Privacy Policy

This policy explains what information we collect when you use CliqueBlogs's sites, services, mobile applications, products, and content (“Services”). It also has information about how we store, use, transfer, and delete that information.

We collect information from your interactions with our network. This is to ensure that we can provide you with the best possible experience using CliqueBlogs. The information that you provide us is also used to ensure the safety of your account. (For example, we need your email address for account verification.)

Other information that we store such as the pages you visit on CliqueBlogs and the articles that you tend to read on CliqueBlogs is used to provide you with similar articles and recommendations to make your experience on our site better.

This information includes records of those interactions, your Internet Protocol address,information about your device (suchas device or browser type), and referral information.

We use this information to:

• provide, test, improve, promote and personalize CliqueBlogs Services
• fight spam and other forms of abuse
• generate aggregate, non-identifying information about how people use CliqueBlogs Services

When you create your CliqueBlogs account, and share content with a third-party service (like Twitter, Facebook or Google) we may collect, store, and periodically update information associated with that third-party account, such as your lists of friends or followers. We will never publish through your third-party account without your permission.

CliqueBlogs won't transfer information about you to third parties for the purpose of providing or facilitating third-party advertising to you. We won't sell information about you.

We may share your account information with third parties in some circumstances, including: (1) with your consent; (2) to a service provider or partner who meets our data protection standards; (3) with academic or non-profit researchers, with aggregation, anonymization, or pseudonomization; (4) when we have a good faith belief it is required by law, such as pursuant to a subpoena or other legal process; (5) when we have a good faith belief that doing so will help prevent imminent harm to someone.

CliqueBlogs uses third-party vendors and hosting partners, such as Amazon Web Services, for hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology we need to run CliqueBlogs.

Some of the content that you see displayed on CliqueBlogs is not hosted by CliqueBlogs. These “embeds” are hosted by a third-party and embedded in CliqueBlogs. For example: YouTube or Vimeo videos, Imgur or Giphy gifs, SoundCloud audio files, Twitter tweets, GitHub code, or Scribd documents that appear within a CliqueBlogs post. These files send data to the hosted site just as if you were visiting that site directly (for example, when you load a CliqueBlogs post page with a YouTube video embedded in it, YouTube receives data about your activity). CliqueBlogs does not control what data third parties collect in cases like this, or what they will do with it. So, third-party embeds on CliqueBlogs are not covered by this privacy policy. They are covered by the privacy policy of the third-party service.

Some embeds may ask you for personal information, such as your email address, through a form. We do our best to keep bad actors off of CliqueBlogs. However, if you choose to submit your information to a third party this way, we don't know what they may do with it. As explained above, their actions are not covered by this Privacy Policy. So, please be careful when you see embedded forms on CliqueBlogs asking for your email address or any other personal information. Make sure you understand who you are submitting your information to and what they say they plan to do with it. We suggest that you do not submit personal information to any third-party through an embedded form.

If you embed a form that allows submission of personal information by users, you must provide near the embedded form a prominent link to an applicable Privacy Policy that clearly states how to you intend to use any information collected. Failure to do so may lead CliqueBlogs to disable the post or take other action to limit or disable your account.

We use browser cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you return to our Services. We use them in various ways, for example to log you in, remember your preferences (such as default language), evaluate email effectiveness, allow our paywall and meter to function, and personalize content and other information.

CliqueBlogs does not track you across the Internet. We track only your interactions within the CliqueBlogs network (which encompasses cliqueblogs.com and custom domains hosted by CliqueBlogs).

Some third-party services that we use to provide the CliqueBlogs Service, such as Google Analytics , may place their own cookies in your browser. This Privacy Policy covers use of cookies by CliqueBlogs only and not the use of cookies by third parties.

We use encryption (HTTPS/TLS) to protect data transmitted to and from our site. However, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, so we can't guarantee security. You use the Service at your own risk, and you're responsible for taking reasonable measures to secure your account.

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, reorganization or sale of assets such that your information would be transferred or become subject to a different privacy policy, we'll notify you in advance so you can opt out of any such new policy by deleting your account before transfer.

CliqueBlogs may periodically update this Policy. We'll notify you about significant changes to it.

We welcome feedback about this policy at admin@cliqueblogs.com.

CliqueBlogs collects and stores personal information about its users to customize their reading experience and enable personalized distribution of content. It shares minimal data with its service providers.

• Provide, test, promote, and improve the services
• Gather usage statistics of services
• Provide customized reading experience
• Publish and distribute user-generated content
• Provide access to paid content
• Pay authors in for certain content
• Fight spam, fraud, and other abuse of services

In order to provide the services, CliqueBlogs collects and stores personal data about its users on the legal basis of consent given when you create an account and agree to the Privacy Policy.

CliqueBlogs also pursues its legitimate interests by collecting minimal data of logged out users to provide the services, as outlined above.

Where CliqueBlogs collects and stores personal data about non-users, it does so under performance of contract obligations with users who use the services to publish content on websites hosted by CliqueBlogs. In such cases, users authoring such content containing personal data of third parties are responsible for that content. CliqueBlogs will consider related complaints in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation's rights of the data subject, as well as rights of expression and access to information.

Logged-in users may choose to interact publicly with the CliqueBlogs Services in the form of tips for an article, highlighting parts of a post, following other user accounts, sharing links on connected social media accounts, or writing original posts. Where such personal data may reveal special category protected data, it is processed on the basis that it is manifestly made public by the user. Additional information on potential consequences of such processing can be found below. If you do not agree to this public usage, do not create an account or use these features of CliqueBlogs Services.

Logged out users

• Reading history
• IP address
• Browser information
• DNT status

Logged in users:

• Username
• Display name
• Bio
• Avatar image
• Email address (non-public)
• Session activity (security)
• Linked social media accounts (optional)
• IP address
• Browser information
• Reading history (on CliqueBlogs network only)
• Network interactions (recommends, follows, etc.)
• Posts, responses, or series published by user

Members:

• Billing information and history

Partner authors:

• Bank account for payments
• Business information, if applicable

CliqueBlogs shares minimal personal data with third-party processors in order to provide the Services. These processors offer at least the same level of data protection as that set out in this statement. This includes the following categories of recipients:

• Hosting, Storage, & Other Infrasructure
• Security
• Analytics
• Communication & Support
• Payment Processors

Search engines will index user profiles, public interactions, and any user-generated content. Users may also share links to your content on social media.

CliqueBlogs provides Services in conjunction with several payment processors, including: Stripe, Paypal, Google Play, and Apple Pay, through which users may pay for CliqueBlogs memberships or receive payment based on participation in our Partner program. Those companies acting as payment processors may collect and store personal data related to your billing information and history in order to provide their services, and may collect and store personal data and business data to prevent fraud and other abuse.

When you delete your CliqueBlogs account, CliqueBlogs deletes your personal data as outlined in this document. However, to delete your payment or billing information, you will need to do so with your payment provider, as CliqueBlogs only has minimal secure access to those records as needed to provide the services.

CliqueBlogs posts may contain third-party embeds, which may in some cases collect and store personal data. The use of personal data by embedded content providers is not covered by this statement, but by the privacy policies of those sites or services.

CliqueBlogs collects and stores personal data about its users to customize reading. This includes automated decision-making to promote content tailored to the preferences and interests indicated by the user, and to their browsing history and network interactions.

CliqueBlogs also filters content for the purposes of fighting and preventing spam, fraud, and other forms of abuse.

By creating an account on CliqueBlogs, users may make certain personal data about themselves public and accessible to others on their profile and through network interactions. This may in some cases constitute special category protected data which is considered manifestly made public by the user.

Due to the public nature of information posted to CliqueBlogs, it may be possible for third parties to derive identifying personal data from posts, whether by reading, inference, supplemental research, or automated extraction and analysis.

Users are free to use their real name and information, or a pseudonym of their choosing, for their account. Users may also choose to use the service without posting data or engaging in network interactions. However, if you do not agree with and accept the risks of such usage, you may not use the services.

CliqueBlogs retains personal data associated with your account for the lifetime of your account. If you would like to delete your account, please email us at account-enquiries@cliqueblogs.com.

When your account is closed, your created billing account with Stripe will be disabled by CliqueBlogs.