[company_age]16.0[/company_age][employees]51-200 employees[/employees][funding]Undisclosed[/funding][description]Cliqz GmbH is a European technology company that develops digital key technologies as an alternative to the market-dominating US platforms. These include independent search engines, browsers, and privacy technologies, as well as new techniques for responsible advertising and statistical data collection for the benefit of all users. Cliqz was founded in 2008 by Jean-Paul Schmetz and is based in Munich. Since May 2013, Cliqz GmbH has been a majority holding of Hubert Burda Media. In February 2017, Cliqz acquired Ghostery, the world\[/description][ps]Cliqz develops digital key technologies as an alternative to the market-dominating US platforms. These include independent search engines, browsers, and privacy technologies, as well as new techniques for responsible advertising and statistical data collection for the benefit of all users.[/ps]