We use cookies
This website (relayforlife.ie) uses cookies to improve your experience on our site, tell us which parts of the site you have visited, and personalise our communications with you now and in future. You can accept or reject these cookies before using the site. You can review your selection at any time by selecting the CookieHub icon on the bottom right hand of your website's screen.
We use cookies to collect and analyse information on site performance and usage, to provide social media features and to enhance and customise content and digital advertisements.
Other Tracking Technologies
There are other technologies which we deploy which track behaviour on our website. ‘Tracker Pixels’ are a means of allowing us to check whether you have viewed our content. These “pixels” are essentially tiny, invisible images on our web pages that, once loaded, will communicate your interaction with our content. This allows the Irish Cancer Society and our partners to gauge the validity of material being presented to you.'
What are cookies and how do we use them:
- Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient.
- The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.
- This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.
- You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website – you can access this by clicking on the cookie on the bottom left of the screen.
- Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Please state your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent.
What information is obtained via cookies and tracking pixels
For each visitor to our site, we automatically gather certain potentially identifying information and store it. This information includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, your operating system, date/time stamp, processor or device serial number, unique device identifier, and clickstream data. We collect this information on an individual basis and in aggregate, or combined form.
Third Party Cookies
We avail of third-party technologies across our site. These technologies help us to understand how you use the site and the ways in which we can improve your user experience. These technologies may track certain information such as the pages you visit across our site as well as how long your visit lasts. This allows us to continue providing engaging content.
In order for these technologies to work, trusted third parties will set cookies and tracker pixels throughout our site. Once enabled, these technologies may be used to enhance your profile or to contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies. For any third-party technology used on our site, we will provide a link to that third-party’s respective cookie/privacy policy for your information. We encourage our visitors to review these policies in advance of granting consent to deployment.
The types of cookies we use:
We avail of both first and third-party technologies across our site. The Relay For Life team takes our visitors’ right to privacy seriously in keeping with our obligations under national legislation. Should you consent to the deployment of any category of optional technology, we will record your consent for a period of no longer than 6 month or at the event you cleared your browser's cashe, at which point these technologies will be disabled. You will then be prompted to refresh you consent. You may change your settings at any time by clicking the cookie icon in the bottom right hand corner of our website.
Necessary Cookies
Some cookies are required to provide core functionality. The website won't function properly without these cookies and they are enabled by default and cannot be disabled.
| Name | Hostname | Purpose | Expiry | Tags |
| ci_session | www.relayforlife.ie | Preserves users states across page requests. | 2 hours | Secure HTTP only |
| _ga_* | .relayforlife.ie | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. | 400 days | |
| _ga | .relayforlife.ie | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 400 days | |
| YSC | .youtube.com | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | Secure HTTP only 3rd party |
| cookiehub | .relayforlife.ie | 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. | 365 days | |
| m | m.stripe.com | This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. | 400 days | Secure HTTP only 3rd party |
| __stripe_mid | .www.relayforlife.ie | This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. | 365 days | Secure |
| __stripe_sid | .www.relayforlife.ie | This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. | 1 hour | Secure |
| _GRECAPTCHA | www.google.com | It's used for risk analysis in spam protection and may store browsing device information. | 180 days | Secure HTTP only 3rd party |
| _grecaptcha | www.google.com | This cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects the site against spam enquiries on contact forms. | Persistent | Local storage |
| is_eu | Determines whether the user is located within the EU and therefore is subject to EU's data privacy regulations. | Session | Session storage |
Preferences Cookies
Preference cookies enables the web site to remember information to customize how the web site looks or behaves for each user. This may include storing selected currency, region, language or color theme.
| Name | Hostname | Purpose | Expiry | Tags |
| Visitor | Google Adsense | Used by Google AdSense to understand user interaction with the website by generating analytical data. | 60 days | Secure HTTP only |
| _gcl_au | YouTube | Set by YouTube and used for various purposes, including analytical and advertising. | 90 days | |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 180 days | Secure HTTP only 3rd party |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 180 days | Secure HTTP only 3rd party |
| li_gc | .linkedin.com | Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes | 180 days | Secure 3rd party |
| lidc | .linkedin.com | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website. | 1 day | Secure 3rd party |
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.
| Name | Hostname | Purpose | Expiry | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUID | .bing.com | Microsoft User Identifier tracking cookie used by Bing Ads. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. | 390 days | Secure 3rd party |
| CLID | www.clarity.ms | Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. | 365 days | Secure HTTP only 3rd party |
| _clck | MS Clarity | Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site, on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | 365 days | |
| MR | .c.bing.com | Used by Microsoft Clarity to indicate whether to refresh MUID. | 7 days | Secure 3rd party |
| SM | .c.clarity.ms | This cookie is installed by Clarity. The cookie is used to store non-personally identifiable information. The cookie is used in synchronizing the MUID (Microsoft unique user ID) across Microsoft domains. | Session | Secure 3rd party |
| MUID | .clarity.ms | Microsoft User Identifier tracking cookie used by Bing Ads. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. | 390 days | Secure 3rd party |
| MR | .c.clarity.ms | Used by Microsoft Clarity to indicate whether to refresh MUID. | 7 days | Secure 3rd party |
| _clsk | MS Clarity | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | 1 day | |
| _cltk | MS Clarity | This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity tool and stores information about how visitors use the website | Session | Session storage |
| _pin_unauth | Used by Pinterest to group actions for users who cannot be identified by Pinterest. | 365 days | ||
| bcookie | .linkedin.com | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media. | 365 days | Secure 3rd party |
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites to allow publishers to display relevant and engaging advertisements. By enabling marketing cookies, you grant permission for personalized advertising across various platforms.
| Name | Hostname | Purpose | Expiry | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDE | .doubleclick.net | Used by Google's DoubleClick to serve targeted advertisements that are relevant to users across the web. Targeted advertisements may be displayed to users based on previous visits to a website. These cookies measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user. | 390 days | Secure HTTP only 3rd party |
| _fbp | Meta | Facebook Pixel advertising first-party cookie. Used by Facebook to track visits across websites to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 90 days | |
| SRM_B | .c.bing.com | This cookie is installed by Microsoft Bing. Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. | 390 days | Secure 3rd party |
| ANONCHK | .c.clarity.ms | Used to store session ID for a users session to ensure that clicks from adverts on the Bing search engine are verified for reporting purposes and for personalisation | 1 hour | Secure 3rd party |
| lastExternalReferrerTime | Meta | Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. | Persistent | Local storage |
| lastExternalReferrer | Meta | Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. | Persistent | Local storage |
| _rdt_uuid | Set by Reddit to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads. | 90 days | Secure | |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | .linkedin.com | Used by LinkedIn to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries | 30 days | Secure 3rd party |
| UserMatchHistory | .linkedin.com | Contains a unique identifier used by LinkedIn to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions. | 30 days | Secure 3rd party |
| bscookie | .www.linkedin.com | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media. | 365 days | Secure HTTP only 3rd party |
| MSPTC | Microsoft | Pending | 390 days | Secure 3rd party |
| _uetsid | Microsoft | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. | 1 day | |
| _uetvid | Microsoft | Used by Microsoft Advertising to store a unique, anonymized visitor ID to personalize marketing. | 390 days | |
| _uetsid_exp | Microsoft | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. | Persistent | Local storage |
| _uetvid_exp | Microsoft | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. | Persistent | Local storage |
| _uetvid | Microsoft | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. | Persistent | Local storage |
| _uetsid | Microsoft | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. | Persistent | Local storage |
Other Cookies
The cookies in this category have not yet been categorized and the purpose may be unknown at this time.
More information on managing cookies
If you would like to control your cookie settings via your browser, you can use the links below and follow the steps provided for each browser.
Further Information
We regularly scan our website using a third-party tool to maintain a record of the tracking technologies we deploy. The Relay For Life team and The Irish Cancer Society only processes your personal information in accordance with this notice as well as our Privacy Policy notice.
Should you require additional information then you can contact our Data Protection Officer at the following email address: dataprotection@irishcancer.ie
You may also contact our Data Protection Officer by writing in to:
Data Protection Officer, Irish Cancer Society, 43/45 Northumberland Road
Dublin, D04 VX65.
Should you wish to make a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data or are unsatisfied with how we have handled your information, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Supervisory Authority. You may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner via their online form
