Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners. Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

Cookies can be "persistent" (remain on your device until deleted or expired) or "session" cookies (deleted when you close your browser). They can also be "first-party" (set by the website you're visiting) or "third-party" (set by other services, such as analytics providers).

2. Types of Cookies We Use

2.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies as they are essential for the website to work.

• Purpose: Security, authentication, and maintaining user sessions
• Duration: Session or persistent (up to 1 year)
• Examples: Login status, security tokens, form submissions

2.2 Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the website's performance and user experience.

• Purpose: Website analytics, performance monitoring, and user behavior tracking
• Duration: Persistent (up to 2 years)
• Examples: Google Analytics, page views, bounce rates, traffic sources
• Third-party services: Google Analytics (subject to Google's privacy policy)

2.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as language preferences, region, or username) and provide enhanced, personalized features.

• Purpose: Remembering user preferences and settings
• Duration: Persistent (up to 1 year)
• Examples: Language selection, region settings, accessibility preferences

2.4 Marketing and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

• Purpose: Targeted advertising and marketing campaign tracking
• Duration: Persistent (up to 2 years)
• Examples: Social media pixels, advertising network cookies
• Note: We currently use minimal marketing cookies and will seek your consent before implementing any advertising tracking.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Website Functionality: To ensure our website works correctly and securely
• User Experience: To remember your preferences and provide personalized content
• Analytics: To understand how visitors use our website and identify areas for improvement
• Security: To protect against fraud and maintain website security
• Performance: To monitor website performance and optimize loading times

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We use the following third-party services that may set cookies:

• Google Analytics: Helps us analyze website traffic and user behavior. You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting Google Analytics Opt-out
• Social Media Platforms: If you interact with social media features on our site, these platforms may set cookies. Please refer to their respective privacy policies.

5. Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner. By clicking "Accept" or continuing to browse, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. You can withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings or contacting us.

For non-essential cookies (analytics, marketing), we will only set these cookies after you have given your explicit consent. Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function and do not require consent under GDPR.

6. Managing Cookies

You have several options for managing cookies:

6.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, delete cookies, or notify you when cookies are being set. However, blocking or deleting cookies may impact your ability to use certain features of our website.

Here are links to cookie management for popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

6.2 Cookie Preferences

You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner. If you have previously accepted cookies, you can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our website, or by contacting us directly.

6.3 Opt-Out Tools

For third-party cookies, you can use opt-out tools provided by the respective services:

• Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
• Network Advertising Initiative: NAI Opt-Out Page
• European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: Your Online Choices

7. Cookies We Currently Use

Below is a list of cookies we currently use on our website:

Essential Cookies

• Session cookies: Maintain your session while browsing (expires when you close your browser)
• Security tokens: Protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks

Analytics Cookies

• Google Analytics (_ga, _gid): Used to distinguish users and track website usage (expires: 2 years for _ga, 24 hours for _gid)
• Google Analytics (_gat): Used to throttle request rate (expires: 1 minute)

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Elephantfly Ltd.
Email: info@elephantfly.ie
Phone: 085 805 0909
Address: Office 2, 12A Lower Main Street, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 X5P8, Ireland