Cookies Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie (third party cookie). They are used by us to help our users navigate this website efficiently and perform certain functions. Due to their core role of enhancing or enabling usability or site processes, disabling cookies may prevent users from using certain parts of this website. If you'd like to learn more about cookies and how to manage them you can visit www.aboutcookies.org
Use of cookies by Cricket Ireland
Performance Cookies
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | Session Cookie |
| exp_tracker, exp_last_visit, exp_last_activity | This cookie name is associated with the website content management system Expression Engine. Most likely to do with tracking or recoding visitor activity. | Session Cookie, 365 Days, 365 Days |
| _gclxxxx | Google conversion tracking cookie | 90 Days |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. 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. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners._ga | 730 Days |
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid | 1 Day |
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| __stripe_mid | Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers. | 365 Days |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers. | Session Cookie |
| AWSELBCORS | AWS Classic Load Balancer Cookie | Session Cookie |
| m | Stripe is a payment processing service that processes all payments for orders or booking of services via our website. These cookies aid in fraud detection. | 730 Days |
| S | Google Docs Cookie. Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. | Session Cookie |
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 90 Days |
| lang | This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting. Twitter does not currently provide information on the use of specific cookies. | Session Cookie |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos | 180 Days |
| IDE | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | 390 Days |
| CONSENT | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | 5995 Days |
| YSC | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | Session Cookie |
| test_cookie | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | Session Cookie |
| NID | This domain is owned by Google Inc. Although Google is primarily known as a search engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its main source of revenue however is advertising. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer's adverts appear. | 183 Days |
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| ft56a21b8b46751 | Google (APIs)'s third-party cookie. | Session Cookie |
| ft5e554b6642c17 | Google (APIs)'s third-party cookie. | Session Cookie |
| PHPSESSID | The PHPSESSID cookie is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialized state data. | Session Cookie |
| __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | Session Cookie |
| AWSELB | This cookie name is associated with the Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality for routing client request on the server. | Session Cookie |
| ft56a21b8b46751 | Google (APIs)'s third-party cookie. | Session Cookie |
| ft5e554b6642c17 | Google (APIs)'s third-party cookie. | Session Cookie |
General
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. You can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Opera
Apple Safari
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
