1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They let a site remember your preferences, recognise you on return, or measure how the site is used. Similar technologies (local storage, pixels, fingerprinting) work the same way for legal purposes under PECR.
2. What we use
We use two categories of cookies and similar technologies. Strictly-necessary cookies are always on (PECR exempts them from consent). Analytics and marketing cookies are off by default and only load if you click Accept all on the banner shown the first time you visit.
- Strictly necessary (always on)
- A localStorage entry called
eu-cookie-consentthat remembers your banner choice so we don’t ask again. No tracking, no third parties. - Google Analytics 4 (on consent)
- Loads via Google Tag Manager. Records aggregated page views, scroll depth, form submissions, phone-number clicks and map clicks so we can see which pages help dancers find us. Aggregated, not used to identify individuals.
- Google Tag Manager (on consent)
- A wrapper that lets us add and update analytics or marketing tags without changing the site code. Loads no cookies on its own.
- Meta Pixel (on consent)
- Used when HK Dance Studios runs ads on Facebook or Instagram. Lets us measure ad performance and reach similar audiences. Pixel ID
4668614723152520. - Microsoft Clarity (on consent)
- Session replays and heatmaps that show, anonymised, how visitors move through the site so we can improve it. Loaded only with your consent.
Visitors in the EEA and UK see the banner with both cookie categories denied by default until you choose, per UK GDPR and EU ePrivacy Directive requirements. Visitors elsewhere have analytics and marketing granted by default (revocable any time via the banner) per the relevant local laws.
3. How to control cookies
Three ways:
- Reset banner choice on this site. Click the button below to re-show the banner with your previous choice cleared.
- Opt out of Google Analytics globallyusing Google’s opt-out browser add-on: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Browser controls. Block and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers explain how in their help pages.
The ICO’s guide to cookies is a good plain-English starting point: ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/.
4. Related policies
See our Privacy policy for the wider picture on how we handle personal data, and our Terms of use for site-use rules.
5. Contact
Questions about cookies on this site? Email info@hkdancestudios.co.uk.