Privacy Policy

1. Definitions

"GDPR" means the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679);

"Personal Data" means information that can be used to uniquely identify a single person;

"Service" means the website www.block-search.co.uk

"You" means you as an individual and "Your" and "Yours" shall be interpreted accordingly.
 

2. Block-Search privacy commitment

Block-Search is committed to meeting and exceeding the data protection standards set out under GDPR. This Privacy Policy sets out the legal basis on which Block-Search provides the Service; the rights of individuals whose Personal Data is listed on the Service; and the rights of users of the Service.

Block-Search can be contacted by email (hello@block-search.co.uk) or by our contact form which can be found on our About page (www.block-search.co.uk/about).

This Privacy Policy only applies to the Service (www.block-search.co.uk).
 

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3. Personal Data collected during registration / payment

What Personal Information is collected and why?

If You register with the Service You must provide Your name and email address and You will be registered on our database following signing of the Agreement. We use Your Personal Data to maintain Your account for use of the Service. We are entitled to do so under GDPR because we have a contractual relationship with You. This information helps to ensure that Your account is protected and allows block-search.co.uk to display private information to You about Your registration. 

 Personal Data collected from You during registration / payment will never be published on the Service. It will be retained by us for up to 6 years from your last interaction with the Service in case it is required by regulatory or other authorities.

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What will block-search.co.uk do with Your email address?

When You register providing an email address block-search.co.uk we will seek Your consent to send You email containing news, offers and promotions. If you do not wish to receive such email you may opt out at this stage. You can unsubscribe at any time by contacting us.

Whether or not You opt into receiving this type of email, we will use your email address to send You messages crucial to the use of Your listed service.

All email that we send to You utilises performance tracking technology. This means that we can capture information about which emails are sent to You, which emails You have opened, which links in those emails have been clicked, and the dates and times on which those emails have been opened or links in them clicked.

We use this information to help us understand which emails are useful to our users.

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5. Search Logs

What search logs are collected and why?

Block-search.co.uk keeps logs of all searches conducted by users of the Service (whether registered or not) including the IP (Internet Protocol) address from which a user session was conducted, the identity of the searcher (where we have it), the date and time of each search made and the results provided in response to a search. This information may be used: i) to assist in improving the nature and quality of the Service; ii) to advise individuals whose Personal Information appears in search results and who have subscribed to "See Who's Looking For You" that their Personal Information has been displayed to a user of the Service and, if the searching user's identity is known, this information will be passed to the individual whose Personal Information has been displayed; and iii) block-search.co.uk also reserves the right to pass on such logs to the Police in the event that it might assist with an investigation. Personal Data contained within search logs will be retained for up to 6 years in case requested by regulatory or other authorities.

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6. Your rights with respect to Personal Data held by block-search.co.uk

You have the following legal rights:

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Right to Withdraw Consent

You have a right to withdraw You consent at any time from: i) block-search.co.uk publishing Your Personal Data contained within the directory enquiry database; ii) receiving the block-search.co.uk newsletter.

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Right of Access

You have a right to request confirmation that block-search.co.uk is Processing Your Personal Data and to require visibility on the website.

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Right to Rectification

You have a right to request that we correct any inaccuracies in your Personal Data.

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Right to Erasure / to Restrict Processing / to Object to Processing

You have a right to request that we remove Your Personal Data from the Service or restrict Processing, or to object to Processing. In responding, we may also refer you to the organisation(s) from which we source the data so that you can request deletion at source.

We will respond to all of the above requests within 30 days and without charging a fee. We may require you to give reasonable proof of your identity before acting on any such requests. block.search.co.uk can be contacted by email at hello@block-search.co.uk

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Right to Complain to a Regulator

You have a right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office should you believe we are not in compliance with data protection laws or that we are in breach of this Privacy Policy

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7. Use of Cookies on the Service

What are Cookies?

A Cookie is a text file containing small amounts of information that will be downloaded to Your computer when You use the Service. Each time You return to the Service this information will be automatically sent back to the Service servers enabling it to identify the computer that is connected to the Service and to recall Your personal settings for use of the Service. Cookies do not contain Personal Information. Cookies do lots of jobs and are a commonplace tool used by all major websites. They enable things such as navigating between pages efficiently, remembering user preferences, and generally improving the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts You see online are more relevant to You and Your interests.

There is legal regulation around how cookies are used and the agreement required from users and block-search.co.uk is committed to meeting these requirements.

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What types of cookie does block-search.co.uk use and obtaining Your agreement?

The three categories of cookie that block-search.co.uk uses are:

• Category 1 - Strictly necessary cookies

  These cookies are essential in order to enable You to move around the Service and use its features. Without these cookies, block-search.co.uk could not provide the Service to You. You may not use our Service if you do not wish these cookies to be placed on Your computer.

• Category 2 - Internal cookies (sometimes known as "performance" and "monitoring" cookies)

  These cookies collect information about how visitors to the Service use the site, for instance which pages are used most often, and allow block-search.co.uk to remember choices You make such as Your user name. The information collected using these cookies cannot track Your browsing activity on other web sites. By using the Service, You agree that these cookies can be placed on your computer.

• Category 3 - Targeting cookies

  These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to You and Your interests. They may also limit the number of times You see a particular advertisement as well as measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by third party advertising networks with block-search.co.uk's permission. They remember that You have visited a particular web site and this information together with information on Your inferred interests (based on how you have used that web site) is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. However, advertisers will never know Your identity unless You click on an advert and share those details with them. You can choose not to have these cookies placed on Your computer by going to:

  www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices

  NAI: optout.networkadvertising.org

  DAA: optout.aboutads.info

  Unless You opt-out You agree that our partners may place these cookies on Your computer.

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8. Acceptance of this Policy

By using the Service You signify Your acceptance of the block-search.co.uk Privacy Policy. If You do not accept this Policy, You may not use the Service. Block-search.co.uk may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a revised version via the Privacy Policy links on the Service. We recommend that You frequently check for updates. Continued use of the Service following the posting of any changes will signify Your acceptance of those changes.

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10. Help to improve our Service

Your comments are important to us and help us improve the service we offer. If You have any comments regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us via our Contact page.