Clearstream.TV, Inc. (clrstm.com)
“Clearstream specializes in personalized digital advertisements.” – Source
Ethical design violations
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tracker
Monetises you.
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web bug
Invisible tracking pixel.
Block rule
Block domain clrstm.com
clrstm.com
Prevalence
Moderate: found on 0.5% of surveyed sites (36 instances observed).
Notes
- Domain is parked at GoDaddy.
- Domain was registered by Clearstream.TV, Inc.
- “Catch the attention of 111,499,204 people who need a vacation. Influence 202,433,765 home cooks. Influence 87,038,876 music buffs. Reach 175,904,438 parents. Connect with 55,084,080 outdoor enthusiasts.” Source
- “Stream-level insight unlocks video’s true potential with contextual relevancy, superior viewability, premium content and thousands of additional data points.” Source
- “[The data] we collect may include, as an example, browser types, IP address, domain names, operating systems, language preference, platform type, access dates and times, referring website addresses, browsing, search activity, and online transactions.” Source
- “We may share your information with third party service providers with whom we have contracted, Clearstream and its subsidiaries and affiliates, third party marketing partners, business partners and our clients and publishers, and as expressly provided for herein.” Source
- “Privacy by Design. Our foundation of building a strong privacy framework at Clearstream follows an internal framework of Privacy by Design. We integrate privacy in strategy, product development, and more.” Source [Privacy… you keep using that word… – Ed.]
- “We partner with businesses (‘Advertisers’) whose Privacy Policy[sic] allow them to share [data] about their customers and/or inquirers as well as information about a consumer’s interests. This information may include the date and time of a visit to an Advertiser’s website, the pages or product information viewed during that visit, and links or ads that were clicked. The information allows us to analyze and understand more about the things you are or might be interested in” Source
- “When a consumer visits our website, one of our Advertiser's websites, or engages with an advertisement we serve, a ‘cookie’ or ‘pixel tag’ may be placed on the consumer’s machine or we may collect device identifiers like iOS and Android Unique Identification Number (UID).” Source
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