Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website can store on your device when you visit. They’re widely used to make sites work, to remember your preferences, and to collect information about how a site is used. “Similar technologies” include things like local storage and web fonts loaded from another server, which can work in comparable ways.

Does this website use cookies?

Yes. My website uses two external services that store cookies or similar identifiers on your device:

• Google Analytics (analytics), provided by Google, to understand how visitors find and use my site, for example which pages are most popular and roughly which country visitors come from. This helps me see what’s working and improve the site.
• Meta Pixel (advertising and measurement), provided by Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram. It lets me measure what happens after someone sees or clicks one of my ads or posts, and helps Meta show my ads to relevant people on its platforms.

All of these cookies are non-essential (the site works fine without them). They last up to about two years unless you clear them.

I don’t currently show a cookie consent banner, so these cookies are set when you visit. If you’d rather not be included, you can opt out at any time. The easiest ways are to install Google’s Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, adjust your Meta ad preferences, or block and delete cookies in your browser (see “Managing cookies” below).

Third-party services

A few external services are involved in running the site:

• Google Analytics: provided by Google, this is what sets the analytics cookies described above and gives me anonymous statistics about how the site is used. Your data may be processed by Google outside the UK. You can read Google’s own Privacy Policy and about how Google uses data from sites that use its services.
• Meta Pixel: provided by Meta Platforms, this sets advertising and measurement cookies so I can see how my ads and posts on Facebook and Instagram are performing and reach similar audiences. Your data may be processed by Meta outside the UK. You can read Meta’s Privacy Policy and manage how your activity is used for ads in your Meta ad preferences.
• Fonts: the fonts on this site are bundled with the site itself and are not loaded from a third-party server.
• Website hosting: my website host may keep basic technical logs (such as IP addresses) to keep the site running and secure. This is standard for almost any website and isn’t used to track you.

Links to other sites

My website and social profiles link out to other services, such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Amazon. If you click through to any of these, that site may set its own cookies and collect information according to its own policies. I have no control over those cookies, so please check the relevant site’s cookie and privacy policies.

Managing cookies

You’re always in control of cookies in your browser. You can block or delete cookies (including the Google Analytics cookies above) through your browser settings, and set your browser to warn you before a site stores one. Most browsers explain how to do this in their help pages: just search for “cookies” in your browser’s settings. To opt out of Google Analytics specifically across all websites, you can install Google’s opt-out browser add-on.

For the Meta Pixel, blocking or deleting cookies in your browser also stops the pixel, and you can review and limit how Meta uses your activity for ads in your Facebook and Instagram ad preferences.

Changes to this policy

If I add or change any tools or features on my website in future, I’ll update this policy to match. When I make changes, I’ll update the “last updated” date at the top of this page.

Contact and complaints

If you have any questions about how this site uses cookies, please get in touch:

You can also read more about how I handle your information in my Privacy Policy. If you have a concern you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator, at ico.org.uk.