Cookie Notice
This Cookie Notice explains how we use Cookies on our website, NSAI.ie. It is a declaration of the cookies that are active on our website, the purpose of the cookies and what they track. This Cookie Notice also provides you with information on how to opt out of the cookies being used.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your browser by websites that you visit. They are widely used for a variety of purposes including to make websites work or to remember you from one visit to the next.
First-party cookies are directly stored by the website (or domain) you visit. These cookies allow website owners to collect analytics data, remember language settings, and perform other functions that provide a good user experience. An example of a first party cookie is one that is stored on your browser when you visit a site and login. The next time you visit, the website will detect the cookie in your browser, and you will not need to login again.
Third-Party cookies are created by domains that are not the website (or domain) that you are visiting. These are usually used for online-advertising purposes and placed on a website through a script or tag. A third-party cookie is accessible on your browser to any website that loads the third-party server’s code.
First-party cookies are supported by all browsers and can be blocked or deleted by the user. Third-party cookies are supported by all browsers, but many modern browsers block third-party cookies by default.
What types of cookies do we use and why?
We use the following categories of Cookies on this Website:
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COOKIE |
PURPOSE |
|---|---|
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The “Cookie” Cookie |
This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on NSAI.ie. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. We treat the “cookie” cookie as a necessary cookie (see below) and it is refreshed every six months. |
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Strictly Necessary Cookies |
These cookies are necessary to ensure the website functions properly. You cannot reject these cookies using our cookie management tool. You can control these cookies from your browser settings using the reject all cookies settings. Some functionalities on the website won’t work if necessary cookies are rejected.
We use necessary cookies to manage your visit to the website and to implement online banking functionality associated with Secure Customer Authentication. |
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Functional Cookies |
Functional cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. |
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Performance Cookies |
These are cookies gather analytics on the usage of our website including distinguishing unique users, remembering the number and time of previous visits, remembering traffic source information and determining the start and end of a session. |
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Targeting Cookies |
Targeting cookies are set by external advertisers to learn about a website visitor's overall online behaviours, such as websites they frequently visit, purchases, and interests that they have shown on various websites. It allows internet advertisers to provide targeted advertising content based on user profiles. |
You can adjust your browser settings to decline cookies or alert you when a website is attempting to place a cookie on your computer.
Cookie details
Further information on the cookies we use on NSAI.ie and how to manage them is set out below. Cookies can also be managed using our cookie management tool.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
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COOKIE |
PURPOSE |
RETENTION |
DOMAIN NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
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exp_csrf_token |
This cookie is used to identify trusted web traffic. It is a security cookie used to identify the user and prevent Cross Site Request Forgery attacks. |
A few seconds |
www.NSAI.ie |
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PHPSESSID |
The PHPSESSID cookie is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialised state data. On the Action website it is used to establish a user session and to pass state data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. As the PHPSESSID cookie has no timed expiry, it disappears when the client is closed. |
Session duration |
www.NSAI.ie |
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exp_last_visit |
These cookies are set by our content management system, Expression Engine upon arrival to our site. This cookie tracks visitor activity and expires when the session ends. The cookie records the date of the user’s last visit, and can be shown as a statistic for members to show unread topics for both members and guests. |
1 year |
www.NSAI.ie |
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exp_last_activity |
This cookie is set by our content management system, Expression Engine upon arrival to our site. This cookie tracks visitor activity and expires when the session ends. This cookie ecords the time of the last page load. Used in conjunction with the last_visit cookie. |
1 year |
www.NSAI.ie |
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OptanonAlertBoxClosed |
This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | 1 year |
www.NSAI.ie |
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | 6 months |
www.NSAI.ie |
Functional Cookies
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COOKIE |
PURPOSE |
RETENTION |
DOMAIN NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
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exp_tracker |
These cookies are set by our content management system, Expression Engine upon arrival to our site. This cookie contains the last 5 pages viewed, encrypted for security. Typically, it is used for form or error message returns. This cookie tracks visitor activity and expires when the session ends. |
Session duration |
www.NSAI.ie |
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popup |
This cookie manages the popup notice on our website. It expires when the session ends. |
Session duration |
www.NSAI.ie |
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tads |
This cookie is used to improve the user’s experience when viewing the live Irish Standard Time on the National Metrology Laboratory’s part of the website. It lasts for the duration of a session on our website where the user consents to its use. |
Session duration |
free.timeanddate.com |
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YSC |
This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video. This cookie expires when you close your browser. |
Session duration |
youtube.com |
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
This is a cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. This cookie expires after 6 months. |
6 months |
youtube.com |
Performance Cookies
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COOKIE |
PURPOSE |
RETENTION |
DOMAIN NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
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_gid |
This cookie is associated with sites using Google Analytics to measure traffic. _gid cookie is placed by Google Analytics to count and track pageviews and expires after 1 day. The main purpose of this cookie is: Analytics |
1 day |
www.NSAI.ie |
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_gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn |
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 is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. Its purpose is to track performance. |
a few seconds |
www.NSAI.ie |
| _ga_nnnnnnnnnn | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years | www.NSAI.ie |
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_ga |
These are sites associated with sites using google analytics to measure traffic. The _ga cookie is placed by Google Analytics to store a unique user ID, it expires after 2 years. The main purpose of this cookie is: Analytics |
2 years |
www.NSAI.ie |
| __Host-psifi.analyticsTraceV2, __Host-psifi.analyticsTrace | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | 6 months | www.loom.com |
| loom_anon_comment | This cookie stores information for the widget settings on the website. | 6 months | www.loom.com |
| loom_referral_video | Used to detect referrals in relation to website's embedded video-player. | Session | www.loom.com |
| ajs_anonymous_id | This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. | 6 months | www.loom.com |
| _hjSessionUser_nnnnnn | Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, 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. | 6 months | www.NSAI.ie |
| _hjFirstSeen | Identifies a new user's first session on a website, indicating whether or not Hotjar's seeing this user for the first time. | 6 months | www.NSAI.ie |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | This cookie is used by HotJar to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | 6 months | www.NSAI.ie |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample_nnnnnnn | Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit. | 6 months | www.NSAI.ie |
| _hjSession_nnnnnn | Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. | 6 months | www.NSAI.ie |
| _hjTLDTest | Enables hotjar to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of page hostname. | Session | www.NSAI.ie |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 6 months | youtube.com |
Targeting Cookies
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COOKIE |
PURPOSE |
RETENTION |
DOMAIN NAME |
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IDE |
DoubleClick IDE cookies are used for serving 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. |
1 year |
doubleclick.net |
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Test_cookie |
This cookie is set by DoubleClick to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies. |
A few seconds |
doubleclick.net |
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GPS |
This YouTube cookie is used to collects user data through videos embedded in our website. This data is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. |
A few seconds |
youtube.com |
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NID |
This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting/Advertising/Marketing |
6 months |
Google.com |
| eupubconsent | This cookie is used by the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework to store the user's consent to the data collection Purposes. The cookie holds an encrypted consent string that vendors participating in the framework can read and determine the user's consent. | 6 months | www.NSAI.ie |
| CONSENT | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 6 months | youtube-nocookie.com |
| _gat_gtag_nnnnnnnnnnnn | Used by Google Analytics to limit requests to its service. | 6 months | www.NSAI.ie |
Date Effective: 8th Jan, 2024
Our website has a cookie management tool that facilitates acceptance and rejection of cookies. The Cookie management tool can be accessed using the “Cookie Notice” tab in the bottom left corner of our website.
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We are the National Standards Authority of Ireland.
Please contact us if you have any questions about this Cookie Notice:
- Email: info@nsai.ie
- Address: 1 Swift Square, Northwood, Santry, Dublin 9, Ireland D09 A0E4
- Telephone: +353 1 807 3800
Our website is www.NSAI.ie