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Definitions
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Information collected automatically through Clever Messenger (or third-party services employed in Clever Messenger), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use Clever Messenger, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.
The individual using Clever Messenger who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of Clever Messenger. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of Clever Messenger.
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
The service provided by Clever Messenger as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Small sets of data stored in the User’s device.
Provides access to the ‘About Me’ section of the profile.
Technical and Aggregated Statistical Cookies
To make this site work properly, we may place cookies on your device. Most websites do this.
Activity strictly necessary for the functioning of the service: Clever Messenger uses Cookies to save the User's session and to carry out other activities that are strictly necessary for the operation of Clever Messenger, for example in relation to the distribution of traffic.
Activity regarding the saving of preferences, optimization, and statistics: Clever Messenger uses Cookies to save browsing preferences and to optimize the User's browsing experience. Among these Cookies are, for example, those used for the setting of language and currency preferences or for the management of first party statistics employed directly by the Owner of the site.
Other types of (third party) Cookies
Some of the services listed below collect statistics in an anonymized and aggregated form and may not require the consent of the User or may be managed directly by the Owner - depending on how they are described - without the help of third parties. If any third party operated services are listed among the tools below, these may be used to track Users’ browsing habits – in addition to the information specified herein and without the Owner’s knowledge. Please refer to the privacy policy of the listed services for detailed information.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on Clever Messenger.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Google Analytics with anonymized IP (Google Inc.)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Clever Messenger, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy–Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.
Content commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of Clever Messenger. Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments. If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.
Facebook Comments (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Comments is a content commenting service provided by Facebook, Inc. enabling the User to leave comments and share them on the Facebook platform.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Disqus (Disqus)
Disqus is a content commenting service provided by Big Heads Labs Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of Clever Messenger.
Google Website Optimizer (Google Inc.)
Google Website Optimizer is an A/B testing service provided by Google Inc.
Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of Clever Messenger and interact with them. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Vimeo video (Vimeo, LLC)
Vimeo is a video content visualization service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows Clever Messenger to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
This type of service allows Clever Messenger to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved. Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of Clever Messenger.
Pingdom (Pingdom AB)
Pingdom is a monitoring service provided by Pingdom AB.
Interaction with external social networks and platforms
This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of Clever Messenger. The interaction and information obtained through Clever Messenger are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network. This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)
The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Google+ +1 button and social widgets (Google Inc.)
The Google+ +1 button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Google+ social network provided by Google Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)
The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Interaction with live chat platforms
This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of Clever Messenger, for contacting and being contacted by Clever Messenger support service. If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.
Facebook Messenger Customer Chat (Facebook, Inc.)
The Facebook Messenger Customer Chat is a service for interacting with the Facebook Messenger live chat platform provided by Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data collected: About Me, Cookies, Data communicated while using the service and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
This type of service allows Clever Messenger and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of Clever Messenger by the User. This activity is performed by tracking Usage Data and by using Cookies, information that is transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity. In addition to any opt out offered by any of the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service's use of cookies by visiting theNetwork Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Facebook Remarketing (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of Clever Messenger with the Facebook advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy–Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.
Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of Clever Messenger with the Facebook advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and email address.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy–Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.
Tag Management
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on Clever Messenger in a centralized fashion. This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Traffic optimization and distribution
This type of service allows Clever Messenger to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance. Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between Clever Messenger and the User's browser. Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information User are transferred.
CloudFlare (Cloudflare)
CloudFlare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by CloudFlare Inc. The way CloudFlare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through Clever Messenger, i.e., communication between Clever Messenger and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from Clever Messenger to be collected.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Provely allows to showcase social proof notifications, by Digital Kickstart.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of Processing: The United States – Privacy Policy.
How to provide or withdraw consent to the installation of Cookies
In addition to what is specified in this document, the User can manage preferences for Cookies directly from within their own browser and prevent – for example – third parties from installing Cookies. Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete Cookies installed in the past, including the Cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of Cookies by this website. Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:Google Chrome,Mozilla Firefox,Apple SafariandMicrosoft Internet Explorer.
With regard to Cookies installed by third parties, Users can manage their preferences and withdrawal of their consent by clicking the related opt-out link (if provided), by using the means provided in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
Notwithstanding the above, the Owner informs that Users may follow the instructions provided on the subsequently linked initiatives by theEDAA(EU), theNetwork Advertising Initiative(US) and theDigital Advertising Alliance(US),DAAC(Canada),DDAI(Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
Owner and Data Controller
Stefan van der Vlag - Marketing Released B.V. - Amsterdamsestraatweg 903 BIS - 3555HN - Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Owner contact email:support@clevermessenger.com
Since the installation of third-party Cookies and other tracking systems through the services used within Clever Messenger cannot be technically controlled by the Owner, any specific references to Cookies and tracking systems installed by third parties are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, the User is kindly requested to consult the privacy policy for the respective third-party services listed in this document. Given the objective complexity surrounding the identification of technologies based on Cookies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of Cookies by Clever Messenger.
Legal information
Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfilment of the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.
Contact Information:
Attention: Clever Messenger Marketing Released B.V. Amsterdamsestraatweg 903 BIS, 3555HN Utrecht, The Netherlands support@clevermessenger.com
