Cookie Policy
What are Cookies?
Cookies are tiny data files that some websites place on your computer or other device when you visit. They’re used by many website owners, including MCC Energy. Cookies are linked to the machine you use to visit our site and not to you as an individual. Unless you login or provide personal data through your use of this website, no personal information is collected.
Cookies are commonly used by websites to remember some aspect of your current or previous visit. This could include things like the choices you’ve made or preferences you’ve chosen during your visit. Websites commonly do this in order to improve or tailor your current and future visits to that site or other related sites.
One example may be when you visit a site that you have been to before, that site may use a cookie to check what information you’ve looked at previously to get an idea of the topics that may be of interest to you.
The information stored in a cookie can only be read by the website that placed the cookie or other sites that it has agreed to share information with.
New regulations on cookies
New EU regulations affecting the use of cookies recently came into force and the Data Protection Commissioner’s Office has issued guidance on the use of cookies on sites in Ireland. At MCC Energy, we are committed to protecting your privacy and security and we are currently working towards ensuring that we meet the new regulations in full.
Our policy on cookies
Our policy is to use cookies only to improve the way we do business with you or when they’re essential to the way the site works.
The types of activities we may use cookies for are to:
- store details that help you to manage accounts and policies online, such as user login details
- find out how people use our sites, such as how often they visit, which pages they go to, and which links they click on, so that we can improve our sites
- help us to provide relevant information, such as details of products, services and other information that you may be interested in
- store information about which media players you use so that any video content appears correctly.
We do not use any cookies to store any personal data or other data that could be used to identify you as an individual.
Whenever possible, we will list the cookies used on our websites.
How to turn off cookies
You can turn off cookies in your browser settings. If you do turn them off, it is important to remember that you may not be able to use all of the services on our websites. You can find out more about turning off cookies at the independent website allaboutcookies.org
What can I do to stop cookies being installed on my browser?
If you are using Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0+:
- Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar which should drop down then click on 'Internet Options'
- Click on 'Privacy' Tab on top
- Click on 'Sites' a new window should open called 'Per Site Privacy Actions'
- Type in the URL of the site you wish to allow or block cookie in th 'Address of website' box
To delete existing cookies:
- Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar which should drop down then click on 'Internet Options'
- Click on 'Privacy' Tab on top
- Click on 'Sites' a new window should open called 'Per Site Privacy Actions
- Under the "Managed websites' box should be a list of all the webistes you have visited.
- To remove all cookies simply click on the "Remove all" button.
Your Internet Explorer 8.0 should now be cookie free!
Stop cookies being installed on other browsers
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/internet-explorer8-plus.html
MCC Energy Cookie Policy last updated Augsut 2012