Current status

Technology	Purpose	Status
Consent preference	Remembers an analytics and marketing choice locally	Essential when optional tracking is configured
Google Analytics 4	Privacy-conscious website interaction measurement	Configured; opt-in only
Microsoft Clarity	Session recordings, click and scroll heatmaps to improve the website	Configured; opt-in only
Meta Pixel	Optional marketing measurement	Not active

How consent works

A privacy-choice panel appears on your first visit before any GA4, Clarity or Meta script is loaded. Choosing essential storage only leaves optional tracking blocked. Your choice is stored under styled_consent_v2 in local storage.

A Cookie preferences control appears in the footer so you can change your decision at any time. You can also clear this site's data in your browser. Withdrawing consent reloads the page so previously loaded optional scripts are removed. Analytics cookies set by this website are also cleared.

Optional analytics

When you allow optional analytics, Google Analytics measures page views and interactions. Microsoft Clarity records website interactions to produce session recordings and heatmaps. These tools receive technical information about your browser and visit. Clarity masks input content and is configured separately from advertising consent. We do not send booking details, free-text treatment information or contact-form contents to these tools. Clarity is supplied by Microsoft; see the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

GA4 may set cookies beginning with _ga, normally lasting up to two years. Clarity uses _clck (one year) and _clsk (one day) to connect consented interactions. You can withdraw consent using Cookie preferences in the footer.

Maps and external links

The operational OpenStreetMap embed loads when the map comes into view; it is not optional analytics or advertising. OpenStreetMap's own privacy terms apply to that connection. Google Maps, Square, Fresha, ThatTime, Timely and Instagram open as external destinations and may use cookies under their own policies. A link does not give those services permission to load tracking on this website before you visit them.

A future live Google review connection would retrieve review data server-to-server and does not activate Google Analytics or the Meta Pixel. Where Google supplies a reviewer profile image, loading that image may make a direct content request to Google; it is not used by this site for advertising or analytics.

Questions

Email info.styledbymelissa@gmail.com or call the studio on 0161 566 8111. See the Privacy Policy for more information.