This Cookie Policy explains how the Blocvibe website at www.blocvibe.com uses cookies and similar technologies, and the choices you have. In short: we do not use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies, our public pages set no cookies, and the one piece of third-party content that may set cookies, our Google Map, only loads if you choose to show it.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website can store in your browser, for example to keep you signed in or to remember a preference. Similar technologies, such as your browser's local storage and session storage, keep information in your browser in a comparable way. In this policy we use "cookies" to cover all of them.
2. Why we use them
We use only what our website needs to work properly and to remember a choice you make. We do not use cookies to measure visitors, show advertising or follow you across other websites.
3. What our website stores in your browser
| Name | Type | Purpose | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| blocvibe:scroll | Session storage, essential | Remembers where you were on each page, so the Back and Forward buttons return you to the same place. It contains no personal information. | Deleted when you close the browser tab |
| blocvibe:consent | Local storage, essential | Remembers your choice about loading the Google Map, only once you make one. | Until you change or clear your choice, or clear your browser's storage |
| blocvibe:cta-popup | Local storage, functional | Remembers that you have seen, closed or sent our one-time enquiry form, so it is not shown to you again. It contains only that status and its date. | Until you clear your browser’s storage |
| __Host-bv_admin | Cookie, essential | Keeps authorised Blocvibe staff signed in to our administration area. It is never set for website visitors. | Until the staff member signs out, the session ends after 12 hours, or after 2 hours of inactivity |
All of these are first-party: they are set by our own website and are not shared with anyone else. Because they are essential to how the website works, or only record a choice you have made or a message you have already seen, they do not require your consent.
4. Third-party content and links
Google Maps
Our contact page can show our office on a map embedded from Google. The map does not load until you choose "Show map". When it loads, your browser connects to Google, which receives your IP address and may set its own cookies under the Google Privacy Policy. You can also tick "Always show Google Maps on this site" so the map loads automatically on future visits; you can change that choice at any time below.
Spam protection on our forms (Cloudflare Turnstile)
When you are about to use one of our forms (an enquiry form, the newsletter sign-up or the staff password reset), your browser loads Cloudflare Turnstile, which checks that a person is sending the form. Turnstile runs in its own frame from Cloudflare and may use cookies or similar storage there that Cloudflare describes as strictly necessary for detecting bots. It loads only when a form comes into view or you start using one, and it is not used for advertising or to track you across websites. Details are in the Cloudflare Turnstile Privacy Addendum.
Links to other websites
Our website links to other websites and services, such as our Google listing, WhatsApp and social media profiles. These open separately, and their own cookie and privacy policies apply once you visit them. We do not control the cookies they set.
Reviews and images shown on our website are delivered from our own servers, so viewing them does not connect your browser to Google.
5. Consent and your choices
Because we do not use optional cookies of our own, we do not show a cookie banner. Instead, we ask for your choice at the point where third-party content would load, which today is only the Google Map. You can review or change that choice in the "Your choices" section at the end of this page.
6. Controlling cookies in your browser
Most browsers let you see, block and delete cookies and stored data, for all websites or for particular ones, in their privacy or security settings. Blocking or clearing them does not stop our website from working: Back and Forward simply will not return you to the same place on a page, and you will be asked again before the Google Map loads.
7. Changes to this policy
If we change how our website uses cookies, we will update this policy first and ask for your consent wherever the law requires it. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.
8. Contact us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please email info@blocvibe.com. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information more generally.