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Why other CAPTCHAs create risk.

Traditional CAPTCHAs expose businesses to unnecessary risks and high fines

Traditional CAPTCHAs such as Google reCAPTCHA can conflict with European data protection laws and current case law. The slightest mistake can result in warnings and high fines as well as public reputational damage.

Cookie Consent

Google reCAPTCHA drops analysis cookies; in 2024 Austria’s BVwG ruled it unlawful without prior opt-in under GDPR and § 25 TTDSG.

Source BVwG reCAPTCHA ruling

US Data Export

CAPTCHAs such as reCAPTCHA may transmit IP and browser data to U.S. servers, often requiring extensive case-by-case checks.

Source CNIL on reCAPTCHA consent

Not Necessary

French DPA (CNIL) confirmed reCAPTCHA is not strictly necessary for site security because it also performs analytics, so consent is mandatory.

Source CNIL decision: SAN-2023-023

Compliance Overhead

A single data-subject request costs $1 524 on average (Gartner 2023); UK firms spend £70 000–£330 000 per year on DSARs, and studies show non-compliance is 2.7 × pricier than proactive compliance.

Source Gartner DSAR cost, UK DSAR spend, Cost of non-compliance study

Built for European data protection standards

Legal clarity and data protection, without compromise

Keep your verification privacy-friendly by design with a CAPTCHA built for European privacy standards.

Privacy-first

Everything engineered to minimize risk and maximize user trust.

No cookies — simplifies consent mechanisms — no cookie banners needed for your CAPTCHA.
GDPR-ready — with privacy-by-design principle.
Short retention periods — to minimize any data.

Data stays in Europe. Secure. Sovereign.

All processing happens on ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centers located within the EU.

EU-only hosting — all data remains in the EU to support data sovereignty requirements.
Purpose-limited processing — aligned with CAPTCHA as a security control.