Hotjar is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of a page where Users most frequently move the mouse or click. This shows where the points of interest are. Hotjar makes it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior.
Hotjar honors generic “Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User’s data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.
Yes, you do.
If you use Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings, you should add the “Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings” service to your privacy policy. The Personal Data collected are cookies, usage data and various types of data as specified in their Privacy Policy.
Yes, you do.
Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings installs cookies on your visitors’ devices, as stated in their Privacy Policy. Therefore, you’ll need a Cookie Policy as well.
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In general, websites that use third-party cookies as well as their own cookies for tracking and analytics must comply with the law and to do so are required to obtain the user’s express consent.
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With iubenda, you can easily declare which services your website uses to collect data. You can find the “Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings” service in the “Heat mapping and session recording” section of our Privacy and Cookie Policy Generator.
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