Cookies Policy

  1. Scope of this Policy 

We ("Dublin Chamber", "we", "our" and "us") respect the privacy of all visitors to our website https://www.dublinchamber.ie and members portal https://portal.dublinchamberhosting.com.
 
This is our policy on the use of cookies and other technologies on our Website. We may update this policy from time to time to reflect any changes in technology or legislation affecting the way we use cookies.  Any updates to this policy will be posted to this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure you are happy with our use of the cookies and to update your cookie preferences, where you have consented to our use of non-necessary cookies.

  1. Summary of this Policy  

When you first visit our Website, we only set strictly necessary cookies on your Device (as defined in section 3 below). We will only deploy non-necessary cookies on your Device when we have obtained your prior consent to do so (see section 5 of this policy for further details).
 
If you choose to consent to our use of non-necessary cookies, you may withdraw your consent to these cookies at any time (see section 8 of this policy for further details).  You should also know that some of our cookies collect and process your personal data. We have more information about these cookies in sections 6 and 7 of this policy and you can find further details about our processing activities in our Privacy Notice.
 

  1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored in your web browser on your PC, telephone, tablet or other Internet-connected device (each a "Device") that "remember" information about you and your visit(s) to a website or connection to web application. Certain cookies may also collect personal data about you from your Device.
Cookies can be "first party" which are cookies set by us, or "third-party" which are cookies that are placed on your Device by a third party when you visit our Website. Third-party cookies may be placed on your Device by a third party providing a service to us.
 

  1. Why Do We Use Cookies?

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when you visit our Website. It also assists us to make improvements to our Website.
Cookies enable the Website to remember your interactions and preferences over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them when you come back to the Website or browse from one page to another. For example, non-personal data relating to your Device such as language settings, font size settings, other display preferences or other information relating to your Device (e.g. the type of device being used to browse the Website). Cookies also help our Website to work faster and route information over your network.
 

  1. Types of Cookies on our Website

This section of our policy explains the different types of cookies used on our Website and which cookies do / do not require your consent:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that register the type and version of your browser and enable you to login to view registration-only content in our member portal. For this reason, we do not require your prior consent to place these cookies on your Device. If you disable these cookies, then the Website will not function properly.
  • Functionality cookies: These are non-necessary and are used to recognise you when you return to our Website. By cookies recognising you, it enables us to personalise our content for you, including, where applicable, to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. We are required to obtain your prior consent to use these cookies on your Device.
  • Performance cookies: These cookies are non-necessary and allow us to recognise visitors to our Website. These cookies also count the number of visitors to our Website and help us to understand how visitors use our Website. This information helps us to improve the way our Website works. For example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily. This information is gathered anonymously - it is not to enable us to identify visitors to our Website. We use these cookies to determine the kind of content and services our visitors value the most. We are required to obtain your prior consent to use these cookies on your Device.
  • Targeting and advertising cookies: These cookies are non-necessary and are used to help us better understand our advertising campaigns and how we can make these more relevant to you. We are required to obtain your prior consent to use these cookies on your Device. 
  • Social media cookies: These cookies are non-necessary and are embedded in tools providing access to social networks from our Website. We are required to obtain your prior consent to use these cookies on your Device. They may collect personal data in relation to your use of these social networks. For more information on how we may process your personal data, please read our Privacy Notice.

  1. More Information about our First Party Cookies

The table below provides more information about the first party cookies that we use on the Website, why we use them and the period for which the Website will retain information collected by each cookie:

  Cookie Name Cookie Type Purposes Duration
1. ASP.NET _SessionId Strictly necessary cookies Preserves your session state across page requests. Session
2. CMSLanding PageLoaded Strictly necessary cookies Detects errors on the website – this information is sent to our support staff in order to optimize your experience on the Website. 1 day
3. CMSCookieLevel Strictly necessary cookies Specifies which cookies are allowed by the visitor. 1 year
4. _Request VerificationToken Strictly necessary cookies Anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to the Website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser. Session
5. CMSPreferred Culture Functionality cookies Determines your preferred language and country-setting. This allows the Website to show content most relevant to your region and language. 6 months
6. .DOTNETNUKE Functionality cookies Used for Website functionality, including forms authentication and created when a user logs in. Session
7. dnn_IsMobile Functionality cookies Used to determine if mobile view should be used Session
8. language Functionality cookies Used to store language settings – defines the language to be used. Session
9. .ASPX ANONYMOUS Functionality cookies Configures anonymous identification for application authorization. This is required to identify entities that are not authenticated when authorization is required. 1 week
10. authentication Functionality cookies Created to authenticate the user when a user logs in to the member portal. Session
11. CMSUserPage Targeting and advertising cookies Stores data of the time spent on the Website and its sub-pages, during the current session. 1 day
12. VisitorStatus Targeting and advertising cookies Used to collect statistical data on user-defined parameters in Google Analytics. 6 months
13. Identifier Performance cookies Used to store the last visited page identifier. 1 day
14. LastPage DocumentID Performance cookies Called when logging statistics and will be updated when a user visits a new page. 1 day
15. LastPage NodeID Performance cookies Called when logging statistics and will be updated when a user visits a new page, also called to prevent a log page from referring to itself. 1 day
16. LastPageId Performance cookies Used to store the last visited page identifier/TAB ID Session

  1. Information about Third-Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are cookies which have been set on our Website but are not directly related to, or overseen by, Dublin Chamber. We set out more information about these cookies in the table below:

  Cookie Name Cookie Type Purposes Duration
1. _ga Targeting and advertising cookies Provided by Google Analytics and registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Website. 2 years
2. _gat Targeting and advertising cookies Provided by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. 1 day
3. _gid Targeting and advertising cookies Provided by Google Analytics to register a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Website. 1 day
4. _at.hist.# Targeting and advertising cookies Provided by addthis.com to store the user's usage history of the AddThis sharing widget. Persistent
5. loc Targeting and advertising cookies Geolocation, which is used to help providers determine how users who share information with each other are geographically located (state level) 13 months
6. UserMatch History Targeting and advertising cookies Provided by linkedin.com and used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. 29 days
7. r/collect Targeting and advertising cookies Provided by doubleclick.net and used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. Session
8. p.gif Targeting and advertising cookies Provided by typekit.net and keeps track of special fonts used on the Website for internal analysis. Session
9. 1P_JAR Targeting and advertising cookies Provided by gstatic.com to transfer data to Google to generate more attractive advertising Less than 30 days
10. _atuvc Social media cookies Provided by addthis.com to updates the counter of a Website's social sharing features. 13 months
11. _atuvs Social media cookies Provided by addthis.com to ensure that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis. 1 day
12. _at.cww Social media cookies Used by social sharing platform addthis.com. Persistent
13. at-lojson- cache-# Social media cookies Used by social sharing platform addthis.com. Persistent
14. at-rand Social media cookies Used by social sharing platform addthis.com. Persistent
15. lang Social media cookies Provided by ads.linkedin.com and sets the default locale/language Session
16. lang Social media cookies Provided by linkedin.com and used for the embedded "Follow us" panel. Session
17. bcookie Social media cookies Provided by linkedin.com to identify browser IE, Set from Linkedin Share button. 2 years
18. bscookie Social media cookies Provided by linkedin.com to recognise a secure browser ID 2 years
19. lidc Social media cookies Provided by linkedin.com and used to track the use of embedded services. 1 day
20. lissc Social media cookies Provided by linkedin.com and used to track the use of embedded services. 1 year
21. personalization _id Social media cookies Provided by twitter.com and allows the visitor to share content from the Website onto their Twitter profile. 2 years
22. i/adsct Social media cookies Provided by t.co (twitter.com) in order to determine the number of visitors accessing the Website through twitter advertisement content. Session

  1. Controlling Cookies: Your Preferences and Consent

  • We only deploy essential (strictly necessary cookies) upon the initial loading of our Website.  By clicking "Accept Essential Cookies", you are only consenting to those cookies required to ensure correct website operation.
  • All other types of cookies are non-necessary and so we need your prior consent to deploy them. Non-necessary cookies help to maximise your experience when using our Website. By clicking "Accept All", you will consent to the use of all essential (strictly necessary) and non-essential cookies before they are deployed on your device.  However, you will have the option to withdraw consent at any time by clicking DENY ALL COOKIES at the bottom of any page.

  1. Disabling and Deleting Cookies

You may also set your browser to disable cookies, but this action may block our strictly necessary cookies and prevent our Website from functioning properly, and you may not be able to fully utilise all the Website's features and services. 
 
Manufacturer's instructions for managing your browser cookie preferences can be found via the following links:

  1. More Information and Questions

More information about how we protect and process your personal data can be found in our Privacy Notice.
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