Cookies and Local storage Policy

Updated: 8 Oct 2021

Cookie policy

We use cookies to help improve your experience of the website. This cookie policy is part of Ethplorer's privacy policy, and covers the use of cookies between your device and our site. We also provide basic information on third-party services we may use, who may also use cookies as part of their service, though they are not covered by our policy.
If you don’t wish to accept cookies from us, you should instruct your browser to refuse cookies from the website, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services.

Cookies and local storage are part of the web technology and are not harmful, but it is important that you understand the implications to your privacy.

This policy is part of our privacy policy and explains the following:

What is a cookie?
What are cookies used for?
What is a local storage?
What are third-party cookies?
Web browsers with a private browsing option
How do I block or delete the cookies?

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small temporary files stored in your browsing device (computer, telephone, tablet, etc) when you visit a website. Cookies enable the website to store certain information in your device, for example to store user preferences or to recognize you if you visit the website later.
When a cookie is created in your device, the following information is stored:

The address (domain) of the website that created the cookie.
The duration of the cookie (may last just some minutes or for years).
The content of the cookie.

You can configure your web browser at any time to block the use of cookies by certain websites. You may delete previously stored cookies as well.

What are cookies used for?

Essential cookies. Technical cookies necessary to manage your flow within the website or to keep you logged in. If you block the, it is possible that certain parts of the website might not work properly.
Customization cookies. Necessary to remember certain user preferences.
Analytic cookies. These cookies help us and third parties to record where visits are originated and how users interact with the website, in order to create analytics that help us to enhance the website structure and contents.
Advertising cookies. These cookies are used to manage the advertisements displayed, their content and frequency.
Behavioural advertising cookies. These cookies help to track your browsing behaviour in order to create a profile to determine relevant advertisements for you.
Social sharing cookies. Cookies required to log you into your social networks in order to share contents.

What is local storage?

A local storage is a file created by a website in your device. Cookies are just one type of local storage, but there are others. It is important that you know them so you can block them or delete the data stored by them:

Browser local storage. Some websites use the browser's "sessionStorage" and "localStorage" to store data; "sessionStorage" is stored temporarily, but the “localStorage” is persistent. You may erase them by deleting your browser's history.
Flash local storage ("Flash Local Shared Objects"). Flash is a browser plug-in used to add Interactive and multimedia content into websites. Flash can store data in your device.
Silverlight local storage ("Isolated Objects"). Silverlight is a browser plug-in used to add Interactive and multimedia content into websites. Silverlight can store data in your device.
A web beacon is a tracking method that consists of an image embedded into a website. When your browser connects to the server where the image is located to download it, your access is tracked. Some times web beacons are very small or transparent images so the user is not aware of them.

What are third-party cookies?

Many websites incorporate functions or features provided by third parties, like:

Analytics on website usage.
Interactive maps.
Videos and multimedia elements.
Social-sharing buttons.

The providers of these functions or features may use cookies and local storage. They may trigger cookies and other mechanisms to track your browsing behaviour in order to create a profile to show you advertisements targeted to your interests.

How you can control or opt out of cookies

If you do not wish to accept cookies from us, you can instruct your browser to refuse cookies from our website. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies by default, but you can update these settings to either refuse cookies altogether, or to notify you when a website is trying to set or update a cookie.
If you browse websites from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each individual device.
Although some cookies can be blocked with little impact on your experience of a website, blocking all cookies may mean you are unable to access certain features and content across the sites you visit.

NOTE: we regularly check this information to ensure correctness, but we can't assure it is 100% accurate at all the times.