Cookies policy

‍1. Quick summary

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. Some cookies are strictly necessary to provide the website service you request. Other cookies (for example, analytics or marketing cookies) are used only if and when you choose to allow them through our cookie banner/settings (where required by law).

• You can manage cookies using our cookie settings (if enabled) and your browser/device settings.
• We aim not to place non-essential cookies unless you have given a valid opt-in consent where required.
• For more information about how we handle personal data generally, see our Privacy Statement.

2. Who we are

This Cookies Policy explains how ONICORE Limited (“ONICORE”, “we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our Website.

• Legal name: ONICORE Limited
• Company registration number (Ireland): 802766
• Registered Office: 61 Windfield Gardens, Knocknacarra, Co. Galway, Galway, Ireland, H91 V3AW
• Email: info@onicore.ie
• Website: onicore.ie

3. What Cookies and similar Technologies are

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, phone, tablet) when you visit a website. Similar technologies can include pixels, tags, SDKs, scripts, local storage, and other methods that store or access information on your device or read device information.

In this Cookies Policy, we use “cookies” as a shorthand for cookies and other tracking technologies covered by the same legal rules (unless we state otherwise).

• First-party cookies: set by our Website domain.
• Third-party cookies: set by other domains via our Website (for example, embedded content or third-party tools).
• Session cookies: expire when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies: remain until they expire or you delete them.

4. Legal Framework (Ireland and EU)

In Ireland and across the EU, cookies and similar tracking technologies are regulated primarily by (i) the ePrivacy rules (rules about storing/accessing information on a user’s device) and (ii) the GDPR where the cookie identifiers or resulting data constitute personal data.

• Directive 2002/58/EC (the “ePrivacy Directive”): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2002/58/oj/eng
• European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 336/2011) (Ireland): https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2011/si/336/
• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “GDPR”): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj/eng
• Data Protection Act 2018 (Ireland): https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/7/enacted/en/html
• Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) Guidance note on cookies (April 2020 PDF): https://www.dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2020-04/Guidance%20note%20on%20cookies%20and%20other%20tracking%20technologies.pdf
• DPC report on cookies and other tracking technologies (April 2020 PDF): https://www.dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2020-04/Report%20by%20the%20DPC%20on%20the%20use%20of%20cookies%20and%20other%20tracking%20technologies.pdf
• EDPB Guidelines 05/2020 on consent: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/guidelines/guidelines-052020-consent-under-regulation-2016679_en
• EDPB Guidelines 2/2023 on technical scope of Article 5(3) ePrivacy: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/guidelines/guidelines-22023-technical-scope-art-53-eprivacy-directive_en
• CJEU Case C-673/17 (Planet49) (cookie consent principles): https://curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche.jsf?id=C%3B673%3B17%3BRP%3B1%3BP%3B1%3BC2017%2F0673%2FJ&language=en

5. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies (or may use them, depending on the tools enabled on the Website) for the following purposes:

1. To make the Website function correctly and securely (strictly necessary cookies).
2. To remember preferences you choose (for example, language or cookie choices) where applicable.
3. To understand how the Website is used and improve performance (analytics) where enabled and where permitted.
4. To measure marketing performance or personalise content (marketing) where enabled and where permitted.

6. Categories of cookies we may use

6.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required to provide the Website service you request or to enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, parts of the Website may not work.

• Examples: load balancing, security tokens, cookie preference storage, form submission security.
• Legal note: under Irish ePrivacy rules, some strictly necessary cookies may be exempt from the consent requirement, but you must still be given clear information about them.

6.2 Functionality and Preference Cookies

These cookies help the Website remember choices you make to provide a more consistent experience. If a functionality cookie is not strictly necessary, we treat it as requiring consent where applicable.

• Examples: remembering region selection, keeping user interface preferences, embedded feature settings.

6.3 Analytics/Performance Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Website (for example, which pages are most visited, how users move through the site, and whether there are technical errors).

• If enabled, analytics cookies should only be set after you have given valid consent where required.
• Analytics data can include online identifiers that may be personal data under GDPR depending on the configuration.

6.4 Marketing/Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to measure marketing effectiveness and, where applicable, to personalise marketing content or build audiences on third-party platforms.

• Marketing cookies are typically third-party cookies.
• Where used, we expect explicit opt-in consent and clear information about third-party partners.

6.5 Security and Anti-Abuse Technologies

We may use cookies or similar technologies to help protect the Website and users from abuse (for example, bot detection, rate limiting, and fraud prevention).

Some security technologies may be strictly necessary; others may be optional. We assess this case-by-case and document it in our cookie register.

7. Cookie Consent and Your Choices

Where consent is required, it must meet GDPR standards: freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous. You should be able to withdraw consent as easily as you gave it.

• If our cookie banner/settings panel is enabled, you can accept, reject, or customise cookies by category.
• If you reject non-essential cookies, you should still be able to use the Website’s core features.
• You can revisit your choices at any time via a 'Cookie Settings' link (recommended best practice).

8. How to Manage Cookies (Website Controls and Browser Controls)

8.1 Website Cookie Settings

If available, our cookie settings allow you to change your cookie preferences. We recommend placing a persistent 'Cookie Settings' link in the Website footer.

8.2 Browser and Device Settings

Most browsers allow you to manage cookies through settings. You can typically:

• Delete cookies already stored on your device.
• Block cookies from being set.
• Set rules for specific sites or cookie types.
• Receive a notification before a cookie is stored.

Please note: blocking strictly necessary cookies may cause parts of the Website to stop working.

9. Cookie Register (Cookie List) and Transparency

Best practice (and DPC guidance) recommends maintaining a cookie register that lists the cookies in use. Because cookies can change when tools are enabled/disabled or updated, the register should be kept current.

A cookie register typically includes: cookie name, provider, purpose, category, duration, and whether it is first-party or third-party.

If you want, we can help you populate a register once your Website cookie banner and any third-party tools (analytics, marketing, embeds) are finalised.

10. Third Parties and International Transfers

If third-party cookies are enabled, third parties may process information collected through those cookies. Some providers may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

Where GDPR international transfer rules apply, we use recognised safeguards such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses, and we consider additional measures where needed in light of relevant case law and guidance.

• Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 (SCCs): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj/eng
• CJEU Case C-311/18 (Schrems II): https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=228677&doclang=EN
• EDPB Recommendations 01/2020 (supplementary measures): https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/recommendations/recommendations-012020-measures-supplement-transfer_en

11. How Long Cookies Last

Cookies may be session-based (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent (kept for a defined period). We aim to keep durations proportionate and to avoid long-lived identifiers where they are not needed.

12. Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy to reflect changes in law, guidance, or the Website’s configuration. We will update the 'Last updated' date accordingly.

13. Contact and Complaints

If you have questions about cookies or privacy, email us at info@onicore.ie.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish supervisory authority:

• Data Protection Commission (DPC) - Contact: https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/contact/how-contact-us
• DPC - Making a complaint: https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/faqs/initial-contact-dpc/making-complaint-dpc

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