Introduction
At thebeautystudio.ie, we want to make sure that the website we operate looks as good as possible but also is easy for you to use. To help us to do this, our website uses cookies.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. At thebeautystudio.ie, we use cookies to improve our website and your shopping experience. We carefully select and monitor suppliers who may also set cookies to enhance your online experience and help us market our website more effectively.
How We Use Cookies
These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and to improve our website. We are required by law to provide you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies that we use and if this page does not answer all of your queries you should contact us.
Our cookies do not store information which could be used to identify you personally, such as your contact details.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Analytical/Performance Cookies
They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality Cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Please note we continually re asses the requirement for each cookie update regularly to ensure you receive the best possible experience.
Any questions please contact thebeautystudio@live.ie
How Do I Block Cookies?
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 use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. Precisely how cookies are blocked will depend upon the browser that you use. If you would like further information please contact us.
What Will Happen If I Disable Cookies?
If you choose to disable access to cookies on your browser you will not be able to login, register or purchase from this website.
| Cookie | Type | Meaning |
| __utma | Performance | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It it used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifespan of the cookie can be customised by website owners. |
| __utmz | Performance | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour measure of site performance. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site – so Google Analytics can tell site owners where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| _ceg.s | Performance | This cookie name is associated with software provided by Crazy Egg Inc., a USA based company providing web analytics that tracks how visitors interact with pages on a site. |
| _ceg.u | Performance | This cookie name is associated with software provided by Crazy Egg Inc., a USA based company providing web analytics that tracks how visitors interact with pages on a site |
| _ga | Performance | This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners |
| _gat | Performance | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes |
| _gat_UA-10308612-26 | Performance | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes |
| _gat_UA-10308612-33 | Performance | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes |
| _gid | Performance | This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. |
| _mkto_trk | Performance | This cookie is associated with an email marketing service provided by Marketo. This tracking cookie allows a website to link visitor behaviour to the recipient of an email marketing campaign, to measure campaign effectiveness. |
| bc_auth_session | Strictly Necessary |
Stores Authorized session id |
| bc_store_id | Strictly Necessary |
Store ID |
| bc_user_id | Strictly Necessary |
User ID |
| liveagent_oref | Functionality | This cookie name is associated with technology from LiveAgent, which provides online chat and customer support functionality |
| liveagent_ptid | Functionality | This cookie name is associated with technology from LiveAgent, which provides online chat and customer support functionality |
| liveagent_sid | Functionality | This cookie name is associated with technology from LiveAgent, which provides online chat and customer support functionality |
| liveagent_vc | Functionality | This cookie name is associated with technology from LiveAgent, which provides online chat and customer support functionality |
| LoginEmail | Strictly Necessary |
helps remember the login email |
| optimizelyBuckets | Performance | Cookie set by the Optimizely website optimisation plaftform. Used to store the page variants assigned to a user for A/B performance testing, to ensure the user gets a consistent experience |
| optimizelyEndUserId | Performance | Cookie set by the Optimizely website optimisation plaftform. This cookie is a unique user identifier |
| optimizelyPendingLogEvents | Performance | Cookie set by the Optimizely website optimisation plaftform. Records user activity |
| optimizelySegments | Performance | This cookie is set by the Optimizely website optimisation plaftform. It holds audience segmentation information for a visitor |
| PHPSESSID | Strictly Necessary |
Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Strictly Necessary |
Token ID |