Cookies

What this policy?

This policy explains how Together Digital place, use and manage cookies on our website www.togetherdigital.ie. We use a minimal number of cookies on our website and review our cookie settings frequently to ensure all cookies are still relevant and necessary.

When you first landed on this website, a cookie notice appeared. This banner explains what cookies are on the website and allows you to choose to accept or reject cookies that require your consent. You can update your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie notice on our website.

Please see our Privacy Policy for more information about how we collect, store, manage and protect your personal data.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that’s placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. We, and some of our affiliates and third-party service providers, may use a few different types of cookies. Some are persistent cookies (cookies that remain on your hard drive for an extended period of time) and some are session ID cookies (cookies that expire when you close your browser).

Why do we use cookies?

They help us to operate our websites and services, enhance and customise your experience across our websites and services, perform analytics and deliver advertising and marketing that’s relevant to you.

What type of cookies are used?

Cookies have different purposes. Some are technically necessary to enable a website to work.

Cookies on this website are categorised as strictly necessary, performance, targeting or unclassified cookies. On the www.togetherdigital.ie website, you have the ability to accept or refuse the following cookies via the cookie banner:

  • Strictly Necessary: You cannot opt-out of these cookies because the website will not work without them.

  • Performance: Performance cookies allow us to see how well our website is performing. The information that is collected is aggregated and anonymous and is only used to help understand how the website works. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor. If you do not wish to have these cookies enabled, you can use the cookie banner to refuse them.

  • Targeting: Targeting cookies are used to identify visitors between different websites. Those cookies may be used by companies to build a profile of visitor interests or show relevant ads on other websites. If you do not wish to have these cookies enabled, you can use the cookie banner to refuse them.

  • Unclassified: Unclassified cookies are cookies that do not belong to any other category. If you do not wish to have these cookies enabled, you can use the cookie banner to refuse them.

Our cookies are:

NamePurposeLifespanTypeService
AnalyticsSyncHistoryUsed to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries1 month Strictly Necessary.linkedin.com
li_gc Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes6 months Strictly Necessary.linkedin.com
CookieScriptConsentThis cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.1 monthStrictly Necessarywww.togetherdigital.ie
_ga This cookie name is associated with Google Universal. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. This cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.2 years Performance.togetherdigital.ie
_gat_UA-75979-38 This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.1 minutePerformance.togetherdigital.ie
_gidThis cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.1 day Performance.togetherdigital.ie
_ga_JTJPDDBRFNThis is a cookie set by Google Analytics Used to persist session state.2 yearsPerformance.togetherdigital.ie
IDEThis cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the website.1 year Targeting.doubleclick.net
test_cookie This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users' browser supports cookies.15 minutes Targeting.doubleclick.net
frContains browser and user unique ID combination, used for targeted advertising.3 monthsTargeting.facebook.com
bcookie This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.1 year Targeting.linkedin.com
lidcThis is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website.1 dayTargeting.linkedin.com
UserMatchHistoryThis cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor's preferences.1 monthTargeting.linkedin.com
_fbpUsed by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. 3 months Targeting.togetherdigital.ie
_gcl_au This cookie is used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 3 months Targeting.togetherdigital.ie
bscookieUsed by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.1 year Targeting.www.linkedin.com
langThere are many different types of cookies associated with this name, and a more detailed look at how it is used on a particular website is generally recommended. However, in most cases it will likely be used to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language.SessionFunctionality.linkedin.com

How can you control cookies?

You can update your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie notice on our website.

Most advertising networks also offer you the option to opt out of targeted advertising. For more info, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

You can also accept or reject cookies by amending your web browser controls. You can manage your cookie settings by following your browser's instructions. Here are some links that might be of assistance:

Google Chrome - https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

Microsoft Internet Explorer - https://support.microsoft.com/en-nz/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Mozilla Firefox - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

Safari - https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac