Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 29 July 2025

Last Updated: 29 July 2025

Hello my loveliest. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how I use them on my website (https://www.carolynhitchcock.co.uk), and what your choices are regarding them. This policy should be read together with my main Privacy Policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

Cookies can be “persistent” (they remain on your device for a set period) or “session” (they are deleted once you close your web browser).

2. How I Use Cookies

I use cookies for several important reasons, all of which are designed to provide you with a safe, smooth, and effective experience. The cookies used on this site are categorised as follows:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services like appointment booking cannot be provided. You cannot opt out of these cookies.

Purpose: Core website functionality, security, and network management.
Example: Cookies that remember your consent choices.

Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by me or by third-party providers whose services I have added to my pages (like our booking system).

Purpose: To enable specific features, such as embedding our appointment calendar.
Third-Party Provider: TidyCal uses cookies to ensure its booking widget functions correctly on the page. Disabling these may prevent you from being able to book an appointment directly through the site.

Performance & Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use my website. For example, they allow me to count visits and traffic sources so I can measure and improve the performance of my site. They help me to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Purpose: To understand website traffic and improve user experience.
Example Tools (if used): Google Analytics, Fathom Analytics, Plausible Analytics.

(Note: Please update this section if you decide to use an analytics tool. If you do not use one, you can remove this category).

3. Your Choices and How to Manage Cookies

When you first visit my website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time.

Additionally, you can control and/or delete cookies as you wish through your browser settings. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

For more details on how to manage cookies in your specific browser, see the links below:

4. Changes to This Cookie Policy

I may update this policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies I use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about my use of cookies and related technologies.

5. Contact Me

If you have any questions about my use of cookies or other technologies, please email me at [Enter Your Email Address Here].