Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (provider of Google reCAPTCHA), https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/v3.html

We integrate the "reCaptcha" function from Google Inc. for the detection of bots, for example when inputting details in contact forms. The behavioural information of users (e.g. mouse movements or queries) are included in the “captchas" evaluated to distinguish people from bots. The name "bot" is a short form of the English term "robot" (robot). These are controlled by a computer program, which, like an automated machine, is programmed to process certain tasks without human intervention. The “captchas” are another security function on our website. “Captcha” stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”. In German this means: “Vollautomatischer öffentlicher Turing-Test zur Unterscheidung von Computern und Menschen”. When you visit our website, we transfer information to Google about your access. Google in particular uses the following information to check whether you are a human or a computer:

The IP address of your end device
Referrer (address of the website where the captcha is used)
Information about the browser you are using (e.g. browser type and version, screen resolution, language, installed plugins, time and date)
If you are registered and logged in to Google, your Google account
Your surfing behaviour on websites
Your input behaviour (e.g. your mouse movements on the reCAPTCHA areas)
In some cases, small tasks where you have to identify pictures or numbers

The legal basis for the use of Google reCAPTCHA is Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. c) in conj. with Art. 24, 32 GDPR. The use serves the fulfilment of a legal obligation (obligation to secure our website against external attacks as well as fraud prevention) to which we as are subject. reCaptcha supports us with suitable technical measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

Google is headquartered in the USA. The EU Commission has confirmed that all companies certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework have an adequate level of data protection comparable to that in the EU. The companies that are part of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework can be viewed at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search. Google is certified accordingly.

More details are available in Google’s Terms of use and data protection policy.

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