Cookie Policy

(effective from September 2020)

1. Introduction 

Whilst using the Darta Saving Website and Darta Portal, some information is collected automatically using ‘cookies’ or local storage. Darta Saving Life Assurance dac (“Darta”) uses cookies on this site, which do not contain or gather any personal data about users and cannot be used to identify an individual user. 

To make our Website work properly, we place on your device a small data files called cookies.

Our cookies policy will provide you with information about cookies used by Darta’s Website as well as how to manage them for our Website.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites visited by users send to their terminals, where they are stored before being re-transmitted to the same sites at the next visit. Cookies help us enhance your experience when using the website. Cookies are widely used in order to identify your browser, remember information about you (e.g. language preference or login details), and provide analytics. 

To learn more about cookies click here. 

3. Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies:

  • to recognise your computer when you visit our Website;
  • to improve the Website’s usability;
  • to track you as you navigate our Website;
  • to analyse the use of our Website.

4. What type of Cookies do we use? 

Technical Cookies

These cookies are used to browse or provide a service requested by the user. They are not used for other purposes and are normally installed directly by the owner of the website. Without the use of these cookies, some operations could not be performed or would be more complex and / or less secure. 

The so-called technical cookies are of two types:

  1. Session cookies: Session cookie expires automatically when you close your browser;
  2. Persistent cookie: Persistent cookie remains until it expires or you delete the cookie.

The tables below outline which cookies are used by Darta’s Website i.e. which are session and which are persistent.

The cookie can be first party or third party:

First Party Cookie:  These cookies are directly stored by the website.  Set up by the publisher’s web server.

Third Party Cookie:  These cookies are created by domains that are not our Website.  Set up by a third party server.

The tables below outline which cookies used by the Darta’s Website are first and third party, included under “Provider” in the tables below.

When you save your cookie settings, they should also apply to your future visits to the Darta Website and Portal.  However, for technical reasons beyond Darta’s control, this cannot be guaranteed.  For example, if you reset your browser, delete your cookies or access the Darta Website from another browser or device, your cookie settings may be lost. To comply with applicable laws and regulations, you will be asked to confirm your cookie settings when you first visit the Darta Website.

4.1 Strictly Necessary

Strictly Necessary cookies are fundamental to the functioning of a website and cannot be switched off without blocking site features. They are essential in order to enable you to navigate a website and use its features.

Removing or disabling these cookies, may prevent a website from functioning properly and you may not be able to fully utilise all of its features and services. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

The table below illustrates the information relating to these cookies used by the Darta Website.

Cookie Name

Purpose

Validity

Provider

Type

Category

viewed_cookie_policy

The cookie is used to store whether the user has consented to the use of cookies or not. It does not store any personal data.

1 hour

www.darta.ie

Persistent

Performance

cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary

 

The purpose of this cookie is to check whether the user has given consent to the use of cookies in the “Necessary” category or not.

1 year

www.darta.ie

Persistent

 

cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics

The purpose of this cookie is to check whether the user has given consent to the use of cookies in the “Analytics” category or not.

1 year

www.darta.ie

Persistent

 

cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance

The purpose of this cookie is to check whether the user has given consent to the use of cookies in the “Performance” category or not.

1 year

www.darta.ie

Persistent

Performance

CookieLawInfoConsent

This cookie is used as a unique identifier of the consent given to the different categories of cookies used on the site.

1 year

www.darta.ie

Persistent

 

cli_user_preference

This cookieis used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

1 year

www.darta.ie

Persistent

 

JSESSIONID

Used by sites written in JSP. General purpose platform session cookies that are used to maintain users’ state across page requests.

 

news.darta.ie

Session

 

 

4.2 Functional or Performance Cookies

These cookies allow Darta to remember the choices you made (e.g. user name, country or language) and functionalities (e.g. redirecting to a new page, controlling the cookie banner).  For instance, the Darta Website might use performance cookies to keep of what method of linking between pages is most effective, or to determine why some pages are receiving error messages.

The table below outlines information about such cookies used by Darta’s Website.

Cookie Name

Purpose

Validity

Provider

Type

Category

_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress

This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie.

Session

Hotjar

Session

Other-Performance

_hjid

Hotjar cookie that is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.

Session

Hotjar

Session

Other-Performance

__atuvc

This cookie is set by Addthis to make sure you see the updated count if you share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated.

1 year

Addthis

 

Functional

__atuvs

This cookie is set by Addthis to make sure you see the updated count if you share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated.

30 minutes

Addthis

 

Functional

ouid

The cookie is set by Addthis which enables the content of the website to be shared across different networking and social sharing websites.

1 year

Addthis

 

Functional

na_id

This cookie is set by Addthis.com to enable sharing of links on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter

1 year

Addthis

 

Functional

vc

This cookie is set by addthis.com on sites that allow sharing on social media.

1 year

Addthis

 

Functional

bcookie

This cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page.

2 years

Linkedin

 

Functional

lidc

his cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing.

1 day

Linkedin

 

Functional

YSC

This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.

 

youtube

 

Functional

 

4.3 Analytic Cookies

Darta also uses the so-called “Google Analytics” that are used to collect and analyse information, in aggregated form, these track information about visits to the Website and the Portal so that we can make improvement and report our performance. These cookies also collect information about how visitors use the Websites, providing for example:

  • statistical information on accesses and visits to the Darta Website and Portal;
  • the number of sections and pages visited and the number of visitors;
  • time spent on the Website by the average number of users;
  • every circumstance occurred during browsing, such as a message of error, which help understand difficulties that users encounter in using the Website;
  • geographical area of users.

This information may be associated to the details of the user such as IP address, username (Portal users), domain or browser.  However, when these are analysed only on aggregated anonymous basis, the cookies that collect this information are considered as equivalent to the technical cookies. 

For more information on “Google Analytics” please click here.

Google Analytics Privacy Policy.

Cookie Name

Purpose

Validity

Provider

Type

Category

_gat

Google Analytics: Used to throttle request rate

1 Minute

GA

Persistent

Other-performance

_ga

Google Analytics: Used to distinguish users

2 years

GA

Persistent

Other-performance

_gid

Google Analytics: Used to distinguish users

1 day

GA

Persistent

Other-performance

GPS

This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location

30 minutes

GA

Session

 

uvc

The cookie is set by addthis.com to determine the usage of Addthis.com service.

1 year

Addthis

Session

 

 

4.4 Advertisment and Targetting Cookies

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.

Cookie Name

 

Purpose

Validity

Provider

Type

Category

di2   This cookie is set by addthis.com on sites that allows sharing on social media. The cookie is used to track user behavior anonymously to generate usage trends to improve relevance to their services and advertising. 1 year Addthis Persistent Advertisment
IDE   Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. 1 year GDC Persistent  
uid   This cookie is used to measure the number and behavior of the visitors to the website anonymously. The data includes the number of visits, average duration of the visit on the website, pages visited, etc. for the purpose of better understanding user preferences for targeted advertisments. 1 year news.darta.ie Persistent  
loc   This cookie is set by Addthis. This is a geolocation cookie to understand where the users sharing the information are located. 1 yar Addthis Persistent  
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE   his cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. 5 months Youtube Persistent  
um   Used by addthis for specific service functionality 1 year Addthis Persistent  

 

4.5 Preference Cookies

Preference cookies are used to store user preferences to provide content that is customized and convenient for the users, like the language of the website or the Used for saving the state of 2FA of a logged in userUsed for saving the state of 2FA of a logged in userUsed for saving the state of 2FA of a logged in userUsed for saving the state of 2FA of a logged in userlocation of the visitor.

Cookie Name

Purpose

Validity

Provider

Type

Category

lang

This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website.

  news.darta.ie Session Preferences

lissc

Used to ensure there is correct SameSite attribute for all cookies in that browser

1 year .linkedin.com Persistent Preferences

 

4.6 Security Cookies

Security cookies are used to maintain a certain security level in network operations and they can be used for marketing and tracking purpose.

Cookie Name

Purpose

Validity

Provider

Type

Category

trkCode

Used as part of anti-abuse processes on LinkedIn

5 seconds Linkedin Session Security
trkInfo

Used as part of anti-abuse processes on LinkedIn

5 seconds Linkedin Session Security
bscookie

Used for saving the state of 2FA of a logged in user

2 years Linkedin Session Security
rtc

Used as part of anti-abuse processes on LinkedIn

2 minutes Linkedin Session Security
fid

Used to track malicious activity on the site

1 week Linkedin Pesristent Security

 

5. How to withdraw or change my cookie settings

You can withdraw or change your cookie preferences at any time in the Cookie Settings Tool. Below, you can find a link to Cookie Settings Tool.  Through this tool you can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Confirm my choice’.  You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect. When you save your cookie settings, they should also apply to your future visits to the Darta Website. However, for technical reasons beyond the control of Darta, this cannot be guaranteed.  For example, if you reset your browser, delete your cookies or access the Darta Website from another browser or device, your cookie settings may be lost.

5.1 Cookie settings (link to cookie banner)

Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.

The user may therefore manage its preferences relating to cookies directly within its browser.  Through the browser settings, cookies installed in the past may be eliminated.  Please note that by disabling all cookies the functioning of this Website may be reduced.  To the contrary, contents of the Website may be accessed also if the cookies are completely disabled. 

The following is a list of Guidelines and Links:

Browser Type

Guidelines/Links

Internet Explorer

  • Click the “Tools” menu on the top right-hand side of the browser and select “Internet Options”
  • Choose the Privacy tab, and to disable all cookies slide the bar all the way to the top.
  • To confirm new settings select “OK”

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/260971/description-of-cookies

Firefox Mozilla

  • Click the “Tools” menu at the top of the browser and select “Options”
  • Choose the Privacy tab, and make your selection from the drop-down menu that begins “Firefox will.”
  • Select “Use custom settings for history.” and remove the checkmarks from “Accept cookies from sites.”
  • To confirm the new settings select “OK.”

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer

Google Chrome

  • Click the tools icon on the right-hand side that looks like a wrench.
  • Choose “Settings” from the drop-down menu, and then click on the link that says “Show Advanced Settings” at the bottom of the page.
  • Select “Content settings” listed under the Privacy segment.
  • Choose the button next to “Block sites from setting any data” in the first section called “Cookies.”
  • To confirm new settings select “OK”.

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

Safari

  • Click the tools icons on the right hand side that looks like a cog.
  • Select “Security” and under the “Accept Cookies” category select never.
  • To confirm new settings close the window.

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Opera

Safari (Mobile)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

Opera (Mobile)

https://help.opera.com/en/mobile/android/#privac

Android

https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/54068?visit_id=637291007754346340-1991971559&hl=en&rd=1

For more information about cookies and how to delete them, please visit:

www.aboutcookies.org

www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies

Disclaimer

Darta may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.

Please re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about Darta’s use of cookies.

For more information relating to cookies, please contact the Darta Data Protection Officer at dataprivacy@darta.ie.