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Privacy Policy

The purpose of this privacy policy is to brief you on how personal data is processed by us. We are compliant with the legal stipulations regarding data protection because the protection of your privacy is of paramount importance to us.

Data Protection Officer
If any questions arise regarding our data protection efforts, personal data processing, or the security of your rights as a data subject, you may contact us and our data protection officer at the following address:

External Data Protection Officer
ePrivacy GmbH
represented by Prof. Dr. Christoph Bauer
Burchardstrasse 14, 20095 Hamburg

Please email info (at) cleverclx.com with any questions or concerns about your information.
Direct communication with our data protection officer, especially in cases of high sensitivity, should be done via post due to potential security gaps in email communication.

Personal Data
All information about identified or identifiable persons is considered personal data. The categories of personal data processed by us include the following:

  • Your contact details (for example: first and last name, address, e-mail address, phone number),
  • Your correspondence with us,
  • Log files with information about your visit to our website,
  • Online identifiers (such as cookie IDs, IP addresses, advertising IDs),

Use of Cookies
A cookie is a text file with an identification number which is transmitted to a user’s computer when a website is used, along with the other data actually requested and stored there. The file remains in place for access at a later point and acts to authenticate the user. Cookies do not present any threat to the computer because they are not executable programs, just simple files. The internet browser accepts cookies automatically, depending on the settings chosen by the user. The user can deactivate the storage of cookies or be notified when a cookie is set. Deactivation of cookies may result in certain website functions becoming unavailable or available only in a limited capacity. Setting of cookies by our website can be halted at any time through your internet browser settings.You can also always delete active cookies using your internet browser settings or other software programs. Cookies from partner companies (third parties) may be stored on your hard drive when you visit our website when we work with advertising partners to assist us in making our online offer more intriguing for you. If they are essential for the operation of this site, we are allowed to store cookies on your device. We require your consent for all additional types of cookies. Various types of cookies are used by this site. Some cookies are set by third parties appearing on our pages. You can adjust or rescind your permission whenever you want through the cookie declaration on our website. Cookies used for the duration of a session and automatically deleted when the implementing browser is closed are called Session Cookies. These help to ensure that, for instance, video and audio files can be played and your user input is stored temporarily at the time of entry, improving user-friendliness. Cookies that stay on your device after the browser is closed are Persistent cookies. These cookies are able to, for instance, save your user preferences, like language settings, and analyze behavior of users on our website. Length of time for storage of persistent cookies coincides with the respective duration of the individual cookie. They are automatically deleted thereafter.

Processing Purpose
The purposes we have for processing your data are as follows:

  • Correspondence with you,
  • Advertising,
  • Quality assurance and statistics,
  • Provision and optimization of our services and website,
  • Service improvement

Legal Basis
The following legal bases are applied to the processing of your data:

  • Your consent, if you have given us such consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR),
  • The implementation of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR)

Legitimate Interests
We seek the following legitimate interests when processing your data:

  • The enhancement of our offer,
  • The protection of our systems against misuse,
  • The production of statistics,
  • Marketing purposes,
  • Data Storage and Security Platforms to store and retain your Information,
  • Provision of service, including the Site and accompanying customer support,
  • Performing research, technical diagnostics or analytics,
  • Sending emails and updates,
  • The storage of our correspondence with you

Data Provision Requirement or Obligation
It is not required or obligatory to provide your data except when it is expressly stated.

Data Sources
We do not gather data about you from third parties.

Storage Period
We store your data,

  • if you have agreed to the processing, at maximum until your consent is revoked;
  • if we need the data for the execution of a contract, at maximum for the duration of our contractual relationship;
  • if we use the data on the basis of a legitimate interest, at maximum for as long as your interest in deletion or anonymization does not outweigh the data;
    insofar as statutory storage obligations exist, until the end of the storage periods.
  • If you want to delete or amend any of your personal information that we may currently have stored, please contact us at info (at) cleverclx.com, with reference to the website to request deletion. Your request may take up to 30 days to be processed.

Data Recipient
We collaborate with the following service providers with access to your data when processing it:

Facebook, Facebook Custom Audiences:
Facebook Custom Audience of Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland is the service we use on our website and is integrated by means of the Facebook pixel. A direct connection between our website and the Facebook servers is established when you visit our website, and the pages you visit are transmitted to those servers. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook account if you are logged in. It is possible to determine if the user was directed to our site by clicking on one of our Facebook ads. This allows us to optimize our advertisements (“Facebook ads”) and present them only to users with an interest in our offer.
Review Facebook’s data use policy here: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
You are able to edit your advertising preferences under “Settings” in your profile, then “Advertising settings” when registered and logged in to your Facebook account.

Facebook:
Social media plugins from Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are integrated into our website. They are recognizable by the “like” or “thumbs up” symbol or the blue “f” logo. You can see a list of Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_EN. Visiting our website establishes a connection to the Facebook servers. This visit can be assigned to your user account if you are logged in to Facebook. Facebook will also assign to your profile and save any interaction you have with the plugin (e.g. clicking the “thumbs up” button). We do not have any sway over the scope and content of the data collected by Facebook.
Facebook’s data use policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
You have to log out of your account in order to prevent collected data from being assigned to your profile.

Google Ads/Remarketing:
On our website, we use the Google AdWords service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. Reaching our website through a Google ad results in a cookie being installed for 30 days, enabling us to record the actions on our website following the click on our ad. We can then better analyze and optimize our campaigns and present advertising related to your interests.
Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
In order to prevent the processing of your data you can download or rather set and save an opt-out cookie via this link: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

Google Analytics:
We use the Google Analytics service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. We use cookies to gather and analyze usage data on our website in order to maximize functionality and enhance our services. The anonymization extension “_anonymizeIp()” is used to conduct the recording of the IP address anonymously.
Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
It is possible for you to prevent the processing of your data using an opt-out cookie from one of these links: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
or https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-analytics-opt-out/fllaojicojecljbmefodhfapmkghcbnh?hl=de

Outbrain:
Our website integrates the Outbrain service of Outbrain Inc. 39 West 13th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10011, USA. Outbrain directs online users to content that is of interest and pertinent to them. For this purpose, only pseudonymous data is processed.
Outbrain’s privacy policy: https://www.outbrain.com/legal/privacy#privacy-policy
You can refuse Outbrain’s collection and storage of data at any time, effective going forward. Follow the link below to do so: https://my.outbrain.com/recommendations-settings/home
After clicking on “View my Profile” you can move the switch under “Select your recommendation settings below” to “Non-Personalized Recommendations (Opt Out)”.

Taboola:
We use the Taboola service of Taboola Inc., Taboola Germany GmbH, c/o MindSpace Friedrichstraße 68, 10117 Berlin, Germany. A cookie from this service is placed on our website and detects how you navigate our website and which websites you often visit. We can then develop a personalized offer for you by recommending content that aligns with your interests.
For the privacy policy of Taboola: https://www.taboola.com/de/privacy-policy.
In order to prevent the processing of your data you can download or rather set and save an opt-out cookie via this link: https://www.taboola.com/de/privacy-policy#user-choices-and-optout

Youtube:
Our website incorporates social media plugins from YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, a company of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. A visit to our website establishes a connection to the YouTube servers using the “enhanced privacy mode” that YouTube provides. Transmission of the fact that you have visited our site using your IP address only happens after you interact with the plugin (for instance, by clicking on an embedded video). The visit to our website can be connected by YouTube to your user account if you are logged in to YouTube at the time. Interacting with an embedded video, for instance, will cause YouTube to assign this to your profile and save it. We cannot influence the scope or content of the information collected by YouTube.
Privacy policy of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
You have to log out of your account in order to avoid assignment of collected data to your profile.

JWPlayer:
We work with the LongTail Ad Solutions, Inc., d/b/a JW Player to provide video content.
8 W 38th St., Ste. 901 New York, NY 10018 USA.
Accessing a page that presents any JWPlayer video clips, establishes a direct connection between your browser and a JW Player server in the USA. Data on your visit and your IP address is stored in that location. Information on interactions with the JW-Player plugins (e.g. clicking the start button) is likewise transmitted to JW-Player and stored there.
For more information, please visit https://www.jwplayer.com/privacy.

OneSignal:
To insert push messages, we employ OneSignal, 2194 Esperanca Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA. OneSignal may process your data and store it on their systems. Using respective browser settings or the page below, you can, at any time, rescind your permission and the subscription to push messages can be temporarily suspended or terminated.
For further information, you can visit https://onesignal.com/privacy_policy.

Cake:
Cake, Accelerize Inc. 20411 SW Birch St. Suite 250 Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA is what we use to optimize our online and marketing offerings, as well as to measure reach and conduct market research. We process online identifiers from you in order to get the statistical information we require regarding the use of our online offerings and user behavior across numerous online offerings. If you do not want to give consent to this, please go to http://getcake.com/privacy-policy/#rights.
For further information, please visit http://getcake.com/privacy-policy/#rights.

Yandex Direct
Yandex Direct is used by us to measure ad performance.
YANDEX LLC, a company incorporated under Russian law, with a head office registered at 16 Lva Tolstogo St., Moscow 119021, Russia (“YANDEX” LLC), or its affiliates for particular Services or in specific jurisdictions.
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland Yandex is represented by its Finnish entity, Yandex Oy, a company incorporated under Finnish law, with an office registered at Moreenikatu 6, 04600 Mantsala, Finland.
For users in Israel Yandex is represented by its Israeli entity Yandex.Go Israel Ltd, a company incorporated under Israeli law, with an office registered at: 148 Menachem Begin St., Tel Aviv, Israel 6492104.
Getting to our website through a Yandex ad installs a cookie that lets us record the actions taken on our website after our ad is clicked. Our ad campaigns can then be better analyzed and optimized, giving us the chance to exhibit advertisements related to your interests. Your personal data will only be kept by Yandex for the period of time needed to fulfill the purpose for which it was gathered or to conform with legal and regulatory requirements. For more information, please visit the https://yandex.com/legal/confidential/.

Microsoft Advertising (Bing Ads)
In order to measure ad advertising we use the “Bing Ads” conversion and tracking tool from Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 D18 P521, Ireland.
Both we and Microsoft may employ cookies to recognize when someone has reached a predetermined destination after clicking on an ad and being directed to our online services. Only the total number of users who clicked on a Bing ad and got redirected to the destination page (conversions) is learned by us. IP addresses are not stored and no additional personal information regarding the user’s identity is disclosed.
To object / To revoke your consent, please use http://choice.microsoft.com/de-DE/opt-out. The function duration of the cookie used is 6 months. For further information, please visit https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.

Plista
We employ the services of plista GmbH, Torstraße 33-35, 10119 Berlin to provide recommendation technology. Plista uses technologies to regulate and optimize the display of advertising material for the user (usage-based advertising). Plista uses permanent cookies to process usage data and metadata u.
To revoke your consent, please use https://www.plista.com/de/about/opt-out/.
For further information please visit https://www.plista.com/de/about/privacy/.

Transfer to Third Countries
We transfer data to countries outside of the European Economic Area. Transfer only occurs to third countries confirmed by the EU Commission to have adequate levels of protection or in which we are able to have contractual agreements or other suitable guarantees to ensure the careful handling of personal data, such as certifications or established compliance with international security standards.

Data Subject Rights
You maintain the following rights as a data subject:

  • To request information about the processing of your data and to get a copy of your personal data. Among other things you may request information on the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients of the data (if a transfer is made), the duration of the storage or the criteria for determining the duration;
  • To receive personal data relating to you in a structured, standard and machine-readable format or to transfer it to another person in charge;
  • To correct your data. If your personal data is incomplete, you have the right to complete the data, taking into consideration the purposes of the processing;
  • To have your data deleted or blocked;
  • To have the processing restricted;
  • To object to the processing of your data;
  • To revoke your consent to the processing of your data for the future and
  • To complain to the responsible supervisory authority about unauthorized data processing.

Contact Information
Any questions or comments you have about this privacy notice, our privacy policy, the ways in which your personal information is collected and used by us, the choices and rights you have regarding such use, can be directed to us via email at info (at) cleverclx.com.

Version of the Privacy Policy
We amend the information in this privacy policy if our processes are changed.
Status of this privacy policy: 11/25/2022