OCP Residential B.V (trading in Ireland as OCP Residential Ireland) (“us”, “we” or “our”) uses “cookies” to help us remember details of your visits to our website which can be found at www.livresidential.ie (the “Site”) including, but not limited to technical information about your visit e.g. traffic data, location data, your IP address, the previous website from which you reached us and the type of browser you use. Accordingly, our Privacy Notice will apply to our treatment of the information we obtain via our cookies.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are tiny bits of information (a small data file) that are transferred to your device (e.g. your phone or your computer) for record-keeping purposes. For example, a cookie could allow the Site to recognise your browser, while another could store your preferences and other information and let you navigate the Site effectively. When you return to the Site after logging in, cookies provide information to the Site so that the Site will remember you. They help us to improve our Site and deliver a better and more personalised service. Cookies can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
Do We Use Cookies and for what purposes?
- Yes, we use cookies to enhance your experience of using our Site. The information is used to identify users, remember user preferences and allow users to complete tasks without having to re-enter information when browsing from one webpage to another or when re-visiting the Site at a later date.
- We also use cookies to collect and analyse Site usage data, related to user use and patterns. This data is used to improve our Sites and enhance users’ experience.
- We may place cookies on partner websites to advertise our services and events. These cookies are mainly used to display content tailored to your interests and to evaluate our content (including advertising). Our cookies are also used by third party sites in order to provide advertising that is relevant. This relevance is based on a profile built from your previous visits to our Site, including the pages you have visited.
What Types of Cookies are Used on the Site?
- General Information
Source (Where cookies come from)
| First Party Cookies | These cookies are provided by us and used by various features on our Site. Examples may include customising a user’s visit, providing statistical information, and verifying a user’s identity for security purposes. |
| Third Party Cookies | These cookies are provided by “Third Party” vendors who provide products and features we have integrated into our site. Examples include Google analytics, ad networks, and security systems. |
Expiration (How long cookies last)
| Session Cookies | These cookies are added when a user starts to browse our Site or interacts with a specific feature and are deleted when the browser is closed. |
| Persistent Cookies | These cookies are added when a user starts to browse our Site or interacts with a specific feature, but may remain stored on your device until a certain termination date is reached. |
Type (What application uses the cookie)
| Necessary cookies | These cookies are required for the operation of the Site. They enable you to navigate the Sites and use the Sites’ features, such as accessing secure areas of the Site. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided. |
| Performance cookies | These cookies collect information about how you use the Site, for instance which pages of the Site you most often use. The information collected by these cookies does not identify you. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. |
| Functional cookies | These cookies allow the Site to remember choices you make and provide more personal features. These cookies can also be used to monitor and analyse the performance, operation and effectiveness of the Site, so that we can improve and optimize it. We may also use session cookies, which are temporary cookies that aid your navigation through the pages on the Site, and will remember preferences you have selected during the session. These cookies expire once you close your browser. |
| Advertisements and other cookies | By placing advertisements on third-party websites, we compile data on which visitors have read the content and which pages they have visited. As a result, we can personalise experiences and display relevant advertisements when you visit the websites again. These third parties (including Facebook through https://www.facebook.com/ads/about/?entry_product=ad_preferences) offer users the option of managing the privacy and advertisement settings and, if necessary, adjusting these to their personal preferences. |
Cookies List
- Subject to obtaining your prior consent where required, we may place our cookies and third party business partners’ cookies on your device via the Site. You should also be aware that there are cookies which are found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance the Site.
- The following are the main types of cookies used on the Site:
| Cookie Type | Name | Purpose | Duration | Domain |
| Functional | aka_debug | This cookie is set by the provider Vimeo. This cookie is essential for the website to play video functionality. The cookie collects statistical information like how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback. | .akamaized.net | |
| Other | sessiontoken | Cookie used by Materport | events.matterport.com | |
| Other | legalmonster-user | Cookie used by Legal Monser | 5 months 27 days | .creamdev.com |
| Analytics | _ga | 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 assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years | |
| Analytics | _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form. | 1 day | |
| Analytics | _gat_UA-XXX | 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 appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 1 minute |
How to Manage and Disable Cookies
- You can control the cookies placed and retained on your device. Your browser may allow you to set how it handles cookies. The Privacy Notice and this Cookie Policy are provided to be transparent about our practices regarding the use of cookies and to allow you the opportunity to make an informed choice. Where applicable, we will obtain your prior informed consent to use cookies which store or access information on your device.
- If users visit our website www.livresidential.ie , they can set cookie preferences (except for the necessary cookies for which consent is not required). Users can also fully accept or decline cookies through browser settings. The internet browser’s settings may be adjusted as well, so the browser will inform the user whenever a cookie is placed. Thus, we recommend that you consult the browser instructions or help screen to obtain more information about creating and changing browser settings (http://www.browserchecker.nl/cookies-verwijderen#ie-cookies).
- If you use different devices to view, you must make sure that the cookie preferences are adjusted on each browser of each device. If cookies which we use are switched off (including essential cookies), this may affect your user experience when you visit our website. Some parts of the Site may not work as intended or may not work at all without cookies.
Where can I get more information about cookies?
- You can find more information about cookies by visiting the following information websites:
http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm
https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/dpc-guidance/guidance-on-cookies-and-similar-technologies
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We can change this Cookie Policy at any time. If we make changes to the Cookie Policy, we will let you know by posting the changed Cookie Policy on the Site. We therefore recommend that you visit the website regularly.
Contact us
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Cookie Policy and your personal data are welcome and should be addressed to us at the below email and/or postal address:
Email: privacy@hookemacdonald.ie.
Address: 32 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland
Last Updated: 13 May 2021