In order to ensure the smooth operation of its websites, 8 Blocks uses cookies. Cookies are files that contain information in the form of plain text and are stored on the user’s computer while browsing the Internet. The purpose of specific information (cookies) is to offer personalized services that meet the individual needs of the specific user.

There are two types of cookies. Session cookies that are deleted when the browser session is terminated (“session cookies”), and permanent cookies that remain stored on your terminal device in order to provide information about your browser during your next visit (the so-called “long-term cookies”).

Cookies are divided into the following 4 categories:

Necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary for users to browse the website.

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies enable the website to remember the user’s choices (eg username, language, region) thus providing improved and more personalized features.

Performance Cookies / Analytics

Performance / analytics cookies provide the website with the possibility of collecting non-personal data – data in a form that does not allow direct association with a specific person – and their purpose is to support website measurement functions. The purpose of collecting this data is to improve the performance of the website by providing information about the pages visited and receiving error messages from websites.

Third party cookies

Third party cookies are set by a website other than the one you are currently on. The purpose of these cookies is to collect information about the user’s browsing habits in order to display advertisements tailored to the user’s interests. These cookies can only be disabled through the third party website.

Cookies in no case give access to other files on the users’ computer and do not have the ability to collect and store personal data of the users. The legal basis for the processing of personal data with the use of cookies is Article 6, paragraph 1, subsection f) of the GDPR.

Users have full control over the use of cookies. More specifically, it is possible to disable or limit the transmission of cookies through the browser settings. It is also possible to delete the cookies that have already been stored at any time. This can also be done automatically.