Cookie Policy
This document sets out the terms of use of cookies on BLOCK.CO website, explains the purposes for which cookies are used, and describes the rights of users of the website to modify and select the use of cookies according to their needs.
For more information about this policy, please contact us at enquiries@block.co.
What are cookies?
Cookies are bits of texts or small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive or mobile device when you visit certain websites or applications for record-keeping purposes. Reference to “cookies” means software or technology that can collect, transmit or recognize information about your visits to our Website. “Cookie” information may include data such as your type of internet browser, screen resolution, operating system software and other technical data related to your visit and/or use of the Website. Cookies may also record the manner that you use our Website, the pages you visit and your preferences for features and functions.
The information cookies collect and how we use that information may qualify as personal data. We may be able to identify you by name, IP address or other features. You can learn about how we use your personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent:
By clicking accept at the message that pops up on your screen and/or continuing to browse our Website, you are agreeing to our placing cookies on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or your mobile device or any other device from which you access the Website in order to analyse the way you use our Website. Please read this cookie policy carefully for more details about the information we collect.
How to control cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our website or use our services and some services and functionalities we offer may not work or not work properly or become inaccessible. You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Website.
Please note that internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser. In order to understand how to change your cookie settings, use the “help” option in your internet browser or visit the relevant pages on cookie settings in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari.
You can learn more about cookies, including how to manage and delete them at:
How BLOCK.CO uses cookies
When you use the Website and access the Services, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Service, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising. We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service and we use different types of cookies to run the Service. We may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
We set out how and why we use cookies in more detail below:
The cookies we use or might use are categorized as follows:
• Essential cookies
• Performance and analytics cookies
• Functionality cookies
• Targeting/Advertising cookies
Essential cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. These cookies help you to move around and use all the essential features of the Website. Without these cookies, the Website would not work properly.
Analytical or performance cookies. We want to make your experience on the Website as smooth and as enjoyable as possible. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Some functionality cookies are essential if you want to view or visit certain parts of the Website.
Targeting and advertising cookies. These cookies record your visit to the Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. These cookies help ensure that the advertisements you see are as relevant to you as possible. For example, some advertising cookies help select advertisements that are based on your interests. Others help prevent the same advertisement from continuously reappearing for you.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
Duration of Cookies
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after approximately 90 Days.
Changes to this Policy
We may make changes to this Cookie Policy from time to time. To ensure that you are always aware of how we use your personal information we will update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect any changes to the Website. We may also make changes as required to comply with changes in applicable law or regulatory requirements. Where it is practicable, we will notify you by email of any significant changes. However, we encourage you to review this Policy periodically to be informed of how the Website uses cookies.