COOKIE POLICY
Charley Swords — Leadership Centre of Excellence
Effective Date: 24 July 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Charley Swords (“we”, “us”, “our”), trading as the Leadership Centre of Excellence, uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on www.leadershipcentreofexcellence.ie (the “Site”). It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data more generally.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, work more efficiently, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies may be “persistent” (remaining on your device until deleted or expired) or “session” cookies (deleted automatically when you close your browser).
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
- Ensure the Site functions correctly and securely
- Remember your preferences and cookie consent choices
- Understand how visitors use our Site, so we can improve it
- Support embedded content and, where applicable, secure payment processing
3. Categories of Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Site to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions you take, such as loading a page, submitting a form, or setting your cookie preferences. They do not store personally identifiable information.
3.2 Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality, such as remembering choices you make (e.g. form entries) to provide a more personalised experience.
3.3 Analytics / Performance Cookies
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our Site — for example, which pages are visited most often and how visitors navigate the Site. This information is aggregated and used to help us improve the Site. Google Analytics cookies are set by Google LLC; you can review Google’s privacy practices at policies.google.com/privacy.
3.4 Payment Cookies
Where the Site facilitates payments, we use Stripe to process transactions securely. Stripe sets cookies to help detect fraud and keep payment processing secure. We do not store your card details ourselves — these are handled directly by Stripe.
3.5 Third-Party and Embedded Content Cookies
Pages on our Site may include embedded content (for example, videos or social media links, such as our LinkedIn page) or, from time to time, marketing tools such as email newsletter sign-up forms. These third parties may set their own cookies in the same way as if you had visited their website directly. We do not control these cookies — please refer to the relevant third party’s own cookie or privacy policy for details.
4. Cookies Used On This Site
The table below sets out the main cookies currently used on the Site. Because some cookies are set by third-party tools that may change over time (for example, if a newsletter, live chat, or advertising tool is added), this table is reviewed periodically and may not capture every cookie present at all times.
*Only present if a cookie consent management tool is installed on the Site.
5. Managing and Withdrawing Consent
Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies (such as analytics or marketing cookies) via a cookie banner when you first visit the Site. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by:
- Revisiting your cookie preferences via the cookie settings link/banner on the Site (if available), or
- Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete
Most browsers allow you to see what cookies are stored and delete them individually, or to block cookies from particular or all websites. Please note that if you disable cookies, some parts of the Site may not function as intended.
You can find out how to manage cookies in common browsers here:
6. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies and tools we use, or for legal or regulatory reasons. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us at:
Charley Swords, Leadership Centre of Excellence
charley@leadershipcentreofexcellence.ie www.leadershipcentreofexcellence.ie