Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

ClawdContext ("we", "our", "us") operates the website clawdcontext.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you visit our site and use our services. It also describes your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and other applicable privacy laws.

2. Information We Collect

3. How We Use Your Information

• Send newsletter updates and security alerts (if subscribed)
• Analyze site traffic to improve content and user experience
• Deliver and measure advertising (when applicable, with your consent)
• Handle sponsorship and partnership requests
• Respond to your inquiries
• Detect and prevent abuse or fraud

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

Under the GDPR, we process your data based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent — For analytics cookies, marketing cookies, and newsletter subscriptions
• Legitimate interest — For site security, fraud prevention, and service improvement
• Pre-contractual request — For responding to partnership and advertising inquiries

5. Cookies & Consent Management

We use an open-source Consent Management Platform (CMP) to collect, store, and manage your cookie consent in compliance with GDPR, ePrivacy, and CCPA/CPRA. We implement Google Consent Mode v2, which ensures that Google services respect your cookie choices — no analytics or advertising data is collected without your explicit consent (EU) or without proper notice (US).

For full details about how we use cookies, including a complete vendor list and instructions for managing your preferences, see our Cookie Policy.

6. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

7. Advertising & Affiliate Partners

ClawdContext may display advertisements and include affiliate links in our content. When we do:

• Advertising cookies are only set with your explicit consent (EU/EEA) or with proper notice and opt-out (US)
• Ad partners may collect data to serve relevant ads — this is gated by Google Consent Mode v2
• Affiliate links may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you
• We clearly disclose affiliate relationships in our content

For full details, see our Affiliate Disclosure.

8. Data Retention

Newsletter subscriptions are retained until you unsubscribe. Analytics data is retained according to Google Analytics default retention policies (14 months). Consent records are stored locally in your browser via a cookie for 12 months. We do not store personal data on our servers beyond what is necessary to operate the service.

9. Your Rights (GDPR)

Under the GDPR, EU/EEA residents have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Request correction or deletion of your data
• Withdraw consent at any time (via the cookie banner or unsubscribing)
• Object to data processing
• Request data portability
• Lodge a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority

10. US Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

• Right to know what data we collect and how it's used
• Right to delete your personal information
• Right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information
• Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights

ClawdContext does not sell personal information. We honour Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. If targeted advertising is introduced, our Consent Management Platform will automatically detect GPC signals and treat them as opt-out requests.

11. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed at individuals under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we learn that we have collected data from a child, we will delete it promptly.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated through a notice on our website. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance.