Cookies on housingtraining.ie

What are cookies?

Cookies are often known as browser cookies or tracking cookies. These cookies are small encrypted text files stored in browser directories. Like other web servers, we also place these cookies on your device to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information.

How do we use cookies?

The main purpose of placing these cookies is to provide you better user experience on our website. These cookies are used in the following ways:

  • To understand user behaviour on how you use our website
  • To keep track of user visits and activities
  • To keep you signed in, where applicable

What type of cookies do we use?

There are many types of cookies, however, our website uses only the cookie types outlined below:

Necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the basic functions of the website or to provide the product, service or content requested by you. Without these cookies, we will not be able to provide you the services or information asked for. These cookies also enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. These cookies are set to provide better services that we have added to our pages.

There are three necessary cookies in use on the Housing Training portal. They are:

Name: PHPSESSID
Purpose: PHP generic session cookie
Expiry: Session
Type: HTTP

Name: wpl_user_preference
Purpose: This cookie records your GDPR cookie consent preferences
Expiry: 1 Year
Type: HTTP

Name: wordpress_test_cookie
Purpose: Used as part of the login function, this cookie checks to see if cookie functionality is enabled in your web browser
Expiry: 1 Year
Type: —

Analytics Cookies

The website uses this type of cookies to collect information about your visits to our website so that we can gather metrics on site usage including the number of visitors, frequently visited pages, time spent on the web site, links clicked and other information about your browser, IP address, device, location. They do not store personal data but store info of your browser and internet device.

There are three analytics cookies in use on the Housing Training portal. They are:

Name: _ga
Purpose: Google Universal Analytics long-time unique user tracking identifier
Expiry: 2 Years
Type: HTTP

Name: _gid
Purpose: Google Universal Analytics short-time unique user tracking identifier
Expiry: 1 Day
Type: HTTP

Name: _gat_gtag_UA_171538026_1
Purpose: Google Analytics tracking cookie
Expiry: Session
Type: HTTP

Review or adjust your cookie settings

You can review and adjust your cookie settings at any time by clicking on the small “Review Cookie Settings” tab that appears onscreen. This allows you to reset your cookie preferences for the site.