Cookie policy (EU)

Effective date: 22 September 2020

This Cookie Policy describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies that may be applied on the siptucollege.ie site.

SIPTU may change this Cookie Policy at any time. Please take a look at the “Effective Date” legend at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised.  Any changes in this Cookie Policy will become effective when we make the revised Cookie Policy available on or through the site.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a site. Cookies are then sent back to the originating site on each subsequent visit, or to another site that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a site to recognise a user’s device. You can find more information about cookies at:

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently remembering your preferences, and generally improve your website experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

Most sites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that site to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’).

Cookies may be set by the site you are visiting (‘first party cookies’) or they may be set by other sites who run content on the page you are viewing (‘third party cookies’).

Cookies used on this site

SIPTU (“us”/”our”/”we”) uses first party and third party cookies. We use cookies in order to make this site easier to use, to support the provision of information and functionality to you, as well as to provide us with information about how this site is used so that we can make sure it is as up to date, relevant and error free as we can.

By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our strictly necessary / functional use of cookies. If you block our use of cookies entirely, you may be unable to access certain areas of our site and certain functions and pages will not work in the usual way. Doing so may also affect our ability to update this site to cater for user preferences and improve its performance. To decide which cookies you would like to consent to please read below and access the Cookie Settings tab on our Cookies banner.

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookie Name Description Expiry
Date		 1st party or 3rd party
swpm_session Identifies the logged in user. A unique session ID is linked to the user so that he/she is identified while navigating the website. The user is logged out when the cookie expires. At end of session 1st party
wpl_user_preference WP GDPR Cookie Consent Preferences. 6 months 1st party

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Cookie Name Description Expiry
Date		 1st party or 3rd party
  VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE A cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old.     At end of session   3rd party Youtube.com
YSC A cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. At end of session 3rd party Youtube.com
GPS Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. At end of session 3rd party Youtube.com
NID Google unique id for preferences. 6 months 3rd party Google.com

Analytics cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Cookie Name Description Expiry
Date		 1st party or 3rd party
IDE Tracking cookie used by Google to improve your online experience, including the display of more relevant ads 1 day 3rd party doubleclick.net

Managing Cookies in your Browser

In addition to the options provided above, you may refuse or accept cookies from the site at any time by activating settings on your browser. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable or disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s site via your help screen. We have also supplied links to several of the more popular browsers for procedures on how to view and disable cookies.

Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the site may operate as intended.

How to delete Cookies

For further information on how to delete cookies we recommend that you read the information provided at following link:

http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/clear-cookies-installed.html

Further Information

You can find more information about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org to obtain detailed information on how to prevent cookies from being set on your particular browser.

For further information about Google Analytics please see:

Safeguarding your Data.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all sites, visit:

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

If you would like further information about the cookies used in relation to YouTube videos, the YouTube privacy notice, including details about YouTube related cookies, is available at:

https://www.google.co.uk/policies/privacy/.

If you would like to find out more about advertising networks and affiliate programmes and how cookies are used for these purposes, please visit:

www.youronlinechoices.com

This is an information portal which is run by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), the trade association for digital advertising, and will provide you will all the information you need to know about online behavioural advertising and the choices available to you.