Ibec Cookie Policy
The Ibec cookie policy details the use of cookies on
ibec.ie websites. Ibec may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect any changes in technology or legislation affecting the way we use cookies and how you, as a user, can manage them.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information that are downloaded to your device when you visit our website. Cookies are then sent back to our website on each of your subsequent visits to our site.
The following cookies are used on our website(s) for the purposes listed below. You can opt out of each cookie category (except the strictly necessary cookies) by toggling the cookie settings. If you choose to opt out of receiving cookies you may lose some features and functionality on the ibec.ie website(s).
Strictly necessary
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you that 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 to these cookies, but if this action is carried out, some parts of our site will not work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Cookie name: | Provider / Purpose: | Duration: |
| DomAuthSessID | Ibecehs.ie
General purpose platform session cookie. Usually used to maintain logged-in user session by the server. | Session |
| BNES_ DomAuthSessID | Ibecehs.ie
General purpose platform session cookie. Usually used to maintain logged-in user session by the server. | 15 years |
| OptanonConsent | OneTrust.com
Used for storing the information about the user’s consent based on which the cookies will be set on the browser. | 365 days |
| BNES_OptanonConsent | OneTrust.com
Used for storing the information about the user’s consent based on which the cookies will be set on the browser. | 15 years |
OptanonAlertBoxClosed
| OneTrust.com
Used for indicating have seen the cookie information notice and in some cases when they actively close the notice down. | 365 days |
| BNES_OptanonAlertBoxClosed | OneTrust.com
Used for indicating have seen the cookie information notice and in some cases when they actively close the notice down. | 15 years |
| __cfduid | OneTrust.com / cookielaw.org
Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to speed up page load times. | 30 days |
| eupubconsent | cdn.cookielaw.org
Used by the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework to store the user's consent to the data collection Purposes. | 7979 years |
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 what pages are the most and least popular and to see how visitors move around the site. All information is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and we will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie name | Provider / Purpose | Duration |
| _gat_UA-xxxxxxxx | Google
Website’s unique identity number of the Google Universal Analytics account or website it relates to. | Session |
| BNES__gat_UA-xxxxxxxx | Google
Website’s unique identity number of the Google Universal Analytics account or website it relates to. | 15 years |
| _ga | Google
Used to distinguish users for website analytics | 2 years |
| BNES__ga | Google
Used to distinguish users for website analytics | 15 years |
| _gid | Google
Used to distinguish users for website analytics | 1 day |
| BNES__gid | Google
Used to distinguish users for website analytics | 15 years |
| __utmt | Google
Used to throttle the request rate for the service - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes | 10 minutes |
| BNES___utmt | Google
Used to throttle the request rate for the service - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes | 15 years |
| _utmv######### | Google
Used to distinguish users for website analytics | Session |
Targeting cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
| Cookie name | Provider / Purpose | Duration |
| bcookie | LinkedIn / Microsoft.
Browser ID cookie | 731 days |
| bscookie | LinkedIn / Microsoft.
Browser ID cookie | 731 days |
| lang | LinkedIn / Microsoft
Sets default locale/language | Session |
| lidc | LinkedIn / Microsoft
For tracking the use of embedded services. | 1 day |
| lissc | LinkedIn / Microsoft
For tracking the use of embedded services. | 365 days |
| UserMatchHistory | LinkedIn / Microsoft
LinkedIn Ads ID syncing | 30 days |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | LinkedIn / Microsoft | 30 days |
| li_gc | LinkedIn / Microsoft | 730 days |
About our third-party cookie providers
| AddThis.com / Oracle | AddThis.com provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content, to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. |
| Google | Google Tag Manager is a tag management system created by Google to manage JavaScript and HTML tags used for tracking and analytics on websites. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. |
| OneTrust.com | Provides a service for websites in managing visitor’s cookie consents. |
cdn.cookielaw.org
cookielaw.org | This host is used by OneTrust for hosting the Cookie Consent tool script. It is used to manage cookies on websites. |
| LinkedIn / Microsoft | LinkedIn is a business networking platform. These cookies are connected to LinkedIn’s marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting. |
Marketing tabs and pixels – what they are/how we work with them
In addition to using cookies on our website, we also use invisible 1×1-pixel tags, known as 'clear pixels'. These pixels are used to collect statistical information about visitors to our website and the pages they view. Ibec use these pixels to understand what content is popular and how the layout of the website might be improved. Clear pixels are also used in each e-zine and newsletter sent by our system. If you receive the HTML formatted version of our e-zine(s) and/or newsletter(s) and your email is configured to download images, a record of whether or not you open the email (and how frequently you open it) will be saved with your subscriber history. Your engagement with the content of the communication (such as what links you click on) will also be recorded. We use this information in aggregated form to give us an indication of the popularity of content and to help us make decisions about future content and formatting. We may also use the information to publish more content relevant to certain categories of subscribers in future issues and to unsubscribe recipients who have not opened our emails for some time.