Privacy
Dublin City Libraries does not routinely collect personal information about you on this website.
We will use any personal information supplied only for the intended purpose and we will not pass your personal details on to any third parties. Personal information is retained for no longer than is necessary for the purpose or purposes for which it was furnished or obtained.
Any personal information that you post as part of a comment will be available worldwide to anyone with access to the website. Please do not post any information you are not happy to leave up indefinitely. We recommend you do not post personal information that may lead someone to identify you. In regards to information you may post, we would also refer you to our Terms of Use and Dublin City Council’s Privacy Statement.
For any queries relating to the Dublin City Council Privacy Statement or Data Protection policies, please contact our designated Data Protection Officer.
Controlling your personal information
You may request details of personal information which is held about you under the Data Protection Acts 1988-2003. If you would like a copy of information furnished by you on this website and held, please contact us. Please note that to protect your privacy we may require further information to verify your identity.
Our use of cookies
This website uses Google Analytics to help analyse how users use the site. This analytical tool uses ‘cookies’, which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for Dublin City Council (www.dublincity.ie)
Dublin City Council will not (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any personally identifiable information of visitors to this site. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source as part of our use of the Google statistical analytics tool. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither Dublin City Council nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| parnellsquare.ie | gat_UA- | First Party | 2 years |
| parnellsquare.ie | _gid | First Party | 1 day |
| parnellsquare.ie | _gat | First Party | 1 minute |
| vimeo | _ga | Third Party | 400 days |
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| vimeo.com | __cf_bm | Third Party | 1.5 Hours |
| vimeo.com | has_logged_in | Third Party | 730 Days |
| vimeo.com | is_logged_in | Third Party | 730 Days |
| vimeo.com | language | Third Party | 400 Days |
| vimeo.com | player | Third Party | 734 Days |
| vimeo.com | vimeo | Third Party | 30 Days |
| vimeo.com | vuid | Third Party | 786 Days |
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is an industry body that develops standards and guidelines to support online business processes. It has produced a series of web pages which explain how cookies work and how they can be managed. http://www.iab.net/
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is an industry body that develops standards and guidelines to support online business processes. It has produced a series of web pages which explain how cookies work and how they can be managed. http://www.iab.net/
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is an industry body that develops standards and guidelines to support online business processes. It has produced a series of web pages which explain how cookies work and how they can be managed. http://www.iab.net/
Further information about cookies
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is an industry body that develops standards and guidelines to support online business processes. It has produced a series of web pages which explain how cookies work and how they can be managed. http://www.iab.net/
Disabling/Enabling Cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings on your browser. The IAB site tells you how to remove cookies from your browser at http://www.iab.net/
Other websites
Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy statement only applies to this website and the services operated by the Council. When you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.