Collection: Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy for CWS Water Solutions

1) What is a cookie? Cookies are simple text files that a site saves to your computer or mobile device using your website browser if you agree. Only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie and each cookie is unique to your web browser. Cookies are either set by the website you are visiting, in which case they are referred to as ‘first-party cookies’, or are ‘third-party cookies’ set by other websites and services that run content on the page you are viewing. Most websites use cookies to improve their users’ experience. For example, cookie-enabled websites don’t think you’re a new visitor every time you move to a new page on a site and therefore improve your user experience by letting you navigate between pages more quickly and easily. They also allow a website to remember you, and your browsing preferences, either for the duration of your visit using a ‘session cookie’ or for repeat visits using a ‘persistent cookie’ (explanations for all types of cookies can be found under ‘types of cookies’). 2) Our cookies policy To make full use of the features on this website, your computer or mobile device will need to accept cookies. Don’t worry – we don’t use cookies to store sensitive information, such as your name, address or payment details. They simply allow us to provide you with personalised features to make your visit to our website as smooth and relevant to you as possible. But some people dislike the idea of a website accessing and storing their data. And if that’s the case, you have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser at any time. The ‘help’ function within your browser should tell you how, as will the ‘enabling/disabling cookies’ page on this site. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if the cookies are disabled. 3) Types of cookie First-party cookies First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting and they can only be read by that site. They can make your experience on the web more efficient by recording your browsing activities, such as what pages and content you’ve looked at, when you visited, what you searched for and whether you clicked on an ad. Third-party cookies Third-party cookies are set by a different organisation to the owner of the website you are visiting. This could be a company advertising on the site you’re visiting, for example, or a site that contains embedded content, such as Twitter or Facebook. Those websites may send you cookies and they control the setting of those cookies, not the site you are visiting. Session cookies Session cookies are stored temporarily during a browsing session and are deleted from the user’s device when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies This type of cookie is saved on your computer for a fixed period and is not deleted when the browser is closed. These cookies are used to save your preferences so that they persist when you return to the website. Flash cookies Flash cookies work in a different way to web-browser cookies (first-party, third-party, session and persistent cookies are all set via your browser). Rather than having individual cookies for particular jobs, a flash website is restricted to storing all data in one cookie. You can control how much data can be stored in that cookie, but you cannot choose what type of information is allowed to be stored. 4) Enabling/disabling cookies There are two types of website users: those who would like their visit to be as easy, quick and relevant as possible, and who (knowingly or unknowingly) therefore sit firmly in the cookie supporter camp; and then there are those who are discomforted by the idea that ‘Big Brother’ is watching them and would rather lose some of the functions cookies enable to remain more anonymous. Different browsers have different ways of allowing you to enable or delete cookies, or limit the kinds of cookies that can be placed on your computer. When choosing your browser (ie, Google Chrome or Safari), you may want to consider which best suits your privacy preferences. To check out the settings in a browser, use the ‘help’ tab or look under ‘tools’ for settings like ‘options’ or ‘privacy’. From there, you may be able to delete cookies, or control when they can be placed. If you disable cookies you may limit your browsing experience. For example, you may need to enter information repeatedly, or you might not get personalised content or ads that are meaningful to you. However, most browsers’ settings will allow you to block third-party cookies without also disabling first-party cookies. Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 24 months.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
FIRST PARTY
Host Cookie Name Description
celticwatersolutions.ie woocommerce_items_in_cart This cookie is used by woocommerce and contains the end user's cart information.
celticwatersolutions.ie OptanonConsent 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. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.
celticwatersolutions.ie woocommerce_cart_hash This cookie is used by woocommerce and contains the end user's cart information.
celticwatersolutions.ie OptanonAlertBoxClosed 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. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information.
celticwatersolutions.ie wp_woocommerce_session_48d09bc101fc13f74434dbd47d60268e wp_woocommerce_session_
celticwatersolutions.ie woocommerce_items_in_cart This cookie is used by woocommerce and contains the end user's cart information.
celticwatersolutions.ie woocommerce_cart_hash This cookie is used by woocommerce and contains the end user's cart information.
THIRD PARTY
Host Cookie Name Description
m.stripe.com m
forms.zohopublic.eu d18efd344f
forms.zoho.eu d18efd344f
Targeting Cookies
FIRST PARTY
Host Cookie Name Description
celticwatersolutions.ie _gat_UA-XXXXXX-X Google Analytics Cookies
celticwatersolutions.ie gclid Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s devices and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
celticwatersolutions.ie _fbp Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
THIRD PARTY
Host Cookie Name Description
crm.zoho.eu 5ad188d5f9
youtube.com VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos
forms.zoho.eu gclid
www.facebook.com This domain is owned by Facebook, which is the world's largest social networking service. As a third party host provider, it mostly collects data on the interests of users via widgets such as the 'Like' button found on many websites. This is used to serve targeted advertising to its users when logged into its services. In 2014 it also started serving up behaviourally targeted advertising on other websites, similar to most dedicated online marketing companies.
youtube.com YSC YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
Functional Cookies
FIRST PARTY
Host Cookie Name Description
celticwatersolutions.ie __stripe_sid Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers.
celticwatersolutions.ie __stripe_mid Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers.
THIRD PARTY
Host Cookie Name Description
www.interactivecalculator.com PHPSESSID
vimeo.com __cf_bm This is a CloudFoundry cookie
vimeo.com vuid This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing
Performance Cookies
FIRST PARTY
Host Cookie Name Description
celticwatersolutions.ie _ga 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. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners._ga
celticwatersolutions.ie _gclxxxx Google conversion tracking cookie
celticwatersolutions.ie _ga_xxxxxxx _ga
celticwatersolutions.ie _gid This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid
THIRD PARTY
Host Cookie Name Description
crm.zoho.eu gclid
youtube.com CONSENT YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.