COOKIE NOTICE OF BUTLERSCHOCOLATES.COM        

Last Updated: 23/5/2023 
We are Butlers Chocolates UC. Please contact us if you have any questions about this Cookie Notice
Email: website@butlers.ie
Address: Clonshaugh Business Park, Dublin 17, Ireland
Telephone: 00353 1 671 0599
Our website is www.butlerschocolates.com

This Cookie Notice explains how we use Cookies on our website www.butlerschocolates.com. It is a declaration of the cookies that are active on our website, the purpose of the cookies and what they track. This Cookie Notice also provides you with information on how to opt-out of the cookies being used.

We use cookies on our website to help customise our website and improve your experience. We reserve the right to make changes to this Cookie Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Cookie Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Cookies Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification. You are encouraged to periodically review this Cookie Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Cookie Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Cookie Policy is posted. 

Information about cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is placed onto your computer (or other electronic device) when you access our website. Our website may use each type of cookie in order to:
 - Make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable
 - Improve our services
 - Recognise you whenever you visit this website and distinguish you from other users of our site
 - Obtain information about your preferences and use of our site
 - Provide you with advertising that is tailored to your interests
 - Carry out research and data analysis to help us to improve our content and services and to better understand our customer preferences and interests.

Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about you. The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data. Although we may obtain information about your computer or other electronic device – such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information – this will not usually identify you personally. In certain circumstances, such as when you complete the contact page, we may collect personal information about you, but only where you voluntarily provide it.

Third-party cookies
 Like many other websites, third parties may also set cookies on our website. These third parties are responsible for the cookies they set on our site and we have no control over them. For further information on how their cookies policies work, please visit their websites. We may also use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://polices.google.com/privacy

Managing cookies
Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, you can manage cookies yourself. You can set your web browser to refuse cookies, delete cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. You will need to visit the web browser’s site to manage this, but for ease we have provided links to popular browsers below: Apple Safari Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge.

For further information about cookies and how to manage or disable them visit allaboutcookies which offers guidance for all modern browsers. Please also note that if you change/block cookies then: some parts of our website may not function properly or as well as they otherwise might; changes will apply across all websites that you visit (unless you choose to block cookies only from particular websites); and the settlings that you change will only apply on the device on which you change the settings and will not apply across all other devices that you use.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE AND WHY?
We use the following categories of cookies on this website:

COOKIE PURPOSE
The “Cookie” Cookie We treat the “cookie” cookie as a necessary cookie (see below) and it is refreshed every six months. This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on www.butlerschocolates.com Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.
Strictly Necessary
These cookies are necessary to ensure the website functions properly.		 You cannot reject these cookies using our cookie management tool. You can control these cookies from your browser settings using the reject all cookies settings. Some functionalities on the website won’t work if necessary cookies are rejected. We use necessary cookies to manage your visit to the website.
Performance (Statistics) Performance cookies are used to see how visitors use the website, e.g. analytics cookies. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor.
Targeting (Marketing) Targeting cookies are used to identify visitors between different websites, e.g. content partners, banner networks. Those cookies may be used by companies to build a profile of visitor interests or show relevant ads on other websites.

Except for the strictly necessary cookie, all other categories require consent. You can adjust your browser settings to decline cookies or alert you when a website is attempting to place a cookie on your computer.


OUR COOKIE DETAILS
Cookies can also be managed using our cookie management tool, which you can access by clicking the cookie icon in the bottom left-hand corner of every web page.

COOKIE PURPOSE EXPIRATION DOMAIN NAME
Strictly Necessary      
CookieScriptConsent This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for the Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly. 1 month www.butlerschocolates.com
KOOOMOSESSID This is a cookie designed to identify your unique session ID on the website. 1 day    www.butlerschocolates.com
 ZGLang Identifies the selected language. Session – deleted when the browser is closed www.butlerschocolates.com
ZGCountry This cookie determines which country and currency is selected. Session – deleted when the browser is closed www.butlerschocolates.com
ZGuserAgent Used in navigation, it identifies user capabilities from the current browsing device. Session – deleted when the browser is closed www.butlerschocolates.com
ZGGlobalUsr Used to Identify a repeated user from the same device. Session – deleted when the browser is closed www.butlerschocolates.com
_dc_gtm_UA-455607-1 This cookie is associated with sites using Google Tag Manager to load other scripts and code into a page. Where it is used it may be regarded as Strictly Necessary as without it, other scripts may not function correctly. The end of the name is a unique number which is also an identifier for an associated Google Analytics account. 1 minute www.butlerschocolates.com
Performance (Statistics)      
_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. 2 years  www.butlerschocolates.com
_gid This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews. 1 day www.butlerschocolates.com
Targeting (Marketing)      
_fbp Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third party advertisers 3 months www.butlerschocolates.com
_sgf_user_id This is a Segmentify cookie used to identify you as a user. Session – deleted when the browser is closed www.butlerschocolates.com
_sgf_session_id This is a Segmentify session cookie used to identify your session. Segmentify collects and analyses the behaviour of users, enabling it to automatically calculate and display different types of intelligent product recommendations on this website.  Session – deleted when the browser is closed  www.butlerschocolates.com
_gat_gtag_UA_455607_1 This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to limit requests (throttle request rate). 1 minute www.butlerschocolates.com

MANAGING COOKIES YOURSELF
Our website has a cookie management tool that facilitates the acceptance and rejection of cookies.  The Cookie management tool can be accessed using the “Cookie” icon in the bottom left corner of our website.  If you sign up for our latest news and special offers, you consent to our use of pixel tags in emails that we may send to you. You may withdraw this consent at any time by unsubscribing from our mailing list. 

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
Our Website contains links to and from third-party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own cookie settings, and these are not endorsed by us.  We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these third-party websites. Please undertake the appropriate due diligence before submitting any information to these websites.

HOW DO I OPT OUT?
Within your browser, you can choose whether you wish to accept cookies on all websites or not. Different browsers have different settings available to you. Below we have provided links to popular browsers on how to access these settings. Generally, your browser will offer 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:
·         Managing cookies on Firefox
·         Managing cookies on Safari
·         Managing cookies on Chrome
·         Managing cookies on MS Edge

Some third-party cookies drop information into your local storage or browser cache. While we have made efforts to limit the use of cookies that use local storage, it is a good idea to clear your browser cache (sometimes referred to as your browsing history) on a regular basis.
·         How to clear the Firefox cache
·         How to clear the Safari cache
·         How to clear the Chrome cache
·         How to clear the Edge cache

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

AMENDMENTS TO THIS COOKIE NOTICE
We will post any changes to our Cookie Notice on the Website and when doing so will change the effective date at the top of this Cookie Notice.