The Galway Rape Crisis Centre is committed to protecting the privacy of users of its website in compliance with the Data Protection Acts of 1988 – 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable, and we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those other websites.
What are cookies and why do we use them?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree to their use. This organisation uses cookies for the purpose of storing and retrieving session information in respect of our on-line systems and for analysing traffic on our website. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to enhance your experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you set your browser to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
Types of cookies
There are three types of cookies used on our website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around our website and use its features. These cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
- Performance or Analytical Cookies
These cookies collect information about how users use our website. We use these cookies to collect information about how people use this site. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website.
These cookies do not collect information that identifies a website user. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall view of website use and is never identified individually or personally. These cookies are only used to identify ways to improve the website. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites please visit:http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
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- Functionality Cookies
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Enabling and Disabling cookies
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