Cookie Notice
Effective 10 October 2026 · Policy version 2026-10-10-v2
Your choice
ChurchMusic.ie uses necessary storage to provide the site and remember your privacy choice. Analytics and Marketing are separate optional choices, both off by default. Google Tag Manager loads only after either choice; Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity require Analytics, while Google Ads enquiry measurement requires Marketing. Advertising personalisation remains denied.
Cookies and related technologies
Durations are maximums. A cookie may disappear earlier if you withdraw consent, sign out, clear browser data, or the provider changes or expires it.
| Technology | Provider / party | Purpose and data involved | Activation | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ogma:church:consent | ChurchMusic.ie · first party | Stores the policy version, Analytics and Marketing choices, decision/expiry times, and random receipt identifiers. | When you save a choice | 180 days |
| ogma:church:consent-dismissed | ChurchMusic.ie · first party | Remembers only that an undecided notice was closed, so it is not shown repeatedly in the same browser session. | When you close without choosing | Browser session |
| ogma_church_refresh_token | ChurchMusic.ie · first party | Secure, HTTP-only authenticated-session storage used to keep a signed-in account active. | When you sign in | Up to 1 day |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics · first-party cookies | Distinguishes visits and measures pages, devices, traffic sources and interactions using online identifiers. | Only after Analytics consent | Up to 395 days |
| _gid, _gat* | Google Analytics · first-party cookies | Short-lived visit distinction and request-rate management, where configured by Google Analytics. | Only after Analytics consent | Up to 24 hours / 1 minute |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity · first-party cookie | Persists a Clarity user identifier and preferences for usage analytics, heatmaps and session recordings. | Only after Analytics consent | Up to 1 year |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity · first-party cookie | Connects page views into a single Clarity session for interaction analytics. | Only after Analytics consent | Up to 1 day |
| _gcl_*, _gac_*, _gads, _gpi | Google Ads · first-party cookies | Measures enquiry conversions and associates them with ad interactions where available. | Only after Marketing consent | Set by Google, subject to browser limits |
| Google Maps | Google · third party | Displays an interactive map; Google receives network/device data such as an IP address and may use storage. | Only after you choose to open a map | Set by Google |
| YouTube privacy-enhanced embed | Google / YouTube · third party | Plays a requested video; Google receives network, device and playback interaction data. | Only after you choose to play a video | Set by Google |
| SoundCloud player | SoundCloud · third party | Plays requested audio; SoundCloud receives network, device and playback interaction data and may use storage. | Only after you choose to play audio | Set by SoundCloud |
Analytics providers
Google Analytics measures traffic and page use. Microsoft Clarity provides interaction analytics, heatmaps and session recordings. They share one Analytics choice because we use them for the same site-improvement purpose. Google Signals and advertising-personalisation signals are disabled, and Clarity advertising storage is denied.
Marketing measurement
With Marketing consent, Google Ads measures successful enquiry submissions. The event can include the enquiry email, first and last name, country and listing title for enhanced conversion measurement. Google may use advertising cookies to connect the enquiry with an ad interaction. Marketing consent does not enable personalised advertising.
Consent evidence
When you grant, renew or withdraw Analytics or Marketing consent, we retain an append-only receipt for 24 months so we can show when and what choice was made. It contains random consent and event identifiers, the product, choice, policy version, notice snapshot and timestamps. It does not contain your name, account identifier, IP address or user-agent string, and it is not linked to an Ogma account. An initial rejection is kept only in your browser and is not recorded server-side.
Changing or withdrawing consent
Select Cookies in either footer, or use Open cookie settings on this page, at any time. Withdrawing either choice takes effect immediately: accessible analytics and advertising cookies are removed and the current page reloads with the remaining consent state. You can also clear site data in your browser.
For further information about personal-data processing and your rights, read our Privacy Policy.