Cookie Policy
What is a cookie
A cookie is a small file stored on your computer or mobile device. Websites use cookies to store and retrieve information about users, which enables features that need to to “remember” and track users. For example, cookies allow websites to remember what items are in your shopping cart, or whether you are logged in or logged out.
There are two types of cookie: session and persistent. A session cookie is deleted from your device when you leave the website. A persistent cookie has an expiry time, which can range from hours to years. A persistent cookie will remain on your computer until it is manually deleted or it expires.
Cookies can come from two sources: first-party or third-party. A first-party cookie is a cookie set by the website you are visiting. A third-party cookie is included on the website you are visiting, but comes from another domain.
How this website uses cookies
The purposes of cookies used on this website are:
- to process payment for Bookings via Stripe platform.
- to play embedded Youtube Videos
- to improve website functionality and record your decision to accept cookies
1. Please note that we do not collect or process your credit or debit card details. These are however collected and processed by our payment processing service provider Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd (“Stripe”). The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information on this website. The collection and processing by Stripe of your credit or debit card details and other personal data are governed by their terms and conditions. See Stripe Privacy Policy for more information.
Stripe uses cookies to facilitate making credit card transactions on the website. Stripe may from time to time provide us with information regarding the credits and debits made to your card in order to enable us to reconcile our accounts.
2. Youtube uses cookies to keep track of your personal preferences and settings and these may be used for targeting of advertising. Youtube is covered by Google’s Privacy Policy See more here
Domain | Cookie Id | Purpose | Expires |
---|---|---|---|
.gstatic.com | 1P_JAR | Used by Google and Youtube to customise ads on Google websites | 1 month |
.gstatic.com | CONSENT | Used by Google and Youtube to track cookie permissions | 20 years |
stripe.ie | __stripe_mid | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | 1 year |
stripe.ie | __stripe_orig_props | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | 1 year |
stripe.ie | __stripe_sid | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | Session |
stripe.ie | _fbp | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | Session |
stripe.ie | _ga | Used by Stripe to calculate visitor and session data for analytics reports | 2 years |
stripe.ie | _gid | Appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | 1 day |
stripe.ie | cid | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | Session |
stripe.ie | country | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | 5 years |
stripe.ie | machine_identifier | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | 20 years |
stripe.ie | merchant | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | 20 years |
stripe.ie | private_machine_identifier | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | 20 years |
stripe.ie | session | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | 20 years |
stripe.ie | stripe.csrf | Used by Stripe to process card payments made for appointment bookings | 20 years |
youtube.com | GPS | Used by Youtube to record information | Session |
youtube.com | PREF | May be used by advertising partners to build a profile of interests to show relevant ads on other sites. It works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. | 8 months |
youtube.com | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Keeps track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites, it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. | 6 months |
youtube.com | YSC | Used to track views of embedded videos | SESSION |
youtube.com | CONSENT | Tracks consent settings | 20 years |
neptunefinancial.ie | PHPSESSID | Establishes a user session to improve website functionality (eg, using forms) | SESSION |
neptunefinancial.ie | cookie_notice_accepted | Remembers the visitor has accepted the use of cookies so doesn’t show the notice again for one month. | 1 month |
Managing Cookies
Your browser has tools to help you manage which cookies you accept or not. For example, you can choose not to accept any third-party cookies, or to filter cookies from specific domains.
You can read more about managing cookies in specific browsers here: