Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better browsing experience by remembering your preferences and enabling certain website functionality. Cookies are widely used across the internet and are essential for many website features.

2. How We Use Cookies

Kironius uses cookies to enhance your experience on our website, analyse how our site is used, and deliver personalised content and advertisements. We implement Google Consent Mode v2 to ensure that your cookie preferences are respected across all our tracking and advertising services.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We categorise our cookies into four main types based on their purpose and functionality:

3.1 Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the basic functionality of our website and cannot be disabled. They include cookies that remember your cookie consent preferences and maintain website security.

3.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use Google Analytics to gather insights about website usage, popular pages, and user behaviour patterns.

3.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation features such as remembering your preferences, language settings, and other customisation options to improve your user experience.

3.4 Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver personalised advertisements and measure advertising campaign effectiveness. We use Google Ads and other advertising platforms to show relevant adverts based on your interests and website behaviour.

4. Cookie Details

Below is a detailed breakdown of the specific cookies used on our website:

5. Third-Party Cookies

Our website uses services from trusted third-party providers that may set their own cookies:

5.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyse website traffic and user behaviour. Google Analytics sets cookies to track user sessions and provide insights into how our website is used. This helps us improve our services and user experience.

5.2 Google Ads

We use Google Ads for advertising and remarketing purposes. Google Ads cookies enable us to show relevant advertisements to users who have visited our website and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

5.3 Google Fonts

Our website uses Google Fonts to display typography consistently across different devices and browsers. Google may collect usage information when fonts are loaded.

6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have full control over the cookies used on our website. You can manage your preferences in several ways:

6.1 Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customise your preferences. Your choices are saved and respected across all pages of our website.

6.2 Browser Settings

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View and delete existing cookies
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block third-party cookies
• Clear all cookies when you close your browser
• Set your browser to notify you when cookies are being set

6.3 Google Consent Mode v2

We implement Google Consent Mode v2, which ensures that Google services (Analytics and Ads) respect your cookie preferences. When you decline marketing or analytics cookies, these services operate in a privacy-enhanced mode that doesn't use cookies for tracking.

7. Impact of Disabling Cookies

While you can browse our website with cookies disabled, some functionality may be limited:

• Your preferences and settings may not be saved
• Some interactive features may not work properly
• We cannot provide personalised content or recommendations
• Analytics data may be incomplete, affecting our ability to improve the website

8. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable regulations. When we make significant changes, we will notify you by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy and, where appropriate, provide additional notice on our website.

9. Contact Information

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

10. Additional Resources

For more information about cookies and online privacy, you may find these resources helpful:

• About Cookies: www.aboutcookies.org
• Your Online Choices: www.youronlinechoices.com
• Data Protection Commission Ireland: www.dataprotection.ie