Privacy & Policy

Last modified: Feb 01 2023

Introduction

At TradingBlocks.net, accessible here, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by TradingBlocks.net and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us using contact form.

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in TradingBlocks.net. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

The following Privacy Notice was designed for www.tradingblocks.net and it will be reviewed and updated periodically according to all applicable laws and regulations.

The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to easily inform you regarding.

1. Definition according to the GDPR

NSAPDP represents The National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing
Personal data represents any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
Processing represents any operation or set of operations which are performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
Restriction of processing represents the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;
Controller represents the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other bodies which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by the European Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;
Processor represents a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other bodies which processes personal data on behalf of the controller;
Recipient represents a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether it is a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with the European Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing;
Third-party a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data;
Consent of the data subject represents any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her;
Data Breach represents a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data. This means that a breach is more than just losing personal data.
Supervisory Authority an independent public authority which is established by a Member State;

2. How can you contact us

You can contact us using contact form and app-in messaging system in the TradingBlocks windows application.

3. What personal data may TradingBlocks.net process about you

For transparency, we have classified the personal data into categories of processing, so that you can easily identify them. Personal data collected by TradingBlocks.net may include data such:

Class a. essential data (first name, last name, e-mail and username), for creating your client account;
optional data ( photo, and your social network’s username) when you decide to personalize your account
Class b. e-mail, when you provide it to us for marketing purposes;
Class c. e-mail, full name and other info provided by you when you contact us using the form available on our website in the section “Contact us”;
Class d. technical standard internet login information which may include: your IP address, information about your computer or device used to access www.tradingblocks.net (device type, operating system, screen resolution, language, the country you are located in, web browser type, and so on);
Class e. aggregate statistical data such as the city from where your traffic is coming from, customer demographics or interests, your behavior which may be revealed from your activity on our website;
Class f. the source of your access when you access our website through a website/app which is registered in our affiliate program or if you accessed our website using a coupon/voucher;
Class g. items added in your basket, your login credentials, invoicing details (such as e-mail, full name, your country, and purchased items) and your payment details such as the last digits of your Credit Card, if you select this payment method;

We never collect your payment method details in clear. When you choose a payment method, you will be automatically redirected to the corresponding payment provider’s web page.
4. How your personal data are collected by TradingBlocks.net

Your personal data may be collected by TradingBlocks.net in two ways:

  1. When you voluntarily provide such information to us by filling in the available fields - e.g, for creating your account, for contacting us, for registering to our newsletter, and so forth. Based on our contractual relationship, we may use your e-mail to send you relevant information about our services, offers, and activity status updates. In other cases, your personal data will be used for marketing purposes only after obtaining your prior consent. Please note that you can choose at any time to withdraw your consent, without affecting the processing already performed, by contacting us with contact form.
  2. We may automatically collect some technical information about your activity or the device used to access TradingBlocks.net, such as a truncated version of your IP address, operating system type, browser type, screen resolution, suspicious IPs, cyber-attacks, and so forth.
In general, we use cookies to collect the information mentioned above, which are essential for our website’s functionality and security or for collecting other data for marketing purposes.
If you want to know more about the cookies implemented on our website, please check out Cookie Policy.

All the collected personal data mentioned above are stored on our partner’s servers, and they have taken high-security measures to respect the provisions of Regulation no. 679/2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) - GDPR.

We will keep:
  • any information that you provide to us (such as e-mail for receiving our newsletter) until you will request to unsubscribe or to delete them;
  • all information collected using cookies according to our Cookie Policy;
  • your billing and payment information for invoicing and receiving your payment will be kept according to the regulation applicable to our Payment Processor and by us for 10 years, according to the Türkiye law;

5. Purposes and legal basis of the processing

All the information collected by TradingBlocks.net according to Section 3 of this Privacy Notice, is processed for the following purposes:

Class a. we need your personal data such first name, last name, as e-mail and username to create your account and, optionally, your personal data such as photo, social account’s username to personalize your TradingBlocks.net account and to offer you the best experience;

If you purchase our products, you may receive e-mails regarding technical instructions and similar products using an emails sender service, such as MailJet.
Class b. we use the e-mail you have subscribed to our newsletter for sending you marketing info about our services, promotions, and activity. To optimize this activity we may use an e-mail sender, such as
MailJet.

Please note that you can choose at any time to withdraw your consent, without affecting the processing already performed, by contacting us with contact form.
Class c. we use the information provided to us by filling in the available fields to offer you support in connection with the products purchased, or to answer your questions regarding our products and services. For this activity, we may use a communication platform, such as ZenDesk.
Class d. we process your technical standard internet login information, as defined above because some of them are essential for our website to be functional while others help us to offer you the best experience by displaying the website’s content in the best shape for your device.

The technical data is processed to facilitate your access to our website (e.g., to adjust our website for your device), to recognize and stop any misuse and so forth.
Class e. we may collect data regarding your activity to improve our services and for marketing purposes.

We may collect analytic aggregated statistic data as defined above, using cookies created by companies such as Google Analytics or HotJar.

According to Google Analytics policy, “Google Analytics is a simple, easy-to-use tool that helps website owners measure how users interact with website content.

As a user navigates between web pages, Google Analytics provides website owners JavaScript tags (libraries) to record information about the page a user has seen, for example, the URL of the page.

The Google Analytics JavaScript libraries use HTTP Cookies to "remember" what a user has done on previous pages/interactions with the website.”

We also try to measure ad conversions or retarget advertisements on Facebook using their cookie called Facebook Pixel;

The aggregated information does not identify you personally. This information is gathered and expressed in a summary form for purposes such as statistical analysis.

Through cookies, based on visitor’s activity on our website, we collect standard information and details of visitor behavior patterns for being able to offer them a better experience.

Cookies are stored on your device, and you have full control over their use.

You may deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings of your web browser. Cookies that are already stored may be deleted at any time.

For more information related to the data processed by each cookie, please check our Cookie Policy.

Please note that you can choose at any time to withdraw your consent, without affecting the processing already performed, by changing the settings of your web browser.
Class f. we may collect information regarding the source of your access such as the third-party’s websites, marketing campaigns or banners from which you accessed our website.

With the visitor’s consent, we use a cookie to identify and reward our affiliates for purchases made by the users who accessed our site through the affiliate’s website.

If you access our website directly or through our affiliates' website, we must honor our commitment under the affiliate agreement by rewarding them.

Rewarding our affiliates is very important for us and for you (our user) because thanks to our affiliates we have the chance to meet and collaborate.

If you access our website from one of our affiliate’s links, you may have some benefits but, we never charge you extra. Our affiliates' reward is fully covered by TradingBlocks.net
Class g. we process your personal data to keep you logged in, to remember the products added to the shopping cart, to generate and validate your coupon/voucher, to issue the invoice and receive payment for the purchased products;
6. Any disclosure of your personal data to third parties

Our employees: Our employees have access to your personal data, and they have been trained to respect confidentiality.

Business development: We will not share your information with any third parties for the purposes of direct marketing.

We are trying to do the best in our industry, so sometimes we may choose to collaborate with other companies to perform certain business-related functions such as hosting or Google Analytics’ features. In this case, we provide them only with the information that they need to perform their specific job.

Legal Requirements: Your personal data may be communicated to governmental authorities and/or law enforcement agencies if required by the applicable law.

7. Children’s personal data

TradingBlocks.net does not collect any Personal Data from children under the age of 18. So, if you are under 18 please do not submit to us any Personal Data.

8. Links to other websites

On our website, you can find links to other organizations. This Privacy Notice does not cover the personal data processed by them.
If you decide to access other organization’s links, we encourage you to carefully read their Privacy Notices which should be found on their websites.

9. Changes to the privacy policy

Believing that we are constantly developing our services, we are confident that our platform may soon have new functions, so our Privacy Notice will be updated accordingly.
In order to keep you informed, we always publish the latest version of the Privacy Notice on our website.
We assure you that the way we collect and process your personal data is in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR Regulation.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us with contact form.

10. Requesting, Modifying or Deleting Your Data (GDPR)

If you want to request a modification or an export to any data we have related to your account, or delete of all the data permanently, please contact us with app-in messaging on windows application and we’ll complete your request in a timely manner.

11. Cookie Policy

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Our website uses cookies. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

We use session cookies to personalise the website for each user. We use persistent cookies to keep tracks of referrals coming from our affiliate network.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies. Our analytics service provider's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of the site. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.