This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, which ones are used on this website, and how you can manage your preferences. It should be read alongside the Privacy Policy above.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognise your device, store preferences, and gather usage information. Similar technologies such as local storage and pixels work in a comparable way and are covered by this policy.
2. How Consent Is Managed — Complianz
This website uses Complianz (by Complianz B.V.) as its cookie consent management platform. When you first visit, a consent banner is displayed allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies by category and by individual service. Complianz blocks all non-essential cookies and scripts until you have given your explicit consent.
You can update your preferences at any time via the Cookie Settings link in the website footer. Complianz also respects Do Not Track (DNT) and Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signals.
Complianz Privacy Policy: complianz.io/privacy-statement/
3. Categories of Cookies Used
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
Essential for the website to function. Cannot be switched off and do not require consent under PECR. Includes session management, security, and Complianz consent preference storage.
3.2 Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is used to understand how visitors engage with this website. GA4 collects anonymised data — IP addresses are never stored in full. Analytics cookies are only activated after you have given explicit consent via the Complianz banner.
3.3 Functional Cookies
No additional functional cookies are currently used beyond those set by Complianz. This section will be updated if functional cookies are introduced.
3.4 Marketing / Targeting Cookies
No advertising campaigns are run from this website and no targeting or retargeting cookies are used.
4. Cookie Register
The following cookies are currently in use on this website:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Category | Duration | Purpose |
| cmplz_consent | Complianz | Necessary | 1 year | Stores your cookie consent preferences as set via the Complianz banner. |
| cmplz_policy_id | Complianz | Necessary | 1 year | Records which version of the cookie policy you consented to, enabling re-prompting if the policy changes. |
| PHPSESSID | Dr Sona Kaur | Necessary | Session | Maintains your session state while browsing the website. |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Analytics | 2 years | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how you use the website. |
| _ga_[ID] | Google Analytics | Analytics | 2 years | Used to persist session state across page requests in GA4. |
This cookie register is reviewed periodically. For the most current list, please check this page or scan the site using your browser’s developer tools.
5. Third-Party Services
- Google LLC (Google Analytics, Site Kit) — policies.google.com/privacy
- Complianz B.V. (cookie consent management) — complianz.io/privacy-statement/
- SiteGround Spain S.L. (hosting, security, performance) — siteground.co.uk/privacy.htm
Elementor Pro, Rank Math SEO, OoohBoi Steroids for Elementor, Piotnet Addons for Elementor, and all other WordPress administrative plugins used on this website do not set cookies on visitor devices and do not independently collect visitor personal data.
6. How to Control Cookies
Via the cookie banner
When you first visit, the Complianz banner allows you to accept or decline cookies by category and service. Update your preferences at any time via the Cookie Settings link in the website footer.
Via your browser
- Google Chrome: chrome://settings/cookies
- Mozilla Firefox: Preferences > Privacy & Security
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions
7. Cookies & the Law
- Strictly necessary cookies may be placed without prior consent
- All other cookies require freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous prior consent
- Consent must be as easy to withdraw as it was to give
- Pre-ticked boxes or inferred consent do not satisfy the UK legal standard under PECR and UK GDPR
- Do Not Track (DNT) and Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signals are respected
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time. Where significant changes are made, Complianz will re-prompt for consent as required. The current version will always be published on this page.
This Cookie Policy was last updated on 24 June 2026.
Dr Sona Kaur
Clinical Psychologist & Neurodiversity Specialist