Date: February 2023
Reviewed By: Francis Murray
What is a website ‘Cookie’?
Cookies are small pieces of data that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. We use them for the following reasons:
- Remember information about you, so you don’t have to give it to us again.
- Help us understand how people are using our website, so we can make it better.
- To use third party tools and software such as Google Analytics.
- Improve our performance session storage.
What type of Cookies do we use and why?
It is worth noting that when you first visit this website, you will see a message informing you that our website uses cookies and how to manage your preferences which when completed sets a cookie recording your preferences.
- Session Cookies: (also called transient cookies) are erased when you close your web browser. Session cookies are stored in temporary memory and are not retained after the browser is closed.
- Stored Cookies: (also called persistent or permanent cookies) are longer-term cookies. These cookies are stored by the browser within a file on the user’s device even after the browser is closed.
- Necessary Cookies: (which can be either session or stored 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.
- First Party Cookies: these can be necessary/unnecessary and either session or stored cookies. These cookies are issued by Big Dog Digital. We use these cookies for the following reasons:
- User authentication, to determine if you are logged into our website Content Management System (CMS).
- Cookie preference.
- For online payments via Stripe.
- Third Party Cookies: these can be either session or stored cookies. Firstly, it is important to note that a third-party cookie originates from a different domain. We use these cookies for the following reasons:
- Google Analytics also called ‘Performance’ and/or ‘Statistical’ and they recognise you on subsequent visits. We use cookies to help us measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views, and other statistics relating to our website. We will not attempt to personally identify visitors from their IP addresses. Users may opt-out of Google Universal Analytics use of cookies by visiting the Google Universal Analytics opt-out page.
- Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
- We may occasionally run ad-campaigns via Google Ads.
- By default we discourage the use of Third Party ‘Marketing Cookies’ to the very best of our ability.
What do I need to know about Security and Cookies?
- The Cookies we place on your device do not collect personal data. They are used for performance, interaction and statistical purposes.
- Cookies do not compromise the security of your computer.
- While we try to limit our use of third party cookies – they are in some cases necessary to our offering. It is important to note that a third-party cookie originates from a different domain (i.e. the service being used for example YouTube, Facebook we would always advise you make yourself familiar with their cookie policies and practices.
- Cookie usage is governed by the ePrivacy Directive (Cookie law) and GDPR you can find out more here.
Current cookies in operation: Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data. Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns. Other cookies are those that are being identified and have not been classified into any category as yet.Necessary
Cookie
Duration
Description
__cf_bm 1 hour This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. wt_consent 1 year Used for remembering users’ consent preferences to be respected on subsequent site visits. It does not collect or store personal information about visitors to the site. _cfuvid session Calendly sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services Functional
Cookie
Duration
Description
yt-remote-connected-devices never YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY never The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. yt-remote-device-id never YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. yt-remote-session-name session The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. yt-remote-session-app session The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. yt-remote-fast-check-period session The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. yt-remote-cast-available session The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user's preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player. yt-remote-cast-installed session The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Analytics
Cookie
Duration
Description
_ga 1 year 1 month 4 days Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. _gid 1 day Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. _gat_gtag_UA_* 1 minute Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. _ga_* 1 year 1 month 4 days Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. Performance
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Cookie
Duration
Description
YSC session Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE 6 months YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA 6 months YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. yt.innertube::nextId never YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. yt.innertube::requests never YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. Others
Cookie
Duration
Description
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN 6 months Description is currently not available.
How do I disable Cookies if I wish?
Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site.
It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
For more information about how to manage cookies, including opting-out of different types of cookies please visit: www.aboutcookies.org.
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at support@bigdog.ie or phone us on +353 85 126 3044.
Finally you may be interested to review our policy on Privacy and Terms of Use.