Dogs Trust

Cookie Statement

Cookies Our websites Dogstrust.ie, Dogstrustshop.ie and Learnwithdogstrust.ie use cookies (small files that are written to your computer by websites and other online services). Some of these cookies are essential for the purposes and functioning of the site. Others are used by third party services to provide analytics or social media sharing capabilities on the site. This will result in data being shared with third parties.

Our Cookies:

1 yearHotjar cookie that is set once a visitor completes a survey using the On-site Survey widget. It is used to ensure that the same survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in.When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.SessionUser Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API are cached for the duration of the session in order to know when an attribute has changed and needs to be updated.30 minutes30 minutes

Site/cookie owner

Name

Lifespan of cookie

Purpose

Notes

dogstrust.ie Google/

__cfduid

1 year

Set by the Cloudflare service. It is used to improve site speed and performance and does not record any personal information.

Performance cookies

 

__utma

2 years

Google Analytics:

Used to distinguish users and sessions. Updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

information about your use of website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States.

 

__utmz

6 months

Google Analytics:

Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached our site. Updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

information about your use of website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States.

 

_ga

2 years

Google analytics

- Distinguishes between users

Performance cookies

information about your use of website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States.

 

_gat

Session only – 1 minute

Google analytics

Used to throttle request rate

Performance cookies

information about your use of website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States.

 

_gid

1 day

Google analytics

Distinguishes between users

Performance cookies

 

_vwo_uuid_v2

1 year and 1 month

cookie ensures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions

Performance cookie cookie name is associated with the product Visual Website Optimiser

www.dogstrust.ie

SERVERID

Session only

Used to manage users’ sessions and balance website load to ensure that website performance is optimal.

Functional Cookie

 

_hjIncludedInSample

Session only

web analytics functionality It uniquely identifies a visitor during a single browser session and indicates they are included in an audience sample.

Performance cookie

Doubleclick.net

Set by Google

DSID

2 weeks

Advert coordination across devices

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

id

12+ years

OPT OUT

Use restricted by Google since May 2018

Facebook.com

act

Session only

Enables the Facebook ‘like’ button and ‘follow us on facebook’

Functional Cookie

 

c_user

3 months

Contains the user id of Facebook - Enables the Facebook ‘like’ button and ‘follow us on facebook’

Functional Cookie

 

datr

2 years

A Facebook cookie that monitors your Facebook account for suspicious behaviour such as failed login attempts or attempts to create spam accounts. Enables the Facebook ‘like’ button and ‘follow us on facebook’

Functional Cookie

 

fr

3 months

Facebook Pixel tracking cookie – track and monitior the success of adverts used on facebook including recording device used for access and action on website. Used to create retargeting adverts and custom audiences for adverts on facebook and for our website

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

locale

1 week

A Facebook cookie that identifies user’s language and country

Functional Cookie

 

pl

3 months

cookies are used by Facebook to support social sharing and the integration of Facebook services.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

presence

Session only

cookies are used by Facebook to support social sharing and the integration of Facebook services.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

sb

3 months

cookies are used by Facebook to support social sharing and the integration of Facebook services.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

spin

1 day + 1 hour

unknown

 
 

wd

1 week

cookies are used by Facebook to support social sharing and the integration of Facebook services.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

xs

3 months

Creates unique ID for each visit.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

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Session only

unknown

 
 

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Session only

unknown

 

Google.com

1P_JAR

1 month

Google uses these cookies, based on recent searches and interactions, to customise ads on Google websites.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

APISID

2 years

   
 

CONSENT

20 years

Used by Google for cookie consent settings

Functional Cookie

 

HSID

2 years

user’s Google account ID and most recent sign-in time

 
 

NID

6 months

Preferences e.g. language, region, customise ads

Functional Cookie Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

OGP

2 months

This cookie enables the functionality of Google Maps

Functional Cookie

 

OGPC

2 months

This cookie enables the functionality of Google Maps

Functional Cookie

 

SAPISID

2 years

cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. generally set by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

Third Party

 

SID

2 years

user’s Google account ID and most recent sign-in time, customise ads

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

SIDCC

3 months

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.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

SSID

3 months

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.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

Turn.com

Marketing and Data Management Platform provider

fc

6 months

The main purpose of cookies Targeting/Advertising

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

pds

6 months

The main purpose of cookies

Targeting/Advertising

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

pxs

6 months

The main purpose of cookies Targeting/Advertising

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

rds

6 months

The main purpose of cookies Targeting/Advertising

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

rrs

6 months

The main purpose of cookies Targeting/Advertising

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

rv

6 months

The main purpose of cookies

Targeting/Advertising

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

 

uid

6 months

Cookie provides a uniquely assigned, machine-generated user ID and gathers data about activity on the website. This data may be sent to a 3rd party for analysis and reporting.

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

Wisepops.com

__cfduid

1 year

Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to speed up page load times. According to CloudFlare it is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not contain any user identification information.

Performance cookies

Dogstrustshop.ie

Google Analytics cookies (_ga, _gat, _gid)

Up to 2 years

Cookies written by Google analytics to track site visits and other metrics

Performance cookies

Learnwithdogstrust.ie

Google Analytics cookies (_ga, _gat, _gid)

Up to 2 years

Cookies written by Google analytics to track site visits and other metrics

Performance cookies

 

GetClicky

1 year

Website statistics metrics

Advertising/Targeting Cookies

Hotjar.com

_hjClosedSurveyInvites

1 year

Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor interacts with an External Link Survey invitation modal. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown.

Performance cookies

_hjDonePolls

1 year

Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor completes a survey using the On-site Survey widget. It is used to ensure that the same survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in.
_hjMinimizedPolls

1 year

Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor minimizes an On-site Survey widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through your site.

_hjShownFeedbackMessage

1 year

Hotjar cookie that is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if the visitor navigates to another page where it is set to show.

_hjid

1 year

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.

_hjRecordingLastActivity Session This should be found in Session storage (as opposed to cookies). This gets updated when a visitor recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket (the visitor performs an action that Hotjar records).
_hjTLDTest Session When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.
hjUserAttributesHash Session User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API are cached for the duration of the session in order to know when an attribute has changed and needs to be updated.
hjLocalStorageTest Under 100ms This cookie is used to check if the Hotjar Tracking Script can use local storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set in this cookie. The data stored in_hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created.
hjIncludedInPageviewSample 30 minutes This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.
hjIncludedInSessionSample 30 minutes This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress 30 minutes This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie.
_hjFirstSeen Session This is set to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions.
hjViewportId Session This stores information about the user viewport such as size and dimensions.
_hjRecordingEnabled Session This is added when a Recording starts and is read when the recording module is initialized to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session.

Shopify cookies:
We use Shopify to host our online shop. These are the cookies that they use for visitors to our online shop:


Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Name Function Duration
_ab Used in connection with access to admin. 2y
_customer_account_shop_sessions Used in combination with the _secure_account_session_id cookie to track a user's session for new customer accounts 30d
_secure_account_session_id Used to track a user's session for new customer accounts 30d
_secure_session_id Used to track a user's session through the multi-step checkout process and keep their order, payment and shipping details connected. 24h
_shopify_country For shops where pricing currency/country set from GeoIP, that cookie stores the country we've detected. This cookie helps avoid doing GeoIP lookups after the first request. session
_shopify_m Used for managing customer privacy settings. 1y
_shopify_tm Used for managing customer privacy settings. 30min
_shopify_tw Used for managing customer privacy settings. 2w
_storefront_u Used to facilitate updating customer account information. 1min
_tracking_consent Used to store a user's preferences if a merchant has set up privacy rules in the visitor's region. 1y
_cmp_a Used for managing customer privacy settings. 1d
c Used in connection with checkout. 1y
cart Used in connection with shopping cart. 2w
cart_currency Set after a checkout is completed to ensure that new carts are in the same currency as the last checkout. 2w
cart_sig A hash of the contents of a cart. This is used to verify the integrity of the cart and to ensure performance of some cart operations. 2w
cart_ts Used in connection with checkout. 2w
cart_ver Used in connection with shopping cart. 2w
checkout Used in connection with checkout. 4w
customer_account_locale Used in connection with new customer accounts 1y
dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart Used in connection with checkout. 30min
hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout Used in connection with checkout. session
keep_alive Used in connection with buyer localization. 2w
master_device_id Used in connection with merchant login. 2y
previous_step Used in connection with checkout. 1y
discount_code Used in connection with checkout. session
remember_me Used in connection with checkout. 1y
secure_customer_sig Used to identify a user after they sign into a shop as a customer so they do not need to log in again. 1y
shopify_pay Used in connection with checkout. 1y
shopify_pay_redirect Used in connection with checkout. 1 hour, 3w or 1y depending on value
shop_pay_accelerated Used in connection with checkout. 1y
source_name Used in combination with mobile apps to provide custom checkout behavior, when viewing a store from within a compatible mobile app. session
storefront_digest Stores a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants to preview their storefront while it's password protected. 2y
tracked_start_checkout Used in connection with checkout. 1y
checkout_session_lookup Used in connection with checkout. 3w
checkout_prefill Used in connection with checkout. 5m
checkout_queue_token Used in connection with checkout. 1y
checkout_queue_checkout_token Used in connection with checkout. 1y
checkout_session_token Used in connection with checkout. 3w
checkout_session_token_<<token>> Used in connection with checkout. 3w
order Used in connection with order status page. 3w
identity-state Used in connection with customer authentication 24h
identity-state-<<token>> Used in connection with customer authentication 24h
identity_customer_account_number Used in connection with customer authentication 12w
card_update_verification_id Used in connection with checkout. 20m
customer_account_new_login Used in connection with customer authentication 20m
customer_account_preview Used in connection with customer authentication 7d
customer_payment_method Used in connection with checkout. 1h
customer_shop_pay_agreement Used in connection with checkout. 20m
pay_update_intent_id Used in connection with checkout. 20m
localization Used in connection with checkout. 2w
profile_preview_token Used in connection with checkout. 5m
login_with_shop_finalize Used in connection with customer authentication 5m
preview_theme Used in connection with the theme editor session
shopify-editor-unconfirmed-settings Used in connection with the theme editor 16h
wpm-test-cookie Used to ensure our systems are working correctly. session

Reporting and Analytics

Name Function Duration
_landing_page Track landing pages. 2w
_orig_referrer Track landing pages. 2w
_s Shopify analytics. 30min
_shopify_d Shopify analytics. session
_shopify_fs Shopify analytics. 30min
_shopify_s Shopify analytics. 30min
_shopify_sa_p Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. 30min
_shopify_sa_t Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. 30min
_shopify_y Shopify analytics. 1y
_y Shopify analytics. 1y
_shopify_ga Shopify and Google Analytics. session
customer_auth_provider Shopify analytics. session
customer_auth_session_created_at Shopify analytics. session
unique_interaction_id Shopify analytics. 10min

Shopify's websites

When visitors load Shopify’s websites, they generally place the following Shopify cookies:

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Sites

Name Function Duration
_Brochure_session Used in connection with browsing through site. -
checkout Used in connection with Pay checkout on shop.app. 3w
signed_in Used in connection with Shop login. 1y
user Used in connection with Shop login. 1y

Reporting and Analytics

Name Function
_landing_page Tracks landing pages.
_orig_referrer Tracks landing pages.
_s Shopify analytics.
_session_id Shopify analytics.
_shopify_s Shopify analytics.
_shopify_sa_t Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_uniq Shopify analytics.
_shopify_y Shopify analytics.
_y Shopify analytics.
*_assignment Shopify analytics.
ab_test_* Shopify analytics.
cart_sig Shopify analytics.
ki_r Shopify analytics.
ki_t Shopify analytics.

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