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Alois Männer GmbH
Pettighofen 35,
4863 Seewalchen am Attersee,
Austria

Business Activity: Diving Travel Agency
VAT ID: ATU76000569
Company Register No.: FN537538y
Commercial Register Court: Vöcklabruck
Registered Office: 4863 Seewalchen am Attersee

Phone: 0043 664 8576281
Email: a.maenner@maldivesandmore.com

Member of: WKO
Professional Regulations: Trade Regulation Act: www.ris.bka.gv.at

Supervisory Authority: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Vöcklabruck
Country of Grant: Austria

Managing Director
Alois Männer

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EU Online Dispute Resolution

Just a heads-up, as per the EU's Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Regulation, we want to let you know about their ODR platform. If you're a consumer, you can send complaints to the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution platform at http://ec.europa.eu/odr?tid=121609094. You'll find our contact details in the legal notice above.

Just so you know, we're not actually required or willing to get involved in dispute resolution with a consumer arbitration board.

Responsibility for our website content

We're always working on improving our website content and try our best to keep everything accurate and current. But, we can't really take responsibility for everything being perfectly correct, especially stuff that comes from other people.

If you happen to spot any content that seems problematic or illegal, please get in touch with us right away. You'll find our contact info in the legal notice.

Our website has links to other sites, but we're not responsible for what's on them. According to § 17 ECG, we're not liable for these linked sites because we don't know about any illegal stuff happening there, and we haven't noticed anything wrong so far. If we ever find out about anything illegal, we'll remove those links right away.

If you spot any illegal links on our website, please let us know! You can find our contact details in the legal notice.

Copyright Info

Just so you know, all the stuff on this website – like pictures, photos, text, and videos – is protected by copyright. If anyone uses parts of our content without permission, we'll take legal action if we need to.

If you happen to find anything on this website that you think violates copyright, please get in touch with us.

Image Sources

All the pictures, photos, and graphics on this website are protected by copyright.

The rights for these images belong to the photographers and companies listed below:

  • Photographer Mustermann

Privacy Policy

Table of Contents

Privacy

We've put together this Privacy Policy (version 01.01.1970-121609094) to explain to you, in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, what info we collect, how we use your data, and what choices you have as a visitor to this website.

Unfortunately, these explanations can sound pretty technical, but we've really tried to describe the most important things as simply and clearly as possible.

Automatic Data Storage

When you visit websites these days, certain information is automatically created and stored, and it's the same here on our website.

When you visit our website, just like you're doing now, our web server (the computer where this website is stored) automatically saves data like:

  • the address (URL) of the page you visited
  • your browser and its version
  • the operating system you're using
  • the address (URL) of the page you visited before (referrer URL)
  • the hostname and IP address of the device you're using to access the site
  • date and time

in files (web server log files).

Usually, web server log files are stored for two weeks and then automatically deleted. We don't share this data with anyone, but we can't rule out that this data might be looked at if there's any illegal activity.

Cookies

Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.
Below, we'll explain what cookies are and why they're used, so you can better understand the rest of this Privacy Policy.

What exactly are cookies?

Whenever you browse the internet, you're using a browser. Popular ones include Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge. Most websites store tiny text files in your browser, and these files are called cookies.

One thing's for sure: cookies are super handy! Almost all websites use cookies. To be more precise, they're HTTP cookies, as there are other types for different uses. HTTP cookies are small files that our website saves on your computer. These cookie files automatically land in your browser's 'cookie folder' – kind of like its brain. A cookie has a name and a value, and when you set one up, you also need to specify one or more attributes.

Cookies store some of your user data, like your language or personal page settings. When you visit our site again, your browser sends this 'user-related' info back to us. Thanks to cookies, our website knows who you are and gives you the settings you're used to. In some browsers, each cookie has its own file, while in others, like Firefox, all cookies are saved in one single file.

There are both first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our site, while third-party cookies come from partner websites (like Google Analytics). Each cookie is unique because they all store different data. The expiry time of a cookie also varies, from just a few minutes to several years. Cookies aren't software programs and don't contain viruses, Trojans, or other 'nasties'. They also can't access information on your PC.

Here's what cookie data might look like, for example:

Name: _ga
Value: GA1.2.1326744211.152121609094-9
Purpose: Distinguishing website visitors
Expiry Date: after 2 years

Browsers should be able to support these minimum sizes:

  • At least 4096 bytes per cookie
  • At least 50 cookies per domain
  • At least 3000 cookies in total

What types of cookies are there?

The specific cookies we use depend on the services we're running, and we'll explain that in the following sections of our privacy policy. Right now, we just want to quickly go over the different kinds of HTTP cookies.

You can distinguish between 4 types of cookies:

Essential Cookies
These cookies are needed to make sure the basic functions of the website work. For example, you need them if a user puts a product in their shopping cart, then browses other pages, and only later goes to checkout. Thanks to these cookies, the shopping cart won't be emptied, even if the user closes their browser window.

Functional Cookies
These cookies gather info about user behavior and whether the user gets any error messages. They also help measure the loading time and how the website behaves on different browsers.

Targeting Cookies
These cookies make the website more user-friendly. For instance, they save things like entered locations, font sizes, or form data.

Advertising Cookies
These cookies are also called targeting cookies. Their job is to deliver personalized ads to you. This can be super handy, but also pretty annoying!

Usually, when you visit a website for the first time, you'll be asked which of these cookie types you want to allow. And of course, that decision is also saved in a cookie.

How can I delete cookies?

You get to decide how and if you want to use cookies. No matter which service or website the cookies come from, you always have the option to delete, disable, or only partially allow them. For example, you can block third-party cookies but allow all others.

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

Chrome: Delete, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari

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

Internet Explorer: How to delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: How to delete and manage cookies

If you really don't want any cookies at all, you can set up your browser to always let you know when a cookie is about to be placed. That way, you can decide for each cookie if you want to allow it or not. How you do this depends on which browser you're using. Your best bet is to search on Google for instructions, like "delete cookies Chrome" or "disable cookies Chrome" if you're using Chrome.

What about my data privacy?

Since 2009, we've had what are called "Cookie Guidelines." These rules say that websites need your permission to store cookies. But, different EU countries have reacted to these guidelines in pretty different ways. In Austria, though, this guideline was put into action as part of Section 96, Paragraph 3 of our Telecommunications Act (TKG).

If you're keen to learn more about cookies and don't mind diving into some technical stuff, we suggest checking out https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265. It's called the "HTTP State Management Mechanism" and comes from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

Storing your personal data

Any personal info you send us electronically on this website – like your name, email, address, or other details when you fill out a form or leave blog comments – will only be used for the reason you provided it. We'll keep it safe, along with the time and your IP address, and we definitely won't share it with anyone else.

So, we only use your personal data to chat with visitors who specifically want to get in touch, and to handle the services and products we offer on this website. We won't share your personal data without your permission. However, we can't completely rule out that this data might be accessed if there's any illegal activity.

If you send us personal data via email – meaning, not through this website – we can't guarantee that your data will be transmitted securely or fully protected. We really recommend that you never send sensitive info unencrypted through email.

Your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation

Based on the GDPR and Austria's Data Protection Act (DSG), you generally have these rights:

  • Right to Correction (Article 16 GDPR)
  • Right to Deletion ("Right to be Forgotten") (Article 17 GDPR)
  • Right to Restrict Processing (Article 18 GDPR)
  • Right to Notification – meaning we have to tell you if we correct or delete your personal data, or restrict its 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 only on automated processing – including profiling (Article 22 GDPR)

If you think your data is being processed in a way that breaks data protection laws, or if your data privacy rights have been violated in any other way, you can complain to the supervisory authority. In Austria, that's the Data Protection Authority, and you can find their website at https://www.dsb.gv.at/.

How we analyze visitor behavior

In the privacy policy below, we'll tell you if and how we look at data from your visit to this website. We usually analyze this collected data anonymously, so we can't figure out who you are based on what you do on our site.

You can learn more about how to object to this analysis of your visit data in the privacy policy below.

TLS Encryption with HTTPS

We use HTTPS to send data securely over the internet, so no one can snoop on it (that's "data protection by design" as per Article 25, Paragraph 1 of the GDPR). By using TLS (Transport Layer Security), which is an encryption method for safe data transfer online, we can make sure your sensitive info stays protected. You'll know your data transfer is secure by the little padlock icon at the top left of your browser and by seeing "https" (instead of "http") in our website address.

Google Analytics Privacy Policy

On our website, we use a tool called Google Analytics (GA) for tracking and analysis. It's from the American company Google Inc., but for Europe, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) handles all Google services. Google Analytics gathers info about what you do on our site. For instance, if you click a link, that action gets saved in a cookie and sent to Google Analytics. The reports we get from Google Analytics help us make our website and services better for you. Below, we'll dive deeper into this tracking tool and, most importantly, tell you what data it collects and how you can stop it.

So, what exactly is Google Analytics?

Google Analytics is a tracking tool that helps us understand our website's traffic. To make it work, we've put a special tracking code into our website's programming. When you visit our site, this code records different things you do here. Once you leave, this data is sent to Google Analytics servers and stored there.

Google processes all that data, and then we get reports about how you and other users behave on our site. These reports might include things like:

  • Audience Reports: These reports help us get to know our users better and understand who's really interested in what we offer.
  • Ad Reports: With these reports, we can easily check out our online ads and make them even better.
  • Acquisition Reports: These reports give us cool tips on how to get more people excited about our service.
  • Behavior Reports: This is where we learn how you interact with our website. We can see your journey through our pages and which links you click.
  • Conversion Reports: A 'conversion' is basically when you do something we hope you will, thanks to our marketing message. Like when you go from just browsing our site to becoming a customer or signing up for our newsletter. These reports help us understand how well our marketing efforts are working for you. Our goal is to boost our conversion rate!
  • Real-time Reports: With these, we always know right away what's happening on our website. For example, we can see how many people are reading this very text right now!

Why do we use Google Analytics on our website?

Our goal with this website is super clear: we want to offer you the best possible service! The stats and data from Google Analytics really help us hit that goal.

The data we get from these stats gives us a clear picture of what's great about our website and what could be better. On one hand, we can tweak our site so people who are interested can find us more easily on Google. On the other hand, the data helps us understand you, our visitors, much better. This way, we know exactly what we need to improve on our website to give you the best service possible. The data also helps us make our ads and marketing more personal and budget-friendly. After all, it just makes sense to show our products and services to people who are actually interested in them!

What kind of data does Google Analytics store?

Google Analytics uses a tracking code to create a random, unique ID that's linked to your browser cookie. This is how Google Analytics knows you're a new user. The next time you visit our site, it'll recognize you as a 'returning' user. All the data collected is saved along with this user ID. This is how it can create user profiles that don't reveal your actual identity.

Things like cookies and app instance IDs help us measure how you interact with our website. 'Interactions' just means all the different things you do on our site. If you also use other Google stuff (like a Google account), the data from Google Analytics might get linked up with third-party cookies. Google won't share any Google Analytics data unless we, as the website owners, give the green light. The only exceptions are if it's legally required.

Here are the cookies Google Analytics uses:

Name: _ga
Value: 2.1326744211.152121609094-5
Purpose: By default, analytics.js uses the _ga cookie to store the user ID. Basically, it helps tell website visitors apart.
Expires: after 2 years

Name: _gid
Value: 2.1687193234.152121609094-1
Purpose: This cookie also helps distinguish between website visitors.
Expires: after 24 hours

Name: _gat_gtag_UA_
Value: 1
Purpose: Used to slow down the request rate. If Google Analytics is set up through Google Tag Manager, this cookie gets the name _dc_gtm_.
Expires: after 1 minute

Name: AMP_TOKEN
Value: not specified
Purpose: This cookie holds a token that helps retrieve a user ID from the AMP Client ID service. Other possible values might point to an opt-out, a request, or an error.
Expires: after 30 seconds up to one year

Name: __utma
Value: 1564498958.1564498958.1564498958.1
Purpose: This cookie helps track your behavior on the website and measure its performance. It gets updated every time information is sent to Google Analytics.
Expires: after 2 years

Name: __utmt
Value: 1
Purpose: Just like _gat_gtag_UA_, this cookie is used to throttle the request rate.
Expires: after 10 minutes

Name: __utmb
Value: 3.10.1564498958
Purpose: This cookie helps figure out new sessions. It gets updated every time new data or info is sent to Google Analytics.
Expires: after 30 minutes

Name: __utmc
Value: 167421564
Purpose: This cookie is used to set up new sessions for returning visitors. It's a session cookie, so it's only stored until you close your browser.
Expires: After closing the browser

Name: __utmz
Value: m|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/
Purpose: This cookie helps us figure out where visitors to our website are coming from. So, it remembers if you came from another page or an ad, for example.
Expires: after 6 months

Name: __utmv
Value: not specified
Purpose: This cookie is used to store custom user data. It's always updated whenever information is sent to Google Analytics.
Expires: after 2 years

Note: This list might not be totally complete, as Google often changes which cookies they use.

Here's a quick look at the most important data collected by Google Analytics:

Heatmaps: Google makes these things called heatmaps. They show us exactly which parts of our site you click on, so we know where you're hanging out.

Session Duration: This is what Google calls the time you spend on our site without leaving it. If you're inactive for 20 minutes, your session automatically ends.

Bounce Rate (also known as 'Bouncerate' in English): This happens when you visit our site, only look at one page, and then leave.

Account Creation: If you create an account or place an order on our website, Google Analytics collects this info.

IP Address: Your IP address is only shown in a shortened version, so it can't be directly linked to you.

Location: Your IP address helps us figure out your country and general location. We call this IP-based location.

Technical Information: This includes things like what browser you're using, your internet provider, or your screen resolution.

Source: Google Analytics (and us, of course!) also wants to know which website or ad led you to our page.

Other data includes things like your contact details, any reviews you leave, if you play media (like a video on our site), share content on social media, or add something to your favorites. This isn't a complete list, but it gives you a general idea of what Google Analytics might store.

How long and where do we store your data?

Google has servers all over the world. Most of them are in America, so your data usually ends up there. You can check out exactly where Google's data centers are here: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de

Your data is spread out across different physical storage devices. This makes it quicker to access and better protected from tampering. Every Google data center has emergency plans for your data. So, even if Google's hardware breaks down or natural disasters take out servers, there's still a low risk of service interruption.

Google Analytics usually keeps your user data for 26 months before deleting it. But we can actually choose how long we want to keep it. We have five options:

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

Once the chosen time is up, data gets deleted once a month. This retention period applies to your data connected to cookies, user recognition, and ad IDs (like DoubleClick cookies). Report results are based on 'aggregated data,' which is stored separately from individual user data. Aggregated data basically means combining lots of individual bits of info into one bigger chunk.

How can I delete my data or stop it from being stored?

Under EU data protection law, you have the right to ask for your data, update it, delete it, or limit how it's used. You can stop Google Analytics from using your data by installing a special browser add-on that disables Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js). You can download and install this add-on here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Just remember, this add-on only stops Google Analytics from collecting data.

If you want to disable, delete, or manage cookies in general (not just for Google Analytics), each browser has its own instructions:

Chrome: Delete, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari

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

Internet Explorer: How to delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: How to delete and manage cookies

Google Analytics is part of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which helps ensure your personal data is transferred correctly and securely. You can find more info here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&tid=121609094. We hope this has given you a good overview of how Google Analytics handles data. If you're curious to learn even more about this tracking service, check out these two links: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Google Analytics IP Anonymization

We've set up Google Analytics to anonymize IP addresses on this website. Google created this feature so our site can follow data protection rules and local authority recommendations, especially when they say full IP addresses shouldn't be stored. Basically, your IP address gets anonymized or masked as soon as it hits the Google Analytics data network, even before it's stored or processed.

You can find more info about IP anonymization here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=de.

Google Analytics Reports on Demographics and Interests

We've turned on the advertising reporting features in Google Analytics. The reports on demographics and interests give us details about age, gender, and interests. This helps us get a better picture of our users, without being able to link this data to individual people. You can learn more about these advertising features here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3450482?hl=de_AT&utm_id=ad.

You can stop Google from using your Google Account activity and info by unchecking the box under “Ad Settings” here: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

If you click on the following opt-out link, you can stop Google from tracking further visits to this website. Heads up: Deleting cookies, using your browser's incognito/private mode, or using a different browser will cause data to be collected again.

Disable Google Analytics

Google Analytics Data Processing Addendum

We've signed a direct customer agreement with Google for using Google Analytics by accepting the “Data Processing Addendum” in Google Analytics.

You can find more about the Data Processing Addendum for Google Analytics here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3379636?hl=de&utm_id=ad

Google Analytics Google Signals Privacy Policy

We've activated Google Signals in Google Analytics. This updates the existing Google Analytics features (like advertising reports, remarketing, cross-device reports, and reports on interests and demographics) to give us aggregated and anonymized data from you, as long as you've allowed personalized ads in your Google Account.

What's cool about this is that it's cross-device tracking. This means your data can be analyzed across different devices. When Google Signals is activated, data is collected and linked to your Google Account. For example, Google can then tell if you view a product on our website using your smartphone and then buy it later on a laptop. Thanks to Google Signals, we can run cross-device remarketing campaigns that wouldn't be possible otherwise. Remarketing means we can show you our offers on other websites too.

With Google Signals, Google Analytics also collects other visitor data like your location, search history, YouTube history, and info about what you do on our website. This gives us better advertising reports from Google and more useful details about your interests and demographics. This includes your age, what language you speak, where you live, or your gender. Plus, it adds social criteria like your job, marital status, or income. All these features help Google Analytics define groups of people or target audiences.

These reports also help us better understand your behavior, wishes, and interests. This allows us to optimize and tailor our services and products for you. This data usually expires after 26 months. Please note that this data collection only happens if you've allowed personalized advertising in your Google Account. It's always about aggregated and anonymous data, never data about individual people. You can manage or delete this data in your Google Account.

Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Policy

Our main goal is to keep our website as safe and secure as possible for both you and us. To make sure of that, we use Google reCAPTCHA from Google Inc. For Europe, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services. With reCAPTCHA, we can figure out if you're a real person and not a robot or some other spam software. By "spam," we mean any unwanted electronic info that comes our way without us asking for it. With classic CAPTCHAs, you usually had to solve text or image puzzles to prove you weren't a bot. But with Google reCAPTCHA, we usually don't have to bother you with those puzzles. In most cases, you just need to tick a box to confirm you're not a bot. And with the new Invisible reCAPTCHA version, you don't even have to tick a box anymore! You can find out exactly how this works and, more importantly, what data is used for it, later in this privacy policy.

What is reCAPTCHA?

reCAPTCHA is a free Captcha service from Google that protects websites from spam software and misuse by non-human visitors. You'll most often see this service when you're filling out forms online. A Captcha service is like an automatic Turing Test that makes sure an action on the internet is done by a human and not a bot. In the classic Turing Test (named after computer scientist Alan Turing), a human decides if it's a bot or a human. With Captchas, a computer or software program does this. Classic Captchas use small tasks that are easy for humans to solve but really tough for machines. With reCAPTCHA, you don't actively have to solve any more puzzles. The tool uses modern risk techniques to tell humans apart from bots. Here, you just need to tick the “I'm not a robot” checkbox, or with Invisible reCAPTCHA, you don't even need to do that! reCAPTCHA embeds a JavaScript element into the source code, and then the tool runs in the background, analyzing your user behavior. From these user actions, the software calculates a "Captcha score." Google uses this score to figure out how likely it is that you're a human even before you interact with the Captcha. reCAPTCHA, or Captchas in general, are always used when bots might manipulate or misuse certain actions (like registrations, surveys, etc.).

Why do we use reCAPTCHA on our website?

We only want to welcome real people to our site. Bots or all sorts of spam software can happily stay home! That's why we're doing everything we can to protect ourselves and offer you the best possible user experience. For this reason, we use Google reCAPTCHA from Google. This way, we can be pretty sure that we'll stay a "bot-free" website. When you use reCAPTCHA, data is sent to Google to figure out if you're actually a human. So, reCAPTCHA helps keep our website secure, and by extension, keeps you safe too. For example, without reCAPTCHA, a bot could register tons of email addresses during a signup process to then "spam" forums or blogs with unwanted ads. With reCAPTCHA, we can avoid these kinds of bot attacks.

What data does reCAPTCHA store?

reCAPTCHA collects personal data from users to figure out if actions on our website are actually coming from humans. So, your IP address and other data that Google needs for the reCAPTCHA service might be sent to Google. IP addresses within EU member states or other contracting states of the European Economic Area agreement are almost always shortened before the data lands on a server in the USA. Your IP address isn't combined with other Google data unless you're logged into your Google Account while using reCAPTCHA. First, the reCAPTCHA algorithm checks if your browser already has Google cookies from other Google services (like YouTube, Gmail, etc.). Then, reCAPTCHA sets an additional cookie in your browser and takes a snapshot of your browser window.

The following list of collected browser and user data isn't meant to be exhaustive. Instead, these are examples of data that, to our knowledge, are processed by Google.

  • Referrer URL (the address of the page the visitor came from)
  • IP address (e.g., 256.123.123.1)
  • Info about your operating system (that's the software that makes your computer run, like Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux)
  • Cookies (these are small text files that store data in your browser)
  • Mouse and keyboard behavior (every action you take with your mouse or keyboard gets recorded)
  • Date and language settings (this saves what language or date you've set on your PC)
  • All JavaScript objects (JavaScript is a programming language that helps websites adapt to you. JavaScript objects can collect all sorts of data under one name)
  • Screen resolution (this shows how many pixels make up your screen's image)

It's a known fact that Google uses and analyzes this data even before you click the 'I'm not a robot' checkbox. With the Invisible reCAPTCHA version, you don't even have to check the box; the whole detection process happens in the background. Google doesn't really tell us in detail how much or what specific data they store.

Here are the cookies reCAPTCHA uses: We're talking about Google's reCAPTCHA demo version, which you can find at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo. All these cookies need a unique ID for tracking. Here's a list of cookies Google reCAPTCHA set on the demo version:

Name: IDE
Value: WqTUmlnmv_qXyi_DGNPLESKnRNrpgXoy1K-pAZtAkMbHI-121609094-8
Purpose: This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is also part of Google) to keep track of what you do on the website when you see ads. This helps them figure out how well ads are working and make them better. IDE is stored in your browser under the doubleclick.net domain.
Expiration: after one year

Name: 1P_JAR
Value: 2019-5-14-12
Purpose: This cookie gathers stats on how the website is used and tracks 'conversions' (like when someone goes from just browsing to actually buying something). It also helps show you relevant ads and stops you from seeing the same ad over and over again.
Expiration: after one month

Name: ANID
Value: U7j1v3dZa1216090940xgZFmiqWppRWKOr
Purpose: We couldn't really dig up much info about this cookie. Google's privacy policy mentions it alongside other "advertising cookies" like "DSID", "FLC", "AID", and "TAID". ANID is stored under the google.com domain.
Expiration: after 9 months

Name: CONSENT
Value: YES+AT.de+20150628-20-0
Purpose: This cookie remembers if you've agreed to use different Google services. CONSENT also helps with security, like checking who you are, stopping login scams, and keeping your data safe from unauthorized attacks.
Expiration: after 19 years

Name: NID
Value: 0WmuWqy121609094zILzqV_nmt3sDXwPeM5Q
Purpose: Google uses NID to show you ads that match your Google searches. This cookie "remembers" your most common searches or how you've interacted with ads before, so you always get ads tailored just for you. It has a unique ID to gather your personal ad preferences.
Expiration: after 6 months

Name: DV
Value: gEAABBCjJMXcI0dSAAAANbqc121609094-4
Purpose: This cookie pops up as soon as you tick the "I'm not a robot" box. Google Analytics uses it for personalized ads. DV collects info anonymously and also helps tell different users apart.
Expiration: after 10 minutes

Note: This list might not be complete, as Google often changes which cookies they use.

How long and where do we store your data?

When reCAPTCHA is added, your data gets sent to Google's servers. Google doesn't clearly say where exactly this data is stored, even if you ask them repeatedly. Since Google hasn't confirmed it, we have to assume that things like your mouse movements, how long you spend on the website, or your language settings are stored on Google's European or American servers. Your browser's IP address generally isn't combined with other Google data from their other services. But if you're logged into your Google account while using the reCAPTCHA plugin, then that data will be combined. In that situation, Google's own privacy rules apply.

How can I delete my data or stop it from being stored?

If you don't want Google to get any data about you or what you do, you'll need to completely log out of Google and clear all Google cookies before you visit our website or use the reCAPTCHA software. Basically, as soon as you land on our page, your data automatically gets sent to Google. To get this data deleted, you'll have to reach out to Google support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=121609094.

So, by using our website, you're agreeing that Google LLC and their folks can automatically collect, process, and use your data.

You can learn a bit more about reCAPTCHA on Google's web developer page here: https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/. While Google talks more about the technical side of reCAPTCHA there, you won't find any exact details about data storage or privacy-related stuff. For a good overview of how Google generally uses data, check out their own privacy policy here: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Source: Created with the Privacy Policy Generator from AdSimple® in cooperation with aboutbusiness.at

Imprint

Information in accordance with §5 of the E-Commerce Act, §14 of the Unternehmensgesetzbuch, §63 of the Commercial Code and disclosure requirements under §25 of the Media Act.

Alois Männer GmbH
Pettighofen 35,
4863 Seewalchen am Attersee,
Austria

Object of the company: Diving Travel Agency
VAT-Number: ATU76000569
Corporate register number: FN537538y
Corporate register court: Vöcklabruck
Company location: 4863 Seewalchen am Attersee

Phone: 0043 664 8576281
Email: a.maenner@maldivesandmore.com

Member of: WKO
Laws re. professions: Gewerbeordnung: www.ris.bka.gv.at

Supervisory/Trade authority: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Vöcklabruck
Awarding country: Austria

Chief executive
Alois Männer

Source: Created with the Impressum Generator by AdSimple® Online Marketing in cooperation with meinhaushalt.at

 

 

 

 

Privacy policy

Table of Contents

Privacy Policy

We put together this Privacy Policy (version 01.01.1970-121609094) to explain what info we collect, how we use it, and what choices you have as a user of our website, all following the rules of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679

We know these topics can sound a bit technical, but we've really tried our best to explain the important stuff as simply and clearly as we can.

Automatic Data Retention

Whenever you visit a website these days, some info is automatically created and saved, and it's the same here on our site.

So, whenever you pop onto our website, just like you're doing now, our web server (that's the computer where this website lives) automatically saves some details, like:

  • the address (URL) of the page you visited
  • your browser and its version
  • the operating system you're using
  • the address (URL) of the site you were on before ours (that's called the referrer URL)
  • the host name and IP address of the device you're using to check out our site
  • the date and time

all stored in files (we call them web server log files).

Usually, these web server log files stick around for about two weeks and then get deleted automatically. We don't share this info with anyone else, but we can't rule out that it might be looked at if there's ever any illegal activity.

Cookies

Our website uses HTTP-cookies to store user-specific data.
For your better understanding of the following Privacy Policy statement, we will explain to you below what cookies are and why they are in use.

What exactly are cookies?

Every time you surf the internet, you use a browser. Common 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.

What should not be dismissed, is that cookies are very useful little helpers. Nearly all websites use cookies. More accurately speaking these are HTTP-cookies, since there are also different cookies for other uses. http-cookies are small files which our website stores on your computer. These cookie files are automatically put into the cookie-folder, which is like the “brain” of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. Moreover, to define a cookie, one or multiple attributes must be specified.

Cookies save certain parts of your user data, such as e.g. language or personal page settings. When you re-open our website, your browser submits these “user specific” information back to our site. Thanks to cookies, our website knows who you are and offers you the settings you are familiar to. In some browsers every cookie has its own file, in others such as Firefox, all cookies are stored in one single file.

There are both first-party cookies and third-party coookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our site, while third-party cookies are created by partner-websites (e.g. Google Analytics). Every cookie is individual, since every cookie stores different data. The expiration time of a cookie also varies – it can be a few minutes, or up to a few years. Cookies are no software-programs and contain no computer viruses, trojans or any other malware. Cookies also cannot access your PC’s information.

This is an example of how cookie-files can look:

name: _ga
value: GA1.2.1326744211.152121609094-9
purpose: differentiation between website visitors
expiration date: after 2 years

A browser should support these minimum sizes:

  • at least 4096 bytes per cookie
  • at least 50 cookies per domain
  • at least 3000 cookies in total

Which types of cookies are there?

What exact cookies we use, depends on the used services. We will explain this in the following sections of the Privacy Policy statement. Firstly, we will briefly focus on the different types of HTTP-cookies.

There are 4 different types of cookies:

Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary to ensure the basic function of a website. They are needed when a user for example puts a product into their shopping cart, then continues surfing on different websites and comes back later in order to proceed to the checkout. Even when the user closed their window priorly, these cookies ensure that the shopping cart does not get deleted.

Purposive Cookies
These cookies collect info about the user behaviour and record if the user potentially receives any error messages. Furthermore, these cookies record the website’s loading time as well as its behaviour within different browsers.

Target-orientated Cookies
These cookies care for an improved user-friendliness. Thus, information such as previously entered locations, fonts or data in forms stay saved.

Advertising Cookies
These cookies are also known as targeting-Cookies. They serve the purpose of delivering individually adapted advertisements to the user. This can be very practical, but also rather annoying.

Upon your first visit to a website you are usually asked which of these cookie-types you want to accept. Furthermore, this decision will of course also be saved in a cookie.

How can I delete cookies?

You yourself take the decision if and how you want to use cookies. Thus, no matter what service or website cookies are from, you always have the option to delete, deactivate or only partially allow them. Therefore, you can for example block cookies of third parties but allow any other cookies.

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

Chrome: Clear, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Manage cookies and website data in Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies and site data in Firefox

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Delete cookies in Microsoft Edge

If you really don't want any cookies at all, you can set up your browser to let you know whenever a cookie is about to be placed. This way, you get to decide manually whether to allow or block each and every cookie. How you do this varies depending on which browser you're using. So, your best bet is to search for the instructions on Google. For example, if you're using Chrome, you could type 'delete cookies Chrome' or 'deactivate cookies Chrome' into Google.

How is my data protected?

Since 2009, there's been a 'cookie policy' that says websites need your permission to store cookies. But, these rules often get mixed reactions from different EU countries. In Austria, for example, these guidelines are part of § 96 section 3 of the Telecommunications Act (TKG).

If you're keen to learn more about cookies and don't mind a bit of technical reading, we suggest checking out https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265. This is the 'HTTP State Management Mechanism' from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

Storage of Personal Data

Any personal info you send us electronically on this website – like your name, email, home address, or other details you share through a form or blog comments – is only used for the reason you provided it. We store it securely, along with when you sent it and your IP address. We never pass this data on to anyone else.

So, we only use your personal data to chat with you if you've specifically asked us to, and to provide the services and products we offer on this website. We won't share your personal data with anyone else without your say-so. However, we can't rule out the possibility that this data might be looked at if there's any illegal activity.

If you send us personal info by email (so, not through this website), we can't promise that your data will be transmitted safely or protected. We really recommend you never send sensitive stuff via email.

Your Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation

You have the following rights, according to the rules of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and Austria's Data Protection Act (DSG):

  • right to rectification (article 16 GDPR)
  • right to erasure ('right to be forgotten') (article 17 GDPR)
  • right to restrict 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 feel that your data is being processed against data protection laws, or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can file a complaint with your local regulatory authority. For Austria, that's the data protection authority, and you can find their website at https://www.data-protection-authority.gv.at/.

How We Look at What Visitors Do

In the Privacy Policy below, we'll tell you if and how we look at the data from your visit to this website. Generally, this analysis is anonymous, so we can't personally identify you based on what you do on our site.

You can find out more about how to opt out of visitor data analysis in the Privacy Policy below.

TLS Encryption with HTTPS

We use HTTPS to send information securely over the internet, so it can't be easily intercepted (this is part of data protection by design, as per Article 25 Section 1 GDPR). By using TLS (Transport Layer Security), which is a special way to encrypt data for safe online transfer, we make sure your confidential info stays protected. You'll know it's working by the little lock symbol in the top left corner of your browser, and by 'https' (instead of 'http') in our web address.

Google Analytics Privacy Policy

We use a tool called Google Analytics (GA) from the US company Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) to track and analyze what happens on our website. Google Analytics gathers information about what you do on our site. For instance, if you click a link, that action gets saved in a cookie and sent to Google Analytics. The reports we get from Google Analytics help us make our website and services better suited to what you're looking for. Below, we'll explain more about this tracking tool, especially what data it saves and how you can stop it from doing so.

What is Google Analytics?

Google Analytics is a tool that helps us understand how people use our website. To make it work, we've added a special tracking code to our site. When you visit, this code records different things you do on the site. Once you leave, this data is sent to Google Analytics' servers and stored there.

Google processes this data and we then receive reports on your user behaviour. These reports can be one of the following:

  • Target audience reports: These reports help us get to know you better, so we can understand who's really interested in what we offer.
  • Advertising reports: These reports let us check out how our online ads are doing, so we can make them even better.
  • Acquisition reports: These reports give us cool tips on how to get more people excited about our service.
  • Behaviour reports: These reports show us how you move around our website. We can see which pages you visit and what links you click.
  • Conversion reports: A 'conversion' is basically when you do something we hope you will, thanks to our marketing. Like, turning from just a visitor into someone who buys something or signs up for our newsletter. So, these reports help us see if our marketing efforts are actually working for you. Our goal is to get more people to 'convert'!
  • Real-time reports: These reports let us see what's happening on our website right now, as it happens! For example, we can see how many people are reading this text at this very moment.

Why do we use Google Analytics on our website?

Our website's goal is super clear: We want to give you the best service ever! Google Analytics' stats and data really help us hit that target.

The data we get from these stats gives us a really clear idea of what's great about our website and what needs a little work. For starters, we can tweak our pages so it's easier for folks like you to find us on Google. Plus, this data helps us understand you better as a visitor. That way, we can figure out exactly what to improve on our site to give you the best experience possible. Analyzing this info also means we can make our ads and marketing smarter and more budget-friendly. After all, it just makes sense to show our stuff only to people who are actually interested, right?

What kind of data does Google Analytics keep?

Google Analytics uses a special tracking code to create a random, unique ID that links to a cookie in your browser. This helps Google Analytics know if you're a new visitor. The next time you pop by our site, it'll remember you as a 'returning' user. All the info collected is saved with this user ID. This is the only way we can check out and understand these anonymous user profiles.

Things you do on our website are tracked using tags like cookies and app instance IDs. 'Interactions' just means any action you take on our site. If you're also using other Google stuff (like a Google Account), the data from Google Analytics might get linked up with other cookies. Google won't share any Google Analytics data unless we, as the website owners, say it's okay. Of course, there might be exceptions if the law requires it.

Here are the cookies Google Analytics uses:

Name: _ga
Value:2.1326744211.152121609094-5
Purpose: By default, analytics.js uses the _ga cookie to save your user ID. It's mainly there to tell different website visitors apart.
Expiration date: After 2 years

Name: _gid
Value:2.1687193234.152121609094-1
Purpose: This cookie also helps tell different website users apart.
Expiration date: After 24 hours

Name: _gat_gtag_UA_
Value: 1
Purpose: This one helps slow down the number of requests sent. If Google Analytics is set up through Google Tag Manager, this cookie is called _dc_gtm_ instead.
Expiration date: After 1 minute

Name: AMP_TOKEN
Value: No information
Purpose: This cookie holds a special token that helps the AMP Client ID Service grab your user ID. Other values might mean you've logged off, made a request, or hit an error.
Expiration date: From 30 seconds up to one year

Name: __utma
Value:1564498958.1564498958.1564498958.1
Purpose: This cookie helps us keep an eye on how you use the website and check how well it's performing. It gets updated every time info is sent to Google Analytics.
Expiration date: After 2 years

Name: __utmt
Value: 1
Purpose: Just like _gat_gtag_UA_, this cookie helps keep the request rate under control.
Expiration date: After 10 minutes

Name: __utmb
Value:3.10.1564498958
Purpose: This cookie helps figure out when a new session starts. It gets updated whenever new data or info is sent to Google Analytics.
Expiration date: After 30 minutes

Name: __utmc
Value: 167421564
Purpose: This cookie helps identify new sessions for folks who visit us again and again. It's a session cookie, so it only sticks around until you close your browser.
Expiration date: After closing the browser

Name: __utmz
Value: m|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/
Purpose: This cookie helps us figure out where our website visitors are coming from. So, it saves info about how you landed on our site – maybe from another website or an ad.
Expiration date: After 6 months

Name: __utmv
Value: No information
Purpose: This cookie is for storing custom user data. It gets updated any time info is sent to Google Analytics.
Expiration date: After 2 years

Note: Just a heads-up: This list isn't everything, as Google often changes how they use their cookies.

Below we will give you an overview of the most important data that can be evaluated by Google Analytics:

Heatmaps: Google creates so-called Heatmaps an. These Heatmaps make it possible to see the exact areas you click on, so we can get information on what routes you make on our website.

Session duration: Google calls the time you spend on our website without leaving it session duration. Whenever you are inactive for 20 minutes, the session ends automatically.

Bounce rate If you only look at one page of our website and then leave our website again, it is called a bounce.

Account creation: If you create an account or make an order on our website, Google Analytics collects this data.

IP-Address: The IP address is only shown in a shortened form, to make it impossible to clearly allocate it.

Location: Your approximate location and the country you are in can be defined by the IP address. This process is called IP location determination.

Technical information: Information about your browser type, your internet provider and your screen resolution are called technical information.

Source: Both, Google Analytics as well as ourselves, are interested what website or what advertisement led you to our site.

Further possibly stored data includes contact data, potential reviews, playing media (e.g. when you play a video on our site), sharing of contents via social media or adding our site to your favourites. This list is not exhaustive and only serves as general guidance on Google Analytics’ data retention.

How long and where is the data saved?

Google has servers across the globe. Most of them are in America and therefore your data is mainly saved on American servers. Here you can read detailed information on where Google’s data centres are located: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=en

Your data is allocated to various physical data mediums. This has the advantage of allowing to retrieve the data faster, and of protecting it better from manipulation. Every Google data centre has respective emergency programs for your data. Hence, in case of a hardware failure at Google or a server error due to natural disasters, the risk for a service interruption stays relatively low.

Google Analytics has a 26 months standardised period of retaining your user data. After this time, your user data is deleted. However, we have the possibility to choose the retention period of user data ourselves. There are the following five options:

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

As soon as the chosen period is expired, the data is deleted once a month. This retention period applies to any of your data which is linked to cookies, user identification and advertisement IDs (e.g. cookies of the DoubleClick domain). Any report results are based on aggregated information and are stored independently of any user data. Aggregated information is a merge of individual data into a single and bigger unit.

How can I delete my data or prevent data retention?

Under the provisions of the European Union’s data protection law, you have the right to obtain information on your data and to update, delete or restrict it. With the help of a browser add on that can deactivate Google Analytics’ JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js), you can prevent Google Analytics from using your data. You can download this add on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB. Please consider that this add on can only deactivate any data collection by Google Analytics.

Should you generally want to deactivate, delete or manage all cookies (independently of Google Analytics), you can use one of the guides that are available for any browser:

Chrome: Clear, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Manage cookies and website data in Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies and site data in Firefox

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Delete cookies in Microsoft Edge

Google Analytics is an active participant of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates correct and save transfer of personal data.
You can find more information on this at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&tid=121609094. We hope we were able to make you more familiar with the most important information on Google Analytics’ data processing. If you want to learn more about the tracking service, we recommend both of the following links: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/gb/ and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Google Analytics IP Anonymisation

We've added Google Analytics' IP address anonymisation to our website. Google created this feature so our website can follow privacy laws and local data protection recommendations, especially if they say no to keeping full IP addresses.
Your IP addresses get anonymised or masked as soon as they hit Google Analytics' data collection network, even before they're saved or processed.

You can find out more about IP anonymisation here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=en.

Google Analytics Reports: Demographics and Interests

We've switched on Google Analytics' features for advertising reports. These reports tell us about things like age, gender, and interests. This helps us understand our users better – but don't worry, we can't link any data to specific people. You can learn more about advertising features at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3450482?hl=en&%3Butm_id=ad.

You can stop Google from using your Google Account's activities and info in "Ads Settings" at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated by simply ticking a box.

If you click on the deactivation link below, you can stop Google from tracking your future visits. Just a heads-up: if you delete cookies, use your browser's incognito/private mode, or switch browsers, your data might start being collected again.

Deactivate Google Analytics

Google Analytics Data Processing Amendment

By agreeing to the data processing amendment in Google Analytics, we've made a deal with Google about how we use Google Analytics.

You can find out more about the data processing amendment for Google Analytics here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3379636?hl=en&utm_id=ad

Google Analytics Google Signals Privacy Policy

We've turned on Google signals in Google Analytics. This updates all existing Google Analytics features (like advertising reports, remarketing, cross-device reports, and reports on interests and demographics). It means your data will be summarised and anonymised, but only if you've allowed personalised ads in your Google Account.

What's cool about this is that it involves cross-device tracking. This means your data can be looked at across all your different devices. When Google signals are active, data is collected and linked to your Google account. For example, Google can tell if you check out a product on your smartphone and then buy it later on your laptop. Because Google signals are on, we can run cross-device remarketing campaigns, which we couldn't do as effectively otherwise. Remarketing basically means we can show you our products and services on other websites too.

Also, Google Analytics collects more visitor data like your location, search history, YouTube history, and what you do on our website. This gives us better advertising reports and more helpful info about your interests and demographics. This includes things like your age, the language you speak, where you live, or your gender. It also covers some social stuff like your job, marital status, or income. All these details help Google Analytics figure out groups of people or target audiences.

These reports also help us understand your behaviour, wishes, and interests better. This means we can make our products and services even better and more tailored for you. Normally, this data disappears after 26 months. Just remember, this data is only collected if you've agreed to personalised ads in your Google Account. The info we keep is always just summarised and anonymous – never anything that identifies you personally. You can manage or delete this data in your Google Account whenever you want.

Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Policy

Our main goal is to make sure your experience on our website is as safe and secure as possible. To do this, we use Google reCAPTCHA from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). reCAPTCHA helps us figure out if you're a real person and not a robot or spam software. By 'spam', we mean any unwanted electronic messages we get without asking for them. Old-school CAPTCHAs usually made you solve text or picture puzzles to prove you're human. But with Google's reCAPTCHA, you usually don't have to do those puzzles. Most of the time, it's enough to just tick a box and confirm you're not a bot. With the new Invisible reCAPTCHA, you don't even have to tick a box! In this privacy policy, you'll find out exactly how this works and what data is used for it.

What is reCAPTCHA?

reCAPTCHA is a free service from Google that keeps websites safe from spam software and misuse by non-human visitors. You'll usually see it when you fill out forms online. A CAPTCHA service is like an automatic Turing test, designed to make sure that certain actions on the internet are done by real people, not bots. In the classic Turing test (named after computer scientist Alan Turing), a person tells the difference between a bot and a human. With CAPTCHAs, a computer or software program does this. Old-school CAPTCHAs work by giving you small tasks that are easy for humans but really tough for machines. With reCAPTCHA, you don't have to actively solve puzzles anymore. The tool uses smart techniques to tell people apart from bots. The only thing you usually need to do is tick the box that says 'I am not a robot'. But with Invisible reCAPTCHA, you don't even have to do that! reCAPTCHA adds a JavaScript element to the website's code, then runs in the background, checking your behaviour. The software figures out a 'CAPTCHA score' from your actions. Google uses this score to work out how likely it is that you're human, even before you interact with the CAPTCHA. Basically, reCAPTCHA and CAPTCHAs are used whenever bots might try to mess with things like registrations, surveys, or other actions.

Why do we use reCAPTCHA on our website?

We only want real people visiting our site, and we want to keep bots and spam software away! So, we're doing everything we can to stay protected and give you the best user experience possible. That's why we use Google reCAPTCHA. This way, we can be pretty sure our website stays 'bot-free'. When you use reCAPTCHA, data is sent to Google to check if you're really human. So, reCAPTCHA helps keep our website – and you – safe. Without reCAPTCHA, for example, a bot could register tons of email addresses and then 'spam' forums or blogs with unwanted ads. With reCAPTCHA, we can stop these kinds of bot attacks.

What data does reCAPTCHA store?

reCAPTCHA gathers personal user data to figure out if actions on our website are made by real people. So, things like IP addresses and other data Google needs for its reCAPTCHA service might be sent to Google. If you're in a country within the European Economic Area, your IP addresses are almost always compressed before the data even reaches a server in the USA.
Also, your IP address won't be mixed with any other Google data, unless you're logged into your Google account while using reCAPTCHA. First, the reCAPTCHA system checks if Google cookies from other Google services (like YouTube or Gmail) are already in your browser. Then, reCAPTCHA puts another cookie in your browser and takes a quick picture of your browser window.

The list below of collected browser and user data isn't everything. Instead, it gives you examples of data that, as far as we know, Google processes.

  • Referrer URL (this is the address of the page you came from)
  • IP address (e.g., 256.123.123.1)
  • Information on the operating system (the software that enables the operation of your computers. Popular operating systems are Windows, Mac OS X or Linux)
  • Cookies (small text files that save data in your browser)
  • Mouse and keyboard behaviour (every action you take with your mouse or keyboard is stored)
  • Date and language settings (the language and date you have set on your PC is saved)
  • All Javascript objects (JavaScript is a programming language that allows websites to adapt to the user. JavaScript objects can collect all kinds of data under one name)
  • Screen resolution (shows how many pixels the image display consists of)

Google may use and analyse this data even before you click on the “I am not a robot” checkmark. In the Invisible reCAPTCHA version, there is no need to even tick at all, as the entire recognition process runs in the background. Moreover, Google have not given details on what information and how much data they retain.

The following cookies are used by reCAPTCHA: With the following list we are referring to Google’s reCAPTCHA demo version at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo.
For tracking purposes, all these cookies require a unique identifier. Here is a list of cookies that Google reCAPTCHA has set in the demo version:

Name: IDE
Value: WqTUmlnmv_qXyi_DGNPLESKnRNrpgXoy1K-pAZtAkMbHI-121609094-8
Purpose:This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to register and report a user’s interactions with advertisements. With it, ad effectiveness can be measured, and appropriate optimisation measures can be taken. IDE is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net.
Expiry date: after one year

Name: 1P_JAR
Value: 2019-5-14-12
Purpose: This cookie collects website usage statistics and measures conversions. A conversion e.g. takes place, when a user becomes a buyer. The cookie is also used to display relevant adverts to users. Furthermore, the cookie can prevent a user from seeing the same ad more than once.
Expiry date: after one month

Name: ANID
Value: U7j1v3dZa1216090940xgZFmiqWppRWKOr
Purpose:We could not find out much about this cookie. In Google’s privacy statement, the cookie is mentioned in connection with “advertising cookies” such as “DSID”, “FLC”, “AID” and “TAID”. ANID is stored under the domain google.com.
Expiry date: after 9 months

Name: CONSENT
Value: YES+AT.de+20150628-20-0
Purpose: This cookie stores the status of a user’s consent to the use of various Google services. CONSENT also serves to prevent fraudulent logins and to protect user data from unauthorised attacks.
Expiry date: after 19 years

Name: NID
Value: 0WmuWqy121609094zILzqV_nmt3sDXwPeM5Q
Purpose: Google uses NID to customise advertisements to your Google searches. With the help of cookies, Google “remembers” your most frequently entered search queries or your previous ad interactions. Thus, you always receive advertisements tailored to you. The cookie contains a unique ID to collect users’ personal settings for advertising purposes.
Expiry date: after 6 months

Name: DV
Value: gEAABBCjJMXcI0dSAAAANbqc121609094-4
Purpose: This cookie is set when you tick the “I am not a robot” checkmark. Google Analytics uses the cookie personalised advertising. DV collects anonymous information and is also used to distinct between users.
Expiry date: after 10 minutes

Note: We do not claim for this list to be extensive, as Google often change the choice of their cookies.

How long and where are the data stored?

Due to the integration of reCAPTCHA, your data will be transferred to the Google server. Google have not disclosed where exactly this data is stored, despite repeated inquiries. But even without confirmation from Google, it can be assumed that data such as mouse interaction, length of stay on a website or language settings are stored on the European or American Google servers. The IP address that your browser transmits to Google does generally not get merged with other Google data from the company’s other services.
However, the data will be merged if you are logged in to your Google account while using the reCAPTCHA plug-in. Google’s diverging privacy policy applies for this.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

If you want to prevent any data about you and your behaviour to be transmitted to Google, you must fully log out of Google and delete all Google cookies before visiting our website or use the reCAPTCHA software. Generally, the data is automatically sent to Google as soon as you visit our website. To delete this data, you must contact Google Support at https://support.google.com/?hl=en-GB&tid=121609094.

If you use our website, you agree that Google LLC and its representatives automatically collect, edit and use data.

You can find out more about reCAPTCHA on Google’s Developers page at https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/. While Google do give more detail on the technical development of reCAPTCHA there, they have not disclosed precise information about data retention and data protection. A good, basic overview of the use of data however, can be found in the company’s internal privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB.

Source: Created with the Datenschutz Generator by AdSimple® in cooperation with aboutbusiness.at

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