Cookies Policy
1.0 Cookies
My website uses cookies. They are placed by software that operates on the server, and by software operated by third parties whose services I use.
- people who contact Body in Balance and Body in Balance Training
- therapy clients or potential therapy clients of Body in Balance
- people who are students or potential students at Body in Balance Training
- people who use the Body in Balance website, mariettelobo.com
This page describes what information cookies gather, how I use it and why I sometimes need to store these cookies. I also describe how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
By using mariettelobo.com you consent to this website privacy policy. If you are unhappy with anything in the following policy statements you should leave the website.
2.0 What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer's hard drive by your web browser when you visit any website. Cookies allow information gathered on one web page to be stored until it is needed for use on another, allowing a website to provide you with a personalised experience and the website owner with statistics about how you use the website so that it can be improved. This is common practice with almost all professional websites. Some cookies may last for a defined period of time, such as one day or until you close your browser. Others last indefinitely. Your web browser should allow you to delete any you choose. It also should allow you to prevent or limit their use.
You can find out more at What Are Cookies and for more general information on cookies see this Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
3.0 How I Use Cookies
When you first visit mariettelobo.com I ask you whether you wish me to use cookies. If you choose not to accept them, I shall not use them for your visit except to record that you have not consented to their use for any other purpose.
If you choose not to use cookies or you prevent their use through your browser settings, you will not be able to use all the functionality of my website. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. I recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
I use cookies to track how you use my website and to record your answers to surveys and questionnaires on my site while you complete them.
4.0 The Cookies I Set
I use the following cookies and third party cookies on my website
4.1 Forms related cookies
When you submit data to mariettelobo.com through a form such as the contact form on the Contact page, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
4.2 Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with the best experience of this site I provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences I need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.
4.3 Third Party Cookies
I use Google Analytics to help me to understand how you use this site and to find ways to improve your experience of the site. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so that I can monitor the response to page content and continue to improve the website.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
5.0 Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
6.0 Review of this cookies policy
6.1 Change log
I may update this cookies policy from time to time as necessary. If you have any question regarding my cookies policy, please contact me by email in the first instance at this address: enquiries@mariettelobo.com
25/05/2018 – version 1