Venocare Cookie Policy

Please read these Cookie policies carefully and make sure that you understand them before using our website Venocare.ie. By using our website, you are accepting the terms of this Cookie Policy. If you do not agree to these Cookie policies, please refrain from using our site. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check the Privacy Policy posted on this Website periodically.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website or embedded in a web page. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device and to remember your actions and preferences (such as login details, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time. Cookies are used to make surfing on the website easier for you. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

We also use other tracking technologies like web beacons. These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognise when someone has visited our websites. Web beacons are used in combination with cookies to identify our users and user behaviour. Web beacons only collect limited information, including a cookie number, a timestamp, and a record of the page on which they are placed.

What types of cookies are used on this site?

Venocare website uses cookies and other similar technologies to distinguish you from other users of our site and to store and manage user preferences, deliver targeted advertising, enable content, and gather analytic and user data, for example. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site.

When you use the Venocare.ie website, the following categories of cookies can be set on your device:

Strictly necessary cookies – These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, cookies that enable you to send enquiries about our services to us, cookies that enable add products to your basket and checkout securely (shopping cart cookies). These cookies do not gather any information about the user that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet. We are not required to get your consent to the use of strictly necessary cookies.

Analytics /Performance Cookies – These are cookies that are used to provide us with statistical information about our site, which is generally used for performance measurement and improvement. They include, for example cookies that help us to understand how visitors use the website, cookies that allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. Cookies that fall into this category are analytics, pay per click and advertising cookies. We are required to get your consent to the use of performance cookies.

Functionality Cookies – These cookies are generally there to support site functionality that is visible or advantageous to the visitor or their experience of the site. They include, for example, cookies that help us to recognise you when you return to our website, cookies that allow the website to remember choices you make (such as language, your username, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features, cookies that enable us to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track visitor browsing activity on other websites. We are required to get your consent to the use of functionality cookies.

Advertising /Targeting Cookies – These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to visitor and record visitors visit to the website. They include, for example, cookies that enable us to record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We use this information to carry out research and statistical analysis to help us improve our content, products, and services and to help us better understand our customer requirements and interests. They cannot determine who the user is though, as the data collected is never linked to the user profile.  We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. We are required to get your consent to targeting/advertising cookies.

First-party cookies – These cookies are necessary to keep track of your personal preferences and the current session. We use first-party cookies on our website because these cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. These first-party cookies are created and set by Venocare and do not get shared with the third party.

Third-party cookies – These cookies are set by a third-party site separate from the site you are visiting with the aim of collecting certain information to carry out various research into behaviour, surfing habits, demographics etc.

How and why we use cookies

Venocare use cookies, web beacons or other similar technologies, that are necessary to the operation of our sites, services, and tools.  Cookies help us to understand how our visitors use our websites, they help us to provide our visitors with a good experience when they browse the website and it also allows us to improve the website. We use cookies to assess the performance of our websites, services, and tools, including as part of our analytic practices. Cookies help us to perform analytics and deliver advertising and marketing that is relevant to you.

We do our best to respect users’ privacy. The cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here. In most cases we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this website. The exception is where the cookie is essential in order for us to provide you with a service you have requested. The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data. We may obtain information about your electronic device such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information, this will not usually identify you personally. But in certain circumstances, we may collect personal information about you, but only where you voluntarily provide it (e.g. by completing an online enquiry form) or where you enter into the process of ordering products from us.

We also use cookies provided by trusted third parties in some special cases. Third-party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through our websites and services, such as advertising, interactive content, and analytics. They also enable us to use advertising networks to manage our advertising on other websites. These third-party service providers may use a few different types of cookies and they are responsible for the cookies they set on our site. We have no responsibility for the content, product, and services of the linked websites. Please go to the website for the relevant third party, if you want further information, please ensure you review all terms and conditions of website use and privacy policy of any such third-party websites before use and before you submit any personal data to such websites.

We collect and use cookies for a variety of reasons. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google; Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies in order to evaluate your use of Venocare website.  Google Analytics only collects anonymous aggregate data and we use this only for statistical purposes. These cookies help us to monitor the number of people visiting the website, to understand how visitors use the site and ways how we can enhance their experience.  These cookies provide us with information about the behaviour of our visitors, for example how long they stayed on the site, the average number of pages viewed.

Google Ads Cookies

Google Ads is an advertising analytics service provided by Google, Inc.  Google Ads uses temporary cookies that are stored on a user’s computer for a limited period. Only pages that a user has visited containing the Google conversion code are tracked. These cookies enable Google Ads to track what advertisements you click on whilst on the website. Google does not collect or store personal information.

Google Tag Manager Cookies

Google Tag Manager is a separate tool from Google Analytics and offers a user-friendly solution to managing tags or snippets of JavaScript.  We use Google Tag manager cookies to enable functionality that helps us provide the core website and services. This allows us to efficiently optimize our website data following receipt of visitor or user browsing information. Google Tag Manager does not store any personal data about visitors.

Wordfence cookies

This cookie contains information about your general geographical location and in remembers your time zone. This cookie is a Wordfence security plug-in used to protect the Website against malicious attacks.

How long do cookies last?

Venocare use cookies and similar technologies that only remain on your device for as long as you keep your browser active. They are session cookies. There are temporary cookies and expire when the browser is closed.  They allow us to link your actions during that particular browser session.

We use cookies and similar technologies that remain on your device for a longer period even when you have closed the browser. They are persistent cookies. They allow us to remember your preferences or actions across multiple sites.

How to control and delete cookies

When you first use our website, a “pop up” cookies notice will be displayed allowing you to choose whether to read more about Cookie Policy or Hide Cookie Policy.

By using this website after accepting the cookies notice, or by browsing our website after you have been presented with this notice (by clicking links, scrolling the page, etc), you agree to us placing other non-essential cookies on your device in accordance with the terms of this Cookies Policy. Only essential cookies and those that do not contain/track any personal data will be set when you first visit our website.

You are free to block, delete, or disable these technologies if your device allows this. You can manage your cookies and your cookie preferences in your browser or device settings. Most web browsers accept cookies, but you can usually change the web browser’s settings to refuse new cookies, disable existing ones or simply let you know when new ones are sent to your device.

If you block cookies on our website, you may be unable to access certain areas of our website and certain functions and pages will not work in the usual way. Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience.

Contact Us

If you have any questions relating to our Cookie Policy, please contact us at info@venocare.ie.

We reserve the right to update this Cookie Policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check the Cookie Policy posted on this Website periodically.

This Cookie Policy was last updated on 31 August 2021.