What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or internet enabled device by websites in order to add functionality. A cookie can be used to identify a user’s computer or internet enabled device to the website, or to other third party websites. This allows websites to improve the way they work, such as remembering preferences expressed by a user or tracking a user’s use of a website for statistical analysis.
What types of cookies are used on this site?
The following types of cookie are set on this website (the “Website”):
- Strictly necessary cookies;
- Functionality cookies;
- Targeting/Advertising cookies.
These cookies are a mixture of first party cookies, which we set ourselves, and third party cookies that are set by third party service providers.
Cookie functions
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We use the following cookies which are strictly necessary to allow you to access the Website, to move between pages and to receive services which you have requested:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
| Asp.net_sessionid | Identify person logged in – keeps you logged in | Session |
| .ASPXANONYMOUS | Authentication to the site | 2 months |
| LSI | To remember cookie preference for Law Society websites (www.lawsociety.ie, www.legalvacancies.ie, www.gazette.ie) | 6 months |
| FTGServer | Website content ( /CSS , /JS, /img ) | 1 hour |
| _ga | Google Analytics | 2 years |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Session |
| _git | Google Analytics | 1 day |
| AptifyCSRFCookie | Aptify CSRF Cookie | Session |
| CSRFDefenseInDepthToken | Aptify defence cookie | Session |
| EB5Cookie | Aptify eb5 login cookie | Session |
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced and more personal features, such as twitter feed and online chat. We use the following functionality cookies:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
| Zendesk | Online support | Local Storage |
| platform.twitter.com | Integrated Twitter feed | Local Storage |
Marketing Cookies
From time to time, we may use cookies to display advertisements that we believe are relevant to you or work with advertisers to display our own adverts on third party websites, based on cookies set on your visit to the Website. These may include Facebook Advertising, Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing, and communications, and Google Advertising. The following are the cookies currently used on the Website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
| fr | Facebook Advertising – used for Facebook Marketing | 3 months |
| _fbp | Used for Facebook Marketing | 3 months |
Managing cookies
If you do not want your browser to accept cookies, you can turn off the cookie acceptance option in your browser settings. For further information about how to turn off cookie acceptance please refer to the “Help” function in your browser.
Please note that disabling cookie support may prevent the Website from functioning properly and you may not be able to fully utilise all of its features and services.