Cookie policy

This page explains the cookies and other storage used on ckystones.com, their purposes and your choices. The optional services listed in our privacy panel are enabled according to your choices. Some storage associated with forms is described separately below.

Last updated: 9 October 2026

Manage your preferences

You can reject all, accept all or separately customise analytics, advertising and attribution, and external forms. Accept and reject buttons are presented at the same level. Continuing to browse does not constitute consent.

You can change your decision at any time. Withdrawing permission for a service already enabled may reload the page to stop it running. The cky_consent_v1 cookie remembers your choice for 180 days; after that, you will be asked to choose again. Deleting it in your browser may also make the panel reappear.

Basket, account and forms

Technical cookies support functions you request: your basket, login, security and remembering your preferences. Blocking them in your browser may prevent these functions from working properly.

Your privacy choice

cky_consent_v1 — your optional-service choices and decision date. Retention: 180 days.

Correcting the contact form

cky_contact_flash — following an error, keeps your entered contact details, subject and message so they can be displayed again. Retention: five minutes; removed after successful processing.

WooCommerce basket

When you use the basket, woocommerce_cart_hash and woocommerce_items_in_cart track changes during the session. wp_woocommerce_session_* retrieves your basket; its lifetime depends on login status and store settings.

Services offered in the panel

Analytics

Google Analytics helps us understand how the website is used. The Analytics choice controls consent given to Google for this purpose. The Google script may also load if you separately accept Advertising and attribution; consent and refusal states are then communicated separately to Google.

Advertising and attribution

This panel label includes WooCommerce attribution: linking an order to the source of a visit. This WooCommerce attribution stays disabled until you consent. Accepting this category may also load the Google script.

External forms

Hostinger Reach may load its embedded forms and measure their views after you accept this category. This choice does not subscribe you to emails. You can still use CKYSTONES contact, course and assessment forms without accepting this service. Subscribing to the Mailchimp newsletter is a separate action.

Storage associated with these services

Google Analytics

_ga distinguishes visitors and _ga_* keeps session state. Retention depends on Google settings: two years by default, which can be changed. This default does not confirm the setting for CKYSTONES. A cookie’s lifetime is separate from how long data is kept on Google servers.

Order origin

WooCommerce sbjs_* cookies hold source and browsing information. In the current configuration, these are session cookies, except sbjs_session, which lasts 30 minutes and is refreshed when used. They are removed when this attribution is refused or withdrawn.

Reach form views

The reach_imp_* local-storage keys support view measurement. This storage may remain after you close your browser. Our panel removes these keys when you refuse or withdraw permission for external forms.

Contact confirmation

After analytics consent, cky_contact_pending_v1 keeps a one-use technical marker in the tab session. It helps count a submitted enquiry without copying your contact details or message. The marker is valid for ten minutes.

Source of course and assessment requests

These forms may attach the page address and source parameters from the link you used to your request. The assessment form also keeps cky_utm_source, cky_utm_medium, cky_utm_campaign, cky_utm_content and cky_utm_term in tab-session storage to retain the source of your request. They remain for that session. This mechanism is separate from WooCommerce attribution and is not currently controlled by the panel’s Advertising and attribution choice.

External services and contact

Payments, external account sign-ins and provider pages you open may use their own tools. Their notices explain the relevant purposes and retention periods: Google, Hostinger, Stripe and PayPal. Retention may depend on the service and your interactions.

Your browser settings also let you clear cookies and local storage. For data relating to enquiries, orders or subscriptions, read our privacy policy. Contact: ckystones@www.ckystones.com.