Privacy Policy of Admitad

This Privacy Policy offers you information on how Admitad AG Zentralstrasse 44, CH-6003 Luzern, Switzerland (hereinafter “Admitad” or “we/us/our”) deal with your personal and non-personal data whether you visit our website www.admitad.com, whether we collect data from you as an advertiser or a publisher or whether you are a user of our advertisers' or publishers’ websites and platforms.

1. Definitions

1.1 Personal data

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

1.2 Non-personal data

“Non-personal data” means any information that cannot be related to your identity and therefore cannot be classified as personal data, like e.g. information on browser types, operating systems, domain names, access dates and times, referring website addresses, online transactions and browsing and search activity.

1.3 Processing

“Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on data such as collection, recording, organizing, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

2. Collecting and processing of personal data

The scope of how we collect and process personal and non-personal data on you or other information depends on the way you get in touch with us or our technologies and services:

• as a visitor of www.admitad.com;
• as a publisher or an advertiser of the Admitad affiliate network;
• as a user of our publishers’ and advertisers’ websites.

With this Privacy Policy, we want to keep you informed which information we receive and use on every stage.

We use personal data only for administering and providing our technologies and services. We store personal and any other kind of data strictly in compliance with applicable data protection and privacy legislation and our contractual duties, and will prevent unauthorized access to data to the best of our abilities.

We do not transmit data to other third parties unless you have given your consent thereto or the transmission is made to state institutions on the basis of mandatory national legislation or other categories of recipients stated in section 3.

2.1 If you are a visitor of www.admitad.com

If you visit the Admitad website, no personal data is collected and recorded unless you provided it voluntarily, e.g. as part of a survey. However, we log the following non-personal data to facilitate the use of our website and to ensure its security and stability our web servers:

• the IP address of the requesting device;
• the date and time of your visit;
• the data specifications of your browser and operating system;  
• the website you were referred from to our website (so-called Referrer URL).  

This information is stored in a log file until it is automatically deleted.
 

2.1.1. Cookies

We use cookies to improve and optimize the usability of our website. Cookies do not cause damage to your device, do not contain viruses, trojans or other malicious software. The cookie stores information, which is linked to the respective device used. This does not mean, however, that we store personal information about you or are aware of your identity.

Visiting and surfing on our website is possible without cookies. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. You may alter the security settings of your web browser in order to stop your device receiving and storing cookies, to allow receiving and storing cookies from selected websites only, or to be notified before receiving cookies. Please note, however, that these settings may have negative effects on the usability and user guidance of websites and other online services. You may delete cookies stored in your browser at any time. Information stored in such cookies will be removed from your device.

Cookies used on our website are listed below.

2.1.2 Social plugins and analyzing tools

Admitad uses Facebook pixel, Yandex.Metrica and Google Analytics. Below you can learn more about how they use your information and, if you avoid connecting to plugins, find out how to opt-out.

This processing of (personal) data is necessary for our legitimate interests (i.e. marketing by increasing the range of our website/services), Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR.
 

2.1.2.1 Facebook

Facebook is a social network of Facebook Ireland Limited, Hanover Reach, 5-7 Hanover Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter „Facebook“). On our website, we have included Facebook pixel. For a summary of Facebook pixel please refer to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-pixel.

When you enter a page on our website that contains a Facebook pixel your browser or app will establish a direct connection to Facebook’s servers where the pixel is loaded from. The information that your browser has visited the corresponding page of our online services will be transmitted to Facebook, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not logged into your account. This information (including your IP address) will be sent by your browser directly to a server of Facebook in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into your Facebook account at the same time, it is also possible to assign the page impression to your Facebook profile. If you click on embedded Facebook buttons and log into your Facebook account (or are already logged in), this information will be sent directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The corresponding information is published on your Facebook profile and in your chronicle/timeline in short form. Facebook can thus collect and store additional usage data. If you want to prevent the transmission and storage of your data and your behavior on our online services through Facebook, you must use the opt-out solution:

Click here to opt-out of Facebook Pixel

You can also change your Ad Settings here: https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen or log out of your Facebook account before you visit our sites and delete any cookies placed by Facebook.  

For more information on your rights and on how Facebook is recording and processing data please see Facebook’s Data Privacy Policy which is available at http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and https://www.facebook.com/help/443483272359009#!/help/340599879348142/.
 

2.1.2.2 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics which is a web analyzing tool of Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google“) for the purposes of the adequate design and continuous optimization of our website. Google Analytics works with cookies and creates pseudonymized usage profiles, which enable an analysis of your use of our website. Information stored in such cookies (such as browser type/version, an operating system used, referrer URL, Hostname of the accessing computer, time of server request) is usually transmitted to and stored on Google’s servers.

Due to the activation of the IP anonymization (IP masking), Google will truncate and therefore anonymize the IP address of your device within the European Union or the European Economic Area.

We contracted Google to analyze your use of this website in order to produce reports on the activities on our website and provide more services connected to the use of our website and the internet in general. We also use Google Analytics for marketing purposes: it allows us to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our website.

The IP address provided by your browser will not be combined with other Google data. The information may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your device by adjusting your browser software accordingly. Please note, however, that changing your settings may have negative effects on the usability of our website. You may prevent Google from recording and processing data on your use of our website (including your device’s IP address) and storing such information in a cookie by using an opt-out solution:

Click here to opt-out of Google Analytics

You also can download and install a browser deactivation add-on from http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

For more information, see Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
 

2.1.2.3 Yandex.Metrica  

We use Yandex.Metrica Service, accessible at http://api.yandex.com/metrika/, which enables the User’s different services and applications to interact with the Yandex.Metrica Service of Yandex. Yandex.Metrica works with cookies and creates pseudonymized usage profiles, which enable an analysis of your use of our website. Information stored in such cookies (such as browser type/version, an operating system used, referrer URL, Hostname of the accessing computer, time of server request) is usually transmitted to and stored on Yandex’s servers.

Due to the activation of the IP anonymization (IP masking), Yandex will truncate and therefore anonymize the IP address of your device within the European Union or the European Economic Area.

We contracted Yandex to analyze your use of this website in order to produce reports on the activities on our website and provide more services connected to the use of our website and the internet in general. We also use Yandex.Metrica for marketing purposes: it allows us to advertise on third party websites (including Yandex) to previous visitors to our website.

The IP address provided by your browser will not be combined with other Yandex data. The information may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Yandex. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your device by adjusting your browser software accordingly. Please note, however, that changing your settings may have negative effects on the usability of our website. You may prevent Yandex from recording and processing data on your use of our website (including your device’s IP address) and storing such information in a cookie by using an opt-out solution:

Click here to opt-out of Yandex.Metrica

You also can download and install a browser deactivation add-on from https://yandex.com/support/metrica/general/opt-out.xml  

For more information, see Yandex privacy policy: https://yandex.ru/legal/confidential/?lang=en  

2.1.2.4 VKontakte

VKontakte is a social network. LLC "V Kontakte" of 1-N, bld. 12-14, Lit. A, Khersonskaya st., St. Petersburg, Russia, 191024 are represented, for the purposes of GDPR, by MGL MY.COM (CYPRUS) LIMITED of 28 Oktovriou, 365 VASHIOTIS SEAFRONT, office 402 Neapoli, 3107, Limassol, Cyprus. On our website, we have included Vkontakte pixel. For a summary of Vkontakte pixel please refer to:

• https://vk.com/data_protection?lang=en§ion=rules
• https://vk.com/privacy/cookies
• https://vk.com/support?act=faqs_ads&q=pixel

When you enter a page on our website that contains a VKontakte pixel your browser or app will establish a direct connection to VKontakte's servers where the pixel is loaded from. The information that your browser has visited the corresponding page of our online services will be transmitted to VKontakte, even if you do not have a VKontakte account or are not logged into your account. This information (including your IP address) will be sent by your browser directly to a server of Vkontakte and stored there.

If you are logged into your Vkontakte account at the same time, it is also possible to assign the page impression to your Vkontakte profile. If you click on embedded Vkontakte buttons and log into your Vkontakte account (or are already logged in), this information will be sent directly to a Vkontakte server and stored there. The corresponding information is published on your Vkontakte profile and in your chronicle/timeline in short form. Vkontakte can thus collect and store additional usage data. If you want to prevent the transmission and storage of your data and your behavior on our online services through Vkontakte, you must use the opt-out solution:

Click here to opt-out of Vkontakte

For further information:

• https://vk.com/privacy?eu=1
• https://vk.com/terms
• https://vk.com/privacy/cookies
• https://vk.com/data_protection?lang=en§ion=principles

2.2 If you are a publisher or an advertiser

2.2.1 Registration to and participation in our network

To obtain access to our technologies and services, you need to register in our network. After that in addition to the data described in section 2.1, we collect and process

• personal data you specified in your registration form: your name, country, email address, etc.
  and
• data you provide during your participation in Admitad, e.g. your phone number, postal address or tax number

This processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract, Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. b GDPR.

We do not collect or use any further personal data other than voluntarily provided by you.
 

2.2.2 Cookies

In addition to cookies specified in the section 2.1.1, we use the following cookies on the publisher and advertiser account pages:

2.2.3 Analysing tools

We use Google Analytics and Yandex.Metrica on account pages. More information is available here.

2.2.4 Newsletters

With the following information, we will inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, dispatch, statistical evaluation procedure and your right of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to the receipt of the newsletter and the procedures described.

We send out newsletters, e-mails and other electronic notifications with promotional information (hereinafter "Newsletter") subject to the consent of the recipient or a legal permission.

The registration for our newsletter is handled through a so-called double opt-in procedure, which means you will receive an e-mail after your registration, in which you will be asked to confirm your registration once again. The registrations for the newsletter are recorded in order to prove the accurate registration process according to legal requirements. This includes storing the time of logon and confirmation. Furthermore, changes to the data stored by GetResponse and Mindbox are being recorded.

The newsletters can be sent by Admitad itself or by means of third-party services named "GetResponse" and "Mindbox". GetResponse is a newsletter platform of the Polish company GetResponse Sp. z o.o. (a Polish limited liability company) // Arkonska 6, A3 80-387 Gdansk, Poland. Mindbox is a newsletter platform of the Dutch company Mindbox.Cloud B.V. (a Dutch private limited company) // Strawinskylaan 613, 1077XX Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The e-mail addresses of our newsletter recipients, as well as further data described in the context of this information, are being stored on the servers of Admitad, GetResponse and Mindbox. GetResponse and Mindbox use this information to send out and evaluate the newsletters on our behalf. In addition, GetResponse and Mindbox can use this data to optimize or improve their own services, e.g. for the technical optimization of the dispatch and the presentation of the newsletter or for economic purposes in order to determine from which countries the recipients come from. However, neither GetResponse nor Mindbox use the data of our newsletter recipients to contact them independently or transfer data to third parties except in cases prescribed by GetResponse privacy policy (https://www.getresponse.com/legal/privacy.html) and Mindbox personal data policy (https://mindbox.cloud/documents/policy/).

In order to register for the newsletter, we only need your e-mail address. Further voluntarily provided information about you is only used to personalize the newsletter. You can change your data at any time.

There are cases when we direct the newsletter recipients to the GetResponse or Mindbox websites. For instance, our newsletters contain a link with which the newsletter recipients can access the newsletters online (for example, in the case of display problems in the e-mail program).

You may terminate the receipt of our newsletter at any time, which means you revoke your consent. Therewith your consent to the dispatch of the newsletter via GetResponse and Mindbox as well as the statistical analyses expires at the same time. A separate cancellation of the dispatch via GetResponse or Mindbox or the statistical evaluation is unfortunately not possible. You may withdraw your consent to receive our newsletter at any time by changing the notification settings in your account. Besides, you will find a link to unsubscribe from our newsletter at the bottom of each newsletter.

2.2.5 Admitad Extension

Admitad Extension makes it possible for publishers to generate deeplinks and manage their personal accounts through an app.

2.2.5.1 Store

The app can be downloaded through the application store (Chrome Web Store). This service is offered to third parties. If you go to the Chrome Web Store, information may be passed on to suppliers. For information on the amount of data processed and the reasons for which it is processed, as well as on your rights and setup options, please see Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

2.2.5.2 Admitad Extension for browsers

When you download and use the extension, your personal data is processed in the way described in this section. Below you can find information about the legal bases and purposes of the processing of your personal data and, if applicable, the legitimate interests involved and the necessity of doing so.

Downloading the app
When you download Admitad Extension, the Chrome Web Store may collect your personal data, including your name, email address, and account number, the time of the download, payment information, and the identification number of your device. For information on the amount of data processed and the reason for which it is processed, as well as on your rights and setup options, please see the store’s privacy policy.

Google Play Store (Android): Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

Legal bases and purposes of the processing of your personal data and the necessity of doing so
We process your personal data in order to fulfill our obligations under the terms of use (Article 6(1) (b)GDPR). We may also process personal data with your permission (Article 6(1) (a)GDPR) in the instances and to the extent described below. You are not obliged to download or use the extension.

If you do not provide personal data, some functions of Admitad Extension may be unavailable. There will be no other consequences for you.

2.2.5.3 Using Admitad Extension

If you use Admitad Extension, we process your personal data in order to facilitate your use of the app, for internal analytics, and for direct marketing.

In order to work, the app needs to be given access to your account.

For the app to work properly, it needs:
To be given access to the following data in your personal account:

• User ID, login, name, personal account settings.
• Email address.
• Telephone number.
• List of ad spaces.
• List of programs connected to your ad spaces.
• Reports on ad spaces, programs, actions, time, and referral programs.
• Financial data (payment info, payment methods, funds being processed, confirmed funds, funds ready to be withdrawn, ability to request payments).

To collect the following information:

• URLs of sites you visit.
• Data on the installing/registering/initializing of the extension.
• Deeplinks you generate with your SubID, affiliation with your ad space and affiliate program.

You can block the app’s access in the “API and app section”  account settings section at any time.

The app creates cookies in your browser and collects additional information in order to evaluate the app’s functionality and carry out statistical analysis through Google Analytics:

• Information about the device (type, OS, language setting, device ID, app ID, location).
• Initialization of the extension, clicks on various elements in it, values chosen and data entered.
• URLs of sites you visit.
• ID issued by Google Analytics.
• Session ID.
• Action ID (a timestamp with the time of the local action is used).
• ID for all of the user’s actions.

You can also set up an add-on that deactivates Google Analytics: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

2.2.5.4 Newsletter

The information gathered about you can be used when sending out the newsletter. For more information, see section 2.2.4 (“Newsletters”).

2.2.5.5 Transfer of data to third parties

Your data may be passed on to a third party in order to facilitate the use of deeplinks.

adgoal GmbH Schellengasse 2, 74072 Heilbronn, Deutschland
https://www.adgoal.de/en/privacy.html

For purposes of statistical analysis, your data (from points 3.3.1.2 and 3.3.2) will be sent to the platform Google Analytics:

Google (Google LLC (“Google”), located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

2.3 If you are a user of our publishers’ and advertisers’ websites and platforms

2.3.1 Cookies

We store cookies on devices of users who are visiting websites/platforms and using online services of our publishers and advertisers. These cookies store the information on

• when and on what device a click on an advertisement occurred;
• the advertiser’s affiliate program;
• the publisher;
• the specific time of the user’s action.

While tracking we may also collect information on the device that is used to perform a conversion such as its operating system and browser.

The purpose of this data processing is to track conversions (leads and sales such as installing an application or placing an order in an online shop) and to allocate them to proper publishers. It is necessary for the performance of a contract with third parties (our advertisers’ and publishers) that make use of our services, Art. 6 sec. 1 lit b) GDPR.
 

If you do not want Admitad to collect and store your data, click the button below to opt-out. Please note, that it may affect the functionality of the websites that Admitad works with, e.g. you may not get a reward for a purchase from a cashback website.

Our tracking cookies are listed below.

Please note: although we choose our business partners and clients carefully, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites and mobile applications operated by such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of such websites and mobile applications you visit for more information on what kind of data they are processing with the help of our services and technologies and how they handle any data they collect from you as well as the legal base(s) for that processing.
 

2.3.2  Information on cookies and third-party cookies

As a publisher, you are to inform users of your website not only about your own, first-party cookies but also about third-party cookies, including those placed by Admitad: their names, purposes and how the user may prevent cookies being placed on his/her device. All information about Admitad tracking cookies is available here. A user must give his/her consent to the use of both first-party and third-party cookies on your website before a cookie is placed.
 

2.3.3 Behavioral targeting

Admitad does not conduct behavioral advertising and does not collect data for these purposes. However, our publishers may use cookies for purposes of behavioral advertising.

For this reason, we would like to draw your attention to the possibilities to object against the collection of data for purposes targeted advertising on the following websites http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/en/ (for the European area).

3. Data protection and transmitting to third parties

Admitad takes all technical and organizational security measures required to protect your personal data from loss, unauthorized disclosure or other forms of misuse. Data is stored in a safe environment that is not open to public access. Your personal data may be encrypted before transmission in certain cases (e.g. processing your login data). This means that – support by your browser provided – communication between your device and our servers will include recognized encryption measures.
Our staff has been trained in privacy matters and in dealing with data and information, which they gain access to in a responsible manner.
Please be aware that should you contact us via email, confidentiality of information therein may not be ensured. Third persons may have access to the contents of emails.

Admitad may transmit your data to:

• Service providers — to assist or facilitate in the services we provide to our clients, but only if we contractually assigned these to process data on our behalf and, both ourselves and the subcontracted service providers comply with all requirements of commissioned data processing regulations pursuant to the German law on data protection; data is stored within the European Union and the European Economic Area;  
• Advertisers and publishers in our network — to provide our services;
• Social media platforms and third-party providers whose cookies and other codes are embedded on our website;
• Companies that we control and subsidiaries of such to fulfill our contractual obligations provided that these companies are subject to this Privacy Policy or privacy guidelines ensuring at least equal protection for your data;
• State institutions on the basis of mandatory national legislation.

We do not transmit data to other third parties unless you have given your consent thereto.

In the event that Admitad is acquired by or merged with a third party, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from you as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how your information is treated, transferred, or used.

4. User rights

You have the following rights concerning our processing of your personal data:

• Right to access;
• Right to rectification;
• Right to erasure;
• Right to the restriction of processing;
• Right to data portability;
• Right to object (on grounds relating your particular situation) in case of processing of your personal data based on our legitimate interest (e.g. direct marketing);  
• Right to withdraw your consent at any time in case of any consent-based processing of your personal data without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before your withdrawal; and
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

You may exercise your legal rights by contacting us via email to data-support@admitad.com.
In case you registered as a publisher or an advertiser on our website, you may access your account and correct or delete some of your data by yourself.
While observing applicable privacy legislation we will erase your data without any action required by you, if retention of your data is no longer necessary for the purpose pursued or retention is no longer allowed for any legal reason. We may restrict processing instead of erasing your data where legally not allowed to erase (e.g. legal obligations to maintain your personal data).

5. Amendments

We may modify this Privacy Policy and our data security provisions at any time, in particular, if new laws and regulations need to be adopted or we regard amendments reasonable.

6. Questions / Contact

For all questions and requests related to the security of your information, please contact us and our privacy officers data-support@admitad.com

Admitad AG
Zentralstrasse 44, CH-6003 Luzern, Switzerland