Last updated: October 13, 2026
This site uses one cookie that has to be there for the consent banner to work, and a small set of Google Analytics cookies that only appear if you press Accept. The booking calendar is loaded from Google, which may set its own cookies when it appears. Nothing on this site uses cookies for advertising.
If you would rather not have the analytics cookies, press Decline in the banner. The site works exactly the same either way, and you can still book a consultation.
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to keep. The next time you visit, the site can read that file back. Cookies are used for all sorts of things, from remembering that you are logged in to counting how many people visited a page.
Some technologies do a similar job without being cookies, such as local storage in your browser. Where this policy says cookies, it covers those too.
The first time you arrive, a banner asks whether you accept analytics cookies.
Either way, the site remembers your choice so that you are not asked on every page. That record is the one cookie set regardless, because without it the banner would have no way of knowing you had already answered.
You can change your mind whenever you like. Clear this site's cookies in your browser settings and the banner will appear again on your next visit.
These are needed for the site to work properly and are set whatever you choose in the banner.
Name | Set by | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
Cookie consent record | This website (CookieYes) | Remembers whether you accepted or declined analytics cookies, so the banner does not reappear on every page. | 12 months |
If you are one of the few people who log in to manage the site, WordPress and its security firewall also set login cookies. Visitors who do not log in never receive these.
These are set only if you press Accept. They count visits and show which parts of the site people read. They are not used for advertising, and Google Signals, ads personalisation and advertising data sharing are switched off.
Name | Set by | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes one browser from another so that repeat visits are not counted as new people. | 2 years |
ga followed by a property code | Google Analytics | Keeps track of the current visit so that page views within one session are grouped together. | 2 years |
The booking calendar on the home page is loaded from Google Calendar. When it appears, Google may set or read its own cookies so that the calendar works and stays secure, especially if you are signed in to a Google account in the same browser.
Those cookies are set by Google rather than by me, and I cannot list or control them from here. Google explains its use of cookies at policies.google.com/technologies/cookies.
Every major browser lets you see which cookies are stored, delete them, and block them in future. The setting is usually under Privacy, Security or Site Settings. Bear in mind that blocking cookies across all sites can stop other websites working properly, including the booking calendar. Clearing this site's cookies also clears your recorded consent choice, so the banner will appear again.
If I add or remove anything that sets cookies, I will update this page and change the date at the top.
Questions about cookies on this site can go to Alpa Mistry at alpanij@gmail.com.
My Privacy Policy explains everything else I do with information.