Our Cookie Policy
Mallow Credit Union Limited (“we“, “us“, “our“) respects your right to privacy and is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This Cookies Policy (together with our Website Terms & Conditions and Data Privacy Notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we treat it.
This Cookies Policy also addresses the storage of cookies on any device which you may use to access our website and any of our products and services whether or not involving access to or use of your personal data.
- We may change this Cookies Policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure you are happy with any changes.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small files that store information on your device, such as a PC, a mobile phone, laptop, or any other device that can store information, that enables our website to recognise that you have visited before.
The information so stored make it easier for you to maintain your interest in or preference for our website, and by seeing how you use our website, we can tailor the website around your preferences and measure usability of our website.
The information so stored does not usually directly identify you but can give you a more personalised website experience.
Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies to remain on your device. However, disabling certain types of cookies may impact adversely on your experience of our website but also your access to our use of our services and products.
There are different categories of cookies, such as necessary, analytics, performance, functional, advertising cookies and they are explained in section 4.
Cookies may be either first party or third party cookies. First party cookies are created by our website and owned by our Credit Union. Third party cookies are created and owned by third party technical service providers, for example Google Analytics.
The website uses Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. The Cookies used by Google Analytics collect information in an anonymous form and are used by many different websites. If you wish to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, please visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
What do we use Cookies for?
We may collect information about your computer or other device, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration, to help us provide a better service, to record website session information and/or to assist you in browsing our website. This may in some instances only be statistical data about how you browse our website.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your usage of our website by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
Cookies enable us to:
- estimate usage numbers and patterns on our website;
- store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our website according to your individual interests;
- speed up your on-line searches; and
- recognise you when you return to our website
What categories of Cookies do we use?
Necessary Cookies
These Cookies allow you to move around and access secure areas of our website and apps. Without them, we cannot provide the online services you may want. You do not need to give us consent for necessary cookies to be used – they will be set automatically if you use our website or apps. You can find the necessary cookies that we use on our website listed in the Cookie Table set out below.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our website. They tell us which pages you go to most often, and whether you get error messages from web pages. All information stored by performance cookies is aggregated and does not personally identify you. You can find the analytics cookies we use on our website listed in the Cookie Table set out below.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices that you have made on previous visits. This could include things like changes you’ve made to the size of the text on a specific page. They can keep track of your progress when you’re completing online application forms. Functional cookies can also be used to provide services you’ve asked for, like inter active chat (if available) through our website. You can find the performance cookies we use on our website listed in the Cookie Table set out below.
Functional Cookies
These cookies are used to provide services from third parties, such as Instagram and Django. For more information about such cookies please refer to the website of the stated providers in the Cookie Table below.
Advertising Cookies
These cookies (also called targeting cookies) help us shape our advertising and make it more relevant to you. We and our third-party advertising partners use these cookies to understand what you’re interested in on our website, and to identify what other web sites may have directed you to us. If you do not allow these cookies, you may experience less targeted advertising. You can find the advertising cookies we use on our website listed in the Cookie Table set out below.
Which Cookies do we use?
The cookies we use on our website are as listed in the Cookie Table set out below. We may amend or update this Table from time to time.
Cookie Table
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | |||
| viewed_cookie_policy | 1 year | The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin sets the cookie to store whether or not the user has consented to use cookies. It does not store any personal data. | |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | 6 months | CookieYes sets this cookie to record the default button state of the corresponding category and the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 6 months | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Necessary" category. | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 6 months | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie stores user consent for cookies in the category "Others". | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 6 months | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 6 months | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Analytics" category. | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 6 months | The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin sets the cookie to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". | |
| rc::a | never | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | session | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly. | |
| rc::c | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | |
| Others | |||
| session | Description is currently not available. | ||
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | 6 months | Description is currently not available. | |
| Advertisement | |||
| 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. | |
| Analytics | |||
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. | |
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. | |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | |
| _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. | |
| Functional | |||
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. | |
| yt-remote-device-id | 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-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. | |
Managing Cookie Usage
Our website has a cookie management tool that facilitates acceptance and rejection of cookies. The Cookie management tool can be accessed using the Cookie Notice tab in the bottom left corner of our website. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of the website or unable to avail of our services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to the website.
Within your browser you can choose whether you wish to accept cookies on all websites or not. Different browsers have different settings available to you. You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking “help” on your browser’s menu or by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org
Third Party Websites
Our Website contains links to and from third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own cookie settings, and these are not endorsed by us. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these third-party websites. Please undertake the appropriate due diligence before submitting any information to these websites.
