Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines the type of information collected and used by Blockotech.com, in connection with its website, products, platform and services (together, the “Services”). It does not state the use practices or policies of our clients, of the websites or apps on which ads are shown, or of other parties.

Blockotech is committed to respecting privacy rights and has published this Privacy Policy to show its commitment to fair information practices. We are a “data processor” that collects and analyzes end user data at the specific request of our clients, the “data controllers”. This Privacy Policy is only applicable to information collected through Blockotech.com website and other communications between you and Blockotech.com; it does not apply to any information collected by Blockotech.com on other websites or through other means or to any websites or services of third parties (“Third-Party Websites”), which may have materially different policies.

By using the Services, you warrant that you have read and understood, and agree to be bound by, Blockotech.com separate Terms of Use and any other applicable agreements.

By using the Services, you warrant that you have read and understood, and agree to the terms of, this Privacy Policy. If you do not understand or agree to this Privacy Policy, you must immediately cease using the Services.

Introduction

Blockotech.com is a performance tracking and marketing platform, used by networks and marketers to manage their online advertising relationships. Clients use Blockotech.com to assess the effectiveness of their Affiliate and Publisher relationships – by measuring User clicks and conversions.
Our clients determine the data that they provide to and collect through Blockotech.com. Clients’ use, collection, exportation, or any other use of end user data, including the use of Blockotech.com services, is governed by their own privacy policies and applicable laws, rules, or regulations.

Information Collection Practices

1. Our clients collect user information using Blockotech.com

At the direction of our clients, who act as data controllers, Blockotech.com collects the following types of information from Users to help clients optimize and measure their advertising network, affiliate and publisher relationships:
  • Ad Identifiers
  • IP address
  • Cookies
  • Pixel Tags
  • Imprecise Geographic Location Data derived from IP address and/or wifi networks
Clients can also choose to view and measure information provided by other third-party sources in the Blockotech.com platform. Those sources may include: Advertisers, Publishers, Affiliates, and other Networks and analytics partners. Affiliates may sign up with Advertisers through the Blockotech.com platform or through their own customer website. Clients own the data that they provide to and collect through the Blockotech.com platform. When clients remove or export their data from the Blockotech.com platform, their use of data is governed by their own privacy policies and applicable laws, rules, or regulations. Blockotech.com serves as a data processor, acting at the direction of our data controller clients. Clients use Blockotech.com for pixel or server postback tracking to collect information about Users. Pixel tracking (also called “cookie-based tracking” and “client-side tracking”) methods store a Blockotech.com session identifier in a user’s browser cookie on click. In postback tracking (also called “server-side tracking”), Blockotech.com directly sends a session identifier to the advertiser on click. On conversion, the advertiser then communicates that identifier to Blockotech.com for validation.
Blockotech.com also supports server-to-server measurement for some clients. With any of the mentioned methods, when an end user clicks on an advertisement, goes to a specific web page or mobile app action that a Client chooses to monitor, Blockotech.com collects information from the User’s computer or device, including but not limited to IP and Ad Identifiers.
Clients may use Blockotech.com to process information from end users to, but not limited;
  • Measure campaign performance;
  • Measure Affiliates, Publishers and Networks performance;
  • Determining when users respond to ads; and more

2. Blockotech.com collects information from its clients

Blockotech.com collects your information needed to set up your account or improve our Services. To do so, we need contact details – including mailing and/or billing address, email address, company name, and website URL. You will also need to provide a username and password to set up a Blockotech.com account. Blockotech.com treats your contact details as confidential business information and only uses it to fulfill any purpose for which you provide it, in any way described to you when the information is collected, to carry out Blockotech.com’s obligations and enforce its rights arising from the Services, to notify you about changes to the Services, and for any other purpose with your consent. Blockotech.com may disclose end user data in the event we reasonably suspect fraudulent, malicious, or unlawful activity, or invalid traffic, or believe that we are legally required to do so. Blockotech.com may also share anonymous aggregated data derived from the Blockotech.com platform, including, for example, statistics about Blockotech.com platform activity. Finally, we may transfer such data to a successor entity in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or other corporate change.

3. Cookie Policy.

“Cookies” are text files placed on your computer by websites you visit or certain emails you open. Cookies store a string of information on a user’s computer or mobile device, which the user’s web browser provides to the website automatically each time it interacts with the website. The purpose of Cookies is to identify the user as a unique user of the website. Blockotech.com uses two types of Cookies: “first-party Cookies” and “third-party Cookies.” First-Party Cookies. Blockotech.com uses first-party Cookies for the following purposes: (i) to gather visitor and access information relevant to customizing the Services to your interests; and (ii) to store your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you use the Services. If you do not wish to have first-party Cookies placed on your computer or mobile device, you should set your web browser to refuse Cookies before accessing the Services. However, certain features of the Services may not function properly without the aid of Cookies. If you refuse Cookies, you assume all responsibility for any resulting loss of functionality. Third-Party Cookies and Advertising. Blockotech.com may advertise on other Third-Party Websites to you after you use the Services. Blockotech.com and third-party marketing partners, including Google, Inc., may use first-party Cookies (such as the Google Analytics Cookie), third-party Cookies (such as the DoubleClick Cookie), and web beacons (such as the Facebook conversion tracking pixel, https://www.facebook.com/business/a/online-sales/conversion-tracking), including across multiple devices, to inform, optimize, and serve advertisements to you based on your use of the Services. This practice is commonly known as retargeting or remarketing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_retargeting). Google Analytics is Google’s analytical tool that helps website and app owners understand how their visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of Cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. Any of these third parties may place Cookies on your computer or mobile device, use web beacons (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacon), and gather IP addresses and log data to collect traffic and activity data to deliver relevant metrics and content. You may customize your Google Cookies preferences or opt out of using Google Cookies on the Google Ads Settings page at http://www.google.com/settings/ads. You may learn about Facebook Cookies and how to customize your preferences at https://www.facebook.com/about/ads. You may opt out of using other third-parties’ Cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. You can learn more about how to delete or control Cookies at http://www.aboutCookies.org/.

Communications from Blockotech.com

Without limitation, by using the Services and/or by providing your email address, phone number, Skype or any other means of communication, you expressly consent to receive communications from Blockotech.com, its agents, and affiliates via that method of communication as provided by you. You may opt out of communications by (a) following unsubscribe instructions in each communication; or (b) sending an email to [email protected].

Security of Personal Information

Blockotech.com uses commercially reasonable safeguards to protect against the unauthorized access, use, modification, destruction, or disclosure of your Personal Information. However, due to the realities of data security, Blockotech.com is unable to guarantee that any information provided to it will not be accessed, hacked, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by unauthorized parties. You agree to notify Blockotech.com if your credit, bank, or other financial institution information, user name, or password is lost, stolen, or used without permission, if you provided that information to Blockotech.com in connection with the Services. To confirm or make changes to your Personal Information, please email [email protected].

Third-Party Websites

Blockotech.com neither owns nor controls Third-Party Websites. Third-Party Websites are under no obligation to comply with this Privacy Policy except with respect to Personal Information provided directly to them by Blockotech.com. Before visiting or providing Personal Information to Third-Party Websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of those websites and take steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect your privacy.

Promotional Activities

Blockotech.com may conduct contests, giveaways, and other promotions. Any information submitted in connection with the foregoing will be subject to this Privacy Policy. Blockotech.com may also ask you to participate in surveys to help Blockotech.com improve the Services. Any Personal Information provided to Blockotech.com in connection with any survey may be used in relation to that survey, and will be disclosed to third parties not bound by this Privacy Policy only in aggregated form.

Business Transitions

In the event Blockotech.com goes through a business transition, including without limitation any merger, acquisition, partnership, business reorganization, debt finance, or sale of company assets, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, Blockotech.com may use information collected in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as part of any such business transition. In such instances, your information can be part of the assets transferred.