Cookie Policy
Last updated: 30 June 2024
This Cookie Policy explains how assistingourtroops ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit assistingourtroops. By continuing to use our website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to website owners. Cookies can be session-based, meaning they expire when you close your browser, or persistent, meaning they remain on your device for a set period of time.
Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels, local storage objects, and scripts, which function in comparable ways and may be used alongside cookies.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
- Essential operation: To ensure the website functions correctly, including maintaining your session, enabling navigation, and securing access to protected areas.
- Preferences and personalisation: To remember your settings and choices so that you do not need to re-enter them on subsequent visits.
- Performance and analytics: To collect aggregated information about how visitors use our website, which pages are visited most frequently, and where errors occur, helping us improve our service.
- Functionality: To enable enhanced features and content delivery based on your interaction with the platform.
- Marketing and advertising: To deliver relevant promotional content and measure the effectiveness of our campaigns, where you have provided consent.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to operate and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as logging in or filling in forms. Without these cookies, services you have requested cannot be provided.
3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and understand how visitors interact with our website. All information collected is aggregated and anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site and will be unable to monitor its performance.
3.3 Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you disable these cookies, some or all of these features may not function correctly.
3.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies may be set through our website by our advertising partners. They may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant content on other websites. They do not directly store personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and device. If you choose not to allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are placed by third parties, such as analytics providers, payment processors, and embedded content platforms. These third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your use of our website and other websites. This information may be used to provide measurement services, target advertisements, and personalise content. We do not control these third-party cookies and recommend reviewing the privacy and cookie policies of any third-party services you interact with.
5. Cookie Duration
Cookies we use may be either session cookies or persistent cookies:
- Session cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period, which varies depending on the purpose of the cookie. They are activated each time you visit the website that created them.
6. Managing and Controlling Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies other than those that are strictly necessary. You can exercise your cookie preferences in the following ways:
- Browser settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies, to accept only certain types, or to notify you when a cookie is being set. Please refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions.
- Opt-out tools: Some third-party analytics and advertising providers offer opt-out mechanisms. You can visit the relevant provider's website to learn more about your options.
- Consent management: Where applicable, you may update your cookie preferences at any time through the consent tool available on our website.
Please note that restricting or disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain parts of our website and limit your ability to use some features or services.
7. Cookies and Personal Data
Some cookies may collect information that, alone or in combination with other data, could identify you as an individual. Where this is the case, our Privacy Policy also applies. We process any personal data collected through cookies in accordance with applicable data protection principles, including purpose limitation, data minimisation, and security.
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our business practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, you can reach us at:
- Email: contact@assistingourtroops.com
- Phone: +353 1 285 8209
- WhatsApp: Chat on WhatsApp
- Address: Main St, Ballyroan, Co. Laois, R32 X7NW, Ireland
By using assistingourtroops, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Cookie Policy.