Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are & how we use them.

About this Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them & the types of cookies we use. Also, how to control your cookie preferences.

You can at any time change or withdraw your cookie consent from the “Cookie Settings” tab on your screen.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us & how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Your consent is recorded using your IP address & applies to the following domain: www.beaconhospital.ie

 

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser.

These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide a better user experience, understand how the website performs & to analyze what works & where it needs improvement.

 

How do we use cookies?

Similar to most online services, our website uses first-party & third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function correctly, they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, providing you with an improved user experience & helping to speed up your future interactions with our website.

 

What types of cookies do we use?

The cookies used on our website are grouped into the following categories:


The below list details the cookies used in our website:

CookieDescription
Necessary
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisementThe cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertisement".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analyticsThis cookies is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent WordPress Plugin. The cookie is used to remember the user consent for the cookies under the category "Analytics".
JSESSIONIDUsed by sites written in JSP. General purpose platform session cookies that are used to maintain users' state across page requests.
laravel_sessionLaravel uses laravel_session to identify a session instance for a user, this can be changed
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessaryThis cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessaryThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Non Necessary".
viewed_cookie_policyThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Analytics
_gcl_auThis cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website.
CONSENTThese cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click “like” on a video.
_gidThis cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report. The data collected including the number of visitors, their source, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
_gat_UA-58394809-1This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites.
_gaThis cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
Advertisement
IDEUsed by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
yt-remote-device-idThese cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.
yt-remote-connected-devicesThese cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.
_fbpThis cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.
frThe cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
YSCThis cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVEThis cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.
test_cookieThis cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users' browser supports cookies and to measure the visitors’ actions after they click through from an advert. Expires after each visit.

 

How can I control my cookie preferences?

You can manage your cookies preferences by clicking on the “Cookie Settings” tab & enabling or disabling the cookie categories on the pop-up according to your preferences.

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Cookie Settings” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block & delete cookies used by websites.

You can find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers by using the links below:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

To find out more out more on how to manage & delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.