Last update: August 2026

So what is a cookie? 

A cookie is a small piece of data in the form of a text file that may be stored on your computer or mobile device having visited a website. It allows a website to “remember” your actions or preferences over a length of time and helps us improve your experience each time you visit. 

If you would like to find out more in depth information about cookies, please click here.

How Cookies are used on this website

There are two main categories of cookie…

Session Cookies:These temporary cookies are not stored on your computer or mobile device. They are erased once your browser is closed our your session is inactive for 20 mins or more. 
Persistent cookies: Peristent or Duration cookies are placed on your computer or mobile device for a pre-determined duration once you visit a website.

IEpharmacy.ie may use Google Analytics to assist in managing our website to ensure we provide relevant information in an easily accessible format and as a tool to give our customers best service.

Below is a list of cookies that we use. We have tried to ensure this is complete and up to date, but if you think that we have missed a cookie or there is any discrepancy, please let us know.

What do cookies do?

Cookies store information that help you shop online. For example, cookies remember items you placed in your shopping basket – without them, you wouldn't be able to place your order with us. Some cookies collect information about browsing and purchasing behaviour when you access this website via the same computer or device. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and the customer journey around a website. In addition, cookies let us improve and personalise content displayed to you.

Some cookies (known as session cookies) are removed when you close your browser. Other cookies remain on your computer longer. These cookies (known as persistent cookies) allow us to remember you when you return to shop with us again. Persistent cookies store information in between visits, such as your preferred settings. They help us display relevant information to you based on previous visits.

We are able to use cookies to monitor individual customer browsing and purchasing behaviour, but third parties are not able to identify customers using cookies. You can choose not to allow cookies by changing your browser settings.

However, by doing so you will stop the online store checkout from working. We will never use cookies to store sensitive personal details.

Remarketing

IEpharmacy.ie utilise paid advertising tools including Google Adwords for advertising personalistion & remarketing purposes. These persistent cookies enable our marketing team to serve tailored advertising across Googles Display Network as well as tailoring search results for website visitors. 

More information on Google Adwords Remarketing Cookies can be found here.

If you would like to opt out of interest based advertising, you can do so at the link below:

NAI Consumer Opt Out

What Personal Data is collected by using this website?

This website will collect the IP address of visitors. While IE Pharmacy cannot identify an individual by an IP address (an identifier number assigned to each computer and other device) that same information may be passed on to the competent Authority so they make take the necessary steps to obtain information from the relevant ISP to identify an individual if they consider initiating criminal prosecutions as a result of a cyber-attack against this site.

Managing/Removing Your Cookies

To control the cookies from/on your computer or mobile device, please see the attached links for the most common web browsers in use. Note: Third Party Cookies may be set when using hyperlinks to another website. Note: The 5 links below take you to external websites.

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Safari
Microsoft Edge

To provide our website visitors with the option of preventing their data from being used by Google Analytics, please click the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for the Google Analytics JavaScript here.

To view Google analytics data privacy and security analytics information click here.