Spam protection with Google reCAPTCHA
We have implemented Google reCAPTCHA in forms on our website to help us determine whether data entered into forms is being submitted by a human visitor or by a machine or automated program, also known as a ‘bot’. This tool automatically analyses the behaviour of website visitors as they interact with the website, using information such as IP address, time spent on the website and mouse movement. The data processed includes usage data such as the website visited, date and time of visit and mouse movements, as well as communication data such as IP addresses, browser type and operating system. This processing is aimed at visitors to the website and users of the online services. The main purpose of this processing is to prevent misuse of our contact form and thereby increase security. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR. The data recipients are Google Ireland Ltd, based at Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland, (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and our website hosting provider. Where your personal data is processed within the EU, the retention period for the processed data will be determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the Google reCAPTCHA privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Website analysis
When you visit our website, we collect information about your usage through a web analytics tool provided by our hosting service. This tool collects and combines your IP address and user agent, truncating and storing this data using a hash function. This process creates a visitor identifier that is encrypted with a randomly generated value (SALT) that changes every 24 hours. This method ensures that your IP address cannot be reconstructed from the stored visitor identifier, thus preserving your anonymity. In addition, we do not combine this information with other data and it is only stored on the hosting provider’s server.
We also process web analytics data, HTTP data and web analytics profile data. The web analytics tool we use creates and stores a web analytics profile that includes details about your use of the website, such as page views, frequency of visits, time spent on each page and the user agent of your device. This includes usage data (such as web pages visited and access times) and communication data (such as browser type, operating system and IP addresses).
By processing this data, we aim to analyse user behaviour in aggregate form in order to improve the presentation and content of our website. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR), in particular in carrying out web measurements in order to improve our products and our website.
The information collected is shared with our website hosting provider and processed within the EU.