Cookie Policy

Monaghan Electrical Wholesaler Ltd
Registration number: 98219 | VAT: IE4606530R
Plantation Road, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, H18 E781
Phone: +353 (0)47 81135 | Email: [email protected]

This policy explains what cookies are, which ones we use on electricalwholesaler.ie, why we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.

For information on how we use personal data more broadly, see our Privacy Policy.

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember information about your visit - such as your session, cart contents, or preferences - and can help the site work correctly or collect data about how it is used.

Some cookies are set by us directly (first-party cookies). Others are set by third-party services we use (third-party cookies). We also use your browser’s local storage for a few small flags, listed below.

2. How We Use Cookies

We group cookies into three categories: strictly necessary, analytics, and advertising. Analytics and advertising cookies are only set with your consent. You can change your choices at any time via the cookie settings link in the footer of every page.

3. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function. They cannot be switched off and do not track you for any other purpose.

First-party

Cookie Purpose Expires
__ewiecc Your country code - picks the right delivery notice and country defaults 2 days, renewed on each visit
__ewiesess Session token - keeps you signed in 30 days from sign-in
__ewiegstate Remembers where to return to after signing in with Google 15 minutes
__ewiesup Sign-up in progress - limits verification attempts 30 minutes
__ewiecart Cart identifier - keeps your cart across visits 30 days, renewed on use
__ewiewl Wishlist identifier - keeps your lists across visits 90 days, renewed on use
__ewielastsearch Your last search, shown again when you reopen the search page 30 minutes
__ewiecontact Contact form already sent - limits repeat sends 30 minutes
__ewiesubmail Newsletter form already sent - limits repeat sends 1 hour
mew_checkout_session Links your payment to the order confirmation page 1 hour
mew_checkout_done Stops the order confirmation page repeating its one-off steps 1 hour
cc_cookie Your cookie consent choices 30 days

Cloudflare

Cookie Purpose Expires
cf_clearance Confirms you have passed a Cloudflare security challenge 30 minutes
__cf_bm Distinguishes legitimate visitors from automated bots 30 minutes

Stripe (checkout page only)

Stripe loads only on the payment page. Its cookies are needed to process your payment securely and to prevent fraud.

Cookie Purpose Expires
__stripe_mid Fraud prevention - identifies the browser making a purchase 1 year
__stripe_sid Fraud prevention - identifies the current payment session 30 minutes
__stripe_orig_props, machine_identifier, m Fraud prevention (set on stripe.com) 1–2 years
stripe.csrf Protects requests to Stripe from forgery Session

Stripe’s privacy policy is available at stripe.com/privacy.

Live chat (Tawk.to)

Cookie Purpose Expires
TawkConnectionTime, twk_idm_key Keep the live chat connected and recognise a returning chat visitor Session

Before you can chat, the chat window asks for your approval to use personal information such as your name and email. Tawk.to’s privacy policy is available at tawk.to/privacy-policy.

Google Sign-In

Cookie Purpose Expires
g_state Google Sign-In state, on the sign-in and sign-up pages 1 year

If you are signed in to a Google account, Google sets its own account cookies on google.com (such as SID, HSID and __Secure- variants). These are Google’s, not ours, and are covered by Google’s privacy policy.

Browser storage

After a purchase, we store a small flag in your browser’s local storage (mewGaPurchase_…, mewAwPurchase_…, mewFbPurchase_…) so that a purchase is reported to analytics or advertising only once, and only where you have consented to those. The order confirmation page also keeps the order’s items in session storage while it is open.

4. Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it. They are only set with your consent.

Cookie Set by Purpose Expires
_ga Google Analytics Distinguishes visitors with a random ID 2 years
_ga_* Google Analytics Keeps session state for our Analytics property 2 years
_clck Microsoft Clarity Clarity visitor ID 1 year
_clsk Microsoft Clarity Clarity session 1 day

Microsoft Clarity records how pages are used - clicks, scrolling and page layout - so we can find problems with the website. On account, sign-in, sign-up, delivery and payment pages, all text is masked before it leaves your browser. Microsoft’s privacy statement is at privacy.microsoft.com.

Google’s privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.

Umami

We also use Umami, a self-hosted, privacy-first analytics tool. Umami collects no personal data and sets no cookies. It cannot identify individual visitors. No consent is required for Umami.

5. Advertising Cookies

These cookies measure whether our adverts lead to purchases and let us show you relevant adverts on other websites. They are only set with your consent. Meta has its own switch within the advertising category.

Cookie Set by Purpose Expires
_gcl_au Google Ads Links an ad click to a purchase 90 days
IDE Google (doubleclick.net) Ad targeting and measurement 1 year
ADS_VISITOR_ID Google (google.com) Ad interactions, for conversions and remarketing 1 year
NID Google (google.com) Google preferences and ad personalisation 6 months
_fbp Meta Meta browser ID 90 days
_fbc Meta Meta click ID, when you arrived from a Meta ad 90 days

With your advertising consent, we also tell Google and Meta about a purchase, including a scrambled (hashed) copy of your email address so they can match it to an advert you saw. See our Privacy Policy for exactly what is shared.

Meta’s privacy policy is at facebook.com/privacy/policy.

6. Managing Your Preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time:

  • Cookie settings link - available in the footer of every page on this website
  • Browser settings - most browsers allow you to view, block, or delete cookies. Note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.

When you withdraw consent, we stop the analytics and advertising tags from collecting further data. Cookies already set remain on your device until they expire or you clear them in your browser.

7. Contact Us

For questions about this policy:

Monaghan Electrical Wholesaler Ltd
Email: [email protected]
Support tickets: /en/c/support-tickets