Cookie Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. At Colm Quinn Galway we use cookies to keep track of the options you have selected on the website and to remember you when you return to our site.

To get the best website experience, you need to have cookies enabled. If you don't wish to enable cookies, you will still be able to use the site but you may not be able to use some of the essential features we offer such as placing an advert so we recommend you keep them enabled.

Cookies don't harm your computer. Like other online companies, we use cookies to provide you with more relevant and useful information. We don't store personally identifiable information such as credit card details in cookies we create, but we do use information gathered from cookies to help improve your experience of the site.


Can I opt out?

We do have relationships with carefully-selected and monitored suppliers who may also set cookies during your visit to our site; they will show you different products and services based on what you appear to be interested in. If you'd like to opt out, please go to the Network Advertising Initiative website (opens in a new window - please note that we're not responsible for the content of external websites)

Cookies Policy
To make full use of the features on our site you will need to accept cookies, as we can only provide you with certain personalised features of this website by using them.
If your computer is configured to accept cookies we will be able to provide time saving functionality

However, if you'd prefer to restrict, block or delete cookies from your site or any other website, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your particular browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

For further information on cookies or for details on how to delete them or refuse their installation on your computer, please visit  http://www.aboutcookies.org/


Cookies used on the website

Here is a list of how we use cookies on the website:

Google Analytics

For certain pages on the website we use Google Analytics to track and report on user interactions on these pages. This tracking is also known as 'web analytics'

First Party Cookies

Our Website first party cookies used on the website

Session - Cookie JSESSIONID, PAGE_REF, UpdateAccount, s_sess, s_sq, MobiRedirect-User, bucket, ATD_DIGEST_,_ATD_SESSION_, Currency

Advertising - Cookies OAX, RMFL

Google Analytics - Cookies utma, _utmz

Managing Cookies

How to manage cookies.

Browsers are changing all the time, to get the most up to date information about managing your cookies in your browser visit www.aboutcookies.org (this will open in a new window - please note that we can't be responsible for the content of external websites)

Appendix

Cookie name

Type

Data stored

Purpose

JSESSIONID, CFGLOBALS, _gid, CFGLOBALS

Session

Unique identifier for this browser's session.

Used by the Servlet container to identify the user's session for the particular server that the user is connecting to; although we don't take advantage of this due to our load balancing policies.

PAGE_REF

Session

Log code, page identifier, previous page path

This is used to:
Enable the 'back to results' navigation link to function correctly
Ensure the correct page type is being logged from the page (which helps us understand the counts of advert and search views)
Ensure that the same search results are not double logged on navigating back.

_utma, _utmz, _gat

Persistent

Google Analytics data

This is used to understand behaviour and statistics across certain sections of the site.

bucket

Session

Classifies the device accessing the website. Possible values are desktop, premiummobile, legacymobile or tablet

Enabling server side components to determine the appropriate presentation of the website for the device

_ATD_DIGEST_, _ATD_SESSION_

Session

Unique identifier for this browser's session

Used to identify malicious / suspicious activity on the website.



Advertising Cookies

Provider name Cookie ID Domain Lifespan Purpose

Xaxis

uiid2

.adnxs.com

13 months

These cookies are used as part of the delivery of advertising to your browser or mobile device on our website and elsewhere. They perform functions such as preventing the same ads from appearing repeatedly, ensuring that ads are displayed properly, and in some cases, selecting ads based on your interests.

Xaxis

uids

.adnxs.com

90 days

This cookie contains a base 64 encoded JSON object which contains external unique randomly-generated values that enable Prebid Server demand partners to distinguish browsers and mobile devices. This information is used by Prebid Server demand partners to select advertisements for delivery by the Platform and to measure the performance of, and attribute payment for, those advertisements. Note the cookie is a cookie used by prebid.org, the open source heading bidding project and is not our proprietary cookie. Xandr run an instance of prebid.org software on their infrastructure.

Xaxis

icu

.adnxs.com

90 days

The icu cookie is used to select ads and limit the number of times a user sees a particular ad. It contains information such as the number of times an ad has been shown, how recently an ad has been shown, or how many total ads have been shown. 

 

Xandr use this cookie to prevent you from seeing the same ad over and over again.

Xaxis

usersync

.adnxs.com

90 days

The usersync cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with App Nexus Xandr partners.

Xaxis

anj

.adnxs.com

90 days

This cookie registers a unique ID that identifies the device of a returning user. The ID is used for targeted advertising. 

Bing

MUID

.bing.com

  

 

 

 

Google

RUL

.doubleclick.net

1 year

Simulates Chrome's upcoming Privacy Sandbox and contains the aggregated and anonymous audience segments for the browser.

Google

DSID

.doubleclick.net

2 weeks

This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant personalised adverts. 

Google

IDE

.doubleclick.net

1 year

Used by Google to store language preferences, and potentially to serve relevant content