Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize a user's device. You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below:
Category 1: strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like staying logged in, remembering favorites etc, cannot be provided.
Category 2: performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. Is is only used to improve how a website works.
Category 3: functionality cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name to facilitate logging in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with nearby dive sites by storing in a cookie with your home location. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of webpages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Category 4: targeting cookies or advertising cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator's permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation. bloop does not use any of these cookies *These cookies are provided by a third party who could change their cookies in future outside of our control. We will review this policy regularly for any such changes. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
| Item/System | Cookies | Purpose | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| bloop | 1 PHPSESSID | Allows site to recognize when you are logged in, and keep you logged in. Without it you would not be able to log in to bloop | |
| bloop | 3 remember_hash | You opt-in to this cookie when ticking 'remember me' when you log in. Enables you to stay logged in to the site across browsing sessions. Used in conjunction with remember_id | |
| bloop | 3 remember_id | You opt-in to this cookie when ticking 'remember me' when you log in. Enables you to stay logged in to the site across browsing sessions. Used in conjunction with remember_hash | |
| bloop | 2 _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz | Collects information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Analytics Policy |