Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
Katie Higgins Hypnotherapy
Effective from: 3 November 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function securely, remember settings and understand how visitors interact with the site.
Some cookies are essential for the website to operate, while others may be used for analytics, advertising or additional website features.
Katie Higgins Hypnotherapy is committed to protecting your privacy and providing clear information about how cookies and similar technologies are used on this website.
2. How We Use Cookies
Katie Higgins Hypnotherapy uses cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
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Essential website functionality: To maintain website security, stability and essential features.
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Session management: To support website functionality and maintain necessary visitor preferences.
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Website analytics: Where applicable, to understand how visitors interact with the website and improve its content, usability and performance.
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Advertising and marketing: To support Google Ads advertising, measure campaign performance and understand relevant interactions with our advertisements, where permitted by your consent.
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Cookie consent management: To remember your cookie preferences and ensure they are applied appropriately.
3. Cookie Categories and Providers
3.1 Essential Cookies
This website is hosted by Wix, which uses essential cookies and similar technologies to support security, fraud prevention, session management and website functionality.
Essential services identified on the website include:
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Wix CMS
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Usercentrics for Wix
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Wix Pro Gallery, subject to the functionality of its cookies
Essential cookies are used only where necessary for the operation of the website or another applicable legal exemption applies.
These cookies may remain active even when optional cookies are rejected.
3.2 Analytics Cookies
Website analytics may be used to understand visitor numbers, website performance and how visitors interact with different pages.
Where Wix Analytics or another analytics service uses cookies or similar technologies, these will be subject to the applicable UK privacy requirements.
Where consent is required, analytics cookies will only be activated after you have provided the relevant consent through the website's cookie banner.
You can review or change your preferences through the website's cookie settings.
3.3 Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Katie Higgins Hypnotherapy uses Google Ads to advertise its Hypnotherapy services.
Google advertising technologies identified on the website include:
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Google Tag Services
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Google Advertising Services, including resources associated with googlesyndication.com
These technologies may be used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, understand relevant interactions with advertisements and support advertising activities.
Some technologies may collect information such as device identifiers, browser information, interactions with the website and advertising-related activity.
Marketing cookies and similar technologies requiring consent will not be used for advertising purposes unless you have provided the appropriate consent.
You can reject Marketing cookies without preventing access to the general website.
4. Cookie Consent Management
Our website uses Usercentrics for Wix to manage cookie preferences.
When you first visit the website, a cookie consent banner allows you to:
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Accept optional cookies.
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Reject optional cookies.
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Review the available cookie categories and manage your preferences.
Essential cookies may remain active where necessary for the website to operate.
Your choices are recorded through the cookie consent management system.
You may change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie settings option available on the website.
Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before withdrawal.
5. Third-Party Services
Our website uses services provided by Wix, Usercentrics and Google.
These providers may process information in connection with website hosting, essential functionality, consent management, analytics or advertising, depending on the service involved and the permissions you have provided.
Some third-party providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where personal information is transferred internationally, applicable data protection requirements and safeguards must be observed.
For more information about how personal information is collected, used and protected, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
6. How Long Are Cookies Stored?
Different cookies remain on your device for different periods.
Some are session cookies and are deleted when you close your browser. Others are persistent cookies and remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them.
The duration depends on the cookie's purpose and the service provider responsible for it.
Further information about individual cookies, their purposes, providers and storage durations should be available through the website's cookie settings or detailed cookie declaration.
7. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
In addition to using the website's cookie consent settings, you can manage or delete cookies directly through your browser.
Most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete existing cookies or receive notifications when cookies are being stored.
Please be aware that blocking essential cookies may affect some website functionality.
Guidance is available from the following browser providers:
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Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
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Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
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Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the technologies used, cookie consent arrangements or applicable legal requirements.
The latest version will be published on this page, together with its effective date.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies and similar technologies are used, please contact:
Katie Higgins Hypnotherapy
Data Controller: Katie Higgins
Email: katie@katiehiggins.biz
Website: www.katiehigginshypnotherapy.com
ICO Registration Number: CSN0973286