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Ghostery is Acquired by Cliqz!
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https://www.ghostery.com/blog/ghostery-n...red-cliqz/  Ghostery is Acquired by Cliqz!
February 15, 2017 – BY GHOSTERY TEAM
Hello Ghosterians,

We are overjoyed to announce that the Ghostery extension and mobile browsers have been acquired by Cliqz, a German company owned by Mozilla and Hubert Burda Media that builds ground-breaking browser technologies to make the internet more private and easier to use.  Cliqz’s marque product is its desktop browser, whose built-in quick search and anti-tracking features empower users to quickly and safely explore the internet without sharing personal information or search queries with outside companies. This unique technology is powered by the Cliqz Human Web, a revolutionary way for a collective of users to contribute anonymous statistical data to improve the relevancy and safety of advanced Cliqz privacy features.  Ghostery proudly joins this state-of-the-art browser and the rest of the Cliqz product suite to set a new standard in privacy protection.  Additionally, as part of this acquisition, Ghostery and Cliqz will continue to work closely with our previous parent company, Evidon, to help the organization support its industry-leading Digital Governance solutions by continuing to provide the same aggregated tracker data that we have previously.

What does this mean for Ghostery users?
First, rest assured that Ghostery will remain an independent product and that the same passionate (and uncommonly attractive) product team committed to its success will be joining the Cliqz family as a subsidiary company.  Second, to put it simply, Ghostery is about to become smarter, more powerful, and easier to use.  The Cliqz anti-tracking technology is a truly revolutionary solution that uses algorithmic blocking that doesn’t require a blocklist, a feature we will integrate into Ghostery as soon as we possibly can.  Third, we are making Ghostery immediately available on the Cliqz browser, so if you want to see this chocolate-and-peanut-butter relationship between algorithmic and blocklist anti-tracking in action, you can check it out right now.   Finally, Ghostery data collection will remain the same for all existing users, will be strengthened by Cliqz’s best-in-class privacy practices, and will be done in accordance with Germany data privacy laws, the strictest in the world.  While data collection will remain the same, we have updated our privacy statements to reflect the change of ownership, which you can see here.

What’s next for Ghostery?  
We will be working closely with the Cliqz team to immediately start exploring new concepts and opportunities, many of which you’ll see us experimenting with in our product in the coming months.  Among these will be the trial implementation of the Human Web as the infrastructure that we use to collect data to improve our own products.  It’s important to underscore how cutting-edge this technology is and the importance it plays in collecting data safely and responsibly from users in a way that completely guarantees their anonymity and privacy.  If you’d like to dig into the weeds and learn more about how the Human Web works, you check out the open-source code for it here.

Where do Ghostery and Cliqz go from here?
The integration of Ghostery and Cliqz technology will set a new benchmark in consumer privacy protection in the immediate future and beyond.  As we look forward, Ghostery will play a critical part in Cliqz’s mission to build an internet that has privacy built into its DNA, puts the needs of the user first, and provides the critical infrastructure needed for the business models that drive our digital economies.  In the process, we are going to be testing some bold, forward-thinking ideas that could reshape the foundation of how the internet works.  As always, we’re eager to invite you, the user, to join us in this process and actively shape these ideas as we test and build them.  If you’d like to help us in this, please join our beta group or email us directly (ghostery@ghostery.com) with your comments and feedback.

Ghostery and Cliqz are excited to start this journey together to build a better, more private internet. We hope you are, too.

 

Happy Surfin’,

The Ghostery Team

Be sure to follow us on Twitter & Facebook : https://cliqz.com/en/desktop   Ultra-safe and ultra-fast.
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Fast and safe. That is how you want to use the internet. We feel that you are entitled to this. For this we have invented the CLIQZ browser. Its safety architecture gives you back your anonymity. Its built-in search revolutionizes the way you search the internet and find what you are looking for.

Fast and smart,
comes with built-in web search.
CLIQZ is the browser that can do just that.
Just imagine. You search for something and even before you have finished typing this is what happens: your browser completes top relevant search results and website suggestions as if on its own. Only one click and your are where you want to go. This feels a bit like thought-reading. No other browser can do that.

Private sphere means:
your computer is yours.
CLIQZ protects it like a first class doorman.
We know this all too well: we search for something and at the next website we visit we are offered products related to our search. This is but the tip of the iceberg. Our data serves as the basis for a flourishing trade. Out of readily available data and a few big data tricks practically everything about us can be found out. We don’t find this okay. That’s why CLIQZ will put an end to this.


Anti-Tracking
On nearly all websites trackers are recording your activity – even across websites. Anti-tracking protects you from having your search behaviour tracked. With CLIQZ, trackers don’t stand a chance. Your private sphere stays indeed private.
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Adblocker
Aggressive advertisment on websites can disturb your web experience massively. With the CLIQZ browser you can block annoying ads. Then again, you would like to see the ads on selected websites? No problem. You are in control.
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Anti-Phishing
Don’t fall victim to fake websites. The CLIQZ browser will protect you from such identity theft. When you are directed to a dangerous website, this will be recognized reliably at an early stage. A warning will keep you away from imminent harm.
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On some websites attackers can spy on or manipulate your network traffic. The HTTPs Everywhere function will automatically choose the encrypted connection.

https://cliqz.com/en/about    We believe in an internet where the user's interest really does come first. This internet requires a radically new way of thinking and a complete redesign.

Put the user first: Everything we do at Cliqz follows this simple principle. It sets us apart from the large companies that currently dominate the Internet. They shape the web according to their interests and the interests of the advertising industry.
We, on the other hand, have a very different vision of the Internet. We believe in an internet where values, such as transparency, privacy, openness, security and respect matter. An internet where personal data remains in the possession of users and these users reach their destination via the shortest route – even if this means fewer opportunities for advertising.
We Redesign The Internet
We view the internet from the user’s perspective and then re-invent it.
Admittedly, this is a very ambitious goal for a small startup like Cliqz. With CLIQZ for Firefox, however, we’ve already shown that fundamentally new approaches like “searching inside the browser” and “personalisation without personal data” are possible. With just two years of development work, we’ve removed the barrier separating browsers and search engines which has been in place for two decades. By doing this we have created an entirely new and universal user interface for the Internet. What is more, our new technology for greater security on the web is about to be introduced.
We’re breaking new grounds when it comes to developing our business model. Even if it’s too early to talk about it, we can already promise that “Put the user first” and the privacy of our users will always remain as pillars that we build the future of this business on!
Jean Paul
Jean-Paul Schmetz
Gründer und Geschäftsführer Cliqz GmbH
"At Cliqz, software and web developers, designers, user experience specialists, data scientists, and infrastructure experts are working on a fundamentally new way of using the web. Unlike the established players, we don't rely on the "advertising on search engine pages" business model. This gives us the freedom we need to create an entirely new user interface for Internet navigation."
– Jean-Paul Schmetz, Gründer und Geschäftsführer Cliqz GmbH
Marc
Dr.-Ing. Marc Al-Hames
Geschäftsführer Cliqz GmbH
"When developing the CLIQZ browsers, the search engine, and features such as anti-tracking, we always think of the users first – and not the advertising industry or anyone else. Focusing unconditionally on the user experience is the only way to ensure that alternative concepts can compete against the large companies that dominate the market."
– Dr.-Ing. Marc Al-Hames, Geschäftsführer Cliqz GmbH
About Cliqz
The mission of the German startup Cliqz is to redesign the Internet for the user by combining the power of data, browser, and search. In Munich, 114 experts from 31 countries develop browsers and browser extensions with integrated search engines to bring users to their destination in the most direct way while protecting their privacy.
Jean-Paul Schmetz founded Cliqz GmbH in 2008. Since May 2013, Cliqz GmbH has been majority-owned by Hubert Burda Media, one of Europe’s leading media corporations. In August 2016, Mozilla joined as a strategic minority investor. With Cliqz for Firefox launched in June 2014, the concept of searching quickly via the browser gained traction fast with 900,000 daily active users in just a few months. The Cliqz browser for Mac and Windows with integrated anti-tracking launched in March 2016, quickly followed by apps for iOS and Android.
Press Contact: press@cliqz.com
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