Cookie Policy

Last updated: 21 August 2026

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small files stored on your computer, phone or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies can help a website function, remember preferences, understand how visitors use it and measure advertising.

2. Cookies used on our website

Our website may use the following categories of cookies.

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are required for the website to function securely and correctly.

They may be used to:

  • Maintain website security

  • Remember cookie choices

  • Operate forms and website features

  • Provide account, booking or payment functionality

  • Prevent fraudulent or malicious activity

These cookies do not normally require consent because the website cannot provide the requested service without them.

Preference cookies

These cookies remember choices such as:

  • Cookie preferences

  • Display settings

  • Dismissed announcements

  • Video-player preferences

Analytics and performance cookies

Subject to your cookie choices, Squarespace and Google Analytics may collect information about:

  • Pages visited

  • Time spent on the website

  • Referring websites

  • Device and browser type

  • General interaction with the website

We use this information to understand website performance and improve the visitor experience.

Advertising cookies

Subject to your consent, Google Ads or other advertising services may use cookies or similar technologies to measure advertising and understand whether someone completed an enquiry after seeing an advert.

Google Tag Manager may be used to manage website tags. The services loaded through it may set their own cookies.

Third-party and embedded content

Pages may contain content or services supplied by third parties, such as:

  • YouTube or other video providers

  • Instagram or other social-media services

  • Mailchimp forms

  • Barespace booking services

  • External payment or finance providers

These services may place their own cookies when you interact with them. Their use of information is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.

3. Your choices

When you first visit the website, the cookie banner allows you to:

  • Accept cookies

  • Decline non-essential cookies

  • Manage individual cookie categories

You can change your decision using the Manage Cookies link displayed on the website.

You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may prevent certain website features or embedded content from working correctly.

4. How long cookies remain

Some cookies are removed when you close your browser. Others remain for a set period so the website can remember your choices.

Retention periods depend on the cookie and provider. We regularly review the cookies and services used on the website.

A current description of cookies commonly used by Squarespace is available through the Squarespace cookie guide.

5. Personal information

Where cookie information identifies or can be linked to an individual, it is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

6. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our website, advertising or third-party services change. The latest version will be published on this page.

7. Contact us

For questions about cookies or privacy, contact:

Barbering School Wales Ltd
2nd Floor, 26–27 St Mary Street
Cardiff
CF10 1AB

Email: info@barberschoolwales.co.uk