Cookie Policy

Last updated: 7 June 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Maria Butterly uses cookies and similar technologies on mariabutterly.com

This website is operated by:

Maria Butterly
Email: info@mariabutterly.com
Address: Mulhussey, Kilcock, Co. Meath, Ireland
Website: mariabutterly.com

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites work properly, remember user choices, support shopping cart functions, improve security, understand website traffic, and, where used, support marketing or embedded media.

Cookies may be:

• Session cookies, which expire when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a set period.
• First-party cookies, which are set by our website.
• Third-party cookies, which are set by external services used on our website.

Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, local storage, tracking scripts and software development kits.

2. Why We Use Cookies

We may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Keep the website working properly.
• Enable WooCommerce shopping cart and checkout functions.
• Allow you to purchase physical CDs and MP3 downloads.
• Manage customer accounts and login sessions.
• Provide downloadable music access.
• Support ticket, course, workshop and performance booking features.
• Remember your cookie preferences.
• Improve website security.
• Analyse how visitors use the website.
• Embed music, video or social media content.
• Support newsletter sign-up forms.
• Support marketing or advertising features, where enabled.

3. Cookie Consent

Under Irish ePrivacy rules, consent is normally required before cookies or similar technologies are placed on your device, unless the cookie is strictly necessary to provide a service you requested. Consent under GDPR must be a clear, affirmative act that is freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous.

Essential cookies do not require consent because they are needed for the website or shop to function. Non-essential cookies, such as analytics, advertising, social media or some embedded content cookies, should only be used with your consent.

The Irish Data Protection Commission states that analytics cookies require consent.

You can accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies through our cookie banner or cookie settings tool.

4. Types of Cookies We Use

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are needed for the website to work. They cannot usually be switched off through our cookie banner.

They may be used to:

• Load the website securely.
• Remember your shopping cart.
• Process checkout.
• Keep you logged in.
• Remember cookie consent choices.
• Prevent fraud, spam or security issues.

Without these cookies, core website and WooCommerce shop functions may not work properly.

4.2 WooCommerce Shop Cookies

Our website uses WooCommerce or similar e-commerce tools to sell CDs, MP3 downloads, tickets, courses, workshops and related products or services.

WooCommerce uses cookies in different ways depending on the store features enabled, including cookies that help manage cart, checkout, customer sessions and admin functions.

These cookies may be used to:

• Remember items in your cart.
• Support checkout and payment flow.
• Identify your customer session.
• Allow download access after purchase.
• Help prevent duplicate orders or checkout errors.
• Support account login and order history features.

These cookies are usually treated as strictly necessary where they are required to provide the shop service you requested.

4.3 Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how people use the website.

They may tell us:

• Which pages are visited.
• How visitors find the website.
• Which products, events or courses attract interest.
• Whether visitors encounter errors.
• How the website can be improved.

We may use tools such as Google Analytics.

Analytics cookies are non-essential and will only be used where required consent has been obtained.

4.4 Marketing and Advertising Cookies

We may use marketing cookies to help promote music releases, concerts, workshops, courses or related offers.

These cookies may be used to:

• Measure advertising performance.
• Show relevant adverts.
• Understand whether visitors came from a campaign.
• Build audiences for advertising platforms.
• Limit repeated advertising.

We may use services such as [Meta Pixel / Google Ads / TikTok Pixel / other advertising tool], if enabled.

Marketing and advertising cookies are non-essential and will only be used with your consent.

4.5 Newsletter and Email Marketing Cookies

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may use cookies or tracking technologies linked to newsletter forms or email marketing tools.

These may help us:

• Process newsletter sign-ups.
• Prevent duplicate subscriptions.
• Record consent.
• Measure email performance, such as opens or clicks.
• Understand which music, concert, course or workshop updates are most useful to subscribers.

We may use services such as MailPoet.

Newsletter subscription itself should be based on your consent or another lawful basis explained in our Privacy Policy. Electronic direct marketing in Ireland must also include a valid opt-out address or unsubscribe option.

4.6 Embedded Music, Video and Social Media Cookies

Our website may include embedded content from third-party platforms, such as:

• YouTube
• Vime
• Spotify
• Bandcamp
• SoundCloud
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Event or ticketing platforms
• Online course or video platforms

Embedded content may set cookies as if you visited the third-party website directly. These third parties may collect information about your device, browser, IP address, interactions and account status if you are logged in to their platform.

These cookies are controlled by the relevant third party, not by us. Where possible, embedded content should be blocked until you consent to the relevant non-essential cookies.

4.7 Security and Anti-Spam Cookies

We may use cookies or similar technologies to protect the website from spam, fraud, malware, bot activity, brute-force login attempts and other security risks.

These may be provided by services such as [reCAPTCHA / Cloudflare / Wordfence / Akismet / other security provider].

Some security cookies may be strictly necessary. Others may require consent depending on how they work and what data they collect.

5. Examples of Cookies That May Be Used

The exact cookies used on this website depend on the plugins, payment providers, analytics tools, booking tools and embedded media active at any given time.

The table below should be updated after scanning the live website with your cookie consent tool or browser developer tools.

6. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services used on this website.

These may include:

• Payment processors.
• Ticketing providers.
• Email newsletter platforms.
• Analytics providers.
• Video and music platforms.
• Social media platforms.
• Advertising platforms.
• Security providers.
• Online course or webinar platforms.

We do not control all third-party cookies. You should review the privacy and cookie policies of those providers for more information.

7. Managing Cookie Preferences

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time by using:

• The cookie banner shown when you first visit the website.
• The cookie settings here.
• Your browser settings.

You can usually set your browser to block or delete cookies. However, blocking all cookies may affect how the website works. For example, the shopping cart, checkout, account login, download access or booking features may not function correctly.

8. Changing or Withdrawing Consent

You can change or withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies at any time here:

Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of cookie use before consent was withdrawn.

If you clear cookies from your browser, you may need to set your cookie preferences again.

9. Cookies and Personal Data

Some cookies may collect or relate to personal data, such as IP address, device identifiers, order session information, analytics identifiers, advertising identifiers or account login details.

Where cookies involve personal data, we process that data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection law.

10. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, plugins, WooCommerce setup, booking tools, newsletter provider, analytics tools, advertising tools or legal requirements.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.

11. Contact Us

For questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, contact:

Maria Butterly
Email: info@mariabutterly.com
Address: Mulhussey, Kilcock, Co. Meath, Ireland
Website: mariabutterly.com