Cookie Settings / Cookie List

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Performance Cookies

Name: _ga_R4JVH3CEXS

Host: a1sheds.ie

Duration: 729 Days

Type: First Party

Category: Performance Cookies

Description: _ga

Name: _ga

Host: a1sheds.ie

Duration: 729 Days

Type: First Party

Category: Performance Cookies

Description: 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.

Name: _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn

Host: a1sheds.ie

Duration: a few seconds

Type: First Party

Category: Performance Cookies

Description: This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.

Name: _gid

Host: a1sheds.ie

Duration: a few seconds

Type: First Party

Category: Performance Cookies

Description: 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

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Strictly Necessary Cookies:

Name: OptanonAlertBoxClosed

Host: .a1sheds.ie

Duration: 365 Days

Type: First Party

Category: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: 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.

Name: crumb

Host: www.a1sheds.ie

Duration: Session

Type: First Party

Category: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: This cookie is associated with SquareSpace. It is used to ensure a visitor's browsing security. by preventing cross-site request forgery (CSRF).

Name: OptanonConsent

Host: .a1sheds.ie

Duration: 365 Days

Type: First Party

Category: Strictly Necessary Cookies

Description: 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.

Read Google’s Overview of privacy and safeguarding data here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245