Cookie Policy
Last updated: 21 October 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Ireland Virtual Office, operated by Workhub Offices Limited (CRO 697385) ("we", "us"), uses cookies and similar technologies on www.irelandvirtualoffice.com. Read it together with our Privacy Policy.
What are cookies and similar technologies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device. Similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, scripts and local storage, can store or read information on your device in the same way. In this policy we call all of these "cookies".
Your choice
Irish law requires your consent before we use any cookie that is not strictly necessary.
- Our banner lets you Accept all, Reject all, or choose Analytics and Marketing separately. Rejecting is as easy as accepting.
- Analytics and marketing cookies stay off until you choose to allow them.
- You can change your choice at any time with at the bottom of every page. Withdrawing consent stops future use. It does not affect use before you withdrew.
- We store your choice on your device and ask again after 6 months, or sooner if we add a new type of cookie.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser. If you block strictly necessary ones, parts of the site may not work.
Cookies we use
1. Strictly necessary
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| ivo_consent_v1 (local storage) | Ireland Virtual Office | Remembers your cookie choices | 6 months |
When you buy a plan you are taken to a payment page hosted by Stripe, which sets its own cookies for fraud prevention under Stripe's cookie policy.
2. Analytics (only if you allow Analytics)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Limited) | Distinguishes visitors | 2 years |
| _ga_HB8ME6XQDQ | Google Analytics 4 | Keeps track of your session | 2 years |
Google Analytics keeps event data for 2 months and user-level data for up to 14 months. Google Signals is switched off.
3. Marketing (only if you allow Marketing)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au, _gcl_aw | Google Ads (Google Ireland Limited) | Links a visit, enquiry or purchase to the Google advert you clicked | 90 days |
| __oppref | OpenAI Ads (OpenAI Ireland Limited) | Stores the click reference when you arrive from one of our adverts in ChatGPT, so we can tell whether it led to an enquiry or purchase | 30 days, renewed if you click another of our ChatGPT adverts |
| __obref | OpenAI Ads | A random reference for your browser on our site, used to measure conversions | 365 days |
If you do not allow Analytics or Marketing, Google tags may still send limited signals without setting or reading cookies, which Google uses to model overall numbers.
More about the OpenAI Ads pixel
We advertise in ChatGPT. If you allow Marketing cookies, our site loads OpenAI's measurement pixel from bzrcdn.openai.com. When you send an enquiry, buy a plan or tap our phone number, the pixel tells OpenAI the action happened. It sends the click reference, the page address, the time and, for purchases, the order value in euro.
Where automatic advanced matching is enabled, the pixel may also take the email address or phone number you typed into a form, convert it into a one-way coded value (a SHA-256 hash) in your browser, and send only that coded value. We never send OpenAI the content of your message.
OpenAI Ireland Limited receives this information as a separate controller. It uses it to report results to us and, as explained in its privacy policy, to measure and improve its services, including the relevance of adverts shown to ChatGPT Free and Go users. If you do not allow Marketing cookies, the pixel does not load and nothing is sent.
Who receives the data, and where
Google and OpenAI act as separate (independent) controllers for the data their tags collect, under their own privacy policies:
- Google: policies.google.com/privacy and business.safety.google/privacy
- OpenAI: openai.com/policies/eu-privacy-policy
Both may process data in the United States. These transfers rely on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and/or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
Changes to this policy
We update this policy when we add or remove cookies, and ask for your consent again if we add a new type.
Contact us
Questions: info@workhub.ie, or Workhub Offices Limited, 77 Camden Street Lower, Dublin, D02 XE80. You can complain to the Data Protection Commission at www.dataprotection.ie.