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Cookies Policy

How we use Cookies

As the body with overall responsibility for managing rugby union football in the province of Munster, we at the Munster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union ( “Munster Rugby”, “we”, “our” and “us”) will often have reason to process information (“Personal Data”) of those who interact with us directly and others who are involved in the game at various levels in Ireland (“you” or “your”). We respect and value your privacy. That is why we have set out in this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy how and why Personal Data relating to you will be processed by Munster Rugby and/or on our behalf by our third-party service providers. This Cookie Policy details which cookies are placed on your device(s) when you access our website, munsterrugby.ie and its sub-domains and where your consent is relevant where you have consented to such cookies and other tracking technologies. Please consult the Cookies placed by Munster Rugby section of this Cookie Policy to see the complete list of cookies in each Cookie category.

For the purposes of this policy, the controller of your Personal Data is Munster Rugby. This Cookie Policy is part of and complements our overall Privacy Policy.

This Policy is dated 19/03/2021.

Cookie Consent Management Platform

We have implemented a Cookie Consent Management Platform on our website in order for you to choose which categories of cookies to activate. Where you do not interact with the consent management tool by closing it only strictly necessary cookies will be placed on your device. We place a series of strictly necessary cookies called Optanon to record and manage our users consent when they interact with our consent management platform. This consent will be renewed every 6 months and can be revised at any time when you interact with our permanent cookie icon to manage your choices.

You may return to manage and modify your choices at any time by clicking on the cookie icon on munsterrugby.ie

What is a Cookie

An internet cookie is a small text file that may be stored on your computer or mobile device that contains data related to a website which you visit. It may allow a website to track or remember your actions or preferences over a period of time, or it may contain data related to the function or delivery of the site. Cookies can be set by the owner of the website domain and these are called first party cookies. Where cookies are set by another domain than the website you are visiting these are called third party cookies. For more information about cookies, please visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm. We provide a complete list of cookies placed on your device in this Cookie Policy see the Cookies placed by Munster Rugby section of this Cookie Policy.

Cookies are set by our web server, your browser and the web servers of the third parties whose cookies we deploy on our websites & apps. They can be read, updated or deleted by those same servers each time you visit our website, depending on the type of cookie

Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser. These are known as session cookies. Other cookies (such as tracking cookies or authentication cookies) remain on your device until they expire, or you delete them from your browser. These are known as persistent cookies and enable us and other third parties to remember things about you as a returning visitor.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies certain services, you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. Website load balancing and security cookies also fall under the category of necessary cookies. We also consider the Optanon cookies our consent management tool uses to record manage your consent as strictly necessary cookies.

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. 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. Google Analytics cookies are an example of performance cookies.

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.

Third Party Cookies and Plugins

A third-party cookie is one that is placed on a user’s hard disk by a Web site from a domain other than the one a user is visiting. They may also be used to provide

services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. In the Munster Rugby context these may be placed via plugins from various social networks, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp or Facebook.

To Block Third Party Cookies and Plugins

You can block cookies and plugins set by third parties via our consent management platform. We also recommend users to check the websites of these networks/suppliers to get further information on how they manage cookies, what information their cookies collect and how they can be erased or blocked.

Twitter

YouTube

Facebook

LinkedIn

Advertising or Targeting Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

How to disable Cookies and Delete Browser Cache

You can stop cookies being downloaded onto your device by selecting the appropriate settings in our consent management platform. Different browsers make different controls available to you and so we provide links below to popular manufacturers’ instructions on how you can do this.

Your Browser will also give you the ability to delete browser cache, the browser cache is a temporary storage location on your computer for files downloaded by your browser to display websites.

Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge

Mozilla Firefox

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Opera

Apple Safari / Safari Mobile

To find information relating to other browsers, please visit the browser developer’s website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Cookies placed by Munster Rugby

Category: Strictly Necessary

Strictly Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. Consent is not required for these cookies. The Table below lists the strictly necessary cookies placed on your device when you visit the Munster Rugby website.

Name Description Domains Lifespan Hostname
__cfduid This host is used by OneTrust for hosting the Cookie Consent tool script. It is used to manage cookies on websites. It is a Cloudfare Cookie Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify
trusted web traffic
www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 180 days districtm.io
cookielaw.org
embed.ly
activehosted.com
bootstrapcdn.com
OptanonConsent This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. munsterrugby.ie
mrsc.ie
thomondpark.ie
Persistent 365 days expiry

Users prompted to renew consent choices after 180 days for all cookies.

www.munsterrugby.ie
mrsc.ie
thomondpark.ie
OptanonAlertBoxClosed This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust.  It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down.  It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user.  The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. munsterrugby.ie
mrsc.ie
thomondpark.ie
Persistent 365 days expiry

Users prompted to renew consent choices after 180 days for all cookies.

munsterrugby.ie
mrsc.ie
thomondpark.ie
PHPSESSID PHP session cookie associated with embedded content from this domain. thomondpark.ie
munsterrugby.ie,www.munsterrugby.ie
SESSION www.thomondpark.ie,
munsterrugby.activehosted.com,
shared2.sportsmanager.ie

Category: Performance Cookies

Performance Cookies help us understand how people are using our Sites, so we can better serve them. We sometimes get other companies to analyse how people are using our Sites. These companies might set their own performance cookies. Some examples of how we use these Cookies are:

To Collect information on which web pages visitors go to most often

To ensure that our Sites are working properly

Munster Rugby uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics collects first party cookies, which are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour. This information is sent to Google and is used to evaluate how our website is being used. This enables Munster Rugby to compile statistical reports.

Munster Rugby does not associate any data gathered with any other personally identifying information. We will not link or seek to link an IP address with the identity of a computer user.  The Table below lists the performance cookies placed on your device when you visit the Munster Rugby website and when you have consented to these cookies.

Name Description Domains Lifespan Hostname
_cc technical cookie thomondpark.ie Persistent, 14 days j.mp
_ga This cookie name is associated 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. mrsc.ie
munsterrugby.ie,www.munsterrugby.ie,
thomondpark.ie
Persistent, 730 days mrsc.ie
munsterrugby.ie,www.munsterrugby.ie,
thomondpark.ie,
streamable.com,
giphy.com
_ga_C5NW3HRZCQ Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics – third-party analytics cookies: google analytics for statistical purposes. munsterrugby.ie|1 Persistent, 730 days yumpu.com
_gat 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. www.munsterrugby.ie,
thomondpark.ie,
mrsc.ie
Persistent, expires after 10 minutes munsterrugby.ie,
sportsmanager.ie,
yumpu.com,
virtualvisitr.com,
mrsc.ie,
thomondpark.ie
_gid This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how a visitor uses the website. thomondpark.ie,
munsterrugby.ie,www.munsterrugby.ie,
mrsc.ie
Persistent, 1 day expiry virtualvisitr.com,
yumpu.com,
mrsc.ie,
streamable.com,
thomondpark.ie,
munsterrugby.ie,
sportsmanager.ie
giphy.com

Category: Functionality Cookies

Functional Cookies help us personalise your experience by remembering your preferences and settings. The Table below lists the functionality cookies placed on your device when you visit the Munster Rugby website.

Name Description Domains Lifespan Hostname
MAILPOET_SESSION MailPoet, is used to help us manage email newsletters. thomondpark.ie Persistent, 1 day www.thomondpark.ie
fbsr_ This domain is owned by Facebook. The main business activity is: Social Media thomondpark.ie Persistent, 365 days connect.facebook.net
_os_session This cookie protects Opinion Stage widget from bot attacks such as faking user answers. It does not contain any user-specific information. munsterrugby.ie PERSISTENT www.opinionstage.com
_jsfiddle_session Java Script Session manager munsterrugby.ie SESSION jsfiddle.net
csrftoken Generic Cross Site Request Forgery prevention token munsterrugby.ie SESSION jsfiddle.net

Category: Targeting and Advertising Cookies

Targeting and advertising cookies and other tracking technologies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers. These cookies may be either first or third party cookies. The Table below lists the targeting and advertising cookies placed on your device when you visit the Munster Rugby website and when you have consented to these cookies.

Name Description Domains Lifespan Hostname
__adroll
__adroll_consent_params
__adroll_fpc
__adroll_shared
This domain is owned by Adroll. The main business activity is:  Retargeting Advertising Platform www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, max of 395 days d.adroll.com
www.munsterrugby.ie
__ar_v4 This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick advertising service from Google. Helps with tracking conversion rates for ads. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 365 days www.munsterrugby.ie
__atrfs This domain is owned by Addthis. The main business activity is social media sharing. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted, behavioural advertising. thomondpark.ie Persistent, 0 days s7.addthis.com
__atuvc This cookie  is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. thomondpark.ie Persistent, max of 396 days thomondpark.ie
s7.addthis.com
__atuvs This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. This is believed to be a new cookie from AddThis which is not yet documented, but has been categorised on the assumption it serves a similar purpose to other cookies set by the service. thomondpark.ie Persistent, 0 days thomondpark.ie,
s7.addthis.com
__gads This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Its purpose is to do with the showing of adverts on the site, for which the owner may earn some revenue. www.munsterrugby.ie,
mrsc.ie
Persistent, 390 days munsterrugby.ie,
mrsc.ie
__ssid This domain is owned by VE Interactive, a re-targeting platform for online marketing www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 395 days veinteractive.com
_bit This domain is owned by Spectrum Equity. Bit.ly is a link management platform that helps brands deliver and measure their marketing efforts across all channels. thomondpark.ie Persistent, 180 days j.mp,
bit.ly
_fbp Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers munsterrugby.ie,www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 90 days yumpu.com,
munsterrugby.ie
_ga

_gat

_gid

This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. thomondpark.ie Persistent, 730 days

_gat, 0 days

_gid, 1 day

linkedin.com
_gclxxxx Google conversion tracking cookie munsterrugby.ie,www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 90 days yumpu.com
_te_ This cookie name is associated with the re-marketing services from Adroll. www.munsterrugby.ie Session www.munsterrugby.ie
79E16FFA-D8E5-4290-948E-45223AFC2494 This domain is owned by VE Interactive, a re-targeting platform for online marketing www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 0 days veinteractive.com
A3 This domain is owned by Yahoo. The main business activity is: Search / Advertising munsterrugby.ie,www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 365 days yahoo.com
adrl This domain is owned by Outbrain, which describes itself as a content discovery platform.  It provides technology to help distribute content targeted to individuals interests. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 30 days outbrain.com
APID This domain is owned by Yahoo and  Advertising.com . The main business activity is: Search / Advertising www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 406 days yahoo.com,
advertising.com
APIDTS TS www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 1 day yahoo.com
audience This domain is owned by spotxchange. The main business activity is: Video Advertising www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 365 days spotxchange.com
B This domain is owned by Yahoo. The main business activity is: Search / Advertising www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 365 days yahoo.com
bcookie

bscookie

This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. munsterrugby.ie,thomondpark.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 731 days linkedin.com
c This domain is owned  used to provide a real time bidding platform for online advertising. munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 365 days bidswitch.net,
tech.convergd.com
CMID,
CMPRO,
CMPS,
CMRUM3,
CMST
This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 365 days max casalemedia.com
csync This domain is owned by Smart Ad Server. The main business activity is: Advertising munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 395 days smartadserver.com
fr Contains browser and user unique ID combination, used for targeted advertising. munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 90 days facebook.com
GoogleAdServingTest This cookie is used to determine what ads have been shown to the website visitor. munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Session securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
www.mrsc.ie
GPS YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. mrsc.ie,thomondpark.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 0 days youtube.com
i This domain is owned by OpenX. The main business activity is: Advertising www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 365 days openx.net
IDE This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange mrsc.ie,munsterrugby.ie,
thomondpark.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 390 days doubleclick.net
IDSYNC This domain is owned by Yahoo Inc. whose main business model is online advertising.  Although this domain is associated with Yahoo’s web analytics service, because these are third party cookies they can allow Yahoo, in combination with other cookies set, to collect data for targeted advertising purposes. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 366 days analytics.yahoo.com
JSESSIONID This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. thomondpark.ie Session www.linkedin.com
KRTBCOOKIE_xxxx This cookie is used to correlate IDs with those of Pubmatic partners (such as demand side platform clients or other advertising technology companies). www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 400 days pubmatic.com
lang This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. www.munsterrugby.ie
munsterrugby.ie,
thomondpark.ie,
Session ads.linkedin.com
linkedin.com
li_gc This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. thomondpark.ie Persistent, 730 days linkedin.com
lidc This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. thomondpark.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 1 day linkedin.com
lissc This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. thomondpark.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 366 days linkedin.com
ljt_reader This domain is owned by Federated Media Publishing. The main business activity is: Advertising www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 365 days lijit.com
loc Stores the visitors geolocation to record location of sharer thomondpark.ie Persistent, 396 days addthis.com
MUID This domain is owned by Mircosoft – it is the site for the search engine Bing. munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 390 days bing.com
obuid This domain is owned by Outbrain, which describes itself as a content discovery platform.  It provides technology to help distribute content targeted to individuals interests. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 90 days outbrain.com
pid This domain is owned by Smart Ad Server. The main business activity is: Advertising www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 395 days smartadserver.com
PUBMDCID This domain is owned by Pubmatic. It operates an advertising exchange platform where online publishers can sell targeted advertising space to media buyers using real time bidding. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 90 days pubmatic.com
PugT This domain is owned by Pubmatic. It operates an advertising exchange platform where online publishers can sell targeted advertising space to media buyers using real time bidding. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 30 days pubmatic.com
sc_anonymous_id This domain is owned by Soundcloud, the data that is collected through its services can be used for profiling and targeted advertising. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 3650 days soundcloud.com
st_cs

st_csd

Targeting Cookies used for unique identifiers of DSP’s and date of the last cookie-sync munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 360 days seedtag.com
t_gid This domain is owned by Taboola Inc, a USA based company with multi-national presence.  It provides tageted native advertising services. munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 365 days taboola.com
taboola_session_id This domain is owned by Taboola Inc, a USA based company with multi-national presence.  It provides tageted native advertising services. www.munsterrugby.ie Session taboola.com
test_cookie This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange mrsc.ie,munsterrugby.ie,
thomondpark.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 0 days doubleclick.net
TestIfCookieP This domain is owned by Smart Ad Server. The main business activity is: Advertising www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 395 days smartadserver.com
tluid This domain is owned by TripleLift, a USA based business providing programmatic native advertising services. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 90 days 3lift.com
tuuid These hosts use a  technology platform to enable website owners to manage online third party advertising through their websites. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, max 730 days tech.convergd.com,
360yield.com,
bidswitch.net
tuuid_lu These hosts use a  technology platform to enable website owners to manage online third party advertising through their websites. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, max 730 days tech.convergd.com,
360yield.com,
bidswitch.net
uid This domain is owned by Turn. The main business activity is: Marketing and Data Management Platform provider munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 180 days turn.com
UID This domain is owned by ScorecardResearch (comScore). The main business activity is: Advertising. The cookies in this domain have lifespans of 2 years. thomondpark.ie Persistent, 720 days scorecardresearch.com
UIDR This domain is owned by ScorecardResearch (comScore). The main business activity is: Advertising. The cookies in this domain have lifespans of 2 years. thomondpark.ie Persistent, 720 days scorecardresearch.com
um This company provides a technology platform to enable website owners to manage online third party advertising through their websites. www.munsterrugby.ie Persistent, 90 days 360yield.com
umeh This company provides a technology platform to enable website owners to manage online third party advertising through their websites. munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 90 days 360yield.com
UserMatchHistory This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. www.munsterrugby.ie PERSISTENT linkedin.com
uvc Tracks how often a user interacts with AddThis thomondpark.ie Persistent, 396 days addthis.com
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos mrsc.ie,thomondpark.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 180 days youtube.com
xtc  AddThis makes use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted behavioral advertising. thomondpark.ie Persistent, 396 days addthis.com
ypsession Unknown munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 1 day www.yumpu.com
YSC  YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. mrsc.ie,thomondpark.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Session youtube.com
yumpu_slc Unknown munsterrugby.ie,
www.munsterrugby.ie
Persistent, 7 days www.yumpu.com
AVPUID Used to identify the visitor across visits and devices. This allows the website to present the visitor with relevant advertisement – munsterrugby.ie PERSISTENT imagazine.advertserve.com
__storejs__ local storage tracker munsterrugby.ie PERSISTENT www.munsterrugby.ie
__storejs__ local storage tracker munsterrugby.ie PERSISTENT www.munsterrugby.ie

Disclaimer

Munster Rugby recognise that we have legal obligations in terms of the collection and use of personal data made available to us.

This website is provided on an “AS IS” basis and Munster Rugby excludes all warranties or representations of any kind with respect to this website or its contents.

The contents of this website are designed to comply with Irish law. You may be viewing the website in a market in which we do not commonly sell our goods. Munster Rugby cannot be held responsible for non-compliance with any local advertising or other laws in relation to this website or its contents.

Cookie Policy Changes

Should we decide to change our cookie policy, we will post those changes on this page. We will review quarterly the cookies placed by our website and update our cookies list. At any time before browsing our website, you can update your cookie choices using your browsing settings. If at any time you wish to update the information which we hold about you, or if you wish to stop receiving information from Munster Rugby, please contact us at dataprivacy@munsterrugby.ie.

If you are under the age of 18 you may register on the website to receive newsletters and other information but only with parental or guardian consent. You may only make purchases on this website if you are aged 18 or over or, if under 18, have received parental or guardian consent

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