Cookie Policy

Skin Within Academy — by Skin Within Group Limited Last updated: March 2026

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet or mobile) when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device, remember your preferences and understand how you interact with the site.

Cookies are not harmful and cannot access other files on your device.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies on skinwithinacademy.co.uk to:

Ensure the website functions correctly
Understand how visitors find and use our site
Measure the effectiveness of our marketing
Improve your experience over time

Our website uses Framer's built-in cookie consent banner to obtain your consent before placing any non-essential cookies. You can update your preferences at any time.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function. They cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as filling in a form or navigating between pages.

Cookie Purpose Duration Framer session cookies Enable core website functionality Session

No consent is required for strictly necessary cookies.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information anonymously. We use Google Analytics (loaded via Google Tag Manager) for this purpose.

Cookie Provider Purpose Duration _ga Google Analytics Distinguishes unique users 2 years _ga_XXXXXXXX Google Analytics Stores session state 2 years _gid Google Analytics Distinguishes users (short-term) 24 hours _gat Google Analytics Throttles request rate 1 minute

These cookies are only placed if you accept analytics cookies via our cookie banner.

Marketing & Tracking Cookies

If you have consented, Google Tag Manager may load additional tags for marketing and remarketing purposes. These may set cookies used to show you relevant adverts or measure campaign performance.

These cookies are only placed if you accept marketing cookies via our cookie banner.

4. Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager (GTM) to manage and deploy tags on our website, including Google Analytics. GTM itself does not collect personal data or set cookies — it acts as a container that loads other scripts based on your consent preferences.

Only tags that correspond to your consent choices will be activated.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie banner asking for your consent. You can choose to:

Accept all cookies — including analytics and marketing
Accept necessary only — only strictly necessary cookies will be set
Manage preferences — customise which categories you accept

You can change your preferences at any time by [clicking here to reopen cookie settings] or by clearing your cookies in your browser settings and revisiting the site.

Managing cookies in your browser:

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies, accept only certain cookies, or notify you when a cookie is being set. Please note that restricting cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

Useful browser guidance:

You can also opt out of Google Analytics across all websites at: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

6. Third-Party Cookies

Some third-party services embedded on our site (such as Calendly booking widgets or social media links) may set their own cookies. We do not control these cookies and they are governed by the respective third parties' own privacy and cookie policies.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, particularly as the cookies and tags we use change. The current version will always be published on this page with the date of last update.