- Scope of this Policy
The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland (the “MIBI”) respects the privacy of all visitors to our website. This is our policy on the use of cookies on www.mibi.ie (the “Website“).
- What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored in your web browser on your PC, telephone, tablet or other Internet-connected device (each a “Device“) that “remember” information about you and your visit(s) to a website or connection to web application. Certain cookies may also collect personal data about you from your Device.
- Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when you visit our Website. It also assists us to make improvements to our Website.
Cookies enable the Website to remember your interactions and preferences over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them when you come back to the Website or browse from one page to another. For example, non-personal data relating to your Device such as language settings, font size settings, other display preferences or other information relating to your Device.
Visitors are advised that each time they visit the Website, two general categories of information about their visit can be retained from our use of cookies. The first level comprises statistical and other analytical information collected on an aggregate and non-individual specific basis of all browsers who visit the site. The second is information which is personal or particular to a specific visitor who knowingly chooses to provide that information.
The statistical and analytical information provides general and not individually specific information about the number of people who visit this Website; the number of people who return to this site; the pages that they visit; where they were before they came to this site and the page in the site at which they exited. This information helps us monitor traffic on our Website so that we can manage the site’s capacity and efficiency. It also helps us to understand which parts of this site are most popular and generally to assess user behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site.
- Types of Cookies on our Website
This section of our policy explains the different types of cookies used on our Website and which cookies do /do not require your consent.
- Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are necessary for our website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of our website will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| .mibi.ie | OptanonAlertBoxClosed | First Party | 179 Days |
| mibi.ie | OptanonConsent | First Party | 364 Days |
| forms.mibi.ie | ASP.NET_SessionId | First Party | Session |
| .google.com | __Secure-3PSID, __Secure-1PSIDCC, HSID, SIDCC, __Secure-3PAPISID, APISID, SAPISID, SID, __Secure-1PSID, SSID, __Secure-1PAPISID, NID, __Secure-3PSIDCC | Third Party | 275 Days, 240 Days, 275 Days, 240 Days, 275 Days, 275 Days, 275 Days, 275 Days, 275 Days, 275 Days, 275 Days, 364 Days, 240 Days |
| youtube.com | __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | Third Party | 179 Days |
| accounts.google.com | __Host-GAPS, ACCOUNT_CHOOSER, OTZ, LSID, __Host-3PLSID, __Host-1PLSID | Third Party | 730 Days, 364 Days, 364 Days, 275 Days, 275 Days, 275 Days |
- Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around our Website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous[1] If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our Website, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| mibi.ie | _ga, _gid |
First Party | 729 Days, A few seconds |
| .mibi.ie | _gat, _ga_xxxxxxxxxx |
First Party | A few seconds, 399 Days |
Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set by search-engine providers on users of their services. They help to show relevant content on online advertising channels. These cookies track your online activity and can share that information with other organizations or advertisers. You should consult the terms and conditions of your search-engine provider for further details.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA, YSC, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Third Party | 179 Days, Session, 179 Days |
| .youtube.com | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA, YSC | Third Party | 179 Days, 179 Days, 364 Days |
- Controlling Cookies: Your Preferences and Consent[2]
We only deploy strictly necessary cookies upon the initial loading of our Website. All other types of cookies are non-necessary and so we need your prior consent to deploy them. Non-necessary cookies help to maximise your experience when using our Website.
We request your prior consent to use non-necessary cookies via our cookie banner:
- by clicking “Accept All“, you will consent to our use of all strictly necessary and non-necessary cookies;
- by clicking “Reject All“, you will not consent to our use of non-necessary cookies;
- by clicking “Manage Preferences“, you can consent to some, all or none of our non-necessary cookies before they are deployed on your Device.
6. Disabling And Deleting Cookies
Any cookie that is not strictly necessary is not active by default and does not send information to the resource it is called from. Accepting all cookies, makes all cookies active. You can modify your cookie preferences for the website at any time by clicking on the ‘Cookie Settings’ button below.
You may also set your browser to disable cookies, but this action may block our strictly necessary cookies and prevent our Website from functioning properly, and you may not be able to fully utilise all of the Website’s features and services.
Manufacturer’s instructions for managing your browser cookie preferences can be found via the following links:
For more information on how to manage cookies, please visit
- Additional Information and Questions
More information about how we protect and process your personal data can be found in our Data Protection Statement, If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer at info@mibi.ie.