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As the body with overall responsibility for managing rugby union football in Ireland, we at the Irish Rugby Football Union (the “IRFU”, “we”, “our” and “us”) will often have reason to process information (“Personal Data”) of those who interact with us directly and others who are involved in the game at various levels in Ireland (“you” or “your”). We respect and value your privacy. That is why we have set out in this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy how and why Personal Data relating to you will be processed by the IRFU and/or on our behalf by our third-party service providers. This cookie policy details which cookies are placed on your device(s) when you access our website, irishrugby.ie and its sub-domains.
Cookie Policy
For the purposes of this policy, the controller of your Personal Data is the Irish Rugby Football Union of 10/12 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4, Ireland. This Cookie Policy is part of our overall Privacy Policy.
This Policy is dated 23/09/2019.
What is a Cookie
An internet cookie is a small text file that may be stored on your computer or mobile device that contains data related to a website which you visit. It may allow a website to track or remember your actions or preferences over a period of time, or it may contain data related to the function or delivery of the site. Cookies can be set by the owner of the website domain and these are called first party cookies. Where cookies are set by another domain than the website you are visiting these are called third party cookies. For more information about cookies, please visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm.
Website users can also control which Cookies are set on their devices for more information see the section How to Disable Cookies as part of this document.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
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 certain services, you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. Website security cookies also fall under the category of necessary cookies.
Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a 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 a website works.
Third Party Cookies and Plugins
A third-party cookie is one that is placed on a user’s hard disk by a Web site from a domain other than the one a user is visiting. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. In the Irish Rugby context these may be placed via plugins from various social networks, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp or Facebook.
To Block Third Party Cookies and Plugins
The IRFU does not have access to, and cannot control, these cookies or the personal data and information which they may collect. We recommend users to check the websites of these networks/suppliers to get further information on how they manage cookies, what information their cookies collect and how they can be erased or blocked.
Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.
Google Analytics
IRFU uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics collects first party cookies, which are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour. This information is sent to Google and is used to evaluate how our website is being used. This enables IRFU to compile statistical reports. A full list of cookies used by Google Analytics and explanations on how these work are available on the Google code website.
IRFU does not associate any data gathered with any other personally identifying information. We will not link or seek to link an IP address with the identity of a computer user. In short, the IRFU’s use of Google Analytics doesn’t identify who you are, but it does track your movements on our websites.
How to disable Cookies and Delete Browser Cache
You can stop cookies being downloaded on to your computer by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Within your browser you can normally choose whether you wish to accept cookies or not. Different browsers make different controls available to you and so we provide links below to popular manufacturers’ instructions on how you can do this.
Generally, your browser will offer you 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.Your Browser will also give you the ability to delete browser cache, the browser cache is a temporary storage location on your computer for files downloaded by your browser to display websites.
To find information relating to other browsers, please visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Cookies place by Irish Rugby
Category: Necessary
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Cookie | Set by Domain(s)> Description of Cookie Purpose > Country Data sent to and Adequacy. |
Cookie Type and Cookie Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _cfduid
HTTP Cookie |
Irishrugby.ie, shop.irishrugby.ie > crazyegg.com> used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web trafficData is sent to: United States (adequate) |
First Party Persistent Cookie
1 year |
| > Session ID > PHPSESSID >
HTTP Cookie |
accreditation.irishrugby.ie; Supporters.Irishrugby.ie, patrons.irishrugby.ie > This Strictly Necessary cookie is used to maintain user session variables to maintain a logged-in status for a user between pagesData is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
First Party Session Cookie
Immediate expiry |
| Supporters > Security cookie
HTTP Cookie |
Supporters.Irishrugby.ie > Security cookie > soticsecure > Used by the website to support security |
First Party |
| AWSALB
HTTP Cookie |
supporters.irishrugby.ie > Registers which server-
cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
First Party Persistent Cookie
6 days |
Category: Statistics, Functionality and Performance Cookies
Statistical cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Functional Cookies help us personalise your experience by remembering your preferences and settings. Performance Cookies help us understand how people are using our Sites, so we can better serve them. We sometimes get other companies to analyse how people are using our Sites. These companies might set their own performance cookies. Some examples of how we use these Cookies are:
- Collecting information on which web pages visitors go to most often
- Making sure that our Sites are working properly
The IRFU uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics collects first party cookies, which are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour. This information is sent to Google and is used to evaluate how our website is being used. This enables IRFU to compile statistical reports.
The IRFU does not associate any data gathered with any other personally identifying information. We will not link or seek to link an IP address with the identity of a computer user. To manage settings for Google Analytics Advertising Features and opt-out of these features, visit the Google´s Ads Settings section.
| Cookie | Set by Domain(s)> Description of Cookie Purpose > Country Data sent to and Adequacy. |
Cookie Type and Cookie Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _ga
HTTP Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie, patrons.irishrugby.ie, supporters.irishrugby.ie and Irishrugby.ie > Google Analytics Tracker > Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. Enables us to know what pages, content and activity a user has done for site analytics and performance measurement.AldiPlayRugby (and iqrugby and lstouchfit) > Google Analytics Tracker > _ga > Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. Enables us to know what pages, content and activity a user has done for site analytics and performance measurement. Data is sent to: Ireland and The Netherlands (adequate) Disclosed to Third party Google |
First Party Persistent Cookie
2 years |
| _gat
HTTP Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie, patrons.irishrugby.ie, Irishrugby.ie, Supporters.irishrugby.ie > Google Analytics limiter > Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rateAldiPlayRugby.Irishrugby.ie (and iqrugby.ie and lstouchfit.ie) > Google Analytics Limiter > _gat > Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. 1min expiry Data is Disclosed to Third party Google |
First Party Session Cookie
1-minute expiry |
| _gat_UA-28951802-4
HTTP Cookie |
Irishrugby.ie > Google Analytics tracker > Used by the website to understand usageData is sent to: Ireland (adequate) and The Netherlands Disclosed to Third party Google |
First Party |
| _gid
HTTP Cookie |
patrons.irishrugby.ie, Irishrugby.ie shop.irishrugby.ie > Google Analytics Tracker > Used by Google Analytics to distinguish usersAldiPlayRugby (and iqrugby and lstouchfit) > Google Analytics Tracker >_gid > Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. 24hr expiry Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) and The Netherlands Disclosed to Third party Google |
First Party
1 day |
| AWSALB
HTTP Cookie |
Supporters.Irishrugby.ie > AWS load balance cookie > AWSALB Used by the website to support high availability. The cookie allows us to deliver our service seamlessly via load balancing and cluster technology from our infrastructure partner AWS, so the cookie simply records which server cluster is serving you.Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
First Party
Persistent Cookie 7 days |
| __atuvc
HTTP Cookie |
Supporters.irishrugby.ie > AddThis > __atuvc > This Functionality cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share countData is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
First Party |
| _yi and _y2
HTTP Cookie |
TagRugby.Irishrugby.ie > Yieldify tracking > _yi and _y2 > We use a web analytics tool called Yieldify, which takes an anonymous sample of users and records their actions on the website (e.g. mouse clicks). The service is anonymous and does not collect personal information. Yieldify helps us identify areas of the website in which we can improve the user journey. |
First Party |
| Collect
Pixel |
patrons.irishrugby.ie, supporters.irishrugby.ie and irishrugby.ie, shop.irishrugby.ie > google-analytics.com.Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. Data is sent to: The Netherlands and United States Disclosed to Third party Google |
First Party
Pixel Session Pixel |
| _sp_root_domain_test_#
HTTP Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie > Unclassified Cookie
Data is sent to: UK (adequate) |
Session Cookie |
| _utma,
HTTP Cookie |
Accreditation.irishrugby.ie> Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics.Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
2 years
Persistent cookie |
| _utmb,
HTTP Cookie |
Accreditation.irishrugby.ie> Registers a timestamp
With the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
1 day
Persistent cookie |
| _utmc,
HTTP Cookie |
Accreditation.irishrugby.ie> Registers a timestamp
with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
Session cookie |
| _utmz,
HTTP Cookie |
Accreditation.irishrugby.ie> Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics.Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
2 years
Persistent cookie |
Category: Targeting and Advertising Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
| Cookie | Set by Domain(s)> Description of Cookie Purpose > Country Data sent to and Adequacy. |
Cookie Type and Cookie Expiry | ||||||
| __gads
HTTP Cookie |
Irishrugby.ie > Google visitor identifier > Used by Google DoubleClick to measure interactions with the ads on our domain and preventing the same ads from being shown to you too many timesDisclosed to Third party Google |
Third Party
Session Cookie End of session |
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| _fbp
HTTP Cookie |
Shop.irishrugby.ie, Irishrugby.ie > Facebook Advertising tracker > This cookie will help deliver our advertising to people who have already visited our website when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook Advertising.Data is sent to: Netherlands (adequate) Disclosed to Third party Facebook |
First Party
Persistent Cookie 3 Months |
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| NID
HTTP Cookie |
patrons.irishrugby.ie, supporters.irishrugby.ie, shop.irishrugby.ie > google.com> Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads.Initiator: Script tag Data is sent to: United States (adequate) Disclosed to Third party Google |
First Party
Persistent 6 months |
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| local_storage_support_test
HTTP Cookie |
patrons.irishrugby.ie, supporters.irishrugby.ie > Twitter.com> The cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the brow ser. This function allows the web site to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures.Initiator: W eb server Data is sent to: United States (adequate) Disclosed to Third party Twitter |
First Party
Persistent No expiry |
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| ads/ga-audiences
Pixel |
patrons.irishrugby.ie, supporters.irishrugby.ie, shop.irishrugby.ie, Irishrugby.ie > google.com> Used by Google Ad Words to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites.Data is sent to: United States (adequate) Disclosed to Third party Google |
Third Party
Session Cookie Expires at end of session |
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| Widgetsettings
HTTP Cookie |
patrons.irishrugby.ie, supporters.irishrugby.ie > Twitter.com> The cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the brow ser. This function allows the web site to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures.Data is sent to: United States (adequate) Disclosed to Third party Twitter |
First Party
Persistent |
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| ab12#HTTP Cookie |
Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
First Party
Persistent 2-year expiry |
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| GoogleAdServingTest
HTTP Cookie |
Irishrugby.ie > Used to register what ads have been displayed to the userData is sent to: United States (adequate) Disclosed to Third party Google |
First Party
Session Cookie |
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| IDE
HTTP Cookie |
Shop.irishrugby.ie, Irishrugby.ie> doubleclick.net > Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.Data is sent to: Netherlands (adequate) |
Third Party
Persistent Cookie 1 year |
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| pcs/activeview
Pixel |
Irishrugby.ie> googlesyndication.com> Used by DoubleClick to determine whether website advertisement has been properly displayed – This is done to make their marketing efforts more efficient.Data is sent to: Netherlands (adequate) |
First Party
Session Cookie |
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| test_cookie
HTTP Cookie |
Shop.irishrugby.ie, Irishrugby.ie> doubleclick.net > Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.Data is sent to: Netherlands (adequate) |
First Party
Persistent Cookie 1 day |
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| Fr
HTTP Cookie |
First found URL: https://www.irish rugby.ie/
Cookie purpose description: Used by Facebook to deliver a Data is sent to: Netherlands (adequate) |
Third Party
Persistent 3 Months |
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| pagead/1p-user-list/#
PIXEL |
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First Party
Session |
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| Tr
PIXEL |
Irishrugby.ie> facebook.com > Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 40 Data is sent to: Netherlands (adequate) |
First Party
session |
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| vsaid.592b
vsases.592b |
Shop.irishgrugby.ie >
Purpose Unclassified Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate) |
First Party
Persistent Cookie. vsaid.592b (2 years) vsases.592b (1 day) |
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| User_id
HTTP Cookie |
Shop.irishgrugby.ie > description: Registers statistical data on visitors’ behaviour on the web site. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate) |
Persistent
1 day |
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| OTZ
HTTP Cookies |
This cookie is set by the Google+ tool. This is necessary for the integration of the Google+ plug-in – the Google+ tool is a social platform based on a Google account.Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
Third Party
Persistent 29 days |
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| _gcl_aw
_gcl_au _gcl_dc HTTP Cookies |
Shop.irishgrugby.ie > Used by Google Ad Sense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
Third Party
Persistent 3 Months |
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| pagead/1p-user-list/#
Pixel |
Shop.irishgrugby.ie > Unclassified
Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
Session
Cookie |
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| call-3.gif
Pixel |
pentlandbrands.1.bunting.com > Unclassified
Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
Third Party
Session |
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| bunting_visit_cookie
HTTP Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie> a tool we use to provide product recommendations and further analyse how people interact with our websiteData is sent to: United States (adequate) |
First Party
Persistent Cookie 1 year |
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| bunting-test
HTML Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie> unclassified
Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
First Party
Persistent Cookie |
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| VScommrerce,
VScurency, VSreferrer HTTP Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie> unclassified
Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate) |
Persistent Cookie
1 year or 29 days in case of VSreferrer |
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| #.#.liveDatacapturedData,
#.#.liveDatahistory, #.#GUID#.liveDatapageIdentification, #ID.GUID#.liveDataJump HTML Cookies |
veinteractive.com>unclassified
Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate) |
Persistent Cookies | ||||||
| snowplowOutQueue_vsanalytics_cf_get
HTML Cookies |
Shop.irishrugby.ie > unclassified
Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate) |
Persistent Cookie | ||||||
| I
Pixel |
Shop.irishrugby.ie> vsanalytics.visualsoft.co.uk
Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
Third Party
Session |
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| {Guid}
HTTP Cookie |
veinteractive.com> Th is cookie may collect the following information and store it against a user ID: Product codes from merchant sites the visitor has browsed and other in formation relevant to shopping behaviour on mainstream shopping sites. This information is used to serve targeted adverts to the visitorData is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate) |
Third party persistent
1 day |
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| 53105.ad
53105.sessionId HTML Cookie |
veinteractive.com>> unclassified
Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate) |
Third party persistent | ||||||
| Vetestcookie
HTTP Cookie |
veinteractive.com> This cookie is set to make split-tests on the website, which optimizes the website’s relevance towards the visitor – the cookie can also be set to improve the visitor’s experience on a websiteD Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate) |
Session Cookie | ||||||
| _gcl_au
HTTP Cookie |
Irishrugby.ie> Used by Google Ad Sense for experimenting with advertisementefficiency across websites using their services Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
Persistent
3 months |
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| tt_viewer
HTTP Cookie |
teads.tv> Used in context with video-advertisement. The cookie limits the number of times a visitor is shown the same advertisement-content. The cookie is also used to ensure relevance of the video-advertisement to the specific visitor.Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
Persistent
1 year |
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| _Storejs_
HTTP Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie> Unclassified
Da Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
Persistent
1 day |
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| lsqSiteTimer
HTTP Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie > unclassified
Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
session | ||||||
| phg_publisher
HTTP Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie> unclassified
Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate) |
Persistent
1 year |
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| ve.id
ve-session-id HTML Cookie |
shop.irishrugby.ie > unclassified
Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
Persistent | ||||||
| ushop.irishrugby.ie
HTTP Cookie |
q.controq.com> unclassified
Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
Persistent
1 day |
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Disclaimer
The IRFU recognise that we have legal obligations in terms of the collection and use of personal data made available to us.
This website is provided on an “AS IS” basis and the IRFU excludes all warranties or representations of any kind with respect to this website or its contents.
The contents of this website are designed to comply with Irish law. You may be viewing the website in a market in which we do not commonly sell our goods. The IRFU cannot be held responsible for non-compliance with any local advertising or other laws in relation to this website or its contents.
Cookie Policy Changes
Should we decide to change our cookie policy, we will post those changes on this page. We will review quarterly the cookies placed by our website and update our cookies list. At any time before browsing our website, you can update your cookie choices using your browsing settings. If at any time you wish to update the information which we hold about you, or if you wish to stop receiving information from the IRFU, please contact us at dataprivacy@irishrugby.ie.
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