Cookie Policy
- About This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how TeachingPlans.ie uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit teachingplans.ie.
It explains what cookies are, why they may be used, the categories of cookies that may operate on the website and how you can accept, reject or change your cookie preferences.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how TeachingPlans.ie collects, uses, stores and protects personal information.
TeachingPlans.ie is owned and operated by Teaching Plans (Ireland) Limited.
- What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies can perform a variety of functions. For example, they may enable a shopping basket to operate, maintain a secure user session, remember preferences, measure website performance or support content provided by third-party services.
Some cookies operate only during a browsing session and are deleted when the browser is closed. Others remain on the device for a specified period or until they are deleted.
Cookies may be set directly by TeachingPlans.ie or by a third-party service used on the website.
- First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are set by TeachingPlans.ie. They may be used to provide essential website functions, remember choices or understand how the website is used.
Third-party cookies are set by another organisation whose services or content are used on the website. These may include payment providers, analytics services, embedded video or social media services, security providers and other website tools.
Third parties are responsible for the cookies they set and may process information in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.
- Legal Basis and Cookie Consent
Cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of a service specifically requested by the user may be used without consent.
These may include cookies required to:
Maintain website security.
Operate a shopping basket and checkout.
Process a transaction.
Remember a user’s cookie choices.
Enable account login or other essential website functions.
Non-essential cookies, including analytics, marketing and certain functional or third-party cookies, will be used only where the user has provided the required consent.
Where consent is required, users may accept or reject non-essential cookies through the cookie consent tool displayed on the website. Consent may be withdrawn or preferences changed at any time.
Rejecting non-essential cookies will not prevent access to the main website, although certain optional features or embedded content may not function as intended.
- Categories of Cookies We May Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to operate securely and provide functions specifically requested by the user. They may support account login, shopping baskets, checkout, payment processing, fraud prevention, security and cookie-preference management.
Strictly necessary cookies cannot generally be disabled through the website’s consent tool because the website or requested service could not function properly without them.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies support optional features and allow the website to remember choices or provide enhanced functionality.
They may be used for features such as embedded media, saved preferences, customer-support tools or integrations with third-party services.
Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, they will be used only with the appropriate consent.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics cookies help TeachingPlans.ie understand how visitors use the website. They may provide information such as the number of visits, pages viewed, approximate source of website traffic, device or browser type, and how visitors navigate the website.
This information may be used to assess website performance and improve its content, structure and usability.
Analytics cookies will be used only where the required consent has been provided.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies may be used to measure advertising campaigns, understand interactions with promotional content or show advertising that may be more relevant to users.
These cookies may track activity across websites or devices and may be set by third-party advertising or social media providers.
Marketing cookies will be used only if such services are active on TeachingPlans.ie and the user has provided the required consent.
Embedded Content and Third-Party Services
Pages on TeachingPlans.ie may contain content or functionality provided by third parties, such as videos, payment services, maps, social media features or other embedded tools.
These third parties may place cookies or use similar technologies when their content is loaded or used. Where these technologies are not strictly necessary, the content or associated tracking should remain blocked until the required consent has been provided.
- Cookies Currently Used
The cookie declaration or cookie settings tool displayed on TeachingPlans.ie provides details of the cookies currently detected or used on the website.
Where available, this information may include:
The cookie name.
The provider that sets it.
Its purpose.
Its category.
How long it remains on the user’s device.
Whether it is a first-party or third-party cookie.
Because website services and third-party integrations may change, the cookie declaration may be updated periodically to reflect the cookies currently in use.
- Managing or Withdrawing Consent
Users can review or change their cookie choices at any time by selecting the cookie settings or privacy control available on the website.
Withdrawing consent will prevent the future use of the relevant non-essential cookies. It may not automatically delete cookies already stored on the device, although the website’s consent tool may remove some cookies where technically possible.
Users may also delete or block cookies through their browser settings. The steps required vary between browsers and devices.
Further general information about managing cookies is available from All About Cookies.
Blocking all cookies through a browser may affect essential website functions, including shopping baskets, checkout, account access or saved preferences.
- Retention of Cookie Information
The length of time for which a cookie remains on a device depends on its purpose and configuration.
Session cookies normally expire when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies remain for a defined period or until deleted.
The applicable duration for individual cookies should be shown in the cookie declaration or settings tool where that information is available.
TeachingPlans.ie may retain a record of a user’s cookie choice where necessary to demonstrate and respect the consent or refusal provided.
- Personal Data and Cookies
Information collected through cookies may, in some circumstances, constitute personal data or be combined with other information in a way that identifies or distinguishes a user or device.
Where cookie information constitutes personal data, it will be processed in accordance with the TeachingPlans.ie Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection law.
- Changes to This Cookie Policy
TeachingPlans.ie may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes to the website, third-party services, cookies, legal requirements or regulatory guidance.
The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
- Contact Details
Questions about this Cookie Policy or the use of cookies on TeachingPlans.ie may be sent to:
Teaching Plans (Ireland) Limited.
Company Registration Number: 711858.
Registered business address: County Laois, Ireland.
Email: info@teachingplans.ie.
Last updated: 24 July 2026.