Cookies

This website uses cookies. They are small pieces of technical data that are sent by a web server to a web browser and are stored on your hard disk to allow the server to collect information from the browser. These small text files are necessary to run our website and personalise your experience. The necessary cookies can run every time, but as per the legal requirements to use any other cookies, we need your permission. You can always personalise your cookie settings here.

Please remember that our third-party cookie providers might access the data collected by these cookies in the United States. Therefore, we need your explicit consent to use and transfer your data which you can give us by choosing ‘I accept all cookies here. You can find out more about the cookies we use below.

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Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies help us to make our website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies. 

Cookie Name Cookie Purpose Cookie Provider Retention Period
CONSENT

Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR compliance of the website.

youtube.com 2 years
cookietest

This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box.

irishluck.ie Session
rc::a

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.

gstatic.com Persistent
rc::c This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. gstatic.com Session

Preferences cookies

Preference cookies enable our website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

Cookie Name Cookie Purpose Cookie Provider Retention Period
@@scroll# Unclassified irishluck.ie Session
_sak Used to save information about the visitor's video settings. youtube.com Persistent

Statistical cookies

Statistical cookies help us to understand how you interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. 

Cookie Name Cookie Purpose Cookie Provider Retention Period
_ga

Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

irishluck.ie 2 years
_ga_#

Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit.

irishluck.ie 2 years
_gat

Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate

irishluck.ie 1 day
_gid Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. irishluck.ie 1 day
collect

Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.

google-analytics.com Session

Marketing cookies

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for you and thereby more valuable for both you and for us. 

Cookie Name Cookie Purpose Cookie Provider Retention Period
DEVICE_INFO Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. youtube.com 180 days
LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY Unclassified youtube.com Session

LogsDatabaseV2:Vf91c0579||#LogsRequestsStore

Unclassified youtube.com Persistent
remote_sid

Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website.

youtube.com Session
TESTCOOKIESENABLED Unclassified youtube.com 1 day
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.

youtube.com 180 days
YSC

Registers a uniqu e ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

youtube.com Session

ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

youtube.com Persistent
yt-remote-connected-devices
yt-remote-device-id
yt-remote-cast-available Session
yt-remote-cast-installed
yt-remote-fast-check-period
yt-remote-fast-check-period
yt-remote-session-name
YtIdbMeta#databases Unclassified youtube.com Persistent

Analytics providers

Whether you have a User Account or not, we may use Google Analytics as well as any other analytics providers that we may use from time to time, to advertise on the Site and/or on third-party sites to you after you visit our Site. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Site. This data is shared with other Google services. We use Google Analytics’ 3rd-party audience data such as age, gender and interests to understand the behaviour of our customers. We also work with companies that collect information about your online activities to provide advertising targeted to suit your interests and preferences. This means that you may from time to time see several advertisements on the Site or other sites you browse because we contract with Google and other companies to target our advertisements based on data we or they have collected, including data collected through cookies. These companies may also be able to collect information when you click on advertisements on the Site, which helps track and manage the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.

You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your browser (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout ). Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.

To learn more how we use your personal data please visit our Privacy policy.

Any More Questions?

As we mentioned, it is always better to leave cookies enabled so that you don’t inadvertently disable a feature or function that you use on this site. If you have any questions or want anything clarified about the use of cookies on our site, please feel free to contact us.

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