This page explains what cookies and similar technologies this website uses, what each one does, and how you can change your mind at any time. It sits alongside our Privacy policy, which covers personal information more generally.
In Ireland, cookies are governed by the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 336 of 2011), known as the ePrivacy Regulations, and the Data Protection Commission publishes guidance on how they apply. In short, we must ask for your consent before setting any cookie that is not strictly necessary for the site to work.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. Websites also use similar technologies such as local storage, which works in much the same way. We use the word "cookies" on this page to cover both.
Cookies let a site remember things between page loads, such as what is in your basket and whether you are signed in. They can also be used to measure how a site is used, or to support advertising.
Your choices
When you first visit us you are asked to choose. You can:
- Accept all, which allows every category below
- Reject all, which allows only the strictly necessary cookies
- Manage preferences, which lets you turn individual categories on or off
Apart from the two items this page says the platform currently keeps whichever way you answer (recently viewed products and the platform's visitor statistics), nothing in the optional categories is set unless you agree to it. Rejecting them does not stop you shopping and does not restrict any part of the site, including the basket and checkout.
You can change your choice whenever you like using the Cookie preferences link in the footer of every page. You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings, although if you block the strictly necessary ones the basket and checkout will stop working.
The categories we use
Strictly necessary
These make the site work. They cannot be switched off and do not need your consent, because the site could not function without them.
| What it does | Where it is stored | How long it lasts |
|---|
| Keeps your session with the platform, so the contact form and newsletter signup work | sessionId, a cookie set by the platform | About a day after your last visit |
| Balances traffic across the platform's servers | AWSALB and AWSALBCORS, cookies set by the platform | 7 days |
| Remembers the currency the site is displayed in | orbit_currency_code, a cookie and a local storage entry | Up to 1 year |
| Identifies which website you are browsing, so the right content loads | orbit_store_id, in local storage | Until you clear your browser data |
| Remembers the cookie choice you made, so we do not ask again on every page, and gives that choice a reference so it can be evidenced | oc-consent and oc-consent-id, cookies | 180 days |
These are set when you add something to your basket, sign in to your customer account or go through the checkout. You cannot place an order without them, so they are strictly necessary too.
| What it does | Where it is stored | How long it lasts |
|---|
| Remembers what is in your basket as you move between pages and through the checkout | sessionId, a cookie set by the platform, and orbit_cart_rev in local storage | The cookie lasts about a day after your last visit; the local storage entry stays until you clear your browser data |
| Keeps you signed in to your customer account, if you have one | orbit_auth_token, a cookie, plus orbit_refresh_token, orbit_token_expiry and orbit_customer in local storage, set by the platform | The cookie lasts up to an hour and renews itself while you are signed in; you stay signed in for up to 30 days unless you sign out |
| Lets Stripe, our payment provider, take your payment securely on the checkout page and prevent fraud | Set by Stripe on the payment page only. Stripe's own cookie policy lists them | Set by Stripe, see the previous column |
Functional
Optional. These remember things that make the site more convenient. The platform keeps a list of the products you have looked at recently, so it can show them back to you, in local storage (orbit_recently_viewed). It is kept on your device only and stays until you clear your browser data. At present the platform keeps this list whichever way you answer the banner.
Analytics
Optional. Analytics cookies would tell us which pages are used and where people give up, so we can improve the site. We do not currently use any analytics cookies or third-party analytics tools. The platform's own visitor statistics are described separately below.
Marketing
Optional. These would be used to measure advertising and to show you relevant ads on other sites. Off unless you turn them on. Nothing in this category is currently in use.
The platform this website runs on, Orbit Commerce, records the pages viewed during a visit so that we can see how many people visit the site, which pages they look at, what type of device they use and which country they are in. It is first party: nothing is shared with advertisers or any other website, and no profile of you is built across other sites. Your IP address is used only to work out the country and is not stored with the record. The entries it uses are orbit_session_id and orbit_visitor_id, in local storage, which stay until you clear your browser data. Page view records are kept for 90 days, after which only daily totals remain.
At present the platform sets these entries whichever way you answer the banner.
What we are not doing
Beyond the platform's own visitor statistics described above, as at the date at the top of this page this website loads no third-party analytics, advertising or tracking scripts at all, whichever way you answer the banner. There is no Google Analytics, no Facebook pixel and no advertising tag on the site. We checked this on 15 October 2026 by loading the site twice, once accepting every category and once rejecting them, and confirming that nothing further was set. If we add such a tool in future, this page will be updated to name the provider and say what its cookies do before anything is set, and the banner will keep them blocked until you agree.
Our homepage shows a video hosted on YouTube. Until you press play, only its preview picture is loaded, from a Google server (i.ytimg.com), which means your IP address reaches Google but no cookie is set. When you press play, the video loads from youtube.com and YouTube may set its own cookies under Google's privacy policy. The newsletter signup in our footer is part of the platform and does not load anything from a third party.
Some product pages show detailed product information supplied by our supplier, embedded from their website (cdn.dynamicos.co.uk). When you open one of those pages, your browser loads that content from our supplier's server, and it in turn loads fonts from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com), so your IP address reaches our supplier and Google. No cookies are set by that content.
Payments
When you reach the payment step of the checkout, Stripe, our payment provider, sets its own cookies on that page to process your card securely and to prevent fraud. Those cookies are strictly necessary for taking payment and only appear during checkout. They are listed in the Shopping table above, and Stripe's own cookie policy explains what it sets.
Services that run the site
Besides the platform itself, two services are involved in delivering these pages, neither of which is advertising or analytics:
- A content delivery network, which serves our images and fonts
- An error reporting service, which records technical faults and page loading performance so they can be fixed
Both are operated as part of the platform and process technical data such as your IP address and browser version. They do not build a profile of you and are not used for marketing. Error reports are kept for up to 90 days.
Cookies set by other websites
If you follow a link from our site to somewhere else, that site sets its own cookies under its own policy. We have no control over those. Please read the policy of any site you visit.
Changes to this policy
We will update this page whenever we add or remove a cookie. The date at the top tells you when it last changed.
If you have a question about cookies, or want to complain about how we use them, contact us first. You also have the right to complain to the Data Protection Commission at www.dataprotection.ie.
Executive Interiors Ltd, trading as OfficeDesks.ie
Registered in Ireland, company number 394247
Registered office: Unit 3c, North City Business Park, North Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, D11 PC04, Ireland
Showroom: Dublin, visits strictly by appointment
VAT number: IE 6414247U
Email: hello@officedesks.ie
Phone: 01 816 6600 (from outside Ireland, +353 1 816 6600)
