Cookie Policy
Last updated: 14 July 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how SKN by Amy Cole uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly how we collect, use and protect your personal information.
1. Who we are
Business name: SKN by Amy Cole
Owner and data controller: Amy Cole
Business address: 11 Wallis Drive, Swindon, SN25 4GA
Email: amy@sknbyamycole.com
Please contact us using the email address above if you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or the way cookies are used on our website.
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites store on your computer, phone, tablet or other device when you visit them.
Cookies and similar technologies can be used to:
Make a website function correctly
Keep the website secure
Remember your preferences
Understand how visitors use the website
Measure website and advertising performance
Display embedded content
Provide more relevant advertising
Some cookies last only for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser. These are known as session cookies.
Other cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. These are known as persistent cookies.
3. Similar technologies
References to cookies in this policy also include similar storage and tracking technologies, such as:
Tracking pixels
Tags
Scripts
Local storage
Software development kits
Embedded content technologies
Device identifiers
For example, Meta Pixel is not necessarily a traditional cookie itself, but it can use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about website visits and actions.
4. Who places cookies?
Cookies may be placed by us or by another organisation.
First-party cookies
First-party cookies are set directly by the SKN by Amy Cole website. They may be used to operate the website, remember your cookie choices and understand how the website is used.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are set by services used on our website.
These may include:
Squarespace
Google Analytics
Meta Pixel
Instagram
Mailchimp
Embedded content or other website services
These providers may receive information about your device, browser and interaction with our website.
5. The types of cookies we use
We may use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies.
Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to operate securely and correctly.
They may be used to:
Deliver and display the website
Maintain website security
Prevent fraudulent or malicious activity
Remember your cookie preferences
Support forms and essential website functions
Direct visitors through the website
Maintain basic website accessibility and performance
These cookies do not require consent where they are genuinely necessary to provide the website or a service you requested.
You cannot disable strictly necessary cookies through our cookie banner. However, you may be able to block them through your browser settings. Doing so may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.
Analytics and performance cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors find and use our website.
They may collect information such as:
The pages you visit
How long you spend on a page
The website or platform that referred you
The links and buttons you select
Your browser and device type
Your approximate location
Whether you are a new or returning visitor
General website errors and performance information
We use this information to assess website performance, understand which content is useful and improve the experience for visitors.
Analytics cookies are non-essential and will only be used where you have provided the relevant consent.
Advertising and targeting cookies
Advertising and targeting technologies help us measure our marketing and understand whether someone visits our website after viewing or interacting with an advertisement.
They may be used to:
Measure advertising performance
Record certain actions taken on the website
Understand which advertisements lead to website visits
Create or refine advertising audiences
Limit repeated advertising
Display advertising that may be more relevant
Understand how people interact with our marketing
These technologies are non-essential and will only be used where you have provided the relevant consent.
Functionality and embedded-content cookies
Some website features may be provided by third parties, such as embedded Instagram posts or reels.
These services may use cookies or similar technologies to:
Display embedded content
Enable interaction with the content
Remember settings
Connect activity to a social-media account
Measure engagement with the content
Where required, embedded content that uses non-essential cookies will not load until you provide the relevant consent.
6. Squarespace cookies
Our website is created and hosted using Squarespace.
Squarespace may use strictly necessary cookies to:
Securely host and display the website
Protect the website against misuse
Support website navigation
Remember cookie preferences
Operate forms and website features
Maintain the reliability of the website
Depending on our website settings and your cookie choices, Squarespace may also use analytics or performance cookies to provide information about website traffic and visitor behaviour.
Squarespace cookies may include cookies used for:
Website security
Session management
Cookie-consent preferences
Website analytics
Form functionality
Website performance
Strictly necessary Squarespace cookies may be used without consent. Non-essential Squarespace analytics cookies will only be used where the relevant consent has been provided.
The exact Squarespace cookies used may vary depending on the features enabled on our website.
7. Google Analytics
With your consent, we use Google Analytics to understand how people find and use our website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
Your IP address
Approximate geographic location
Device and browser information
Pages viewed
Time spent on the website
Referral source
Website interactions
Session information
Whether you are a new or returning visitor
Google Analytics uses identifiers and cookies, such as the _ga cookie, to help distinguish visitors and website sessions.
The information collected helps us understand website performance and improve our content, services and marketing.
Google Analytics will only be activated where you have accepted analytics cookies through our cookie controls.
We do not intentionally send names, treatment records, medical history or other identifiable health information to Google Analytics.
Google may process information outside the United Kingdom in accordance with its own privacy and data-transfer arrangements.
8. Meta Pixel
With your consent, we may use Meta Pixel on our website.
Meta Pixel is a tracking technology provided by Meta, the company that operates Facebook and Instagram.
It may collect information including:
Pages viewed
Buttons or links selected
Website actions or events
Device and browser information
IP address
Referral information
Whether a visit followed interaction with a Meta advertisement
We may use this information to:
Measure the effectiveness of Facebook and Instagram advertising
Understand whether advertisements lead to website visits
Measure certain website actions
Create advertising audiences
Show advertising that may be more relevant
Improve future advertising campaigns
Meta Pixel and associated advertising cookies will only be activated where you have accepted advertising or marketing cookies.
We do not intentionally send consultation answers, medical information, treatment notes or special-category health information to Meta through Meta Pixel.
Meta may combine information collected through our website with information it already holds where permitted under its own privacy terms, including where you have a Facebook or Instagram account.
9. Embedded Instagram content
Our website may include content embedded from Instagram, such as:
Posts
Reels
Videos
Images
Profile content
Instagram is operated by Meta.
When embedded Instagram content loads, Meta may receive information including:
Your IP address
Device and browser information
The page you visited
Your interaction with the embedded content
Information connected to your Facebook or Instagram account where you are logged in
Embedded Instagram content may use cookies or similar technologies controlled by Meta.
Where required, this content will only load after you accept the relevant functionality, social-media or marketing cookies.
Declining these cookies may mean that Instagram content cannot be displayed directly on our website. You may still be able to visit our Instagram page separately.
10. Mailchimp
We use Mailchimp to manage mailing-list subscriptions and send marketing emails.
Mailchimp forms or sign-up features included on our website may use cookies or similar technologies to:
Display and operate a subscription form
Protect forms against spam or misuse
Record form submissions
Remember whether a form has already been displayed
Measure interaction with a sign-up form
Where Mailchimp cookies are strictly necessary to provide a feature you requested, they may be used without consent. Any non-essential Mailchimp analytics, targeting or tracking technologies will only be used with the relevant consent.
Marketing emails sent through Mailchimp may also contain tracking pixels that help us understand whether an email has been delivered, opened or interacted with.
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by selecting the unsubscribe link included in the email or by emailing amy@sknbyamycole.com.
11. Cookies that may be used
The precise cookies used on our website may change when we add, remove or update website features.
The following table provides examples of cookies that may be used once the relevant services are enabled.
ProviderExample cookie or technologyPurposeCategoryTypical durationSquarespaceCookie-consent preference cookiesRecords whether a visitor accepted, rejected or managed cookiesStrictly necessaryVariesSquarespaceSecurity and session cookiesHelps deliver, secure and operate the websiteStrictly necessarySession or variesSquarespace AnalyticsAnalytics identifiersMeasures visits and website activityAnalyticsVariesGoogle Analytics_gaDistinguishes visitors and sessions for analyticsAnalyticsUp to two years, subject to configuration and browser settingsGoogle Analytics_ga_<container-id>Maintains session information for a Google Analytics propertyAnalyticsUp to two years, subject to configuration and browser settingsMeta_fbpHelps measure and deliver advertising and distinguish browser visitsAdvertisingCommonly up to three monthsMeta PixelTracking pixel and event identifiersRecords website visits and selected actions for advertising measurementAdvertisingVariesInstagram/MetaSocial-media cookiesDisplays embedded content and measures interactionFunctionality or advertisingVariesMailchimpForm and campaign technologiesOperates forms, prevents misuse and measures marketing interactionNecessary, functionality or analytics depending on purposeVaries
This list is illustrative rather than exhaustive.
The cookies actually placed on your device will depend on:
The website features currently enabled
Your cookie preferences
Whether you are logged into a third-party service
Your browser and device settings
Changes made by third-party providers
We will update this policy where our use of cookies changes materially.
12. How we obtain consent
When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie banner or preference tool.
You will be given a choice to:
Accept non-essential cookies
Reject non-essential cookies
Manage your cookie preferences, where available
Strictly necessary cookies may be used automatically because they are required for the website to function.
Analytics, advertising and other non-essential cookies will only be used after you provide the relevant consent.
Not interacting with the cookie banner, continuing to browse or closing the banner will not be treated as consent to non-essential cookies.
13. Changing or withdrawing consent
You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time.
You can do this using the cookie-preference link or control displayed on our website, where available.
Withdrawing consent will not affect cookies or processing that lawfully took place before your preferences were changed.
After changing your preferences, you may also need to delete existing cookies through your browser settings to remove cookies already stored on your device.
14. Managing cookies through your browser
Most browsers allow you to:
View cookies stored on your device
Delete individual cookies
Delete all cookies
Block all cookies
Block third-party cookies
Receive a warning before a cookie is placed
Use private or incognito browsing
The steps vary depending on your browser and device. Please refer to your browser’s privacy or cookie settings for instructions.
Blocking all cookies may prevent some website features from working properly.
15. Third-party privacy information
Third-party services used on our website operate under their own privacy and cookie policies.
These providers may change the names, purposes and durations of their cookies independently of SKN by Amy Cole.
You may wish to review the privacy and cookie information provided by:
Squarespace
Google
Meta, Facebook and Instagram
Mailchimp
We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third-party websites.
16. International data transfers
Some third-party providers may store or process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal information, transfers will be handled in accordance with the safeguards described in our Privacy Policy and the relevant provider’s privacy documentation.
17. Updates to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy where:
We add or remove website services
The cookies used on our website change
A provider changes its technologies
Our website functionality changes
Relevant laws or regulatory guidance change
The current version will be published on our website with its last-updated date.
18. Contact us
For questions about this Cookie Policy or the way cookies are used, please contact:
Amy Cole
SKN by Amy Cole
11 Wallis Drive
Swindon
SN25 4GA
Email: amy@sknbyamycole.com