Cookie policy
What the BDS Financial website remembers about your visit, why, and how to change your mind. Last updated October 2026.
What cookies are
Cookies are small files a website saves on your device. Some are needed for a site to work. Others help the owner understand how it is used, or measure advertising. We only use the second and third kinds if you say yes.
How we use them
When you first visit, a banner asks for your choice. Nothing other than your choice itself is stored until you answer, and “Reject non-essential” is as easy as “Accept all”. If you accept analytics, we use Google Analytics through Google Tag Manager to count visits and see which pages are useful. If you accept marketing, adverts we run may use the cookies in the table to measure which ones led to an enquiry. We do not use cookies to make decisions about you.
The cookies in detail
| Name | What it does | Type | Lasts | Set by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bds-consent | Remembers your cookie choice. Kept in your browser’s storage, not as a cookie. | Strictly necessary | 12 months | BDS Financial |
| _ga | Google Analytics: tells returning visitors apart so we can count visits. | Analytics | 2 years | |
| _ga_(container ID) | Google Analytics: keeps track of a single visit. | Analytics | 2 years | |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads: links an enquiry back to the advert that led to it. Only used if we run a campaign. | Marketing | 90 days | |
| _fbp | Meta advertising: the same, for Facebook and Instagram adverts. Only used if we run such a campaign. | Marketing | 90 days | Meta |
Maps and other content from other sites
Our office pages can show a Google Map. It loads only when you press “Show map”, and Google may set its own cookies when it does. Our fonts are served from this website, not from Google, so loading a page does not send anything to Google.
Changing your choice
You can change or withdraw your choice at any time. If you withdraw, we remove the cookies listed above from your browser and stop loading the related scripts from your next page view. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser’s settings.
Questions
David Sheahan Insurance & Investments Ltd t/a BDS Financial is the controller of the information collected through this site. To ask about cookies or your data, email office@bdsfinancial.ie. More on how we handle personal information is in our Data Privacy Notice.