Updated 29th January 2019
We primarily use HTML 5 Local Storage to store user data. Cookies are only used for Google Analytics.
Local Storage
All user data except Google Analytics data is stored using HTML 5 Local Storage. This allows us to give you access to your progress and user information even when you are offline. The data can only be seen by blutick.com, and is never shared with third parties.
Google Analytics
Cookies are only used for Google Analytics, which allows us to monitor overall usage of blutick.com.
We use the Google Analytics service from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) to analyze our website visitors. Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online product or service by users is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online products and services by users, to compile reports on the activities within these online products and services and to provide us with further services associated with the use of these online products and services and the use of the internet. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data.
We use Google Analytics only with IP anonymization enabled. This means that Google will truncate the IP address of users within Member States of the European Union or in other states that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.
The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not merged with other Google data. Users can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting the settings to their browser software accordingly.
The legal basis for the use of this service is Art. 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 letter f GDPR. Users can prevent the collection of data generated by cookies by downloading and installing the browser plug-in that is available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus guarantees compliance with European data protection legislation.
