Data protection regulations

Within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the Member States as well as other data protection provisions is:

Meiser Holding GmbH
Edmund Meiser Straße 1

D-66839 Schmelz-Limbach

Tel: +49 6887 309 0
Fax: +49 6887 309 3000

E-Mail: info@meiser.de
Website: www.meiser.de

Name and address of the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions regarding data protection, please send us an email or contact our Data Protection Officer directly. The contact details of the Data Protection Officer are:

W+ST Data Security GmbH Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
Münchener Straße 1
66763 Dillingen

Tel: +49 (0) 6831 – 762 132
Fax: +49 6831 73040

datenschutzbeauftragter@w-st.de

Any data subject may contact our Data Protection Officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in this Privacy Policy.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the section above concerning the controller as well as in the section “Name and address of the Data Protection Officer” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we collect your data?

Some of your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or after you have given your consent when visiting the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data, e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page view.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time and free of charge to receive information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to rectification, deletion, withdrawal of consent, restriction of processing and the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You may contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions on the subject of data protection.

Analytics tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily using so-called analytics programs. Detailed information can be found in the following sections of this Privacy Policy.

Detailed information on these analytics programs can be found in the following Privacy Policy.

Hosting

HostPress

We host the content of our website with HostPress GmbH; Bahnhofstraße 34; 66571 Eppelborn. Details can be found in the HostPress Privacy Policy: https://www.hostpress.de/datenschutz/.

The use of HostPress is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible. Where corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

General information and mandatory information

Data protection

We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy. We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet, e.g. when communicating by email, may have security vulnerabilities.

Information concerning the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is the company named above. The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

General information on the legal bases for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data pursuant to Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your terminal device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of Section 25(1) TTDSG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the applicable legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following sections of this Privacy Policy.

Information on data transfers to the USA and other third countries

We use, among other things, tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not considered secure under data protection law. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. We would like to point out that a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against this. It therefore cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Collection of general data and information

When you access our website, information of a general nature is collected automatically. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following may be collected: (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-pages accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information used to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

This consists exclusively of information that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you personally. This information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver website content requested by you and is necessarily generated when using the internet. Anonymous information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Additional functions and services of our website

In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do so, you generally have to provide additional personal data that we use to provide the respective service and to which the data processing principles described above apply.

In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored.

We may also pass your personal data on to third parties if, for example, contracts or similar services are offered by us jointly with partners. Further information in this regard will be provided when you enter your personal data or below in the description of the respective service.

If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the respective service.

Use of our app

In addition to our online services, we provide a mobile app that you can download to your mobile device. Via the app, you can request quotations, place stock orders and search for contacts.

When downloading the mobile app, the required information is transferred to the app store you have selected, in particular the username, email address and customer number of your account, time of download, payment information and individual device identifier. We have no influence on this data collection and are not responsible for it. We process the data only insofar as this is necessary for downloading the mobile app to your mobile device.

If you create a user account or log in, we use your access data (username and password) to grant you access to your user account and to manage it (“mandatory information”). Without this mandatory information, you cannot create a user account.

In addition, you may provide further voluntary information as part of the registration process.

We use the mandatory information to authenticate you when logging in and to process requests to reset your password. The data you enter during registration or login is processed and used by us to verify your authorization to manage the user account; to enforce the terms of use of the app as well as all associated rights and obligations; and to contact you in order to send you technical or legal notices, updates, security alerts or other messages relating, for example, to the management of the user account. The legal basis is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

We use voluntary information to provide you with the requested offers and information. The legal basis is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

Use of our customer portal

If you wish to use our customer portal, you must log in by entering your username and password. Providing the aforementioned data is mandatory unless you use guest access. All other information may be provided voluntarily.

If you create a customer account or log in, we use your access data (username and password) to grant you access to your customer account and to manage it.

We use the information to authenticate you when logging in and to process requests to reset your password. The data you enter during registration or login is processed and used by us to verify your authorization to manage the customer account; to enforce the terms of use of the portal as well as all associated rights and obligations; and to contact you in order to send you technical or legal notices, updates, security alerts or other messages relating, for example, to the management of the customer account. The legal basis is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

We use voluntary information to provide you with the requested offers and information. The legal basis is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

Use of our customer login

If you wish to use our customer login, you must log in by entering your username and password. Providing the aforementioned data is mandatory. All other information may be provided voluntarily.

If you create a customer account or log in, we use your access data (username and password) to grant you access to your customer account and to manage it.

We use the information to authenticate you when logging in and to process requests to reset your password. The data you enter during registration or login is processed and used by us to verify your authorization to manage the customer account; to enforce the terms of use of the customer login as well as all associated rights and obligations; and to contact you in order to send you technical or legal notices, updates, security alerts or other messages relating, for example, to the management of the customer account. The legal basis is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

We use voluntary information to provide you with the requested offers and information. The legal basis is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

Use of our Product Finder

If you wish to use our Product Finder, you must log in by entering your username and password. Providing the aforementioned data is mandatory. All other information may be provided voluntarily.

If you create a customer account or log in, we use your access data (username and password) to grant you access to your customer account and to manage it.

We use the information to authenticate you when logging in and to process requests to reset your password. The data you enter during registration or login is processed and used by us to verify your authorization to manage the customer account; to enforce the terms of use of the Product Finder as well as all associated rights and obligations; and to contact you in order to send you technical or legal notices, updates, security alerts or other messages relating, for example, to the management of the customer account. The legal basis is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

We use voluntary information to provide you with the requested offers and information. The legal basis is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

Cookies

Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your terminal device. They are stored on your terminal device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services provided by third-party companies within websites, e.g. cookies for processing payment services.

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them, e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos. Other cookies may be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions requested by you (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Where consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG); consent may be withdrawn at any time.

You can configure your browser so that you are informed when cookies are set and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally, and activate automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this Privacy Policy.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses the consent technology provided by Borlabs Cookie to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser or to the use of certain technologies and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg (hereinafter “Borlabs”).

When you enter our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser in which the consents you have given or the withdrawal of these consents are stored. This data is not passed on to the provider of Borlabs Cookie.

The collected data is stored until you request deletion from us, delete the Borlabs cookie yourself or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. Details on data processing by Borlabs Cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The Borlabs Cookie consent technology is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Contact form

Due to statutory requirements, we offer a quick means of contacting our company electronically by email or contact form on our website.

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively processing the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiry by email, telephone or fax

If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively processing the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Deletion or blocking of data

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. We therefore store your personal data only for as long as is necessary to achieve the storage purposes stated here. Once the respective purpose no longer applies or these periods expire, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with statutory provisions.

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period has been stated in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these grounds cease to apply.

Your rights to access, rectification, blocking, deletion and objection

You have the following rights against us with regard to personal data concerning you:

• Right of access,
• Right to rectification or deletion,
• Right to restriction of processing,
• Right to object to processing,
• Right to data portability.

If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you may withdraw it at any time. Such withdrawal affects the permissibility of processing your personal data after you have communicated it to us.

Where we base the processing of your personal data on a balancing of interests, you may object to the processing. This applies in particular where the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you, which is described by us in each case in the following description of the functions. If you exercise such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we do. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and will either stop or adjust the data processing or demonstrate to you our compelling legitimate grounds on the basis of which we will continue the processing.

You may, of course, object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us of your objection to advertising using the following contact details:

Meiser Holding GmbH
Edmund Meiser Straße 1

D-66839 Schmelz-Limbach

Tel: +49 6887 309 0
Fax: +49 6887 309 3000

E-Mail: webmaster@meiser.de
Website: www.meiser.de

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of your personal data.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct advertising pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR

IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ESTABLISH, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract, or to have it transferred to a third party, in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out insofar as it is technically feasible.

Access, deletion and rectification

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time and free of charge to receive information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, where applicable, a right to rectification or deletion of this data. You may contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions relating to personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or establish legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

Data protection in applications and the application process

The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits corresponding application documents to the controller electronically, for example by email or via a web form on the website. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the submitted data will be stored for the purpose of handling the employment relationship in compliance with statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller prevent deletion. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, an obligation to provide evidence in proceedings under the German General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

Google Analytics

To analyze user behavior, we process personal data of website visitors. By evaluating the data obtained, we are able to compile information about the use of individual components of our website. This enables us to improve the user-friendliness of our website. Using the analytics tools employed, for example, user profiles could be created for the display of targeted or interest-based advertising messages, our website visitors could be recognized when they next visit our website, their click/scroll behavior and downloads could be measured, heatmaps could be created, page views could be recorded, the duration of visits or bounce rates could be measured, and the origin of website visitors (city, country, website from which the visitor came) could be tracked. The analytics tools help us improve our market research and marketing activities.

Processing only takes place if you consent to this data processing via our consent banner on the website. The legal basis for this processing is consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Without your consent, data processing in the manner described above does not take place. If you withdraw your consent (e.g. via the consent banner or other options provided on this website), we will stop this data processing. The lawfulness of processing carried out until withdrawal remains unaffected.

Leadfeeder

We use the Leadfeeder service on our website. The provider of the service is Dealfront Group GmbH, Durlacher Allee 73, 76131 Karlsruhe.

Further information can be found in the provider’s privacy information at the following URL: https://www.leadfeeder.com/privacy/

Google Tag Manager

Our website uses Google Tag Manager, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Tag Manager enables us to manage website tags via an interface. The tool itself does not store personal data and does not access such data. It merely triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. However, Google Tag Manager does not access this data.

Legal basis for processing

The processing of personal data through the use of Google Tag Manager is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the efficient management of tags on our website.

Disclosure of data to third parties

When using Google Tag Manager, data may be transferred to Google servers in the USA. Google is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, thereby ensuring an adequate level of data protection.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This website uses Google Analytics with IP anonymization enabled. As a result, IP addresses are processed only in shortened form, thereby excluding any direct personal reference. To the extent that the data collected about you can be linked to a person, this link is therefore immediately eliminated and the personal data is deleted without delay. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with further services related to website use and internet use.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

In addition to the recommendation in Section 3(3)(d), you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

As an alternative to the browser add-on, particularly on browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent collection by Google Analytics by clicking on this link: Opt-Out Cookie. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents future collection of your data when visiting this website. The opt-out cookie applies only in this browser and only to our website and is stored on your device.

We use Google Analytics in order to analyze the use of our website and regularly improve it. The statistics obtained allow us to improve our services and make them more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG. The maximum storage period for personal data is 14 months.

More information about how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is used to verify whether data entry on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is being carried out by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, length of time the website visitor remains on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web services against abusive automated spying and SPAM. Where corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal device (e.g. device