Cookie Policy

Last updated: 22 September 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Bold Web Story Designs uses cookies and similar technologies on boldwebstory.ie, why they are used, and the choices available to you.

I try to keep the use of cookies on this website limited and proportionate.

 

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites can store on your computer, phone or other device.

They can be used for practical purposes such as remembering a setting, keeping a website secure or allowing a feature to work. They can also be used to measure how a website is being used.

Some similar technologies use browser storage rather than traditional cookies. For simplicity, this policy refers to them collectively as cookies.

 

Cookies used on this website

Cookies used on Bold Web Story Designs fall into two main categories:

 

Strictly necessary cookies

These are used where they are necessary for the website to work securely or to provide a feature or service you have requested.

They may include cookies used to:

• remember your cookie preferences;

• protect forms against spam and automated abuse;

• maintain security; or

• enable a requested service such as a payment or booking process.

Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent where they are genuinely necessary to provide the service concerned.

 

Analytics cookies

Bold Web Story Designs uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how the website is being used.

This can provide information such as:

• which pages are visited;

• how visitors move through the website;

• approximately how long pages are viewed;

• the type of device or browser being used; and

• general information about how visitors arrived at the website.

I use this information to understand whether the website is working well, identify problems and improve its content and design.

Analytics cookies are not enabled unless you give your consent.

 

Cookie details

The principal cookies currently used by this website are:

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Typical duration
_ga	Google Analytics	Helps distinguish one website visitor from another for website statistics	Up to 2 years
_ga_*	Google Analytics	Maintains information about an Analytics session	Up to 2 years
_GRECAPTCHA / related reCAPTCHA storage	Google reCAPTCHA	Helps distinguish genuine form submissions from spam, bots and abuse	Up to 6 months
Cookie-preference cookie	This website / cookie consent tool	Remembers the cookie choices you have made	Up to 6 months

 

The exact name of the cookie used to remember your cookie preferences may change if the consent mechanism used by the website changes.

Cookies used by third-party services can also change when those services are updated. This policy is reviewed periodically and this list is updated where necessary.

 

Google reCAPTCHA

Some forms on this website may be protected by Google reCAPTCHA.

reCAPTCHA is used to help identify automated or abusive submissions and protect the website from spam and misuse.

When reCAPTCHA is used, technical information about your browser or interaction with the form may be processed by Google for security and fraud-prevention purposes.

 

Other third-party services

Some pages or features on this website may make use of services provided by other companies.

These may include services such as:

• Google Maps, where an interactive map is displayed;

• Stripe, where an online payment facility is provided; or

• external services reached through links from the website.

Using one of these features may result in information such as your IP address being supplied to the service provider.

Where a third-party feature requires non-essential cookies or tracking technologies, it should not be enabled until the appropriate consent has been given.

A normal link to another website — for example LinkedIn or Instagram — does not itself mean that the external service is placing cookies on boldwebstory.ie. Once you follow an external link, the privacy and cookie practices of that website apply.

 

Google Fonts and website assets

The website uses fonts and other design assets as part of its visual presentation.

Where possible, website assets are served in a way that minimises unnecessary transfer of visitor information to third-party services.

If externally hosted assets are used, the visitor's browser may need to contact the relevant provider in order to retrieve them. This may involve the transmission of technical information such as an IP address.

 

Your cookie choices

When you visit the website, you can choose whether to allow optional cookies.

You can use the cookie controls provided by the website to:

• accept optional cookies;

• reject optional cookies; or

• change your preferences later.

Rejecting analytics or other optional cookies will not prevent you from using the main content of the website.

Your choice is remembered for a limited period, after which you may be asked again.

 

Changing or withdrawing your consent

You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time using the Manage cookie preferences control available on the website.

It should be as easy to withdraw consent as it was to give it.

You can also control or delete cookies using your web browser. Browser controls vary, so please refer to the help information supplied with your browser if you wish to do this.

Blocking all cookies may affect some website features.

 

Personal data and your rights

Some information collected through cookies or related technologies may constitute personal data.

Where this applies, your information is handled in accordance with applicable data-protection law and the Bold Web Story Designs Privacy Policy.

Depending on the circumstances, your rights may include the right to:

• obtain information about how your personal data is used;

• request access to personal data held about you;

• ask for inaccurate information to be corrected;

• request deletion of personal data in certain circumstances;

• restrict or object to certain processing;

• request portability of certain information; and

• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

If you are unhappy with the way your personal data has been handled, you may also make a complaint to the Data Protection Commission in Ireland.

 

Keeping this policy up to date

Websites change over time, as do the services and technologies they use.

Therefore this Cookie Policy will be reviewed periodically and update it when there is a meaningful change to the cookies, analytics or third-party services used by boldwebstory.ie.

 

Contact

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on the website, please contact:

Bold Web Story Designs
Tourmakeady
Co Mayo
Ireland

Email: info@boldwebstory.ie
Website: boldwebstory.ie