Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

Cookies

Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. At carrolls irish gifts we use cookies to keep track of what you have in your basket, and to remember you when you return to our site.

To order products on carrolls irish gifts, you need to have cookies enabled. If you don't wish to enable cookies, you'll still be able to browse the site and use it for research purposes. Most web browsers have cookies enabled.

Persistent cookies - these cookies remain on a user's device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.

Session cookies - these cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience.

Cookies used on the Website

The below cookies are used accross categories on our site.

1. Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for. For those types of cookies that are strictly necessary, no consent is required.

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets, cannot be provided.

2. Performance cookies

These cookies collect anonymous information on the pages visited. By using the Website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how the Website works.

3. Functionality cookies

These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience. By using the Website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

 

Cookie Name  Session or Persistent Expiration  Cookie Domain Type of Cookie Purpose Cookie Category + Exemptions:  Third Party Name Third Party Privacy Policy DPA Y / N  Setting of Cookie Cookie Categorisation Update COM Cookie Categorisation Update US
On first visit (No preference set):                       
keep_alive Persistent 1 Hour carrollsirishgifts.com Necessary The keep_alive cookie is used to maintain a user's session active on a website, preventing automatic logout during periods of inactivity. Exempt: Yes, nesessary Shopify https://www.shopify.com/ie/legal/privacy        
secure_customer_sig Persistent 1 Year carrollsirishgifts.com Necessary Shopify sets this cookie to be used in connection with customer login. Exempt: Yes, nesessary Shopify          
localization Persistent 1 Year carrollsirishgifts.com Necessary The localization cookie stores user preferences for language and region to provide a personalized browsing experience. Exempt: Yes, nesessary Shopify        
cart_currency Persistent 14 days carrollsirishgifts.com Necessary Shopify sets this cookie to remember the user’s country of origin and populate the correct transaction currency. Exempt: Yes, nesessary Shopify        
_tracking_consent Persistent 1 Year .carrollsirishgifts.com Necessary Shopify sets this cookie to store a user's preferences if a merchant has set up privacy rules in the visitor's region. Exempt: Yes, nesessary Shopify        
__cf_bm Persistent 1 Hour reviews.io Necessary This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. Exempt: Yes, nesessary Reviews, Cloudflare https://www.reviews.io/legal/business-user-privacy-policy      
shopify_pay_redirect Persistent 1 Hour carrollsirishgifts.com Necessary Shopify sets this cookie to enable secure online payment and checkout. Exempt: Yes, nesessary Shopify        
OptanonConsent Persistent 1 Year carrollsirishgifts.com Necessary OneTrust sets this cookie to store details about the site's cookie category and check whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent from the use of each category Exempt: Yes, nesessary OneTrust https://www.onetrust.com/privacy-notice/      
__cf_bm Persistent 1 Hour .carrollsirishgifts.zendesk.com Necessary This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management Exempt: Yes, nesessary Zendesk, Cloudflare https://www.zendesk.com/company/privacy./      
_cfuvid Session Session .carrollsirishgifts.zendesk.com Necessary This is a cookie set by Cloudflare to help with its Rate Limiting Rules functionality, and allows the Cloudflare web application firewall (WAF) to distinguish website users who share the same IP address. Exempt: Yes, nesessary Cloudflare https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/privacypolicy/      
CLID Persistent 1 Year www.clarity.ms Analytics Microsoft Clarity set this cookie to store information about how visitors interact with the website. The cookie helps to provide an analysis report. The data collection includes the number of visitors, where they visit the website, and the pages visited.
We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Exempt: No, Analaytics cookie, not a necessary one Microsoft Clarity https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/privacy/privacystatement   After you confirm allowing performance cookies  YES, was functional but is not
_gcl_au Persistent 3 Months .carrollsirishgifts.com Analytics Google Tag Manager sets this cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. Exempt: No, Analaytics cookie, not a necessary one Google Tag Manager     After you confirm allowing targeting cookies   
test_cookie Persistent 15 Minutes doubleclick.net Advertisement The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. Exempt: No, Advertisementcookie, not a necessary one Google Doubleclick https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/archive/20090127/   After you confirm allowing targeting cookies   
SM Session Session .c.clarity.ms Advertisement Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. Exempt: No, Advertisementcookie, not a necessary one Microsoft Clarity     After you confirm allowing performance cookies - should only drop after user consents to targeting cookies   
MUID Persistent 1 year 24 days .clarity.ms Advertisement Microsoft Bing sets this cookie to identify unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. Exempt: No, Advertisementcookie, not a necessary one Microsoft Clarity     After you confirm allowing targeting cookies   
IDE Persistent 1 year 24 days .doubleclick.net Advertisement Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profil Exempt: No, Advertisementcookie, not a necessary one Google Doubleclick        
MUID Persistent 1 year 24 days bing.com Advertisement Microsoft Bing sets this cookie to identify unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. Exempt: No Microsoft Bing https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/privacy/privacystatement   After you confirm allowing targeting cookies   
MR Persistent 7 days c.bing.com Analytics This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. Exempt: No Microsoft Bing     After you confirm allowing performance cookies - should only drop after user consents to targeting cookies   
SRM_B Persistent 1 year 24 days c.bing.com Performance Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. Exempt: No Microsoft Bing     After you confirm allowing performance cookies   
MR Persistent 7 days c.clarity.ms Analytics This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. Exempt: No Microsoft Clarity     After you confirm allowing performance cookies - should only drop after user consents to targeting cookies   
ANONCHK Persistent 10 minutes c.clarity.ms Advertisement The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user's session ID and also verify the clicks from ads on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well. Exempt: No Microsoft Clarity     After you confirm allowing performance cookies   
AWSALBCORS Persistent 7 days widget-mediator.zopim.com Performance This cookie is managed by Amazon Web Services and is used for load balancing. Exempt: No Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GX7NJQ4ZB8MHFRNJ        
_ga Persistent 1 year 1 month 4 days carrollsirishgifts.com Analytics The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. Exempt: No Google Analytics     After you confirm allowing performance cookies   
prism_* Persistent 1 month prism.app-us1.com Analytics Active Campaign sets this cookie to track and store interactions. Exempt: No Active Campaign https://www.activecampaign.com/legal/privacy-policy   On initial entry into website - should only drop after user consents to targeting cookies   
ga* Persistent 1 year 1 month 4 days carrollsirishgifts.com Analytics Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. Exempt: No Google Analytics        
MSPTC     bing.com Other This cookie registers data on the visitor. The information is used to optimize advertisement relevance. Exempt: No Microsoft Bing        
_clck Persistent 1 year carrollsirishgifts.com Analytics Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser's Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID. Exempt: No Microsoft Clarity     After you confirm allowing performance cookies   
_tt_enable_cookie Persistent 3 months carrollsirishgifts.com Advertisement Tiktok set this cookie to collect data about behaviour and activities on the website and to measure the effectiveness of the advertising. Exempt: No TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/us/privacy-policy/en   After you confirm allowing targeting cookies   
_ttp Persistent 3 months carrollsirishgifts.com Advertisement TikTok set this cookie to track and improve the performance of advertising campaigns, as well as to personalise the user experience. Exempt: No TikTok     After you confirm allowing targeting cookies   
ttcsid Persistent 3 months carrollsirishgifts.com Other Helps maintain user sessions and track interactions across the platform Exempt: No TikTok     #N/A  
dicbo_id Persistent 5 minutes carrollsirishgifts.com Other Collects statistics concerning visitors' use of the website and its general functionality, aiding in optimization and report compilation Exempt: No Outbrain     When proceed to checkout page - should only drop after user consents to performance cookies  Yes from unknown to performance
_uetsid Persistent 1 day carrollsirishgifts.com Performance Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. Exempt: No Microsoft Bing     After you confirm allowing targeting cookies   
_uetvid Persistent 1 year 24 days carrollsirishgifts.com Performance Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. Exempt: No Microsoft Bing     After you confirm allowing targeting cookies   
_fbp Persistent 3 months carrollsirishgifts.com Analytics Facebook sets this cookie to store and track interactions. Exempt: No Meta/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/   After you confirm allowing targeting cookies   
prism_* Persistent 1 month carrollsirishgifts.com Analytics Active Campaign sets this cookie to track and store interactions. Exempt: No Active Campaign     On initial entry into website - should only drop after user consents to targeting cookies   
__zlcmid Persistent 1 year carrollsirishgifts.com Functional Zopim sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. Exempt: Yes, Functional cookie Zendesk (Zopim)        
_clsk Persistent 1 day carrollsirishgifts.com Analytics Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user's pageviews into a single session recording. Exempt: No Microsoft Clarity     After you confirm allowing performance cookies   
ZD-store Persistent   carrollsirishgifts.com Other Enhances the functionality of its Web Widget, which includes features like live chat and the Answer Bot. Exempt: Yes, Functional cookie Zendesk        
ZD-suid Persistent   carrollsirishgifts.com Other Ensures that the Zendesk Web Widget maintains its state as users navigate through the site, allowing for a seamless user experience. Exempt: Yes, Functional cookie Zendesk        
lastExternalReferrerTime     carrollsirishgifts.com Other Assists in tracking user journeys and attributing conversions by identifying the timing of external referrals. Exempt: No Facebook/Meta        
_uetvid_exp     carrollsirishgifts.com Other Helps Microsoft attribute website actions (like purchases or sign-ups) back to clicks on Microsoft ads. Exempt: No Microsoft Bing        
_uetsid_exp     carrollsirishgifts.com Other Helps identify unique user sessions to attribute ad interactions and conversions. Exempt: No Microsoft Bing        
topicsLastReferenceTime     carrollsirishgifts.com Other Tracks the last time Meta updated or referenced your topics of interest for ad personalization. Exempt: No Facebook/Meta        
lastExternalReferrer     carrollsirishgifts.com Other Helps Meta track user journeys and attribute conversions accurately. Exempt: No Facebook/Meta        
_gcl_ls Persistent 3 months carrollsirishgifts.com Other Stores information used to link user interactions across sessions to improve conversion tracking and attribution. Exempt: No Google Ads https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en-US      
tt_sessionId Persistent   carrollsirishgifts.com Other Enables session-level analytics and ad targeting based on user behavior. Exempt: No TikTok        
tt_pixel_session_index Persistent   carrollsirishgifts.com Other Supports accurate event tracking and conversion attribution by differentiating user sessions. Exempt: No TikTok        
tt_appInfo Persistent   carrollsirishgifts.com Other Helps TikTok understand the context of the user's device and session for better ad targeting and analytics. Exempt: No TikTok        
_cltk Persistent   carrollsirishgifts.com Other session Exempt: No Microsoft Clarity        
pay_sessions Session session shop.app Necessary Shopify sets this cookie to enable secure checkout and payment function on the website. Exempt:Yes, Necesaary cookie Shopify