Irish Cancer Society Cookie policy

We use cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on our website, tell us which parts of the site you have visited, and personalise our communications with you. You can accept or reject these cookies before using the site. You can review your selection at any time by selecting the cookie icon on the bottom left of your screen.

You can, at any time, change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website – you can access this by clicking on the cookie icon on the bottom left of the screen while you're visiting our website.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we must ensure that your consent is freely given and that our cookies are presented in a way that provides clear, precise information, so we make every effort to be transparent about what we use and why.

However, consent is not needed where the cookie or other technology we use is strictly necessary to provide the service on our websites, e.g. cookies which may be needed to provide the user with the basic functioning of our website being accessed (Reference: Dataprotection.ie).

We regularly scan our website using a third-party tool, CookieHub, to maintain a record of the tracking technologies we use. The Irish Cancer Society only processes your personal information in accordance with this notice as well as our Privacy Policies.

Should you require additional information, you can contact our Data Protection Officer any time at the following email address: dataprotection@irishcancer.ie. Please email us with the subject line 'Cookies / Data protection query', and one of our team members will be happy to answer your questions within 3-10 working days.

You may also contact our Data Protection Officer by writing to us by post:

• Data Protection Officer, Irish Cancer Society, 43/45 Northumberland Road, Dublin, D04 VX65.

If you'd like to make a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data or are unhappy with how we have handled your information, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Supervisory Authority.

You may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner.

To learn more about how your data is being processed by our organisation, you can always read our accompanying Privacy Policies.

This page was last updated: 23rd October 2026

What are Cookies?

Cookies are usually small text files stored on a device, such as a personal computer (PC), a mobile device, or any other device that can store information on the internet. Cookies can serve a number of important functions, including remembering a user and their previous interactions with a website. Cookies can also track mostly anonymised user behaviour (See more: What information is obtained) on our website to understand browsing habits, including cross-device behaviour and the locations they visit, which gives us an insight into how to improve your experience on our website. (Reference: Dataprotection.ie) 

These cookies are identified by our Cookie controller platform, called Cookie Hub, which finds all activity cookies or third-party services' cookies - see our full Cookies declaration below. 

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary (necessary cookies) for the operation of this website. For all other types of cookies (preference, analytical, and marketing), we need your permission to use them while you visit our website. On our website, we use and manage all four types of cookies mentioned.

What information is obtained via cookies and tracking pixels?

For each visitor to our site, we automatically gather certain potentially identifying information and store it. This information includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, your operating system, date/time stamp, processor or device serial number, unique device identifier, and clickstream data. We collect this information on an individual basis and in aggregate, or combined form.

Due to the restrictions on our analytical platforms, the majority of the information is analysed in anonymised data form (e.g., GA4, Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools), or we ensure that we restrict the information obtained (e.g., Microsoft Clarity) is restricted within platform settings in line with GDPR compliance.

Third-Party Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies We Use

We use third-party technologies across our site. These technologies help us to understand how you use our website and how we can improve your user experience. These technologies may track certain information such as the pages you visit across our site, as well as how long your visit lasts or what external platform did you came from. This allows us to continue providing engaging content.

In order for these technologies to work, trusted third parties set cookies and tracker pixels throughout our site with our screening. Once enabled, these technologies may be used to enhance your profile or to contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

For any third-party technology used on our site, we will provide a link to that third-party’s respective cookie declaration section below and about how we use your data within our privacy policy, as well as our website terms and conditions. We encourage our visitors to review these policies in advance of granting consent to deployment.

We also deploy other technologies that we deploy that track behaviour on our website. ‘Tracker Pixels’ are a means of allowing us to check whether you have viewed our content. These “pixels” are essentially tiny, invisible images on our web pages that, once loaded, will communicate your interaction with our content. This allows the Irish Cancer Society and our partners to gauge the validity of material being presented to you.'

More information on managing cookies

If you would like to control your cookie settings via your browser, you can use the links below and follow the steps provided for each browser.

Internet Explorer | Firefox | Chrome | Safari

Cookie Declaration

The types of Cookies we use

We use both first- and third-party technologies across our site. ICS takes our visitors’ right to privacy seriously, in keeping with our obligations under national legislation. Should you consent to the deployment of any category of optional technology, we will record your consent for a period of no longer than 365 days per calendar year, subject to interaction; at which point these technologies will be disabled. You will then be prompted to refresh your consent. You may change your settings at any time by clicking the cookie icon in the bottom left-hand corner of our site.

Necessary Cookies

Some cookies are required to provide core functionality. The website won't function properly without these cookies, and they are enabled by default and cannot be disabled.

Preferences Cookies

Preference cookies enable the website to remember information to customize how the website looks or behaves for each user. This may include storing selected currency, region, language or color theme.

Analytics Cookies

Analytical cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites to allow publishers to display relevant and engaging advertisements. By enabling marketing cookies, you grant permission for personalized advertising across various platforms.

Unclassified Cookies

Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.