Legal
Cookie Policy
Last updated: 05 June 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Accessibility Assurance Institute uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, public scan tools, customer portal, widgets, and related services.
1. Who we are
This Cookie Policy is provided by Accessibility Assurance Institute, with address at 6 Quay Street, Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland.
For questions about this Cookie Policy, contact us at legal@aa-i.ie.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies can help websites work properly, remember preferences, improve security, measure usage, and support certain features.
Similar technologies may include local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, scripts, or other browser-based identifiers.
3. How we use cookies
AAI may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Provide essential website and platform functionality.
- Keep users signed in and maintain secure sessions.
- Remember cookie preferences and basic settings.
- Protect the platform from abuse, fraud, and unauthorised scanning.
- Understand how visitors use our website and improve the service.
- Support product performance, diagnostics, and error monitoring.
- Support marketing or conversion measurement where permitted.
4. Types of cookies we may use
| Type | Purpose | Consent |
|---|---|---|
| Essential cookies | Needed for the website and platform to work, including login, security, session management, and consent preference storage. | Usually required and cannot be disabled through our cookie banner. |
| Preference cookies | Remember choices such as interface preferences, language, or display settings. | Used where permitted or with consent where required. |
| Analytics cookies | Help us understand website usage, performance, visitor journeys, and areas for improvement. | Used with consent where required. |
| Marketing cookies | May help measure campaigns, understand referrals, or support relevant marketing activity. | Used with consent where required. |
5. Essential cookies
Essential cookies are required for core functionality. These may include cookies or browser storage used for authentication, security, session management, fraud prevention, load balancing, cookie preference storage, and basic platform operation.
Without essential cookies, parts of the website or platform may not work correctly.
6. Analytics and improvement
We may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors and customers use AAI, which pages are visited, how features perform, and where errors or friction occur.
Where required by law, analytics cookies will only be used after you have given consent.
7. Marketing and referral tracking
We may use marketing or referral tracking technologies to understand which campaigns, links, or channels led visitors to AAI. These technologies may help us measure advertising or promotional effectiveness.
Where required by law, marketing cookies will only be used after you have given consent.
8. Third-party cookies and services
Some cookies or similar technologies may be set by third-party services that support AAI, such as hosting, security, authentication, payment, analytics, monitoring, email, or marketing tools.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies. We recommend reviewing the policies of those providers where relevant.
9. Managing cookie preferences
Where available, you can manage cookie choices through our cookie banner or cookie settings tool. You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Blocking some cookies may affect website or platform functionality. Essential cookies may still be used where needed to provide the service and keep it secure.
10. Retention
Cookies may be session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain for a set period. Retention periods depend on the purpose of the cookie and the service that sets it.
We aim to keep cookies for no longer than necessary for their purpose.
11. Relationship with our Privacy Statement
Cookies may involve the processing of personal data. For more information about how we collect, use, share, and protect personal data, please read our Privacy Statement.
12. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on our website or made available through the platform.
13. Contact
Accessibility Assurance Institute
6 Quay Street, Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland.
Email: legal@aa-i.ie