Cookies

Effective Date: [09/09/2024]

At [Massage & Reiki Business Name] ("we," "our," or "us"), we use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website [insert website URL] to enhance your browsing experience, improve the functionality of our website, and understand how visitors interact with us. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control your cookie preferences.

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your device and store certain information about your preferences or actions over a period of time. Cookies help enhance your experience by remembering login information, preferences, and browsing history.

We use various types of cookies on our website. These include:

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly and enable you to move around the site and use its features. Without these cookies, certain functionalities such as booking appointments or accessing secure areas of the site may not work.

• Examples: Session management, form submission, login authentication.
• Expiration: These cookies are usually session-based and expire when you close your browser.

Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often, how users navigate the site, and any errors they may encounter. This information helps us improve the performance of our website and enhance the user experience.

• Examples: Google Analytics, tracking page load times, error monitoring.
• Data Collected: These cookies do not collect personal information. Instead, they gather aggregated and anonymous data.
• Expiration: Varies; some may last a few hours while others may persist for longer periods.

Functionality cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your preferred language, region, or display settings. These cookies enhance your browsing experience by personalizing certain elements of the site.

• Examples: Remembering user settings, maintaining language preferences, remembering login details.
• Expiration: Functionality cookies may persist for longer periods, typically until you delete them from your browser.

These cookies are used to deliver relevant advertisements to you based on your browsing habits and interests. They are often placed by third-party advertising networks with our permission and help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

• Examples: Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, tracking your browsing habits to serve personalized ads.
• Data Collected: These cookies may collect personal data, such as your IP address and device information.
• Expiration: Targeting cookies may remain on your device for an extended period, sometimes up to 12 months or more.

Social media cookies allow you to share our content on social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and others. These cookies may also be used by social media providers to track your browsing activity on our site and across the web.

• Examples: Facebook Like button, Instagram widget, Pinterest share button.
• Data Collected: These cookies may collect personal data such as your social media ID.
• Expiration: Varies depending on the platform.

We use cookies for various purposes, including but not limited to:

• Essential website operations: Ensuring our website functions properly and allows you to use its features, such as making a booking or accessing your account.
• Performance and Analytics: Gathering data on how visitors use the site to improve usability and fix errors.
• Personalization: Remembering your preferences, such as your chosen language or session information.
• Targeted Advertising: Showing you relevant advertisements based on your interests and previous interactions with our site.
• Social Sharing: Enabling you to share content from our site with your social media networks.

Some cookies on our website are set by third parties with whom we partner. These third-party cookies may be used to track your browsing activity across different websites and to deliver targeted advertisements. Common third parties include:

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and user behavior. Google may collect data such as your IP address, browser type, and the pages you visit on our site. This data helps us improve our website.
  
  • For more information, you can visit Google's Privacy Policy and learn how to opt out of Google Analytics here.
• Facebook Pixel: We use Facebook Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising on Facebook. It helps us understand how users interact with our website after seeing our ads on Facebook.
  
  • For more information on Facebook cookies, visit Facebook's Cookie Policy.
• Other Third Parties: We may use additional third-party services that provide analytics or advertising solutions. Each third party has its own privacy policy and cookie management settings.

You have the right to accept or reject cookies. When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner giving you the option to accept or manage your cookie preferences. You can update your preferences at any time by accessing our [Cookie Settings] page or adjusting your browser settings.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, but doing so may affect your experience on our website. The steps to manage cookies vary by browser, but here are links to the instructions for popular browsers:

• Google Chrome: Manage cookies
• Mozilla Firefox: Manage cookies
• Safari: Manage cookies
• Microsoft Edge: Manage cookies

You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting the following opt-out platforms:

• Google Ad Settings
• Facebook Ad Preferences
• Your Online Choices

We process your personal data collected through cookies based on one or more of the following legal bases:

• Consent: Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before placing cookies on your device. You can withdraw this consent at any time by changing your preferences or browser settings.
• Legitimate Interests: In some cases, we may use cookies based on our legitimate interests, such as ensuring the security of our website, improving user experience, or conducting analytics.

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law or our data processing practices. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for any updates. The date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:

Email: [info@nkbpureholistic.co.uk]
Phone: [+44 7801 823375]
Address: [Hanwell, London W7 1LF]