HomeSecure Cookie Policy

HomeSecure use cookies, pixels, scripts and similar technologies on its websites and mobile applications (jointly the “Website”) in order to recognize you across websites, browsers and devices. These technologies are hereinafter jointly referred to as “cookies”. Cookies are used to collect information about you, your preferences and your device, and is mostly used to make the Website work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience.

You may at any time change your cookie setting for the Website, a cookie pop up banner will appear when you first land on the website. Below, you will find more information about which cookies we use and the purposes we use them for.

What are cookies?

There are two types of cookies:

Cookies set by the website you visit.
Third party cookies set by a different website than the website you visit. This happens when the website you visit references a file located outside, such as ads or photos.

As set out above, different technologies are applied in order to obtain the cookie information:

Cookies: Small temporary files that are stored on your device (mobile, pad and PC) as you visit a website in order to identify your browser across visits (sessions) and websites
Pixels: Photo files used to connect you to a third party website in order to activate cookies on the third party website. A pixel may read and send information to and from cookies stored on your device
Scripts: Snippets of code which are necessary in order to activate a pixel, or which is used to identify your browser or device across sessions and websites
Session storage: A form of script which is only applicable to an individual visit (session) and which thus does not recognize your browser or device across different sessions

Your cookie settings and consents apply to the following domain(s): https://www.homesecure.ie/ and the HomeSecure mobile application. You may use a third party plug-in to identify the cookies enabled on our website, for example Ghostery.

Deleting your cookies

You may disable or delete cookies through your browser settings:

Disable Cookies: You can always disable cookies by changing the settings in your browser. However, you should be aware that if you do so, there will be features and services you cannot use. Here you can find more information about how to disable cookies in the most common browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.
Cookie deletion: Cookies can easily be deleted. If you use a PC with a newer Internet browser, you can delete the cookies by using the shortcut keys: CTRL + SHIFT + Delete. If these do not work, or you use a MAC or mobile phone, you must first clarify which browser you use and then follow the process outlined for your browser/app above.

Please note that if you use different browsers and devices, you must make the changes for all the browsers and devices. Disabling cookies may impact your experience on our website and the services we are able to offer. Please note that not consenting to marketing cookies does not rule out that you will see marketing from HomeSecure on other websites, but the marketing will not be personalized towards you.

Data Privacy

As a starting point, we cannot identify you from the data comprised in the cookies. Furthermore, third parties such as Google and Facebook may also combine your cookie data with other data points they have in their possession allowing them to identify you. For more information about their processing of personal data, we refer to their privacy policies: Google and Facebook.

To the extent we process personal data about you through cookies, we do so based on the following legal basis:

In relation to strictly necessary cookies, since without these cookies the website would not be able to work properly, your consent is not necessary and the legal basis is providing you the services you requested by using the website, as per GDPR art. 6(1)(f);
In relation to analytical/statistical cookies, when they are not anonymous and collect personal data about you, we base our processing on your consent (until it is withdrawn) as per GDPR art. 6(1)(a);
In relation to marketing and personalization cookies, we base our processing on your consent (until it is withdrawn) as per GDPR art. 6(1)(a);
If you submit a contact form on a website to request that we contact you for marketing purposes, we will combine the marketing and personalization cookie data with the data in the contact form in order to measure the effect of our marketing measures and to provide you with offers adapted to your needs. This is based on your consent to us contacting you and to receive more information from us when you fill out and submit the contact form, ref. GDPR art. 6(1)(a).

All of our processing of cookie data is performed within the EU/EEA. However, our third party cookies may include processing of personal data outside the EU/EEA. For more information about our processing of personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

We only store cookie data for as long as it is necessary in order to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was gathered, see the table below.

Strictly necessary