Using Our Website & Cookie Policy
This cookie policy relates to www.storm.ie and any of its subdomains.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer or mobile device containing data related to a website you visit. It may allow a website to “remember” your actions or preferences over some time, or it may contain data related to the function or delivery of the site. Cookies can be set by the owner of the website or in some cases by third-party services the website owner allows to present other information, run content or provide other functionality such as analytics.
How are they used on this site?
www.storm.ie and its sub-domains use cookies to improve functionality and user experience. To provide full transparency on the cookies that we use, please see the list of cookies that we use below. Please note that the types of cookies we use may change over time. Check back regularly to make sure you stay up to date.
| Name | Domain | Expiry | Type | Desciption |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gtm_campaign_url | .storm.ie | Session | First-party | |
| _gtm_referrer | .storm.ie | Session | First-party | |
| _cf_bm | .calendly.com | 30 Minutes | Third-party | 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. |
| li_gc | .linkedin.com | 6 Months | Third-party | Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes |
| CookieScriptConsent | .storm.ie | 6 Months, 2 Days | First-party | This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly. |
| _cf_bm | .fonts.net | 30 Minutes | Third-party | 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. |
| _cfruid | .calednly.com | Session | Third-party | Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to identify trusted web traffic |
| _ga | .storm.ie | 1 Year 1 Month | First-party | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Googles more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish uniqu users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
| _ga_CXEMGVLRQL | .storm.ie | 1 Year 1 Month | First-party | This cookie name is associated with Google Analytics. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
| YSC | .youtube.com | Session | Third-party | This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. |
| _gcl_au | .storm.ie | 3 Months | First-party | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their service. |
| _uetsid | .storm.ie | 1 Day | First-party | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | 6 Months | Third-party | This cookie is set by Youtube to keep 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. |
| lidc | .linkedin.com | 1 Day | Third-party | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website. |
| test_cookie | .doubleclick.net | 15 Minutes | Third-party | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies. |
| bcookie | .linkedin.com | 1 Year | Third-party | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media. |
| _uetvid | .storm.ie | 1 Year | First-party | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. |
| IDE | .doubleclick.net | 1 Year | Third-party | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| MUID | .bing.com | 1 Year | Third-party | This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. |
| _cfuvid | .calendly.com | Session | Third-party | This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimise user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalised services. |
| MR | .c.bing.com | 7 Days | Third-party | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics. |
| MUID | .clarity.ms | 1 Year | Third-party | This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. |
| _cfuvid | .calendly.com | Session | Third-party | This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services. |
| MSPTC | .bing.com | 1 Year | Third-party | This cookie is used to track user engagement and interaction with the website to enhance customer experience and website functionality. It may collect information about how users navigate and use the site, helping to identify preferences and improve service delivery. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | 6 Months | Third-party | |
| _Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | .youtube.com | 6 Months | Third-party |
Managing Cookies
Within your browser you can choose whether you wish to accept cookies or not. Different browsers make different controls available to you and so we provide links below to popular manufacturers' instructions on how you can do this. Generally, your browser will offer you the choice to accept, refuse or delete cookies at all times, or those from providers that website owners use ("third party cookies"), or those from specific websites.
This Cookie Policy forms part of our overall Privacy Statement