Cookie Policy
Last updated: 30/11/2021
Understanding how and why we use cookies
HSIL Properties (Self Storage) Ireland Limited, T/A as U Store It Limited, use cookies to provide you with the best experience and a more customised service when using our website or application (“the site”). This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how HSIL Properties (Self Storage) Ireland Limited, its subsidiaries or subsidiary undertakings from time to time (“we”, “us” or “our”) use them and what benefits they bring.
As you may be aware, recent legislation requires websites to gain visitors’ consent to use certain cookies. We’re continuously working to implement appropriate changes to the site.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are sent to and stored on your computer, smartphone or other device for accessing the Internet, whenever you visit a website. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier, the site name, some digits and numbers. Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means that they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. Passwords and credit card numbers are not stored in cookies.
Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’). We use cookies for a variety of reasons, such as to determine preferences, let users navigate between pages efficiently, verify the user and carry out other essential security.
Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site – for example, when you enter your login details and move to another page, it won’t recognise you and it won’t be able to keep you logged in.
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (‘first party cookies’) or they may be set by other websites who run content on the page you are viewing (‘third party cookies’).
We don’t sell the information collected by cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies).
You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org
How does U Store It Limited use cookies?
We use cookies to help us to improve the performance of the site to provide you with a better user experience. Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse the profile of our visitors and help us to provide you with a better user experience.
Cookies set by U Store It Limited
We use the classification developed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – see https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/ for details) on the different types of cookies which we use on our Website.
Strictly necessary cookies
‘Strictly Necessary’ cookies let you move around the site and use essential features like secure areas. These cookies don’t gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the Internet.
We use these Strictly Necessary cookies to:
- Remember things like information you’ve entered on forms when you navigate to different pages in a single web browser session
- Identify you as being logged into the site
Cookies we have defined as ‘Strictly Necessary’ cookies will NOT be used to:
- Gather information that could be used to advertise products or services to you
- Remember your preferences or username beyond your current visit
Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website, so if you prevent these cookies you will not be able to log into the site.
Cookie Name |
Description |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver, measure and improve the relevancy of their advertising and to deliver a series of advertisement products on Facebook. |
| _uetvid | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads to store a unique, non-personally identifiable ID representing a unique user. It allows us to engage with you if you have previously visited our website. |
| ct_has_scrolled | A functional session-based cookie that stores dynamic variables from the browser. |
| ct_pointer_data | A functional session-based cookie that stores dynamic variables from the browser. |
| ct_ps_timestamp | This cookie is used to prevent spam on our comments and forms and acts as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for this site. |
| ct_timezone | A functional session-based cookie that stores the time of your visit. |
| ct_checked_emails | This Cookie is used to create data that can be analysed to update our Cookie policy and to make sure we continue creating internet transparency. |
| ct_checkjs | A functional session-based cookie that stores dynamic variables from the browser. |
| _uetsid | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads to store a unique, non-personally identifiable ID representing a signed-in user. It allows us to engage with you if you have previously visited our website. |
| ct_fkp_timestamp | A functional session-based cookie that stores the time of visit. |
| ct_screen_info | A functional session-based cookie that stores dynamic variables from the browser. |
| _wpfuuid | This cookie is created by WordPress to make sure the site runs correctly. |
| apbct_visible_fields | Used by the website to identify and eliminate spam on the website’s comment-function. |
| apbct_pixel_url | No description available. |
| ct_mouse_moved | No description available. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Non Necessary”. |
| _ga | Google analytics – Used to distinguish users. |
| _gid | Google analytics – Used to distinguish users. |
How you can manage your cookies
The browsers of most computers, smartphones and other web-enabled devices are typically set up to accept cookies. If you wish to amend your cookie preferences for this website or any other websites, you can do this through your browser settings. Your browser’s ‘help’ function will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. You can also disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-ons settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.
Cookies are often used to enable and improve certain functions on the site. If you choose to switch certain cookies off, it is likely to affect how the site works. For example, if your browser is set to disable ‘session’ cookies, although you will still be able to view our public website, you won’t be able to log on to the site. If you leave cookies turned on, remember to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.
Information about cookies
Comprehensive information on how to block or erase cookies on a wide variety of desktop browsers: http://www.aboutcookies.org/ This site contains a lot of useful information about cookies.
Internet Advertising Bureau
A guide to behavioural advertising and online privacy has been produced by the Internet advertising industry which can be found at: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
EU Cookie directive
Cookies are an important tool that can give businesses a great deal of insight into their users’ online activity. The regulations governing cookies are split between the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive.
More information on these can be found here: https://gdpr.eu/cookies/
Websites we link to
When we include links to other websites, please bear in mind they will have their own privacy and cookie policies that will govern the use of any information you submit. We recommend you read their policies as U Store It Limited is not responsible or liable for their privacy practices.
