Cookie Policy

Post Publications Ltd uses small pieces of data called cookies to help customise your user experience. This Cookie Policy outlines our policy concerning the use of cookies on www.businesspost.ie.

We may update our Cookies Policy to reflect any changes in technology or data protection legislation. Any updates or changes that may affect how we use cookies or how you as a user can manage cookies will appear on this page.

What are cookies?
Cookies and other online tracking technologies are small bits of data or code that are used to identify your devices when you use and interact with our website and other services. It consists of anonymous information, including a unique user identifier.

Our website also uses cookies for advertising purposes. For example, certain cookies allow our website to determine if you’ve already seen a particular ad and therefore it may not display that ad on subsequent pages that you visit.
All of the information a cookie collects can only be retrieved by the website server that sent the cookie to your browser.

Cookies on www.businesspost.ie
Post Publications Ltd set the following types of cookies on your device when you visit our websites;

  • Strictly necessary cookies:
    These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for. These are vital for the running of our services on our websites and apps. For example, our website uses cookies to help us identify which of our users have a subscription in order to access content they are entitled to on the website. We use these cookies to tell if you’re logged in to your account.
  • Performance and analytics cookies:
    These cookies are used to collect statistical information about visitors of the website and the pages they view. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and used anonymously. Post Publications Ltd set Google Analytics cookies to gather this statistical information.
  • Targeting and advertising cookies:
    These cookies are used to deliver advertising that is 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.
  • Other third party cookies:
    Some cookies that have been set on our websites are not related to Post Publications Ltd. When you visit a page with content embedded from a third party such as YouTube, Twitter or Facebook, these service providers may set their own cookies on your web browser. We do not control the use of these cookies and cannot access them due to the way that cookies work, as cookies can only be accessed by the party who originally set them. You should check the third party websites for more information about these cookies and the cookie policy of these third parties.

Controlling and disabling cookies
One simple way to prevent the use of cookies is to activate the facility which is available in most web browsers that enables the user to deny or accept cookies. However, visitors should realise that certain cookies may be necessary in order for the site to function correctly.

For more information on how to manage cookies, including opt-out of performance cookies please visit: Aboutcookies.org

For more information on how to opt out of Google Analytics please visit: Google