About this cookie policy
Last updated on: April 10, 2024
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.
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This Cookie Policy states in detail the manner in which Energy Flows with Jackie (“Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our“) uses cookies and other similar tracking technologies to recognize the Users when Users visit our website at https://energyflows.ie (“Website“).
This Policy aims to provide the User with clear and transparent information about the cookies and other similar tracking technologies the Website uses, and their purpose in accordance with the global Privacy and Security Law Regulations. By continuing to use this Website, Users give free consent to the use of cookies and other similar tracking technologies as described in this Policy. For the purposes of this Policy, Cookies and other similar tracking technologies may be referred to as “Trackers”.
What’s a cookie?
Cookies are small files of text, typically of letters and numbers, which contain information and are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They do a lot of things including helping us to understand how our website is being used, letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improving your browsing experience. Cookies can also help us to identify other products and services which are more relevant to you and your interests.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on Users computer, smartphone, or other devices when the User visits this Website. These cookies help make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other similar tracking technologies from time to time.
Websites may use web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when a User has visited our Website or opened an email. This allows us to monitor the traffic patterns of Users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. Usually these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, hence in cases cookies are declined, their functioning will be affected.
Websites may also use “Flash Cookies” (also known as Local Shared Objects or “LSOs”) to collect and store information about the Users use of our services, prevention of fraud, and for other website operations. Restricting or limiting acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
How do we use cookies?
-Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
– Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
– Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
– Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
– First and third-party cookies: First-party cookies are cookies set by our website. Third-party cookies are cookies on our website that are set by a website other than our website, such as where we have adverts on our website or use Facebook pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.
WHY DO WE USE TRACKERS
The Website uses first and third-party trackers for several functions. First-party trackers are required for technical functions in order for the Website to operate, and these are referred under “essential” category. Third parties serve trackers through the Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.
TYPES OF TRACKERS WE USE
The specific types of first-party and third-party Trackers served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific trackers served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are vital for our website to function. They enable critical website operations and allow you to move around our site. These essential cookies are always active on our website. All strictly necessary cookies are anonymised.
Web Analytics Cookies
Web Analytics cookies are vital to our business and allow us to monitor website functionality and health. They help us track website use and identify potential issues with the site. All Web Analytics cookies are first-party only in nature, fully aggregated and anonymous. These are defaulted as on, as for the most part they help our website and business function.
Performance Cookies
Performance cookies allow us to collect information around how our website is used so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help show us how users move around both individual pages and the website as a whole. All information that these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. They also enable us to collect fully aggregated, and therefore anonymised, demographic data on our website users. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
We continually update our technology so that we can provide you with the most efficient and useful tools. These updates include how we use cookies, the placement of new cookies as well as the extension to older cookies to make them more efficient so that we can provide you with a better service. This list may be updated from time to time.
Your Cookie Choices
Using the options above, you can turn cookie categories on or off as you so require. As mentioned above, we need strictly necessary cookies always active in order for the website to function. However, if you wish to remove all the cookies, please review the options settings in your browser.
What happens to Cookies that have been downloaded in the past? You can delete existing cookies from your browser. Otherwise, they will remain until they expire. Once you have disabled a cookie, we will stop using it to gather information. However, we may still use information gathered previously when the cookie was active. If you wish to revisit your choices at any time, please use the cookie link in the footer of the main webpage to bring you to the choices screen.
| Cookie-Id: | LOGIN_INFO |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | This cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | DEVICE_INFO |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | PREF |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | This cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have GoogleÆ’??s SafeSearch filter turned on. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance |
| Domain: | energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | 12 month(s) 4 day(s) 23 hour(s) 58 minute(s) |
| Description: | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category ‘Performance’. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | cookielawinfo-checkbox-others |
| Domain: | energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | 12 month(s) 4 day(s) 23 hour(s) 58 minute(s) |
| Description: | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category ‘Other’. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary |
| Domain: | energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | 12 month(s) 4 day(s) 23 hour(s) 58 minute(s) |
| Description: | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category ‘Necessary’. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional |
| Domain: | energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | 12 month(s) 4 day(s) 23 hour(s) 58 minute(s) |
| Description: | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category ‘Functional’. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics |
| Domain: | energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | 12 month(s) 4 day(s) 23 hour(s) 58 minute(s) |
| Description: | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category ‘Analytics’. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement |
| Domain: | energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | 12 month(s) 4 day(s) 23 hour(s) 58 minute(s) |
| Description: | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category ‘Advertisement’. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | YSC |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| Category: | Functional |
| Path: | / |
Performance cookies:
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Advertisement cookies:
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie-Id: | GPS |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | requests |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | nextId |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | yt-remote-session-name |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | yt-remote-session-app |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | yt-remote-fast-check-period |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | yt-remote-cast-installed |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | yt-remote-cast-available |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | YtIdbMeta#databases |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | remote_sid |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | yt.innertube::nextId |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | yt.innertube::requests |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | yt-remote-connected-devices |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | yt-remote-device-id |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | __Secure-YEC |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | __0jJ.resume |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | sbjs_udata |
| Domain: | .energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | sbjs_session |
| Domain: | .energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | 30 minute(s) |
| Description: | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | sbjs_migrations |
| Domain: | .energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | sbjs_first_add |
| Domain: | .energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | sbjs_first |
| Domain: | .energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | sbjs_current_add |
| Domain: | .energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | sbjs_current |
| Domain: | .energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | |
| Description: | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | 6 month(s) |
| Description: | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Also used for marketing |
| Category: | Advertisement |
| Path: | / |
Others cookies:
These are cookies that have not yet been categorized. Please categorize these cookies in the above 4 categories. Tutorial on how to categorize cookies
| Cookie-Id: | _wpfuuid |
| Domain: | energyflows.ie |
| Type: | First-party |
| Duration: | 1 year(s) 1 month(s) 4 day(s) 23 hour(s) 58 minute(s) |
| Description: | |
| Category: | Others |
| Path: | / |
| Cookie-Id: | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
| Domain: | .youtube.com |
| Type: | Third-party |
| Duration: | 6 month(s) |
| Description: | |
| Category: | Others |
| Path: | / |
MANAGING PREFERENCES AND CONSENT
The User has the right to accept or reject the trackers. The User can manage such consent by setting the preferences within the cookie banner or by updating such preference via the relevant consent-preferences widget, if available.
Users can use relevant browser or device features to delete previously stored trackers, including those used to remember the User’s initial consent. Other Trackers in the browser’s local memory may be cleared by deleting the browsing history.
Users can find information about how to manage Cookies in the commonly used browsers at the following addresses:
To block or control Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel and Global Storage Settings Panel respectively to follow the instructions.
Further, many advertising networks provide Users with information to opt out of targeted advertising. Users can find more information at the following addresses:
DO YOU SERVE TARGETED ADVERTISING
Third parties may place cookies on your computer or mobile device to display advertisements on our website. These companies may gather information regarding your visits to our website and other sites to present you with relevant ads about products and services that might interest you. They may also utilize technology such as cookies or web beacons to assess the effectiveness of their advertisements. However, the data collected through this process does not allow us or them to personally identify you unless you willingly provide such information, including your name and contact details.
More information about the Advertisement trackers we use can be found in the “TYPES OF TRACKERS WE US” section table under Targeting/Advertising heading
CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING CONSENT
Users are free to decide whether or not to grant consent. However, please note that cookies help this Website to provide a better experience and advanced functionalities to Users. If the User chooses to reject cookies, they may still use the Website though their access to some functionality and areas of the website may be restricted.
PRIVACY
The information collected through the trackers is subject to our Privacy Policy. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for more information on how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies and/or other similar tracking technologies or this Policy, please contact us at:
Energy Flows with Jackie
29 Castle Dawson
W23 Y8P2
Ireland
jackie@energyflows.ie
LEGAL INFORMATION
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Consumer Rights: To find more information on consumer rights as per the various global Privacy and Security Law Regulations, Users may read and refer to the Privacy Policy.
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Definitions and legal references:
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Cookie: Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User’s browser.
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Natural Person: Natural person is an individual real human being with legal rights and responsibilities.
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Personal Data (or Data): Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information- including a personal identification number- allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
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Tracker: Tracker indicates any technology- e.g. Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, and local storage files that enable the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.
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User: The individual who interacts, accesses, or visits this Website, regardless of whether they are logged in, registered, or performing any specific action on the Website, and whose Personal Data is collected.
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Website: The page through which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed. For the purpose of this Policy, includes the terms ‘Company’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’, as aforementioned.
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References: This statement has been prepared on the basis of multiple Privacy and Security Law Regulations, including but not limited to General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
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Modification: We reserve the right to update or modify this Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
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Acknowledgment and Agreement: By continuing to use the Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Cookie Policy.