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What are cookies and why do we use them?

Cookies are small text files which may be stored on your computer, tablet or mobile device to store or retrieve information related to a website you visit. There are different types of cookies which have different purposes and last for different periods of time. Some cookies require your consent and some do not.

Some cookies are placed by IHREC (known as ‘First party cookies’) while others are placed by third parties because we use their service on our website eg Vimeo for video content (‘Third Party cookies’).

Cookies can remain on your computer/device only for the duration of your browsing session ie once you close your browser, not necessarily when you leave the IHREC website. After your browsing session, these cookies are erased (known as ‘session cookies’). Alternatively, cookies can remain on your computer or device after your browsing session has ceased (known as ‘persistent cookies’).

IHREC uses cookies for the following purposes:

  • To enable our website to work properly.
  • To record your cookie preference.
  • To enable you watch videos
  • To analyse your visit to our website.

We have placed links to our Twitter account on the website and as a result of this, Twitter set cookies which can track you and send you personalised suggestions

What kind of information do cookies collect?

Cookies collect the following types of information about you:

  • Cookie browser data: cookie identifiers, time/date, pages viewed, whether and to which cookies you have consented;
  • Device data: device type, screen resolution, operating system version, browser information like its version and basic settings;
  • Log data: Time and duration of usage of the website and search data;
  • Location data: Data about your country & county of access as proclaimed by your device;
  • Analytical data: Data about your usage of the website ;
  • Preference data : language preference; and
  • In some cases your IP address may be collected for example by Twitter which they delete after 30 days.

How long does my consent last?

Your consent will last for 6 months from the date you last provide it to us using the cookie tool on the website. After this period, the cookie tool will automatically treat your consent as withdrawn and request it again.

You can however, change your cookie setting at any time, by clicking on the “Cookie Settings” link at the bottom of each page on the website.

In addition you can block or delete cookies in your browser, usually found in a settings or preferences tab in your browser.

Types of Cookies

These are the types of cookies used on the IHREC website:

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These are necessary cookies to make our website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation, preservation of user session, cookie consent management. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Name: PHPSESSID
  • Description: These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features,
  • Type: First party
  • Duration: session
Name: OptanonConsent
  • Description: This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given.
  • Type: First Party
  • Duration: 6 months
Name: OptanonAlertBoxClosed
  • Description: This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down.
  • Type: First Party
  • Duration: 6 months
Name: _cfuid
  • Description: Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to speed up page load times. According to CloudFlare it is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not contain any user identification information.
  • Type: Third Party – Host is cookielaw.org
  • Duration: 1 month

2. Functional Cookies

These are cookies set by third parties whose technology allows us to present a variety of videos on our website. These videos promote and explain what we do in IHREC. We ask for your consent to enable these cookies.

Name: vuid
  • Description: Vimeo’s embeddable video player uses cookies that they consider essential to the video player experience.
  • Type: Third Party
  • Duration: Persistent: 2 years

3. Analytical Cookies:

We use Google Analytics cookies to help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how people use our website eg most popular pages, duration of visits, number of visitors. We ask for your consent to enable these cookies.

Name: _gid
  • Description: This cookie is used to distinguish users.
  • Type: First Party and Third Party (walls.io)
  • Duration: 1 day
Name: _gat_UA_ and _gat
  • Description: 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. _gat_UA_  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.
  • Type: First Party and Third Party (walls.io)
  • Duration: Persistent
Name: _ga
  • Description: This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
  • Type: First Party and Third Party (walls.io)
  • Duration: 2 years

4. Tracking Cookies

Name: __widgetsettings
  • Description: This widget enables a connection to the Twitter. It places a cookie which tracks your activity on Twitter accessed via our website. It may then give you suggestions of who to follow on Twitter.
  • Type: Third Party
  • Duration: 10 years
Name: Local_storage_support_test
  • Description A Twitter cookie to load balancing functionality
  • Description: This cookie name is set due to Twitter integrations and remembers your language preference on Twitter.
  • Type: Third Party
  • Duration: 10 years
Name: sc_anonymous_id
  • Description: This cookie is set by Soundcloud and the data that is collected through its services can be used for profiling and targeted advertising.
  • Type: Third Party
  • Duration: 10 years

Questions and queries

If you require further information from IHREC please contact:

Data Protection Officer,
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission,
16-22 Green Street,
Dublin 7
D07 CR20

DPO@ihrec.ie

Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Data Protection Commission (“DPC”), the Irish supervisory authority for data protection issues. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the DPC so please contact us in the first instance.

Changes to this Notice

We will keep this Notice up to date as we continue to develop our website.  This version of the Cookie Notice was last updated on 2 October 2020.

Cookie List

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookies used
  • eupubconsent
  • PHPSESSID
  • OptanonAlertBoxClosed
  • OptanonConsent
Strictly Necessary Cookies
  • Cookie Subgroup: cookielaw.org
  • Cookies: __cfduid  (30 days)
  • Lifespan: 30 days
Functional Cookies

These are cookies either set by us or by third parties which enable certain services to be delivered or enhanced functionality to be provided on the website. We ask for your consent to enable these cookies. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Functional Cookies
  • Cookie Subgroup: vimeo.com
  • Cookies: vuid  (730 days)
  • Lifespan: 730 days
Analytical Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to analyse its effectiveness.

Cookies used
  • _gat_UA-
  • _gid
  • _ga
Analytical Cookies
  • Cookie Subgroup: walls.io
  • Cookies: gat  (0 days)
    • _gid  (1 days)
    • _ga  (730 days)
  • Lifespan: 0 days
    • 1 days
    • 730 days
Tracking Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by third parties whose services we have incorporated onto our website eg Twitter . They may be used by those companies track you across sites in order to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising on other sites.

Cookies used

  • _fbp

Tracking Cookies

  • Cookie Subgroup soundcloud.com
  • Cookies: sc_anonymous_id  (3650 days)
  • Lifespan: 3650 days

 

  • Cookie Subgroup: facebook.com
  • Cookies: fr (90 days)
  • Lifespan: 90 days