Cookie Policy

Last updated: 23 August 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how pain-treatment.ie uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.

It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect personal information.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies can be used to make a website work correctly, remember your preferences, understand how visitors use the website and, where applicable, support advertising or marketing services.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function. Other cookies are optional and will only be used after you give your consent.

2. How we use cookies

pain-treatment.ie may use cookies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the website to operate correctly.

They may be used for functions such as:

• website security;

• cookie consent preferences;

• forms and session management;

• protection against spam or malicious activity;

• maintaining website functionality.

Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent because the website may not function correctly without them.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.

They may collect information such as:

• pages visited;

• time spent on the website;

• general traffic sources;

• device and browser information;

• website errors and performance information.

Where analytics cookies are not strictly necessary, they will only be activated after you provide consent.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may allow the website to remember choices you make or provide additional functionality.

This may include:

• embedded videos;

• maps;

• external booking systems;

• accessibility preferences;

• other third-party website features.

These cookies will only be used where required and, where legally necessary, after consent has been provided.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies may be used to measure advertising performance or understand whether visitors interact with our advertising campaigns.

These cookies may be provided by third-party services such as Google or Meta.

Marketing cookies will not be activated unless you provide your consent.

3. Third-party cookies

Some parts of our website may use services provided by third parties.

Depending on the services enabled on the website, these may include providers such as:

• Google;

• YouTube;

• Meta;

• Microsoft;

• website analytics providers;

• appointment or booking providers;

• security and anti-spam services.

These third parties may place their own cookies when their services are activated.

We do not control how third-party providers use information collected through their own cookies. Their use of personal data is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.

4. Cookie consent

When you first visit pain-treatment.ie, you may be shown a cookie consent banner.

You can choose to:

• accept all optional cookies;

• reject optional cookies; or

• choose which cookie categories you want to allow.

Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they are required for the website to function.

Optional cookies will only be activated after consent where consent is legally required.

5. Changing your cookie preferences

You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time using the cookie settings or cookie preferences option available on our website.

Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

You can also delete cookies through your browser settings.

6. Managing cookies through your browser

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings.

You may be able to:

• view stored cookies;

• delete individual cookies;

• delete all cookies;

• block cookies;

• prevent third-party cookies;

• receive notifications before cookies are stored.

Blocking certain cookies may affect how parts of pain-treatment.ie function.

7. Cookies used on pain-treatment.ie

The exact cookies used on the website may change as website services, plugins and third-party integrations are updated.

Where available, the current list of cookies detected on pain-treatment.ie is displayed through our cookie consent or cookie settings system.

The information may include:

The live cookie list should be treated as the most current information about cookies operating on the website.

8. Personal data and cookies

Some cookies and similar technologies may collect information that can be considered personal data.

Depending on the technology used, this may include:

• IP address;

• device identifiers;

• browser information;

• interaction with the website;

• approximate location information;

• advertising identifiers.

We only use this information in accordance with applicable data protection law and our Privacy Policy.

9. Legal basis

Where cookies are strictly necessary for providing the website or a service requested by you, they may be used without prior consent.

For non-essential cookies, including analytics and marketing cookies where applicable, we rely on your consent.

Our use of cookies is intended to comply with applicable Irish and European data protection and electronic communications requirements, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Irish ePrivacy rules.

10. How long cookies remain on your device

Cookies may be:

Session cookies – deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies – remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

The duration depends on the purpose of the individual cookie and the provider responsible for it.

11. Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect:

• changes to the website;

• changes to cookies or third-party services;

• legal or regulatory requirements;

• changes to how we process information.

The latest version will always be published on pain-treatment.ie.

12. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on pain-treatment.ie, please contact us using the contact details provided on our website.