www.shopblocks.com (“our website”) is operated by Shopblocks Ltd, a private limited company incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 07203628 whose registered office is at 1 St Peters Square, Stockport England, SK1 1NZ, trading as Shopblocks (“we”, “us”, “our”).
Our Privacy Policy explains our principles when it comes to the collection, processing, and storage of your information. This policy specifically explains how we, our partners deploy cookies, as well as the options you have to control them.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data, in the form of text files, that are stored on your computer or other devices when you visit websites. They play a crucial role in enhancing and personalising your web browsing experience. On our site, we utilise various types of cookies, including essential, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies.
The primary function of cookies is to remember your actions and preferences such as cookie consent, language selection, and other preferences. This convenience means you don’t have to reset your preferences every time you visit our site or navigate between pages. Furthermore, cookies help us understand how the website is being used, indicating whether you are a first-time visitor or a frequent guest, which assists us in making improvements based on user interactions.
In addition to cookies, we may employ other tracking technologies like web beacons or pixels. These tools are small, transparent images embedded in websites or emails to gather statistical data, similar to cookies, aiding in our understanding of how you interact with our site and emails. They often work alongside cookies; however, unlike cookies, they are not stored on your device in the same manner. As such, disabling cookies might not prevent web beacons from functioning but will limit their effectiveness.
We are committed to using these technologies responsibly and transparently, ensuring they serve to enhance your browsing experience on our site. For more detailed information on how we use the data collected through cookies and other tracking technologies, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
Our Cookies
| NAME | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | DURATION |
|---|
| PHPSESSID | Essential | A general-purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables, such as a logged-in status for a user between pages. | Session |
| CACHE_ENABLED | Essential | Indicates whether the cache is enabled or not, enhancing website performance. | Session |
| theme | Functionality | Saves the user's theme preferences for website personalisation. | 1 month |
| __cf_bm | Performance | Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. | Session/Varies |
| _cfuvid | Performance | Used by Cloudflare for identifying unique visitors for security and services. | Session/7 days |
| hjSessionUser* | Analytics | Used by Hotjar to collect analytics on website usage and behaviour, helping improve user experience. | 1 year |
| hubspotutk | Targeting/Advertising | HubSpot cookie for tracking visitors to tailor marketing based on user interaction. | 6 months |
* Hotjar cookies start with "hjSessionUser" followed by further characters.
Additionally, we use pixels and tags from the following third parties, which may in turn place cookies:
Consent for Advertising Cookies
You may see a “cookie banner” on our site. If you are visiting one of our site from the EU, then we do not set, or allow our ad partners to set, cookies that are used to show you targeted ads before you click to accept. When you consent in this manner, we and our advertising partners may set advertising cookies on the site you are visiting and on our other websites, dashboards, and services, which we use to show you advertisements about various products.
How to Control and Manage Cookies
Controlling the cookies used by our website enhances your privacy while browsing. Please note, however, that blocking or removing cookies might affect your online experience, potentially limiting access to certain parts of our website.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you have the option to set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies, automatically reject cookies, or delete cookies upon closing the browser. You can adjust these settings typically found in the "Options", "Tools", or "Preferences" menus of your browser. Here's how you can manage cookies on various browsers:
For browsers not listed here, please refer to the documentation provided by the browser manufacturer. More detailed information on how to manage your cookie settings can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Remember, while opting out of cookies may enhance your privacy, it may also limit your use of certain functionalities on our website, affecting your overall browsing experience.
Your continued engagement with our website signifies your acknowledgment and consent to our use of cookies, which are integral to providing you with a seamless and customised browsing experience. We invite you to consult this policy for insights into our cookie practices and guidance on managing your preferences.
