COOKIE POLICY
Last updated: [01/07/26]
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function correctly, remember your activity, and provide website owners with information about how their site is being used.
2. How We Use Cookies
Our website uses Google Tag Manager to manage advertising scripts, and Google Ads conversion tracking to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. Because these tools use non essential cookies, we are required under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Regulations to obtain your consent before placing them on your device.
When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will ask you to accept or decline non essential cookies. You can update your preferences at any time via the cookie settings link in the footer of our website.
3. The Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to operate and cannot be switched off. They do not store any personally identifiable information.
Cookie consent preference
Purpose: Stores your cookie consent choice so you are not prompted again on every visit.
Duration: 12 months
Advertising and Tracking Cookies
These cookies are loaded via Google Tag Manager and are used to track conversions from our Google Ads campaigns. They help us understand whether someone who clicked one of our ads went on to contact us. They may also be used by Google to show relevant adverts to previous visitors on other websites. They do not store directly personal information but work by uniquely identifying your browser and device.
_gcl_au | Provider: Google Ads | Purpose: Stores and tracks conversions from Google Ads campaigns via the Google Ads conversion linker. | Duration: 3 months
IDE | Provider: Google (doubleclick.net) | Purpose: Used to record whether a user has clicked on a Google ad and to measure the effectiveness of that ad. | Duration: 13 months
test_cookie | Provider: Google (doubleclick.net) | Purpose: Used to check whether the user’s browser supports cookies. | Duration: Session
DSID | Provider: Google (doubleclick.net) | Purpose: Used to identify a signed in Google user when they visit a third party website in order to serve relevant ads. | Duration: 2 weeks
dc_gtm[ID] | Provider: Google Tag Manager | Purpose: Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of advertising scripts on the page. | Duration: Session
For more information on how Google uses data from advertising cookies, visit policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
4. Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager to manage and deploy the scripts running on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not set persistent cookies or collect personal data directly, but it loads Google Ads tracking scripts which may set cookies as described above. All tags deployed through Google Tag Manager are subject to this Cookie Policy.
5. Google Search Console
We use Google Search Console to monitor our website’s performance in Google Search. This is a verification and diagnostic tool only. It does not place any cookies on your device and does not collect any personal data about visitors to our website.
6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Via our consent banner: You can accept or decline non essential cookies when you first visit our website. You can change your preferences at any time using the cookie settings link in the footer.
Via your browser: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings. Please note that blocking certain cookies may affect how our website functions. For guidance, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Opting out of Google Ads personalisation: You can manage or opt out of personalised Google advertising at adssettings.google.com.
Opting out across all sites: You can opt out of interest based advertising from participating companies at www.youronlinechoices.com.
7. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the tools we use or for legal and regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised date at the top. We encourage you to check this page periodically.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please get in touch:
Email: info@procaretreeandhedgeservices.ie
Phone: 085 157 8035