties for machines. With reCAPTCHA you no longer have to actively solve puzzles. The tool uses modern risk techniques in order to distinguish humans from bots. Here you only have to tick the text field “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. From these user actions the software calculates a so-called captcha score. With this score Google calculates, even before the captcha entry, how high the probability is that you are a human being. reCAPTCHA, or captchas in general, are always used when bots could manipulate or misuse certain actions (such as registrations, surveys, etc.).

Why do we use reCAPTCHA on our website?

We only want to welcome people of flesh and blood on our site. Bots or spam software of all kinds may safely stay at home. That is why we pull out all the stops to protect ourselves and to offer you the best possible user-friendliness. For this reason we use Google reCAPTCHA from the company Google. In this way we can be fairly certain that we remain a “bot-free” website. Through the use of reCAPTCHA, data is transmitted to Google which Google uses in order to determine whether you really are a human being. reCAPTCHA therefore serves the security of our website and, as a further consequence, your security as well. For example, without reCAPTCHA it could happen that during a registration a bot registers as many email addresses as possible in order subsequently 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 really do originate from human beings. The IP address and other data that Google needs for the reCAPTCHA service can therefore be sent to Google. IP addresses are almost always shortened beforehand within the member states of the EU or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before the data ends up on a server in the USA. The IP address is not combined with other data from Google, provided you are not logged in to your Google account while using reCAPTCHA. First the reCAPTCHA algorithm checks whether Google cookies from other Google services (YouTube. Gmail, etc.) have already been placed in your browser. Then reCAPTCHA sets an additional cookie in your browser and captures a snapshot of your browser window.

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

• Referrer URL (the address of the page from which the visitor comes)
• IP address (e.g. 256.123.123.1)
• Information about the operating system (the software that enables the operation of your computer. Well-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 that you carry out with the mouse or the keyboard is stored)
• Date and language settings (which language or which date you have preset on your PC is stored)
• All JavaScript objects (JavaScript is a programming language that enables 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” box. With the Invisible reCAPTCHA version the ticking is even dispensed with and the entire recognition process runs in the background. How much and which data Google stores exactly is not disclosed in detail by Google.

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 of these cookies require a unique identifier for tracking purposes. Here is a list of cookies that Google reCAPTCHA has set on the demo version:

• Name: IDE
  Expiry time: after one year
  Purpose: this cookie is set by the company DoubleClick (which also belongs to Google) in order to register and report the actions of a user on the website in dealing with advertisements. In this way the advertising effectiveness can be measured and corresponding optimisation measures taken. IDE is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net.
  Example value: WqTUmlnmv_qXyi_DGNPLESKnRNrpgXoy1K-pAZtAkMbHI-311150052
• Name: 1P_JAR
  Expiry time: after one month
  Purpose: this cookie collects statistics on website use and measures conversions. A conversion arises, 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 avoid a user seeing the same advertisement more than once.
  Example value: 2019-5-14-12
• Name: ANID
  Expiry time: after 9 months
  Purpose: we were unable to obtain much information about this cookie. In Google’s privacy policy the cookie is mentioned in connection with “advertising cookies” such as “DSID”, “FLC”, “AID”, “TAID”. ANID is stored under the domain google.com.
  Example value: U7j1v3dZa3111500520xgZFmiqWppRWKOr
• Name: CONSENT
  Expiry time: after 19 years
  Purpose: the cookie stores the status of a user’s consent to the use of different Google services. CONSENT also serves security purposes, in order to verify users, to prevent fraud with login information and to protect user data from unauthorised attacks.
  Example value: YES+AT.de+20150628-20-0
• Name: NID
  Expiry time: after 6 months
  Purpose: NID is used by Google to adapt advertisements to your Google search. With the help of the cookie, Google “remembers” your most frequently entered search queries or your earlier interaction with advertisements. In this way you always receive tailor-made advertisements. The cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to collect personal settings of the user for advertising purposes.
  Example value: 0WmuWqy311150052zILzqV_nmt3sDXwPeM5Q
• Name: DV
  Expiry time: after 10 minutes
  Purpose: as soon as you have ticked the “I am not a robot” box, this cookie is set. The cookie is used by Google Analytics for personalised advertising. DV collects information in anonymised form and is furthermore used in order to be able to make user distinctions.
  Example value: gEAABBCjJMXcI0dSAAAANbqc311150052

Note: this list cannot claim to be complete, as experience shows that Google repeatedly changes its choice of cookies.

How long and where is the data stored?

By inserting reCAPTCHA, data from you is transmitted to the Google server. Google does not make it clear, even after repeated enquiries, exactly where this data is stored. Without having received confirmation from Google, it must be assumed that data such as mouse interaction, time spent on the website or language settings is stored on the European or American Google servers. The IP address that your browser transmits to Google is in principle not merged with other Google data from further Google services. If, however, you are logged in to your Google account while using the reCAPTCHA plug-in, the data is merged. The differing data protection provisions of the company Google apply to this.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

If you do not want any data about you and about your behaviour to be transmitted to Google, you must log out of Google completely and delete all Google cookies before you visit our website or use the reCAPTCHA software. In principle, the data is transmitted automatically to Google as soon as you call up our site. In order to delete this data again, you must contact Google Support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=311150052.

If you use our website, you therefore declare your agreement that Google LLC and its representatives automatically collect, process and use data.

You can find out a little more about reCAPTCHA on Google’s web developer page at https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/. Although Google goes into the technical development of reCAPTCHA in more detail there, precise information about data storage and data protection topics is sought in vain there as well. You will find a good overview of the basic use of data at Google in its in-house privacy policy at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Source: Created with the privacy policy generator from AdSimple in cooperation with bauenwir.de

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