Cookies Policy.

1. About this Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy explains how carolinegirvan.com uses cookies and similar technologies.

Carolinegirvan.com is operated by Caroline Girvan Ltd, a company registered in Northern Ireland under company number NI673783.

Our intended approach is to keep this website privacy-respecting and minimally intrusive. The website is not intended to use advertising cookies, behavioural tracking cookies or retargeting technologies.

2. What are cookies and similar technologies?

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies may include local storage, session storage, pixels, tags or other technologies that store or access information on your device.

Consent is generally required for non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are treated differently because they are required for the website or a requested service to work.

3. Plausible Analytics

We use Plausible Analytics to understand aggregate website usage. Plausible is designed to operate without cookies and without tracking individual visitors across different websites.

We use analytics to understand, at an aggregate level, how the website is used and how it can be improved. We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight, Twitter/X Pixel, advertising retargeting scripts or similar marketing trackers on this website.

4. Strictly necessary cookies

The website may use strictly necessary cookies or similar technologies if they are required for the website to function, maintain security, prevent spam, manage sessions or support core technical operations.

Strictly necessary cookies do not usually require consent, but they should still be explained to users where they are used.

If the contact form is active, the form provider or anti-spam tooling may use limited technologies to protect the form from abuse, spam or security issues.

If newsletter signup is active, the newsletter form or email service provider may use limited technologies required to submit the form, prevent abuse or manage the subscription process.

5. Local storage

The website may use local storage to remember a simple user preference, such as light or dark mode. Local storage is not a traditional cookie, but it is still a technology that stores information on your device. Where used only for a user-selected preference, it is treated as functional and low risk.

6. Third-party websites

When you leave this website and visit third-party or separate websites, including CGX, YouTube, Instagram or Facebook, those websites may use their own cookies and similar technologies.

Their own privacy policies, cookies policies and terms apply. We are not responsible for their use of cookies or similar technologies.

7. Changes to this Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. The current version will be published on this page with its effective date.

8. Contact

For questions about this Cookies Policy, contact:

legal@carolinegirvan.com