Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 2025

This website is owned and operated by ClickClock.cc ("ClickClock"). Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At Click Clock, we want to make your online experience satisfying and secure.

Since we collect certain types of information about our users, we believe you should be fully aware of the terms and conditions governing the capture and use of this information. This privacy statement discloses the information we collect and how we use it.

INFORMATION Click Clock GATHERS AND TRACKS

Click Clock to collect two types of user information:

Information provided by users through optional voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our electronic communications. Join our message boards or forums, send emails to friends, As well as participating in public opinion polls and surveys:

Information Click Clock collects aggregated tracking information primarily by counting the number of page views to our website. This information allows us to better tailor content to the needs of our readers and helps our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Since Click Clock generates its revenue primarily from sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated demographics is essential to keeping our services free to users. Under no circumstances will Click Clock disclose any information about individual users to third parties.

Click Clock Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:

Optional Voluntary Information

We offer the following free services that require users to voluntarily submit certain types of personal information:

1. Electronic newsletters (Dispatches)

We will provide users with a free e-newsletter. Click Clock collects the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users can remove themselves from this mailing list by clicking on the link provided in each newsletter, which points the user to the subscription management page. Users can also subscribe to the newsletter when they sign up.

2. Message boards/forums

Users of the site's message boards and forums must register separately for these services (both are free) in order to post messages, although they do not need to register to access the site. During the registration process, users are required to provide a username, password and email address.

3. "E-mail this to a friend" Service

Our website users have the option to electronically forward a link, page or document to others by clicking "Send this to a friend". Users must provide their email address as well as the recipient's email address. This information is only used in case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. This information is not used for any other purpose.

4. Polling

We may provide users with interactive polls so that they can easily share their views with other users and learn what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and not identifiable by any particular user. ClickClock may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted so that they can only vote on a particular issue once. This tag is not relevant to a single user's information.

5. Surveys

Click Clock may occasionally conduct user surveys in order to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share aggregated demographic information from these surveys with sponsors, advertisers, and partners. We never share any information about a particular individual with any third party.

Children

In accordance with the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent.

Usage tracking

Click Clock tracks user traffic patterns across all of our websites. However, we do not associate this information with individual user data. Click Clock breaks down overall usage statistics based on a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from a browser string (information contained within each user's browser).

Click Clock sometimes tracks and catalogs search terms entered by users in our search feature, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our site users like and dislike, depending on traffic to those areas. We don't track what individual users read, but rather track the overall performance of each page. This helps us continue to provide you with a better service.

Cookies

We may place a text file called "cookie" in your computer's browser file. The cookie itself does not contain personal information, but it will enable us to link your use of this website to information that you have clearly and knowingly provided. But cookies can only contain information that you have provided yourself. Cookies cannot read data from your hard drive or cookie files created by other websites. Click Clock uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising system provides one-off cookies to better track ad impressions and click through rates.

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you have set your browser to warn before accepting cookies, you will receive a warning message for each cookie. You do not need to turn on cookies to use this website. However, you do need cookies to actively participate in message boards, forums, polls and surveys.

USE OF INFORMATION

Click Clock uses any information voluntarily provided by users to enhance their experience within our network of websites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the website or to better prepare future content based on user interests.

As mentioned above, we use information voluntarily provided by our users to send electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular basis (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally we send special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in what we are doing. Click Clock never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors, or partners.

When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our site users like and dislike based on the amount of traffic that visits those areas. We don't track what individual users read, but rather the overall performance of each page. This helps us continue to serve you better. We track search terms entered in the search feature as one of many metrics to measure user interest. But we don't track terms entered by specific users.

SHARING OF THE INFORMATION

Click Clock uses the above information to customize our content to meet your needs and to help our advertisers better understand our audience demographics. This is essential to maintaining our free service. We do not share personal user information with any third party except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process, or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

SECURITY

Click Clock operates a secure data network protected by an industry-standard firewall and password protection system. Our Security and Privacy Policy is regularly reviewed and enhanced as necessary, allowing only authorized personnel to access information provided by our customers.

OPT-OUT POLICY

We provide users with options where necessary and feasible. These options include:

Choose not to register to receive our electronic newsletter.

Choosing not to participate in certain interactive areas completely alleviates the need to collect any personally identifiable information from users.

YOUR CONSENT

By using this website, you consent to Click Clock's collection and use of this information. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of the information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.