Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 11 July 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly, remember your preferences, understand how visitors use the site, and improve the overall user experience. Some cookies are essential for the website to operate, while others are only used with your consent.
2. How We Use Cookies
At alexandravanschaik.com, we use cookies to:
Ensure the website functions correctly
Remember your cookie preferences
Understand how visitors use the website
Improve the performance and user experience of the website
Measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns (if enabled)
We do not use cookies to sell your personal information.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core features such as page navigation, security and website functionality. Because these cookies are essential, they cannot be disabled through the cookie banner.
Analytics Cookies: With your consent, we use Google Analytics to better understand how visitors interact with our website. Analytics cookies may collect information such as: Pages visited, time spent on the website, browser and device type, general geographic region, referring websites. This information is aggregated and helps us improve the website. We do not use analytics cookies to personally identify visitors.
Marketing Cookies: If we use advertising services such as Google Ads in the future, marketing cookies may be placed on your device with your consent. These cookies may be used to: Measure advertising performance, understand which marketing campaigns are effective, and show relevant advertisements on other websites. Marketing cookies will only be activated after you have provided your consent.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be placed by trusted third-party services that help us operate our website, including Squarespace, Google Analytics, Google Ads (if enabled), Mailchimp, Instagram (embedded content), ManyChat. These providers have their own privacy and cookie policies, which govern how they process personal information.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website, you will be asked to choose whether to accept non-essential cookies.
You can:
Accept all cookies
Reject non-essential cookies
Change your preferences at any time through the cookie settings available on the website.
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
6. Cookie Retention
Some cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser (session cookies), while others remain on your device for a limited period (persistent cookies). Analytics cookies are generally retained for up to 26 months, unless deleted earlier or your consent is withdrawn.
7. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in legislation, technology or the services we use. The most recent version will always be published on this page.
8. Contact
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us contact@alexandravanschaik.com