This cookie policy ("Cookie Policy") of DMG Venture Capital (alone or together with other affiliates - "Blocknow", "we", "us" or "our") aims to inform you about the use of cookies and other automated means of data collection on any digital property of Blocknow, such as deliver.ws (referred to as the "Sites"), along with any other content discovery platform (referred to as the "Services") which you may see on third-party websites belonging to our publishers and/or other customers that allow us to place our content on their websites in order to redistribute their own content or the content of our advertisers and/or customers (collectively known as the "Customers").
Regarding the term "cookies" from this Cookie Policy, we refer to both cookies and any other automated means of data collection, as defined later below. By visiting, interacting, or using the Sites, you expressly agree to the use of cookies as explained henceforth. We can't access nor control the use of cookies and other automated means of data collection on our Customers' Sites; therefore, we request them to obtain consent on our behalf whenever it's required by applicable data protection laws.
This Cookie Policy does not control the use of the Sites nor the processing of the Users' Personal Information (as defined in our Privacy Policy). For more details regarding the use of the Sites, please consult our Terms & Conditions. Please read our Privacy Policy for more information on how we handle your data whenever you're using or interacting with our Sites or Services. You can refer to the Sites or platforms of our Customers where we place our widgets to know more about how they might collect cookies or process your Personal Information.
This section will help you learn more about cookies, other automated means of data collection, and how they all work.
A cookie is a small text file, usually composed of letters and numbers, which is stored on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or any other device that you might use when entering a certain site. It's mostly used by the owners of different sites in order to make them function, improve their performance, or collect analytical information.
The cookie is installed upon request by a web server to a browser (e.g., Firefox, Chrome, etc.) and is completely “passive” (it does not contain software, viruses, or spyware and cannot access the information on the user’s hard drive). The cookie stores certain information (for example, your preferred language or settings of the web page), which your browser can retransfer to us when you access the web page again (depending on the lifetime of the Cookie).
Cookies themselves do not require personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify Internet users.
With the help of cookies, your use of our Sites and Services will be more efficient and also more enjoyable. We may also use cookies to personalize your experience, improve customer support, and provide you with customized content and relevant information whenever you’re interacting with our Services. For further details regarding the delivery of targeted advertisements by our Services, please check the Interest-Based Advertisements section in our Privacy Policy.
What types of cookies are there?
There are several types of cookies. Their classification is made according to their lifespan, role, and source, as follows:
Session cookies: they are temporarily stored in the cookie folder of the web browser until the user exits that site or closes the browser window (e.g., when logging in / logging out on a webmail account or on social networks).
Persistent cookies: they are stored on the hard drive of a computer or equipment (depending on the default lifetime of the cookie). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is currently visiting - known as 'third-party cookies' (cookies placed by third parties) - which can be used anonymously to memorize the interests of a user so that advertising is delivered as relevant as possible to users.
Each cookie has a "responsible" (i.e., website/Internet domain) that places that cookie.
First-party cookies are placed by the Internet domain/website accessed by the user (whose address appears in the address bar of the browser). For example, if the user visits the www.blocknow.com site and the domain of the cookie placed on his computer is www.blocknow.com, then it is a first-party cookie.
A third-party cookie is placed by another Internet domain/website than the one accessed by the user; this means that the website accessed also contains information from a third-party website - for example, an advertising banner that appears on the accessed site. Thus, if the user visits the www.blocknow.com site but the cookie placed on his computer has as domain rubiconproject.com, then it is a third-party cookie.
Web pages allow the implementation of social buttons or widgets from a third-party, which allow users to interact with the sites whose social buttons or widgets are implemented. The user's interaction with the social buttons or widgets from a third-party allows the third-party to collect some information about that user, including the IP address, information in the page header, and information about the browser.
In general, data about internet browsing activity is collected and analyzed anonymously. If a specific interest emerges from this analysis, a cookie is placed on the user's computer, and this cookie determines what advertisement the user will receive, which is called interest-based advertising.
Interest-based advertising is a way of delivering advertisements on the websites you visit and making them more relevant to your interests. The common interests are grouped according to the navigation activity previously carried out, and the users are served only the advertising that suits their interests. In this way, advertising is relevant and as useful as possible.
Once we have their consent, we may place a pixel tag on our advertiser Customers' websites. Pixel tags are transparent graphic images displayed on a site, also known as clear GIFs or web beacons. In association with cookies, these pixels are used to analyze visitors' behavior on the site once they arrive via our Services. For instance, we may place pixel tags to track conversions or to create a custom audience for our advertiser Customers to target on our network (i.e., retargeting). For additional details regarding our abovementioned operations, please access the Interest-Based Advertising section of our Privacy Policy.
The types of cookies that our service providers and we may use on the Sites and/or when delivering our Services are listed in Section 3 below.
The data we obtain from our trusted business partners that place third-party cookies on our Sites may include, but is not limited to, details about the User's geographic location (i.e., country, city), data regarding the device and operating system of the User, the webpages accessed by the User while browsing our Sites, the links that redirected the visitor to our Sites, the accessing dates and times, and other diagnostic data.
We may also collaborate with third parties that employ their proprietary cookies, web beacons, and other technologies which record Site Visitors' online activities, either on our Sites and/or other websites, so that we can provide personalized advertisements that are suited to your interests.
For more details about how we may use third parties to deliver you advertisements that are tailored to your interests, please consult our Third-Party Online Advertising section (Privacy Policy).
Our Privacy Policy shall apply to the processing of any of the above Information, along or together with other data, if this constitutes Personal Data under applicable laws.
Cookies help us receive information about your operating system, browser type, the pages you've visited when you accessed our Customer's sites, the links that led you to our Customer's sites, the time and date of your visit, the geographic location of you internet service provider (i.e., country, city), and other diagnostic data.
The information we collected through third-party cookies on the Sites may be used by us to keep track of your Information and avoid re-entering said data the next time you access our Sites, to observe which pages and sections you have visited on the Sites, to keep track of the number of visitors on our Sites and the webpages that have been accessed, and to improve our Sites' management and functionality. The use of third parties may also be employed by us for the monitoring and/or analysis of your online browsing on our Sites or to provide you with personalized advertisements based on your browsing history via third-party websites.
If you want to know more regarding how our third parties may collect your Information or how you can receive personalized advertisements based on your interests, please review our Third-Party Online Advertising section (Privacy Policy).
For our third-party cookies, please refer to the relevant policies of each third-party for further details:
There are several categories of cookies used by our service providers on the Sites for accomplishing such purposes. The categories are described below as:
The purposes of these cookies may consist of (i) conducting communications via an electronic communications network or (ii) enabling information society service providers to offer such services in accordance with your specific requirements. Without these cookies, we will not be able to offer certain features, such as automatically redirecting to the least busy server or retaining your list of preferences.
Below are some examples of the necessary cookies that we use on Blocknow.com:
| Cookie category | Cookie name | Domain | Expiry | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality Cookies | session | .platform.blocknow.com | Session | Used by Blocknow to identify our customers |
| Functionality Cookies | sessionData | .platform.blocknow.com | Session | Used by Blocknow to identify our customers |
These cookies may be deployed for the collection of visitor activities on the Site (for instance, which are the most visited pages or if any error messages are displayed when visiting the web pages). No identifying information is collected by these cookies; all data obtained by these cookies is aggregated and, thus, anonymous. The sole purpose of these cookies is to further the improvement of the Site's functionality.
Below are the analytical cookies that we use on Blocknow.com:
| Name of the Cookie(s) | Provider/Domain | Purpose and content | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga_ | Google Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics to persist session state. | 2 years |
| _ga | Google Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information on how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 1 day |
Functional cookies record information about the choices that Customers make and also allow us to customize the site according to the Customer’s requirements. For example, cookies can be used to save preferences related to a category/segment.
The use of these cookies may involve creating advertisements that are of interest to you. Such cookies may also be deployed to restrict the display times of an advertisement in addition to aiding us in evaluating how effective an advertising campaign is. Advertising networks usually place these ads with our consent.
The cookies on the websites of our Customers (i.e., where our Services are provided) collect Information that we may use to improve the user experience and the functionality of our Services and to personalize the content and data we may display and provide to you.
To find out more about how our Services deliver tailored advertisements, please consult our Interest-Based Advertisements section (Privacy Policy).
The following categories of cookies are used for the aforementioned purposes:
The purposes of these cookies may consist of (i) conducting communications via an electronic communications network or (ii) enabling information society service providers to offer such services in accordance with your specific requirements.
We use these cookies so that we can save and keep track of your Information or choices you have made on our Sites (e.g., your username, language, or region of residence) and to provide an overall enhanced, improved, and tailored user experience and site functionality.
The deployment of these cookies may involve keeping track of visitors' activities on the Site, such as the most visited pages and what webpages have displayed error messages upon accessing. No Information that can lead to your identification is collected by these cookies, as all the data they may collect is aggregated, making the User completely anonymous. The only purpose of these cookies is to enhance the Site's functionality.
These cookies may be used by us in tailoring advertisements that are in accordance with your interests. Such cookies may also be deployed to restrict how many times an advertisement is displayed in addition to serving us in the evaluation of our advertising campaign and its effectiveness.
In order to differentiate a "first-party" cookie from a "third-party" cookie, you must consider the domain that places the cookie.
On our Sites, we also use the ReCAPTCHA software, specifically Google ReCAPTCHA “I’m not a robot”.
With this version of ReCAPTCHA, Google pays attention to how the User's mouse moves on the webpage to determine whether the User is a person or a robot. With each interaction on a Site that has the ReCAPTCHA service implemented, the software will learn more about human behavior, analysis that leads to the most accurate results. When you are reported as having a suspicious hit, you will be asked to "click" on certain photos. This test gives the user only 55 seconds to resolve, which will result in the user (bot-type) being unable to tick what is prompted in a timely manner.
The ReCAPTCHA processes the following personal data: the IP address of the device, the Site visited, the date and duration of the visit, browser, operating system information, language settings, Java script objects, the Google account if the user has such an account and is logged in at the same time as they visit the website, mouse movement over the ReCAPTCHA field.
More details on how Google processes data in the context of ReCAPTCHA use are available in Google’s Privacy Policy available here.
You are able to consent to the cookies entailed on our Site via the cookie dashboard available on blocknow.com. Furthermore, you can change the setting of your browser in order to manage or reject cookies if you do not want our trusted business partners to place their cookies on your device when you're accessing our web pages. You can also set up a notification to alert you when a cookie is being placed in your Internet browser software. Users can access these settings either in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu featured on their Internet browser.
To find out more about browser settings and how you can change them to your preferences, access your Internet browser's Help section. Most of today's Internet browsers allow you to look through your device's stored cookies and remove any unwanted cookies.
If you do not want us to place our cookies on your device when you engage with or use our Services in order to personalize the content and data we may feature or provide you with and otherwise customize our Services' user experience, you are able to (i) not give your consent via the dashboard available on our site, or (ii) set your browser to reject these cookies (according to our aforementioned explanation).
Should you have inquiries regarding the privacy aspects of our Sites or Services, please feel free to reach us at the following addresses:
DMG Venture Capital
MUN. IAȘI, STR. GRĂDINARI NR. 4-5, BL. NOVA, SC. A, ET. 5, AP. 20, JUD. IAȘI
E-mail: contact@blocknow.com
This Cookie Policy is updated starting with the Effective Date stipulated below.
This Cookie Policy may be subjected to occasional updates or changes, so please read this policy periodically to keep abreast with the new modifications. Any changes related to this Cookie Policy on our Sites will be immediately published by us.
If any revisions to our Cookie Policy have a significant impact on our practices concerning the Information we may have about you, we will try our best to alert you of such updates in advance by emphasizing the changes on our Sites. We will request your permission in advance for any material changes, should this be compulsory, via applicable data protection laws.
By continuing to use the Sites and our Services, you express your agreement regarding this Cookie Policy and any updates.