What is the difference between a 'persistent' and a 'session' cookie?
Persistent Cookie | Session Cookie |
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These cookies remain stored on your device between browser sessions. They are activated every time you visit the website. | These cookies allow website operators to link your actions during a browsing session. A browser session starts when you open your browser window and ends when you close the browser window. These cookies are created temporarily. As soon as you close your browser, all cookies are deleted. |
Type 1: Functional Cookies
This page was last updated on April 2026. Whenever this policy is changed in a material way, you will be asked to renew your cookie consent. We, Kingspan Holdings (Ireland) Limited ("Kingspan Group") and each of our affiliates (“Kingspan Affiliate/s”), through our global website www.kingspan.com, and each of our local sites, use cookies. These cookies help to ensure that our websites are secure and work properly, and if you consent so, it will help us to improve your experience across our websites by, for example, remembering your preference settings or sending you personalised information about our products and services.
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information that websites you visit download onto your computer or mobile device. They can improve your experience of using a website, for example by remembering your preferences and by tracking your use of a website so that it can be improved according to your needs. Most of our cookies only collect anonymous information. However, we, or the other companies we use for cookies (see below), may collect information such as login details and IP addresses, which is considered personal data in some countries. We take the protection of your data seriously and want you to understand how we use this personal data in accordance with
Strictly Necessary Cookies | |||
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Cookie | Purpose | Type of Data | Persistent / Session |
ASP.Net_SessionId
(First Party Cookie) | This cookie is used to store the user's login status and identity throughout the user's session. | credentials | meeting |
.ASPXFORMSAUTH | This is an essential cookie that stores the user's encrypted authentication ticket when forms are used. | Authentication details | meeting |
CookieControl (Third Party Cookie) | This cookie indicates the user has accepted the cookie pop up notice. It prevents the pop up being displayed repeatedly. | User action and IP address | Resistant |
Functionality Cookies (Enable website tools and saves preferences, enquiries and comments) | |||
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Cookie | Purpose | Type of Data | Persistent / Session |
CMSPreferredCulture (First Party Cookie) | This cookie is used to store data such as the language of the website and other settings expressly chosen by the user. | your settings | Resistant |
Disqus (Third Party Cookie) | This cookie allows adding comments to messages on our platform and remembers your identity from browsers and visits. Learn more about. Learn more about Disqus cookies. | User comments, login credentials and IP address | Resistant |
Google Maps (Third Party Cookie) | Used to display map functionality on our site. Learn more about Google Maps cookies. | No data recorded | meeting |
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Podbean (Third Party Cookie) | Used to display podcasts on our website. Learn more about Podbean cookies . | No data recorded | meeting |
Sketchfab (Third Party Cookie) | Used to display interactive 3D content on our website. Learn more about Sketchfab cookies | No data recorded | meeting |
Vimeo (Third Party Cookie) | Used to display video content on our website. Learn more about Vimeo cookies (in English). | No data recorded | meeting |
You Tube (Third Party Cookie) | Used to display video content on our website. Learn more about You Tube cookies. | No data recorded | meeting |
Type 2: Analytical Cookies (Anonymised)
Cookies to register sources and links | |||
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Cookie | Purpose | Type of Data | Persistent / Session |
BIMStore | To identify what site you have entered BIMStore from. Learn more about BIMStore cookies. | IP address and URL | Resistant |
NBS National BIM Library | To determine from which website you visited the NBS National BIM Library and to track your behavior based on your interactions with the NBS iframe on our website. Learn more about NBS National BIM Library cookies. | IP address, URL and behavioural data | Resistant |
URLReferrer | This cookie stores the URL from which you have visited the site e.g. typing the website address into Google. | IP address and URL | Resistant |
Cookies used to track and evaluate your activity and interactions on our website | |||
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Cookie | Purpose | Type of Data | Persistent / Session |
CMSAB | This cookie facilitates the practice of serving different versions of the same page to different users and monitors how the versions perform against defined targets. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Campaign | This cookie indicates which campaign IDs you have looked at on the website or which campaign IDs have brought you to the website, even if you are not logged in. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
CMSBodyClass | This cookie provides accessibility standards to measure your performance when visiting the website, to assess how the content of the website is displayed. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
CMSNoTestMVT<templateid> | This cookie stores certain properties of your browser and environment (e.g. language, device, etc.). Kingspan uses it to evaluate and assess which accessibility standards are most appropriate for users. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
CMSMVT <mvtestname> | This cookie works in a similar way to the AB Test. It facilitates the practice of serving different versions of parts of a page to different users and monitoring how the versions perform against defined targets. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Crazy Egg | Improving website performance by measuring user behavior on our website, e.g. B. Clicks, page depth and page views. Crazy Egg collects your IP address to identify unique users. Learn more about Crazy Egg cookies. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
CurrentContact | A unique identifier will be stored for you to track your activity on the site. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
| Used to show relevant webpages based on your keyword search. These cookies allow us to evaluate the effectiveness of these keyword ads by collecting data such as ad clicks and resulting purchases to improve the way in which we serve advertisements. Learn more about Google AdWords cookies. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Google Analytics | Used to evaluate how you have interacted with our website, e.g. B. Page views, clicks, visitor device, country, domain and local time. Learn more about. Learn more about Google Analytics cookies. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Hotjar | Used to analyze visitor behavior, traffic and conduct surveys on our website to improve website performance. Learn more about Hotjar cookies. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Podbean | Used to display podcasts on our website and understand user information such as IP address, user preferences and analytical user behaviour data. Learn more about Podbean cookies. | IP address and behavioural data | Resistant |
Qualtrics | This is used to survey users about their website experience so that we can improve our website. Learn more about Qualtrics cookies | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Site Improve | This cookie is used to record how visitors use the website, e.g. when the user last visited the website. This information is then used to improve user experience on the website. Learn more about cookies from Site Improve. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Sketchfab | Used to display interactive 3D content on our website and to understand how users have interacted with the tool on our website. Learn more about Sketchfab cookies. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
TrackedCampaigns | This cookie stores the IDs for all the campaigns currently being tracked by you. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Vimeo | Used to display video content on our website and understand how users have interacted with the tool on our site. Learn more about Vimeo cookies. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
VisitorStatus | This cookie indicates whether you have already visited the website. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Yandex | Used to measure how you have interacted with our site such as your; page views, clicks, visitor device, country, domain and time on site. Learn more about Yandex cookies. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
You Tube | Used to display video content on our website and to understand how users have interacted with the tool on our website. Learn more about YouTube cookies. | Behavioural data | Resistant |
Type 3: Analytical Cookies (Personal)
Cookies used for personalised and targeted marketing activity | |||
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Cookie | Purpose | Type of Data | Persistent / Session |
Facebook Pixel | Used to display interest-based ads on your Facebook and Instagram account, if relevant, based on your interactions with our website to help us deliver ads, measure their performance, and make them more relevant to you based on criteria like your activity on Facebook and Instagram and visits to our website. Learn more about Facebook Pixels cookies. | IP address, log-in credentials and behavioural data | Resistant |
Google Adwords Remarketing | Used to display interest-based ads on Google and Google partner websites, where appropriate. These are based on your interactions with our website, such as B. remembering your recent searches, your previous interactions with our ads or search results and your visits to our website. Learn more about Google Adwords remarketing cookies. | IP address, login credentials and behavioral data | Resistant |
Lead Feeder (Third Party Cookie) | Leed Feeder uses cookies to identify companies that have visited our website via Google Analytics and are likely to be interested in our products and services so that we can send offers to relevant contacts within that company who we think will value them become. Find out more about Leed Feeder cookies. | IP address, URL and behavioural data | Resistant |
LinkedIn Insight Tag | Used to place interest-based ads on your LinkedIn account, if applicable. These are based on your interactions with our website and help us serve ads, measure their effectiveness and make them more relevant to you based on criteria such as your activity on LinkedIn and visits to our website. Learn more about LinkedIn Insight Tag cookies. | IP address, log-in details and behavioural data | Resistant |
Pinterest Ads Manager | Used to serve interest-based ads in your Pinterest account, if applicable. These are based on your interactions with our website and help us serve ads, measure their effectiveness and make them more relevant to you based on criteria such as your activity on Pinterest and visits to our website. Learn more about Pinterest Ad Manager cookies. | IP address, log-in details and behavioural data | Resistant |
Twitter Ads Manager | Used to place interest-based ads on your Twitter account, where appropriate. These are based on your interactions with our website and help us serve ads, measure their effectiveness and make them more relevant to you based on criteria such as your activity on Twitter and visits to our website. Learn more about Twitter Ads Manager cookies. | credentials and behavioral data | Resistant |
You will be able to access other Kingspan Group websites and websites of Kingspan affiliated companies. These websites are not under our control. Please check their cookie and privacy policies when you visit them.
In addition, if you use an external account (e.g. Facebook or Disqus) to log in to our website, please note that any saved preferences (e.g. login details) are stored and further managed by your account provider and this is outside of our control.
What cookies do we use?
We know that understanding how cookies are used and how they affect your online experience can be difficult. We want to make this as easy as possible for you. Below is a summary of the purposes for which we use cookies, followed by a full list of cookies.
Type 1: Functionality Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are used for the security or the functionality of the website. Without these cookies you cannot use our websites.
Functionality cookies, on the other hand, which provide website services to improve your user experience and cookies that remember your preferences, e.g. B. the language of the website, requests or comments that you make on our website are not necessary for your use of our websites. However, by enabling these cookies, you can improve your website experience. A full list of functionality cookies can be found below.
Type 2: Analytical Cookies (Anonymised)
These cookies, which inform us how (anonymized) users interact with our website, help us to improve our offer. For these cookies, you allow the companies we use (e.g. Google) to collect some personal data, e.g. B. to view the IP address. Kingspan will not see this information.
If you accept these cookies, we can analyze anonymous interactions such as the following:
the sources from which you access our website,
general online behavior and interactions with our websites, e.g. B. User clicks and number of website visits, and
general user preferences such as popular keyword searches and ad clicks.
Type 3: Analytical Cookies (Personal)
These are cookies that allow us to use your personal data to tailor our product and service offerings based on your interests, needs and interactions.
If you accept these cookies, we can analyze interactions such as the following:
Using third-party cookies (meaning they are served by another company, e.g. Google or Facebook) to serve advertisements to you based on your interests and interactions with Kingspan.
What consent options do I have?
Kingspan wants your consent to send cookies to your computer or mobile device.
The use of cookies, which are strictly necessary, does not require your consent. If you do not agree to the storage of strictly necessary cookies on your device, you should no longer visit our websites.
If you do not consent to our functionality cookies, some parts of our website may not work the way you want them to.
Kingspan's cookie consent is valid for 12 months. After this period you will be asked to renew your cookie consent.
Can I withdraw my consent or manage my cookies?
You can withdraw your consent to our cookies at any time, even if you have previously consented. For more information about withdrawing consent, see our privacy policy on the website.
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You can also manage your cookies via your browser settings. More information can be found here: