Introduction

“We”, “Us”, or “Our” shall mean abuse.ch AG, a company registered in Switzerland, with UID CHE-172.684.863, whose registered office is at c/o Grant Thornton AG, Claridenstrasse 35, CH-8002 Zürich, Switzerland in collaboration with our partner Spamhaus Technologies Limited, company number 05078652 of 4 Old Park Lane, Mayfair, London W1K 1QW.

Our website (https://abuse.ch) (“Site”) and all associated platforms use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site and also allows us to improve our Site. Here you will find information on what cookies may be set when you visit our Site and the purposes for which we use those cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to sign up for our services. These essential cookies are always enabled because our Site will not work properly without them. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings, but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our Site.
• Analytical/performance cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of users and to see how users move around our Site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Site works, for example, by ensuring that visitors are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Functionality cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our Site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

We use strictly necessary cookies to make our Site work when you visit our Site. In relation to all other types of cookies above, we will only use these cookies once you have provided your consent using the cookie tool on our Site.

Cookies

Our cookies (first-party cookies)

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie Management and Preferences

Blocking cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:

• in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”;
• in Firefox (version 47) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”;
• in Chrome (version 52), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our Site and you accept that that other features may not work in accordance with our terms of service.

Deleting cookies

You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:

• in Internet Explorer (version 11), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11);
• in Firefox (version 47), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, clicking “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”.
• in Chrome (version 52), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.
• block computers using your IP address from accessing our Site;

Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.