Last updated: August 23rd, 2026

1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit my website.

They help the website function properly, improve your browsing experience and allow me to understand how visitors use my website.

2. Which cookies do I use?
My website uses the following types of cookies:

Essential cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly and cannot be switched off.

Examples include:

• remembering your cookie preferences

• keeping the website secure

• processing purchases
  

Analytics cookies
These cookies help me understand how visitors use my website so I can improve its performance and user experience.

For example:
Google Analytics
Microsoft Clarity

Microsoft Clarity helps me understand how visitors interact with my website through session recordings, heatmaps, clicks and scrolling behaviour. Microsoft Clarity may use cookies such as _clck and _clsk when you consent to analytics cookies.

Marketing cookies
If enabled, these cookies help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

For example:
Meta Pixel

3. Managing cookies
When you first visit this website, you can choose which optional cookies you want to allow through the cookie banner.

You can manage your preferences for analytics and marketing cookies separately.

Essential cookies do not require consent because they are necessary for the website to function.

You can also manage or disable cookies through your browser settings at any time.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this website.

4. Third-party cookies
Some cookies may be placed by trusted third-party providers, such as:

Google
Microsoft
Meta
Stripe

These providers have their own privacy policies regarding the information they collect.

5. Changes to this Cookie Policy
I may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this website.

6. Contact
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact:
Irene Joy Blaauw at contact@irenejoyblaauw.com

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