Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, 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.You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our privacy statement

Your consent applies to the following domains: www.traversinsurances.ie and www.travers.ie

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyse what works and where it needs improvement.You can find out more about cookies (such as how to manage them, delete them and switch them off) at the independent website www.allaboutcookies.org

We use cookies to give you the best experience when you visit our websites. By using cookies, we can make it easier for you to do many things, such as managing your accounts, policies, or login details, and applying for products and services. Cookies can also allow us to tailor the content of our websites so we can show you services or adverts we think you may be interested in.

We do not store personal information, such as your name, telephone number or email address when we use analytics cookies on our websites. The cookies we use cannot read or search your device to obtain information about you or your family, or read any material kept on your hard drive.

If you follow a link from one of our websites to another website, please be aware that the owner of the other website will have their own privacy and cookie policies for their site.

We use cookies only to improve the way we do business with you or when they are essential to the way our website works. Where possible, we have ensured to not collect your personal data. However some performance and functional cookies required for providing quotes will use personal data which you
have entered. In addition, advertising and targeting cookies use profiling in some cases.The types of activities we may use cookies for are to:

• Store details that help you to manage accounts and policies online, such as user login details
• Find out how people use our sites, such as how often they visit, which pages they go to, and which links they click on, so that we can improve our sites.
• Help us to provide relevant information, such as details of products, services and other information that you may be interested in
• Store information about which media players you use so that any video content appears correctly

We use cookies to:

• Collect information that will help us to distinguish visitors, to understand visitors’ browsing habits on our website and to improve their experience.
• Compile statistical reports on website activity e.g. numbers of visitors and the pages they visit.
• Collect information that will allow us to tailor advertising to make it more relevant for you, based on your previous interactions with our website.
• Remember information about you when you visit our site. Some of the cookies are essential in order to provide our services to you.

The cookies used on our website are grouped into the following categories.

The below list details the cookies used in our website.

Cookie	Duration	Description
Necessary
viewed_cookie_policy	1 hour	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	1 year	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 'Necessary'.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary	1 year	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given their consent to the usage of cookies under the category 'Non-Necessary'.
ASP.NET_SessionId	duration of session	General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. Saved for duration of session.
Analytical Cookies
_ga	1 year	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, camapign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randoly generated number to identify unique visitors.
_gid	1 day	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages viisted in an anonymous form.
GPS	30 minutes	This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location
Performance
_gat	1 minute	This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the colllection of data on high traffic sites.
YSC		This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.
_gat_UA-23557949-1	1 minute	This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 months	This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.
IDE	1 year	Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
test_cookie	15 minutes	This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users' browser supports cookies.
_fbp	2 months	This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.
fr	2 months	The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

You can manage your cookies preferences by clicking on the “Customise Cookies” button and enabling or disabling the cookie categories according to your preferences.Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Cookie Policy” which will enable you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block  cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block cookies. To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org