Cookie Policy
How we use cookies and similar technologies.
This Cookie Policy explains how Hooray (“we”, “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on hooray.ie (the “Platform”). It should be read with our Privacy Policy.
We use these technologies in line with the GDPR and the Irish ePrivacy rules (S.I. No. 336 of 2011).
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. We also use similar technologies such as pixels, tags, local storage and software development kits (together, “cookies”). They help a site work, remember your choices, understand usage, and (where you allow it) deliver and measure advertising.
2. Your consent
Strictly necessary cookies are always active because the Platform cannot function without them; under the ePrivacy rules they do not require consent.
No non-essential cookie or similar technology — functional, analytics or advertising — is placed on or read from your device until you have given consent. This includes the Meta and Google advertising technologies, which do not load until you opt in.
We obtain consent through our cookie banner, which appears before any non-essential technology runs. You can Accept all, Reject all, or choose categories. Rejecting is as easy as accepting, no non-essential category is pre-ticked, and continuing to browse without making a choice is not treated as consent.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time, with effect for the future, via the “Cookie settings” link in our footer.
3. Categories of cookies we use
3.1 Strictly necessary (always on)
Required for core functionality such as logging in, keeping you signed in, security, load balancing and saving your cookie choices.
3.2 Functional / preferences (consent)
Remember choices you make to improve your experience, such as language or display preferences.
3.3 Analytics / performance (consent)
Help us understand how the Platform is used so we can improve it. We use privacy-focused analytics (Plausible). If we use any analytics that set cookies or identifiers, they run only with your consent.
3.4 Advertising / marketing (consent)
Used to deliver and measure advertising and to build audiences. These include the Meta Pixel and Google Ads technologies, which may share data with Meta and Google and involve transfers outside the EEA (see Section 5). These do not load until you consent, and you can withdraw consent at any time.
4. Cookies and technologies in use
The table below lists the cookies and technologies in use. Exact names and durations should be confirmed against a current scan of the live site and your consent-management platform, and updated here.
| Name / technology | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auth / session cookie | Supabase / Hooray | Strictly necessary | Keep you signed in; security | — |
| Cookie consent | Hooray | Strictly necessary | Store your cookie choices | — |
| Stripe checkout / fraud | Stripe | Strictly necessary / functional | Secure subscription payments; fraud prevention | — |
| Plausible | Plausible | Analytics | Aggregate, privacy-focused usage analytics | Cookieless |
| Sentry diagnostics | Sentry | Functional | Error monitoring and diagnostics | — |
| _fbp / Meta Pixel | Meta | Advertising | Ad delivery and measurement | — |
| _gcl_* / Google Ads | Advertising | Ad delivery, conversion and measurement | — |
We will keep this table accurate and update it when cookies change.
5. Third-party cookies and international transfers
Some cookies are set by third parties (for example, Meta and Google). These providers may process data outside the EEA, including in the United States, relying on safeguards such as the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and/or Standard Contractual Clauses. Their use of data is also governed by their own privacy policies.
6. How to control cookies
- Use our cookie banner and the “Cookie settings” link in the footer to accept, reject or change categories.
- Adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the Platform from working.
- Opt out of specific advertising through tools such as the providers' own ad-settings pages.
7. “Do Not Track”
Some browsers send a “Do Not Track” signal. There is no agreed industry standard for responding to it; our consent banner is the primary way to control non-essential cookies.
8. Changes
We may update this Cookie Policy. We will post the updated version with a new “Last updated” date.
9. Contact
Questions about cookies: privacy@hooray.ie
Hooray, Ireland