Last updated: 17th July 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how 'a different conversation' ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website at [Your Website URL]. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, 'a different conversation') are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for our website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our digital properties. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described below:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like the cookie consent mechanism itself, cannot be provided.
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
cookieConsent |
Records your cookie consent preference (accepted/declined). | 1 year |
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customise our website for you.
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. This includes data on which pages are visited most often, how long visitors stay on the site, and what links they click. This information helps us improve our website and provide a better user experience. Google Analytics cookies are third-party cookies.
| Name | Purpose | Provider | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Google Analytics | 2 years |
_gid |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Google Analytics | 24 hours |
_gat_gtag_UA_XXXXXX_Y |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Google Analytics | 1 minute |
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-in/opt-out links provided in the cookie banner on our website. However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Cookies are not the only way to recognise or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognise when someone has visited our website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at malachy.donaghy@gmail.com.
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