INTRODUCTION
Ballincollig Credit Union Limited (“we“, “us“, “our“) respects your right to privacy and is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Cookies Policy (together with our Privacy Statement and Security sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we treat it.
We may change this Cookies Policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure you are happy with any changes.
WHAT ARE COOKIES
Cookies are small files that store information on your hard drive or browser that means that the website can recognise that you have visited the website before. They make it easier for you to maintain your preferences on the website, and by seeing how you use the website we can tailor the website around your preferences and measure usability of the website.
WHAT DO WE USE COOKIES FOR
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration, to help us provide a better service; to record session information and/or to assist you in browsing the website. This may in some instances only be statistical data about how you browse our website.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your usage of the website by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. Cookies help us to improve the website and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:
- to estimate usage numbers and patterns;
- to store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise the website according to your individual interests;
- to speed up your searches; and
- to recognise you when you return to the website.
WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE
The following are the cookies we use on the website:
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | |||
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | First Party | 6 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category 'Analytics'. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | First Party | 6 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category 'Performance'. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | First Party | 6 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given their consent to the usage of cookies under the category 'Advertisement'. |
| cli_user_preference | First Party | 6 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR Consent Plugin. It keeps track of the cookie consents for on the current domain. |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | First Party | 6 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. It is used to store the summary of the consent given for cookie usage. It does not store any personal data. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | First Party | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | First Party | 11 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| Analytics | |||
| _ga_YTFWK7P815 | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. | |
| CONSENT | 2 years | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. | |
| _gid | Third Party | 1 day | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages viisted in an anonymous form. |
| _ga | Third Party | 6 months | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, camapign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randoly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| Performance | |||
| _gat | Third Party | 1 minute | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
| Advertisement | |||
| fr | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. | |
| NID | Third Party | 6 months | This cookie is created by Google Inc. It is used to create a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users. |
| Functional | |||
| sb | 2 years | This cookie is used by Facebook to control its functionalities, collect language settings and share pages. | |
The website uses Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use the website. The Cookies used by this product collect information in an anonymous form and are used by many different websites. If you wish to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
MANAGING COOKIES USAGE
You may refuse to accept or you may disable cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the website or unable to avail of our services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to the website.
You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking “help” on your browser’s menu or by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org
If you have any concerns about material which appears on the website, please contact us at admin@bcu.ie.
