Cookies
This website uses cookies that are necessary for it to function properly.
Cookies are used to improve the performance of the website and to understand how it is used. They do not identify individual users.
Cookie preferences can be managed using the Manage Cookie Preferences option available on the website.
Further information on how cookies are used is available in the Website Privacy Statement.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information stored in text files on a computer or mobile device by a website. They support website functionality by enabling efficient navigation, remembering preferences or login details, and improving overall performance.
Some cookies used on citizensinformationboard.ie are strictly necessary and must be enabled for the website to function properly. These cookies can be disabled through browser settings, but doing so may affect how the website operates.
Optional cookies can also be controlled when using citizensinformationboard.ie. Cookie preferences can be managed through the Manage Cookie Preferences option available on every page of the website.
Further information on optional cookies is provided in the section What cookies do we use? below.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Recording your consent to cookies – these cookies are classified as ‘strictly necessary’ cookies
- Understand how visitors interact with the website content - these are ‘analytics cookies’
What cookies do we use?
Citizensinformationboard.ie uses cookies in several places:
On first to visit citizensinformationboard.ie, you will see a message informing you about cookies. You can choose to accept all cookies or manage your cookies using the 'Manage Cookie Preferences' link at the bottom of every page on the website. A cookie is set to record your preferences.
Citizensinformationboard.ie uses Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors to citizensinformationboard.ie use the website. Google sets a number of cookies to make Google Analytics work. The type of information collected includes how users get to the website, what devices are being used, how long users spend on particular pages, how many users visit the site and how many users visit particular pages. This helps us to improve the site, for example, it helps us to make sure that information is easy to find.
This information does not identify individual visitors to the website because the information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous and IP addresses are anonymised to prevent the identification of individual users.
You can find Google's privacy policy and specific information about privacy practices for Google Analytics
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies on this website using ‘Manage Cookie Preferences' or more generally by using this tool: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. See also "How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps": google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
Cookies on citizensinformationboard.ie
| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
| Cookies.js.preferences | 180 days | First party cookies that record your consent to cookies
Classed as strictly necessary |
| _ga | 12 months from last visit | First party cookie used by Google Analytics to store anonymised statistics
Optional cookie |
| _gid | 24 hours from last visit (1 day) | First party cookie used by Google Analytics to count and track page views
Optional cookie |
Managing cookies
Most browsers also allow you to turn off cookies or to customise your settings for cookies. For more information, please see the links below in relation to cookie settings for the most popular browsers.