Cookies/Tracking/Filter bubble
Our founders were in Germany to kick off the official launch of QWANT in the presence of journalists, and key influencers.
QWANT – Official kick off – GERMANY (March 2014) from Qwant on Vimeo.
Following this official launch we have received many requests. Here are the Key topics covered:
Session cookies? Yes!
The session cookies are used to remember:
- The language you use.
- The View (Classic, Mosaic, List) you prefer.
Tracking cookies? No!
- Qwant guarantees anonymity on the web.
- No link is made between research and users.
Where do traffic statistics come from?
Piwik is the only one tool recommended by the CNIL (www.cnil.fr)!
- This tool guarantees the anonymity of users (all IP are anonymous).
- The information we collect allows us to make basic indicators (traffic daily, monthly, etc.).
- To comply with the law we have added a PIWIK opt out option. If you check the opt-out you will not be counted in our visit statistics.
Filter bubble
Qwant gives you an access to the web diversity.
- No filter on your results.
We do not filter results based on your previous searches, or habits, or preferences.
From a computer to another, all the results are the same, no matter the query or the internet user.
Contextualizing
- We’re not talking about “pages” but “objects”. This is our vision of the web 3.0.
- Social is now included in the relevance of results.
- We make “contextualization”