Cookie Policy

Welcome to www.ourgreen.ie and Mayo Sligo Energy Concern Group. This Cookie Policy will provide more information about the cookies and similar technologies we, Mayo Sligo Energy Concern Group, Ballina Co Mayo (“Mayo Sligo Energy Concern Group“, “we”, “us”, or “our”), use, as well as information on how to refuse and disable/delete cookies. If you have any questions about this policy or our data protection practices, please contact us.

Why do we have a Cookie Policy?

This Cookie Policy sits in line with Ireland’s the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011 (the “2011 Regulations”) and the EU's Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”). In accordance with them, we need to inform you about the cookies we use and obtain your consent when using certain types of cookies namely Functional, Performance, Analytical and Advertising Cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files with configuration information that are stored on your device. Cookies can be divided into the following two broad categories:

  • Technically necessary cookies (Essential)

Technically necessary cookies are required for our website to function properly; they enable you to navigate our website efficiently and use its functional features. An example of this is, the reminder of recently performed actions (e.g., entered text) when you return to a page within the same session.

  • Technically non-essential cookies (Performance, Functional, Analytical, Advertising )

Technically non-essential cookies are not necessary for the proper functioning of our website, but they enable us to improve the content of our website, compile statistics for internal market analysis purposes, provide you with a more personalised online experience or provide additional features. In particular we use analytical and advertising cookies.

Analytical cookies are used by third parties. These cookies allow third parties to recognize that you have visited our website. We and our third-party providers may also combine information obtained from these cookies with Personal Information available from other sources, including data collected about you when you use other websites and data collected about you when you are offline, whether on our website or data maintained by the third-party provider.

Advertising cookies may be set through our website by our advertising partners. They may be used by these companies to profile your interests and show you relevant advertising on other websites. They are based on the unique identification of your browser type and the type of internet device you are using. If you do not allow these cookies, you will receive less targeted advertising.

Within the described categories, different types of cookies are used and these can be subdivided into:

  • Session cookies

While you are active on a website, a session cookie is temporarily stored in your computer's memory, which stores a session identifier, for example, to prevent you from having to log in again each time you change pages. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or lose their validity once their session has automatically expired.

  • Permanent or persistent cookies

A persistent or protocol cookie stores a file on your computer for the period of time specified in the expiration date. These cookies allow websites to remember your information and settings the next time you visit. This results in faster and more convenient access, as you do not have to set your language preferences for our portal again, for example. When the expiration date passes, the cookie is automatically deleted when you visit the website that generated it.

  • Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies come from providers other than the website operator. For example, they may be used to collect information for advertising, custom content, and web statistics.

The cookies we use

Below are the non-essential cookies our website uses. Please keep in mind that the cookies used may change from time to time and that this Cookie Policy will be updated accordingly.

  • is_unique

    • .statcounter.com

    • StatCounter sets this cookie to determine whether a user is a first-time or a returning visitor and to estimate the accumulated unique visits per site.

    • 1 year 1 month 4 days

    • Analytics

  • is_visitor_unique

    • .statcounter.com

    • StatCounter sets this cookie to determine whether a user is a first-time or a returning visitor.

    • 1 year 1 month 4 days

    • Analytics

  • ss_cvr

    • www.ourgreen.ie

    • SquareSpace sets this cookie to identify unique visitors and track a visitor’s sessions on a site.

    • 1 year 1 month 4 days

    • Analytics

  • ss_cvt

    • www.ourgreen.ie

    • SquareSpace sets this cookie to identify unique visitors and track a visitor’s sessions on a site.

    • 30 minutes

    • Analytics

StatCounter

We use StatCounter, and commission StatCounter to use the anonymized information generated to analyse the use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. In doing so, we aim to make our website more attractive and informative for you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest and your consent.The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest and your Consent.

SquareSpace Analytics

We use SquareSpace Analytics by SquareSpace. SquareSpace Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your device, to help the website analyse how users use our website. The information generated by these cookies, such as the time, place, and frequency of your website visit, including your IP address, is transmitted to SquareSpace and stored there. In this case, your IP address will already be shortened by SquareSpace and thus anonymised.

SquareSpace will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. SquareSpace may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on SquareSpace's behalf. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest and your Consent.

Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you will be asked to give your consent to cookies being stored on your device. You can accept all cookies or adjust your cookie settings to store only some of the above categories of cookies on your device. You can also refuse all cookies, except for essential cookies, which are cookies that are required for the proper functioning of the website.

You should be aware that if you disable/reject certain cookies, we will not be able to provide you with the best possible user experience on our website, as there may be services and features that you will not be able to use if cookies are required for us to remember the choices you have made.

You can revoke your consent or change your cookie settings at any time.

How can I delete or block cookies?

Since cookies are not stored on our system, but locally on your computer/phone/tablet, we cannot retrieve or delete cookies. However, you can delete existing cookies and disable the use of cookies in general using the following instructions Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari.

Links to other websites

Please note that when you use a link from our website to a third-party website, such third-party websites may also set new cookies that are not subject to this policy. In such cases, we recommend that you refer to the cookie policy on the relevant third-party website itself.

Validity and questions

This Cookie Policy was last updated on Saturday, 26 August 2023, and is the current and valid version. However, we want to point out that from time to time due to actual or legal changes a revision to this policy may be necessary. If you have any questions, please feel free to use our Contact Form, or write to us at the above address.