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1. Introduction
1.1 Tradesmen.ie and our third-party providers set and use cookies and other
tracking technologies to store and manage user preferences, deliver targeted
advertising, enable content, and gather analytic and usage data to improve your
user experience. More information about how we use cookies and similar technologies
and how you can control and manage them is explained below.
1.2 We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our
website.
1.3 For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia
article on HTTP Cookies.
2. About cookies
2.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers)
that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser.
The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests
a page from the server.
2.2 Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session"
cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain
valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry
date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user
session, when the web browser is closed.
2.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies
a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the
information stored in and obtained from cookies.
3. Cookies that we use
3.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:
(a) authentication - we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website
and as you navigate our website;
(b) status - we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into
our website;
(c) shopping cart - we use cookies to maintain the state of your shopping cart
as you navigate our website;
(d) personalisation - we use cookies to store information about your preferences
and to personalise our website for you;
(e) security - we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to
protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials,
and to protect our website and services generally;
(f) advertising - we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that
will be relevant to you;
(g) analysis - we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance
of our website and services; and
(h) cookie consent - we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to
the use of cookies more generally.
4. Third Party Cookies
4.1 In some cases we may use cookies provided by trusted third parties. We
don't control the settings on these cookies, so we recommend that you check
the third party websites for more information about their cookies and how to
manage them. Third Party Cookies include the following:-
4.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics
gathers information about website use by means of cookies.
The information gathered relating to our website is used
to create reports about the use of our website. Google's
privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
4.3 We may publish Google AdSense interest-based advertisements
on our website from time to time. These are tailored by
Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests,
Google will track your behaviour on our website and on
other websites across the web using cookies.. You can
view, delete or add interest categories associated with
your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com.
You can also opt out of the AdSense partner network cookie
using those settings or using the Network Advertising
Initiative's multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org.
However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies,
and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out
will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained
in respect of a particular browser, you may wish to consider
using the Google browser plug-ins available at: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996.
4.4 We use social media buttons, plugins and/or embedded
content on this site that allow you to view content and
connect with your social network in a variety of ways.
These include the following:- YouTube, Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn, Google Plus, Wordpress, Disquis. These will
set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance
your experience on their site or contribute to the data
they hold for various purposes. You can outlined in their
respective privacy policies.
5. Managing cookies
5.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies.
The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version.
You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies
via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
(Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
(Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/
(Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
(Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411
(Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
(Edge).
5.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of
many websites.
5.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our
website.
6. Our details
6.1 Hopefully this information has answered any queries you had in relation
to cookies but if you have any other queries please don't
hesitate to contact us on our contact
form.
6.2 The Tradesmen.ie service is provided by Barrowvale Technology Ltd T/A Tradesmen.ie.
Barrowvale Technology Ltd company registration number 330063 has its registered
office at Jamestown, Ballybrittas, Co. Laois, Ireland.
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