Ipsos B&A Policy from time to time to reflect any changes in technology or legislation which may affect the way in which cookies are used by us and how you, as a user, can manage them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files sent from a website and stored in the user’s web browser while user is browsing a website. When users visit the same website again, the browser sends cookies back to the website allowing the website to recognise the user and remember things like personalised details or preferences. More information about cookies and details of how to manage or disable them can be found on www.aboutcookies.org.

Which cookies does B&A use?

When you use the https://banda.ie/ website the following types of cookies can be set on your device:

Performance 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. We use these cookies to understand how users engage with our content, which helps us to improve our website. Some examples of services that use these type of cookies include Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google to help us see how our website is used. In doing so information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States. The data collected by Google Analytics is used to analyse how frequently the same people revisit the B&A website, how the website is found (from advertising or referring websites), and which pages are most frequently viewed. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall picture of website use, and is never identified individually or personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. For more information on how to manage cookies, including opt-out of performance cookies please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1

Functional cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced and more personal features. Some examples of such features include: Remembering your preferences and settings such as redirect to mobile version of the site when you are browsing with a smart phone. Remembering when you’ve voted in a poll so that you don’t do this more than once during your visit. Other examples of services that use these type of cookies include the WordPress platform used by our site. For more information on how to manage cookies, including opting-out of functional cookies please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1

Other third party cookies

Some cookies that have been set on our websites are not related to B&A or our partners. If you were to visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube 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.