Cookie policy
Last updated: September 2023
Cookie policy
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. We use cookies to make our site work well for you and so we can continually improve it.
We use three categories of cookies on our site.
Cookie categories
Strictly necessary |
These cookies are necessary for the website to operate. Our website cannot function without these cookies and they can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences. | |
| Performance | These cookies allow us to measure and report on website activity by tracking page visits, visitor locations and how visitors move around the site. The information collected does not directly identify visitors. We drop these cookies and use Adobe and Google to help us analyse the data. | |
| Advertising | These cookies help us provide you with personalised and relevant services or advertising, and track the effectiveness of our digital marketing activities. Read our privacy policy for more information. |
Use of cookies by PwC
The following tables list the cookies we use on this website.
Strictly necessary
| Type | First or third party | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Strictly necessary |
First party |
ak_bmsc |
This cookie is associated with Akamai and is used to differentiate between traffic from humans and bots. |
Strictly necessary |
First party |
bm_sv |
This cookie is associated with Akamai and is used to differentiate between traffic from humans and bots. |
Strictly necessary |
First party |
JSESSIONID |
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. |
Performance
| Type | First or third party | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Performance |
First party |
AMCV_ |
This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier to allow a company to track users across their domains and services. |
Performance |
First party |
AMCVS_ |
This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier. |
Performance |
Third party |
CONSENT |
YouTube: Only loads YouTube cookies for embedded videos on pwc.ie if the user clicks 'play' on a video. |
Performance |
Third party |
demdex |
This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modeling, reporting, etc. |
Performance |
Third party |
dextp |
This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Online profiling for targeted marketing |
Performance |
Third party |
dpm |
This domain is owned by Adobe Audience Manager. The main business activity is online profiling for targeted marketing. |
Performance |
Third party |
ev_sync_dd |
This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising |
Performance |
Third party |
everest_g_v2 |
This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising |
Performance |
Third party |
everest_session_v2 |
This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising |
Performance |
First party |
s_nr |
Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, stores date of visit and if visitor is new or returning |
Performance |
First party |
gpv |
This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics to store the quantity of pages the end user views when visiting websites. |
Performance |
First party |
mbox |
Cookie set by Adobe SiteCatalyst analytics software - used for measuring the performance of page content using A/B split testing |
Performance |
First party |
s_cc |
Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, determines whether cookies are enabled in the browser |
Performance |
First party |
s_fid |
This cookie name is associated with the analytics service provided by Adobe's Site Catalyst product suite. It is a new cookie introduced in 2013 as a 'fallback' visitor identifier where the s_vi cookie normally used for this purpose is blocked. It contains a randomly generated, unique id. |
Performance |
First party |
s_ppv |
Adobe Site Catalyst cookie. |
Performance |
First party |
s_ppvl |
This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics to store information on the percentage of the page displayed to the end user. |
Performance |
First party |
s_sq |
Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, stores information about the previous link clicked within the site |
Performance |
Third party |
s_vi |
Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, used to identify unique visitors, with an ID and timestamp |
Performance |
First party |
test |
Adobe Analytics site tracking. |
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Performance |
Third party |
at_check |
Used by Adobe Target to check if cookies are enabled/supported on the browser |
Performance |
First party |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
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. |
Advertising
| Type | First or third party | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Advertising |
Third party |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos |
Advertising |
Third party |
YSC |
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. |
Advertising |
Third party |
CONSENT |
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. |
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Managing cookies on your device
We use cookies to personalize content and to provide you with an improved user experience. By using this website or application you consent to the deployment of cookies. You can control and manage cookies using your browser (see below). Please note that removing or blocking cookies can impact your user experience and some functionality may no longer be available.
Using your browser to control cookies
Most browsers allow you to view, manage, delete and block cookies for a website. Be aware that if you delete all cookies then any preferences you have set will be lost, including the ability to opt out from cookies, as this function itself requires placement of an opt-out cookie on your device. See the below for guidance on how to control cookies for common browsers.
For information on additional browsers and device types, please see aboutcookies.org or Cookie Central FAQs.
Managing analytics cookies
You can opt out of having your anonymised browsing history within our websites or applications recorded by analytics cookies. We use the following service providers:
- Adobe: Your privacy choices
- You can learn more about their privacy policies and how to opt out of their analytics cookies by clicking on the above links.
