Craftgifts Cookie Policy

Last updated: 1 August 2026

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how IPCOM LIMITED uses cookies and similar technologies on CraftGifts.ie and Gifts4U.ie.

CraftGifts.ie and Gifts4U.ie are operated under licence by IPCOM LIMITED and may use shared technical infrastructure and databases. Although the marketplaces have different branding and commercial focuses, some cookies and technical services may be used across both websites.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect personal data.

2. Who We Are

CraftGifts.ie and Gifts4U.ie are operated under licence by:

IPCOM LIMITED
Company number: 602426
Registered office: Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Email: admin@craftgifts.ie
Telephone: +353 (0)85 171 6344

IPCOM LIMITED is responsible for determining how cookies and similar technologies are used on the marketplaces, except where a third-party provider acts as a separate controller.

3. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files or similar records stored on, or accessed from, your computer, mobile phone or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies may be used to:

• keep you signed in;
• remember products placed in your shopping basket;
• maintain website and checkout sessions;
• remember preferences;
• protect accounts and transactions;
• measure website use and performance;
• support advertising or campaign measurement; and
• recognise a browser or device on a later visit.

References to cookies in this Policy also include similar technologies such as local storage, pixels, tags, scripts, software development kits and other technologies that store or access information on a device.

4. The Law Applicable to Cookies

In Ireland, the use of cookies and similar technologies is principally governed by the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011, together with the General Data Protection Regulation where the information involved is personal data.

We may use a cookie without consent only where it is strictly necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the user, or where it is used solely to transmit a communication over an electronic communications network.

Analytics, advertising, conversion tracking and other non-essential cookies will not be placed or accessed unless the required consent has first been obtained.

5. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website and marketplace services to function. They may be used to:

• maintain a customer or seller session;
• keep products in a shopping basket;
• process checkout steps;
• remember security and authentication information;
• prevent fraud or misuse;
• balance server traffic;
• store cookie-consent choices; and
• provide other services specifically requested by the user.

These cookies cannot normally be disabled through the cookie preference centre because the requested service may not operate correctly without them.

Preference and functionality cookies

These cookies remember choices made by a user, such as language, storefront, display, account or interface preferences.

Where a functionality cookie is not strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the user, it will only be used with consent.

Analytics and performance cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the marketplaces, including which pages are viewed, how users move through the site, how long pages take to load and whether technical errors occur.

Analytics cookies are not strictly necessary and will only be used where consent has been provided.

Advertising and marketing cookies

These cookies or similar technologies may be used to:

• measure advertising and promotional campaigns;
• record whether a user arrived through a particular advertisement;
• limit how often an advertisement is displayed;
• build or use interest-based advertising profiles; and
• show more relevant advertising on other websites or services.

These technologies will only be used where consent has been provided.

Third-party content and service cookies

Some pages may include services provided by third parties, such as payment services, social-media content, videos, maps, customer support, analytics or advertising tools.

A third-party provider may place or access cookies when its service is loaded. Where those cookies are not strictly necessary, the service or cookie will be blocked until the required consent has been provided.

6. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are set by CraftGifts.ie or Gifts4U.ie through the shared marketplace platform.

Third-party cookies are set or accessed by another organisation whose service is used on the website, such as a payment, analytics, advertising, embedded-content or support provider.

Where a third party acts as a separate controller, its own privacy and cookie information will govern its independent processing.

7. Session and Persistent Cookies

Session cookies generally remain only while your browser session is open and are deleted when the browser is closed.

Persistent cookies remain on the device for a specified period or until they are deleted. They may be used to remember consent choices, preferences or returning users.

8. Cookies Used on Our Marketplaces

The table below must list the cookies and similar technologies actually used on CraftGifts.ie and Gifts4U.ie.

The cookie table will be reviewed and updated when cookies, providers, purposes or durations change.

9. Cookie Consent

When you first visit one of our marketplaces, you will be given the opportunity to:

• accept non-essential cookies;
• reject non-essential cookies; or
• choose individual cookie categories.

Non-essential cookie categories will not be pre-selected.

Refusing non-essential cookies will not prevent the use of the main shopping and marketplace functions, although certain optional features may not operate.

10. Changing or Withdrawing Consent

You may change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time through the cookie preferences link or control available on the website.

Withdrawing consent will prevent future use of the relevant non-essential cookies. It does not make prior processing unlawful.

Where technically possible, cookies already stored on the device may be removed when consent is withdrawn. You may also delete them through your browser settings.

11. Shared Preferences Across CraftGifts.ie and Gifts4U.ie

Because CraftGifts.ie and Gifts4U.ie operate through a shared platform and database, a cookie-consent preference may be stored or recognised across both marketplaces where technically appropriate.

Where the two websites use the same cookie or provider for the same purpose, a shared preference may be used to avoid asking the user to make the same choice repeatedly.

A shared preference will not be used to authorise a different category or purpose that was not included in the user's original choice.

12. Browser Controls

Most browsers allow users to view, block or delete cookies through their settings.

Blocking all cookies through a browser may interfere with important marketplace functions, including:

• logging in;
• maintaining a shopping basket;
• completing checkout;
• maintaining security controls; and
• remembering preferences.

Browser controls operate separately from the cookie preference centre provided on the website.

13. Personal Data Collected Through Cookies

Some cookies and similar technologies may generate or collect personal data, including:

• IP address;
• online and cookie identifiers;
• browser and device information;
• pages viewed and links selected;
• referring website or campaign;
• session and login information;
• approximate location derived from an IP address;
• purchase or conversion information; and
• consent and preference records.

Further information about how personal data is used, shared, retained and protected is available in our Privacy Policy.

14. International Transfers

Some third-party cookie or technology providers may process information outside Ireland or the European Economic Area.

Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, an appropriate transfer mechanism and any necessary supplementary safeguards will be used as described in our Privacy Policy.

15. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when:

• the cookies or technologies used on the marketplaces change;
• we add or remove service providers;
• cookie purposes or durations change;
• the shared marketplace platform changes; or
• legal or regulatory requirements change.

The current version will be published on CraftGifts.ie with the date on which it was last updated.

16. Contact Us

Questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies may be sent to:

IPCOM LIMITED
Email: admin@craftgifts.ie
Telephone: +353 (0)85 171 6344

17. Complaints

If you believe cookies or similar technologies have been used in breach of data-protection law, please contact us first so that we can investigate.

You also have the right to contact the Irish Data Protection Commission:

Data Protection Commission
6 Pembroke Row
Dublin 2
D02 X963
Ireland

Website: www.dataprotection.ie