When you use any of our services on theklicker, our mobile sites, we may collect information using cookies. This information is used to provide you with a more personalised service and so we can continuously improve our products.

We never sell the information we collect using cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties

1 – What are cookies?

Cookies are small files of numbers and letters that are stored in a user’s browser when they visit a website. When a user returns to the website, their browser sends these files back to the website, allowing personalised content to be shown on the user’s screen.

2 – How does theklicker use cookies?

We use session cookies for the duration of your visit and persistent cookies for repeat visits to fulfill two main functions:

2.1 – Providing you with a personalised experience

These essential cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users on our website and allow you interact with several features on our website. For example, the following features rely on cookies:

• Remembering your country and language settings.
• Selecting your favourite electronic products.
• Viewing a history list that shows your previous searches and specific hotels that you already viewed.
• Comparing electronic products using our electronics comparison feature.
• Logging in to the theklicker Content Community.
• Receiving suggestions for online and electronic products that may be of interest to you. This includes providing personalised electronic product suggestions in theklicker advertisements that may appear on other websites.

Without cookies, these features and many others would not function.

2.2 – Use for analytical purposes

Analytic cookies help us improve our website by anonymously tracking which links and features are used most frequently. This information is used to create anonymous and aggregated statistics which we use to identify problematic and successful areas of our website. These cookies play an important role in continually providing you with an optimised experience on our website.

3 – How do I manage my cookie preferences?

Should you decide to prevent cookies from being stored in your browser, please note that you may not be able to use some of the key features on our website. However, you will still be able to make basic electronic product searches.

If you would like to monitor or prevent cookies from being set in your browser, you can modify your browser settings to receive notifications whenever cookies are being used or to completely block the storage of cookies. You may also delete cookies that are already stored in your browser. Where to find these settings depends on your browser. Using your browser’s “Help” section, you will be able to locate these settings.

4 – Consent to the use of cookies:

If cookies are necessary for the use of the theklicker webpage (functionality), those session cookies do not require your prior consent. Those session cookies will expire after you have left the homepage. Persistent cookies and third-party cookies may require your prior consent to track your choices you made on the website and your preferences. Your consent is declared through the opt-in function on our website.

5 – More information about cookies

5.1 – Session cookies

Session cookies are temporary cookies that are stored in the user’s browser until they close their browser window – at which point the session cookies are cleared.

5.2 – Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies are used for repeat visitors and are kept in the user’s browser for a set period of time (usually a year or longer). These cookies are not cleared when the browser is closed. This type of cookie is used to recall user preferences so that every time a site is visited, the user’s preferred settings are automatically provided.

5.3 – First party cookies

A type of cookie that is set by the site the user is visiting and can only be read by that site.

5.4 – Third party cookies

Third party cookies are set by an organisation that does not own the site that the user is visiting. These are normally cookies set by specialist marketing or analytics organisations.

6 – Which third party cookies does theklicker use?

We may use the following third party cookies:

6.1 – Google

We use various products and features provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).

• Google Tag Manager
• For reasons of transparency please note that that we use the Google Tag Manager. The Google Tag Manager itself does not collect personal data. It facilitates the integration and management of our tags. Tags are small code elements which serve to measure traffic and visitor behaviour, to detect the impact of online advertising or to test and optimize our websites. For further information about the Google Tag Manager visit: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html

• Google Analytics
• This website uses the analytics service Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
• We draw your attention to the fact that Google Analytics is supplemented by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” on this website to guarantee the anonymised collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).
• In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
• You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website:
• Disable Google Analytics
• Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/en_uk/policies/. Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “anonymizeIp” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).

• Google Dynamic Remarketing
• We use Google Dynamic Remarketing to advertise trivago across the Internet, in particular on the Google Display Network. Dynamic remarketing will display ads to you based on what parts of our websites you have viewed by placing a cookie on your web browser. This cookie does not in any way identify you or give access to your computer or mobile device. The cookie is used to indicate to other websites that “This user visited a particular page, so show them ads relating to that page.” Google Dynamic Remarketing allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you.
• If you do not wish to see ads from trivago, you can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. For further information visit Google’s privacy policy.

• DoubleClick by Google
• DoubleClick uses cookies to enable interest-based advertisements. The cookies identify which ad has been shown in the browser and whether you have accessed a website through an ad. The cookies do not collect personal information. If you do not wish to see interest-based ads, you can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. For further information visit Google’s privacy policy.

6.2 – Facebook

We also use retargeting tags and Custom Audience provided by the company Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA, “Facebook”).

• Facebook Custom Audiences
• In the context of interest-based online advertising, we use the product Facebook Custom Audiences. For this purpose, a non-reversible and non-personal checksum (hash value) is generated from your usage data. That hash value can be transmitted to Facebook for analysis and marketing purposes. The collected Information contain your activities on the website of theklicker CA. (e.g. browsing behavior, visited subpages, etc.). Your IP address is transmitted as well and used for geographical controlling of advertising. The data collected is only transmitted encrypted to Facebook and is anonymous to us that means the personal data of individual users are not visible to us.
• For more information about the privacy policy of Facebook and Custom Audience, please check https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ or https://www.facebook.com/business/a/online-sales/custom-audiences-website. If you do not want data acquisition via Custom Audience, you can disable Custom Audience here.

• Facebook Exchange FBX
• When you visit our websites with the help of remarketing tags, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established. Facebook gets the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. This allows Facebook to assign your visit to our website to your user account. The information thus obtained we can use for the display of Facebook Ads. We point out that we as provider of the website have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and the use of it by Facebook.

• Facebook Conversion Tracking Pixel
• This tool allows us to follow the actions of users after they are redirected to a provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook advertisement. We are thus able to record the efficacy of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes. The collected data remain anonymous. This means that we cannot see the personal data of any individual user. However, the collected data are saved and processed by Facebook. We are informing you on this matter according to our information at this time. Facebook is able to connect the data with your Facebook account and use the data for their own advertising purposes, in accordance with Facebook’s privacy policy found under: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. Facebook Conversion Tracking also allows Facebook and its partners to show you advertisements on and outside Facebook. In addition, a cookie will be saved onto your computer for these purposes.
• By using the website you agree to the data processing associated with the integration of Facebook pixel.
• Please click here if you would like to revoke your permission: https://www.facebook.com/ads/settings.

6.3 – BlueKai

We also use technologies provided by BlueKai, which is part of the Oracle Cooperation (500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065). BlueKai creates profiles through the use of cookies, cross-device/cross-context technology (such as statistical IDs) or other unique identifiers. This technology is designed to connect a user’s Interest Data across the various devices or contexts where the user is consuming digital information and content. This allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you.

BlueKai maintains a consumer tool called the BlueKai Registry, which allows you to view all third-party Interest Data in the Oracle Audience Data Marketplace that is applicable to the computer that views the registry.

You can opt out directly from third-party interest based advertising by downloading Oracle’s BlueKai opt-out cookie.

For further Information about BlueKai visit:

https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/marketing-cloud-data-cloud-privacy-policy.html

6.4 – Criteo

We use technologies provided by Criteo SA (32 Rue Blanche, 75009 Paris, France, “Criteo”). Criteo collects and uses technical data relating to your browsing navigation to display personalized advertisements. The browser cookies track the products viewed by the visitor and pages visited of the partner for whom Criteo is delivering ads. Pixel tags are used by Criteo to transfer browsing data from visitors of our partner’s websites to Criteo’s servers. Criteo does not use or store your IP address for targeting purposes or hardware-based identifiers such as UDID or Mac Address.

For further information visit Criteos’s privacy policy, where you can directly opt out.

6.5 – AppNexus

We may use AppNexus, a service provided by AppNexus Inc. (28 W 23rd Street, 4th floor, New York, New York – 10010, USA). AppNexus uses cookies, beacons, tags, mobile SDKs, and some non-cookie technologies to collect and store Platform Data about web browsers and devices across web sites and apps and over time. This Data may be used for the following purposes:

• Interest-based advertising
• Limiting the number of times a user sees a particular ad
• Showing ads in a particular sequence
• Customizing ads to a particular geographic region
• Showing ads related to the content of the web page on which they are shown
• Determining when users respond to ads
• Reporting aggregated statistics regarding, for example, the effectiveness of online advertising campaigns

You can opt out of interest-based advertising by AppNexus here or by deactivating Java-Script in your Browser. For further Information visit:

https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/platform-privacy-policy

6.6 – Hotjar

Hotjar is an Analysis and Feedback tool provided by Hotjar Ltd (Level 2,St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe) that reveals the online behaviour and feedback of website’s visitors. Hotjar uses a tracking code, which collects your information and transmit this to their servers based in Ireland. The following information may be collected through your device and browser:

• your device’s IP address (collected and stored in an anonymized format);
• device screen size;
• device type (unique device identifiers) and browser information;
• geographic location (country only);
• preferred language used to display the webpage.

We only use this Information to improve the functionality of our websites and make them more user-friendly, more valuable and simpler for you to use.

You may opt-out from having Hotjar collect your information when visiting a Hotjar website at any time by using a ‘Do Not Track’ header. You can read more on how to do that by clicking here. For further Information visit Hotjar’s privacy policy.

6.7 – Mixpanel

We use technologies from Mixpanel, Inc. (405 Howard St, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94105, “Mixpanel”) within some of our products to perform statistical evaluations. This allows us to improve and optimize product features and make their designs more appealing. Mixpanel uses Cookies to detect your browser type, operating system, language settings, the search criteria that you enter and your IP address. Mixpanel then sends this data to a Mixpanel server in the USA. Mixpanel anonymizes your IP address and only the anonymized IP address is sent to us, ensuring that your privacy remains protected. If you do not want to consent to such data collection, please see our instructions for disabling Cookies above. Furthermore, you can opt out of Mixpanel collecting and storing such data at any time by following the instructions in the link below:

https://mixpanel.com/optout/

More information about Mixpanel and its privacy policy can be found here.

6.8 – Piwik

We use the web analytics tool “Piwik”. Piwik uses cookies, which enable us to analyse the your usage of our website. For this purpose the generated information in the cookie (including the abbreviated IP-address) is transmitted to our server and stored to enable us to optimize the usage of our website. In this process your IP-address is being anonymized immediately, so that you remain anonymous to us. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will not be disclosed to third parties. You may preclude the usage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser, in this case it may occur, however, that you may not be able to use all functions of this website.