Cliqz – the browser innovation with integrated quick search and anti-tracking

The new technologies also include solutions for protecting user privacy. For example, Cliqz now offers innovative, particularly precise anti-tracking technology. According to a Cliqz study, tracking is very widespread. In approx. eight out of ten page loads, data is sent to trackers – data on the basis of which users could be identified and their activities tracked. Cliqz therefore classifies these data as insecure. As revealed in the study, Google is by far the biggest collector of data. Various Google trackers transfer insecure data in approx. four out of ten page loads.

Version 1.0 of the Cliqz browser for Windows and Mac can now be downloaded free of charge from https://cliqz.com.

Innovations for a new Internet

• For the first time in the history of the Internet, Cliqz integrates the key technologies browser and search.
• With “quick search within the browser”, Cliqz has created an entirely new user interface for Internet navigation as an alternative to traditional search engine websites.
• The Cliqz search engine works with its own web index, making it the only German search engine that is independent of US providers.
• Personalisation without personal data: By combining the results from its search engine with browser data (history, bookmarks), Cliqz provides individual website suggestions. Browser data is processed locally – this means that it remains on the user’s device, in their possession and under their control.
• With the Human Web, Cliqz has developed a completely new technology in order to collect statistical data for assessing the relevance and security of websites. The user community contributes to the Cliqz web index – with data that is guaranteed to be anonymous.
• The Human Web data also serves as a basis for the anti-tracking and anti-phishing solutions developed by Cliqz.
• Cliqz anti-tracking distinguishes between “secure” and “insecure” tracking. The technology developed by Cliqz prevents the transfer of insecure data by which users could be identified.
• Cliqz is synonymous with uncompromising privacy. The entire architecture is designed in such a way that no data which could provide information about users and their web browsing habits is stored on Cliqz servers. Human Web data is encrypted and transferred via a proxy network. The Privacy by Design principle guarantees anonymity.
• Cliqz collects and processes data responsibly, proving that big data and data privacy need not be a contradiction.
• Cliqz is synonymous with transparency. The Cliqz browser offers a real-time overview of the data sent.

“The success of our Firefox add-on has encouraged us to develop our own browser as a platform for our search engine and data privacy technologies. Today, we are releasing Version 1.0 of Cliqz for Windows and Cliqz for Mac with an integrated anti-tracking function,” said Jean-Paul Schmetz, founder of Cliqz. “As a result, we are bringing together what belongs together: browser and search engine, privacy and convenience, data privacy and big data.”

The Cliqz browser for Windows and Mac can be downloaded free of charge from https://cliqz.com. You will also find links to the Cliqz apps for Android and iOS and to the Cliqz Firefox add-on (Windows, Mac, Linux) here.