01 Introduction
Our website, https://startupawards.ie (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
02 What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
03 What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
04 What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
05 Types of cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Marketing / Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.4 Social media
On our website, we have included content from X (Formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn to promote web pages or share on social networks. This content is embedded with code derived from X and LinkedIn and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalised advertising.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymised as much as possible. X (Formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn are located in the United States.
06 Placed cookies
Google Analytics
Used for website statistics. See Google Analytics Privacy Statement.
| Name | Expiration | Function |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years | Store and count pageviews |
Jetpack
Used for advertising. See Jetpack Privacy Statement.
| Name | Expiration | Function |
|---|---|---|
| tk_*r | 1 year | Store referrer IDs |
Google Fonts
Used for display of webfonts. See Google Fonts Privacy Statement.
| Name | Expiration | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Google Fonts API | Expires immediately | Read user IP address |
Google reCAPTCHA
Used for spam prevention. See Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Statement.
| Name | Expiration | Function |
|---|---|---|
| rc::a | Persistent | Read and filter requests from bots |
| rc::b | Session | Read and filter requests from bots |
| rc::c | Session | Read and filter requests from bots |
YouTube
Used for video display. See YouTube Privacy Statement.
| Name | Expiration | Function |
|---|---|---|
| GPS | Session | Store location data |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | Provide ad delivery or retargeting |
| YSC | Session | Store and track interaction |
| PREF | 8 months | Store user preferences |
X / Twitter
Used for social share buttons. See Twitter Privacy Statement.
| Name | Expiration | Function |
|---|---|---|
| local_storage_support_test | Persistent | Provide load balancing functionality |
| metrics_token | Persistent | Store if the user has seen embedded content |
Used for social share buttons. See LinkedIn Privacy Statement.
| Name | Expiration | Function |
|---|---|---|
| sdsc | Session | Provide load balancing functionality |
| li_gc | 6 months | Store cookie consent preferences |
| BizographicsOptOut | 10 years | Store privacy preferences |
| lms_ads | 30 days | Store and track visits across websites |
| _guid | 90 days | Store and track a visitor's identity |
| li-oatml | 1 month | Provide ad delivery or retargeting |
| UserMatchHistory | 30 days | Provide ad delivery or retargeting |
| lms_analytics | 30 days | Store and track a visitor's identity |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | 30 days | Store and track visits across websites |
| li_alerts | 1 year | Store if a message has been shown |
| bcookie | 1 year | Store browser details |
| lidc | 1 day | Provide load balancing functionality |
| bscookie | 1 year | Store logged in users |
07 Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on "Save preferences", you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
08 Enabling / disabling cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
09 Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).
10 Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us:
- The National Startup Awards
- 92 George's Street Lower, Dunleary, Dublin, A96 VR66, Ireland
- Website: https://startupawards.ie
- Email: info@startupawards.ie
This Cookie Policy was synchronised with cookiedatabase.org on September 18, 2023.
Questions about cookies?
Get in touch with the National Startup Awards team.