Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Áras Inis Gluaire Arts Centre uses cookies and similar technologies on our website at arasinisgluaire.ie. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies such as local storage allow a site or its service providers to store information in your browser. These technologies are widely used to make websites work, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the website owner.

How we use cookies and similar technologies

We use these technologies to keep the website functioning correctly, to remember your language preference, to protect our forms and the site from spam and automated abuse, to understand in aggregate how visitors use the site, and to enable bookings and donations.

Types of cookies we use

Strictly necessary — These are essential for the website and its core features to work. This includes cookies and local storage used by our website platform (WordPress) and by our booking provider, FareHarbor, which stores an identifier (for example “fareharbor-uuid”) and your language preference to manage the booking process embedded on our site.

Security and anti-spam — We use Google reCAPTCHA and Akismet to help protect our contact form and website from spam and malicious automated activity. These services may set cookies or process technical data such as your IP address for this purpose.

Analytics and performance — We use Jetpack Stats to collect anonymous, aggregated information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are viewed. This helps us improve the site. These cookies are only used to generate statistics and are not used to identify you personally.

Third-party and embedded content — Some pages contain embedded or linked third-party services, including the FareHarbor booking system, the iDonate donations platform, Google Forms, Google Maps, and links to our Facebook and Instagram pages. When you interact with these, the relevant provider may set its own cookies, governed by that provider’s own cookie and privacy policies.

Managing cookies

Most web browsers let you control cookies through their settings, including blocking or deleting them. Please note that if you disable certain cookies, some parts of the website — particularly booking functionality — may not work properly. To learn how to manage cookies in your browser, visit your browser’s help pages or a resource such as www.aboutcookies.org.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies we use or for legal reasons. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised “last updated” date.

Contact us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@arasinisgluaire.ie or +353 97 81079.