Using Our Website & Cookie Policy
This cookie policy relates to www.bartonsmith.ie and any of its subdomains.
A cookie is a small text file that may be stored on your computer or mobile device that contains data related to a website you visit. It may allow a website “remember” your actions or preferences over a period of time, or it may contain data related to the function or delivery of the site. More detailed information on cookies can be found here.
There are two main categories of cookie…
Session Cookies: are temporary cookies that are not stored on your computer or mobile device. These session cookies are erased when you close your browser, or after 20 minutes of inactivity.
Persistent cookies: are cookies placed on your computer or mobile device for a pre-determined length of time when you visit this site.
This website may use Google Analytics to assist with managing our website to ensure we provide relevant information in an easily accessible format and as a tool to give our members/visitors best service.
Below is a list of Cookies we currently use:
|
Cookie Name |
Expiration |
Cookie Description |
|
_gid |
24 hours |
Used to distinguish users |
|
_gat |
10 minutes |
Used to throttle request rate |
|
_ga |
2 years |
Identifies unique users |
|
_utma
|
12 months |
Analytics. Used to distinguish users and sessions. |
|
_utmb |
30mins |
Analytics. Used to determine new sessions/visits. |
|
_utmc |
Close of session |
Analytics. To determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
|
_utmv |
6 months |
Analytics. Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. |
|
_utmz |
6 months |
Analytics. Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. |
|
PHPSESSID |
Close of session |
Login functionality |
This website will collect the IP address of visitors. While Barton Smith Ltd cannot identify an individual by an IP address (an identifier number assigned to each computer and other device) that same information may be passed on to the competent Authority so they make take the necessary steps to obtain information from the relevant ISP to identify an individual if they consider initiating criminal prosecutions as a result of a cyber-attack against this site.
Within your browser you can choose whether you wish to accept cookies or not. Different browsers make different controls available to you and so we provide links below to popular manufacturers' instructions on how you can do this. Generally, your browser will offer you the choice to accept, refuse or delete cookies at all times, or those from providers that website owners use ("third party cookies"), or those from specific websites.
To provide our website visitors with the option of preventing their data from being used by Google Analytics, please click the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for the Google Analytics JavaScript here.
To view Google analytics data privacy and security analytics information click here.
This Cookie Policy forms part of our overall privacy policy.
