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### Human Web ### Human Web
* 3.1 What is Human Web? * 3.1 What is Human Web?
* 3.2 Is the data truly anonymous? * 3.2 Is my data truly anonymous?
* 3.3 Is the Human Web opt-in or opt-out? * [3.3 Is the Human Web opt-in or opt-out?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#is-the-human-web-opt-in-or-opt-out)
* 3.4 I'm not really comfortable with the supposedly anonymous data being collected from user * [3.4 I'm not comfortable with anonymous data being collected](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#im-not-really-comfortable-with-the-supposedly-anonymous-data-being-collected-from-user)
### Rewards Program ### Rewards Program
* 4.1 What is Ghostery Rewards? * [4.1 What is Ghostery Rewards?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#what-is-ghostery-rewards)
* 4.2 How does Ghostery Rewards respect my privacy? * [4.2 How does it work?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#how-does-it-work)
* [4.3 I'd rather just pay you for your software, and then we can have mutual trust.](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#id-rather-just-pay-you-for-your-software-and-then-we-can-have-mutual-trust) * [4.3 How is my data kept private in this process?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#how-is-my-data-kept-private-in-this-process)
* 4.4 So if one opts out of the "Rewards" system, no data is collected or stored, neither locally or anywhere else? Or is this data still collected in case user would have a change of mind and turn "Rewards" back on? * [4.4 How is this program different from advertisements?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#how-is-this-program-different-from-advertisements)
* [4.5 I'd rather just pay you for your software, and then we can have mutual trust.](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#id-rather-just-pay-you-for-your-software-and-then-we-can-have-mutual-trust)
* [4.6 If I turn off Rewards, is any data retained or collected?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#so-if-one-opts-out-of-the-rewards-system-no-data-is-collected-or-stored-neither-locally-or-anywhere-else-or-is-this-data-still-collected-in-case-user-would-have-a-change-of-mind-and-turn-rewards-back-on)
### Partners and Owners ### Partners and Owners
* 5.1 Who is Cliqz? * [5.1 Who is Cliqz?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#who-is-cliqz)
* 5.2 Cliqz experiment with Mozilla * [5.2 Cliqz experiment with Mozilla](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#cliqz-experiment-with-mozilla)
* 5.3 I heard Cliqz has shut down. Does that mean Ghostery has too? * [5.3 I heard Cliqz has shut down. Does that mean Ghostery has too?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#i-heard-cliqz-has-shut-down-does-that-mean-ghostery-has-too)
* 5.4 Hubert Burda Media has a majority share in the company and old German media companies have a history of getting internet related things wrong - should we not be worried about their influence on the company? * [5.4 Who is Hubert Burda Media?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#hubert-burda-media-has-a-majority-share-in-the-company-and-old-german-media-companies-have-a-history-of-getting-internet-related-things-wrong---should-we-not-be-worried-about-their-influence-on-the-company)
### Does Ghostery collect and sell my data? ### Does Ghostery collect and sell my data?
Ghostery neither collects nor sells data about users or trackers. In fact, we even open the insights we have about the tracking landscape via https://whotracks.me/, so that everyone can benefit from it. [^3] Ghostery neither collects nor sells data about users or trackers. In fact, we even open the insights we have about the tracking landscape via https://whotracks.me/, so that everyone can benefit from it. [^3]
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### So if one opts out of the "Rewards" system, no data is collected or stored, neither locally or anywhere else? Or is this data still collected in case user would have a change of mind and turn "Rewards" back on? ### So if one opts out of the "Rewards" system, no data is collected or stored, neither locally or anywhere else? Or is this data still collected in case user would have a change of mind and turn "Rewards" back on?
This is correct. When opted-out, the Rewards module is completely disabled and no data whatsoever is kept-track-of. The source code does not even run, in fact. [^9] This is correct. When opted-out, the Rewards module is completely disabled and no data whatsoever is kept-track-of. The source code does not even run, in fact. [^9]
### What is Human Web? ### What is the Human Web?
The Human Web is an open-source technology built by our parent company, Cliqz, that uses the power of anonymous group data create innovative browser technologies to make the internet more private. Users that participate in the Human Web contribute anonymous information related to trackers, websites, and search queries that are then analyzed and evaluated for relevance and safety. This data is used to create anonymous group models that power the private quick-search, anti-tracking, anti-phishing technologies featured in Cliqz products and which will soon be featured in Ghostery.
The Human Web is built using world-leading privacy-by-design practices that ensures that any data that is collected is done completely anonymously without any personally identifiable information. To achieve this, the Human Web implements two core components: its data collection framework and its proxy network.
The Human Web data collection framework requires that the data points contributed by users are evaluated only as a single, aggregated event, disentangling these signals from any personally-identifiable information such as timestamps or user IDS. Furthermore, The Human Web filters out any sensitive or personal information from URLs that are deemed unsafe (e.g., twitter.com/username) that can be used to identify an individual person. Thus, we are neither able to combine data from multiple entries or multiple visits to websites, nor to link this information with any personal information, like email addresses or user IDs, that can be used to identify an individual.
As a further safety precaution, this information is sent through the Human Web proxy network, a series of peer-to-peer proxies that remove information like the user IP addresses, making it virtually impossible to determine who or where the data comes from. The proxy network itself is blind to the content of the data its sending, adding a further security measure to the process. Consequently, all data we collect is virtually unidentifiable by anyone, including ourselves, so that even if our security were breached by a hacker our outside organization, there would be absolutely no way to tie this information to individuals.
The specific data contributed through the Human Web includes:
* Non-Private URLs
* Search queries along with Search Engine Results Pages
* Suspicious URLs that are potential phishing websites
* Information related to safe and unsafe trackers
* Information related to the prevalence and performance of trackers
Though the Human Web is more powerful as more Cliqz and Ghostery users join it, participation in it is completely optional. If you do not want the Human Web to collect anonymous statistical data about your searches and website visits, you can adjust your settings in the Ghostery Menu.
If you’d like to dive into the weeds and learn more about the Human Web, you can check out [the source code](https://github.com/cliqz-oss/browser-core/tree/master/modules/human-web) in our open-source Github repo.
### Is my data truly anonymous?
* [Human Web — Collecting data in a socially responsible manner](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-03/human-web-collecting-data-in-a-socially-responsible-manner.html) * [Human Web — Collecting data in a socially responsible manner](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-03/human-web-collecting-data-in-a-socially-responsible-manner.html)
* [Human Web Proxy Network (HPN)](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-04/human-web-proxy-network-hpn.html) * [Human Web Proxy Network (HPN)](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-04/human-web-proxy-network-hpn.html)
The second one is a bit more technical and covers how we implemented proxies as well as cryptographic scheme which allow to prevent network fingerprinting when clients make requests to our servers as part of Human Web (e.g. this way we do not even learn about their IPs).
Concerning Ghostery still collecting some data on users: I would like to give some more insights about why we think this is not a black or white situation. **Ghostery does collect some anonymous data from users, which is not the same thing as collecting "user data".** This usually takes the form of anonymous statistics which cannot be linked back to users on the backend, we make sure of that using [Human Web](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-03/human-web-collecting-data-in-a-socially-responsible-manner.html) and [our network anonymization layer](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-04/human-web-proxy-network-hpn.html). Concerning Ghostery still collecting some data on users: I would like to give some more insights about why we think this is not a black or white situation. **Ghostery does collect some anonymous data from users, which is not the same thing as collecting "user data".** This usually takes the form of anonymous statistics which cannot be linked back to users on the backend, we make sure of that using [Human Web](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-03/human-web-collecting-data-in-a-socially-responsible-manner.html) and [our network anonymization layer](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-04/human-web-proxy-network-hpn.html).
The anonymous data is always collected in such a way that it is specific to a use case: for example powering the anti-tracking feature, and cannot be re-purposed for anything else (which basically makes the data useless except for the purpose it was initially intended for). The anonymous data is always collected in such a way that it is specific to a use case: for example powering the anti-tracking feature, and cannot be re-purposed for anything else (which basically makes the data useless except for the purpose it was initially intended for).