Cookie Policy
This policy explains how ChessCraft uses cookies and similar technologies to keep our website secure, remember your preferences and improve your experience.
Last updated: 25th August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how ChessCraft uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website. It also explains the choices available to you.
1. Who we are
This website is operated by ChessCraft, a provider of chess programmes, live online lessons and related services for schools.
Legal name: ChessCraft
Address: Kerry, Ireland
Email:
website@chesscraft.ie
Website:
chesscraft.ie
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone or other device when you visit a website. They allow a website to recognise your device and store certain information about your visit.
Cookies can help websites operate securely, remember your preferences, keep you signed in and understand how visitors use the website.
Some cookies exist only while your browser is open. These are known as session cookies. Other cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you remove them. These are known as persistent cookies.
3. How we use cookies
ChessCraft may use cookies to:
- Provide essential website functionality.
- Protect the website and user accounts.
- Keep registered users signed in.
- Manage school accounts and subscriptions.
- Remember your cookie and website preferences.
- Support secure payments through Stripe.
- Understand how visitors use our website.
- Measure and improve website performance.
- Display or support third-party content where you have permitted it.
4. Types of cookies we may use
| Cookie category | Purpose | Consent required? |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | These cookies are required for security, account login, subscription functionality, cookie preferences and other essential website features. | No. These cookies are necessary for the website to operate. |
| Functional | These cookies remember choices you make and provide enhanced or personalised website features. | Yes, unless the cookie is strictly necessary to provide a feature you requested. |
| Analytics | These cookies help us understand how visitors find and use the website, which pages are visited and whether technical errors occur. | Yes. |
| Marketing | These cookies may be used to measure campaigns or show more relevant advertising across websites. | Yes. |
Non-essential cookies will not be placed on your device unless you have provided consent through our cookie banner or preference controls.
5. Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies enable core website functions and cannot normally be switched off through our cookie controls.
These cookies may be used to:
- Remember your cookie-consent choices.
- Provide secure account registration and login.
- Maintain an authenticated user session.
- Protect forms and accounts against misuse.
- Manage subscriptions and checkout processes.
- Balance website traffic and maintain security.
You can block these cookies through your browser, but parts of the website may no longer work correctly.
6. Analytics cookies
Where you provide consent, we may use analytics cookies to understand how people interact with our website.
Analytics information may include pages visited, time spent on the website, general device information, approximate location and how a visitor arrived at the website.
We use this information to identify technical problems and improve our website and services. Analytics cookies will only be activated after you have provided consent.
7. Payment and Stripe cookies
ChessCraft uses Stripe to process subscription payments. Stripe may use cookies and similar technologies for payment processing, fraud prevention, security and checkout functionality.
Some Stripe cookies may be strictly necessary to process a payment securely.
You can read more in Stripe’s Privacy Policy .
8. Third-party cookies
Some website features may be provided by third parties. These third parties may place their own cookies when you interact with their services.
Third-party services may include:
- Payment processing services.
- Video or media players.
- Website analytics services.
- Social-media content or sharing tools.
- Security and website-performance services.
Third-party cookies are controlled by the organisation that provides the relevant service. You should review that organisation’s privacy and cookie information for further details.
9. How long cookies remain on your device
The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on its purpose.
- Session cookies are generally removed when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies remain for a defined period or until you remove them.
Details of individual cookies and their duration may be displayed through the cookie-preference panel available on our website.
10. Managing your cookie preferences
When you first visit our website, you may be shown a cookie banner that allows you to accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie-preference control available on the website. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View cookies stored on your device.
- Delete some or all cookies.
- Block cookies from specific websites.
- Block third-party cookies.
- Block all cookies.
Blocking all cookies may prevent account login, checkout and other website features from operating correctly.
11. Personal information
Some cookies and similar technologies may involve the processing of personal information, such as an IP address, device identifier or account information.
More information about how ChessCraft collects, uses and protects personal information is available in our Privacy Policy.
12. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, cookie usage, service providers or legal obligations change.
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.
13. Contact us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how ChessCraft uses cookies, please contact us:
