This Cookie Policy explains how The Consulting House Ltd, operating through the Tatiana Sandu professional brand (“we”, “us”, “our”), uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit tatianasandu.com or tatianasandu.co.uk.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information.
1. Who We Are
The websites and Tatiana Sandu professional brand are operated by:
The Consulting House Ltd Company Number: 16249903 Registered in: England and Wales
Registered Office:
7 Crown Corner
High Street
Crowthorne
England
RG45 7AD
United Kingdom
Professional Brand: Tatiana Sandu Email: tatiana@tatianasandu.com
Websites: tatianasandu.com and tatianasandu.co.uk
2. What are Cookies
Cookies are small text files or pieces of data that websites may place on or access from your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device.
Cookies can enable websites to:
• function correctly;
• maintain security;
• remember preferences;
• understand how visitors use the website;
• provide embedded functionality;
• measure website performance; and
• where applicable and with appropriate consent, support marketing and advertising.
Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser (“session cookies”), while others may remain on your device for a specified period (“persistent cookies”).
3. Similar Technologies
In addition to conventional cookies, our websites may use similar storage or access technologies such as:
• pixels;
• tags;
• scripts;
• web beacons;
• local storage;
• embedded technologies;
• software development technologies; and
• other mechanisms capable of storing information on or accessing information from your device.
References to “cookies” in this policy should generally be understood to include similar technologies where applicable.
4. Why We May Use Cookies
Depending on the functionality currently enabled, cookies and similar technologies may be used to:
• ensure our websites function correctly;
• maintain website and visitor security;
• prevent spam, fraud and misuse;
• remember cookie and privacy preferences;
• enable forms and enquiries;
• enable appointment and discovery-session bookings;
• support payment functionality;
• understand how visitors find and use our websites;
• measure website traffic and performance;
• identify technical problems;
• improve website content and user experience;
• enable embedded video, audio or other media;
• connect with social media platforms;
• support newsletter and email marketing functionality;
• measure campaign effectiveness; and
• support advertising or remarketing where these technologies are used and appropriate consent has been provided.
The technologies actually operating during your visit depend on the functionality currently enabled and your cookie choices.
5. Categories of Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies and technologies support functions necessary for the website or a service specifically requested by you.
They may be used for:
• website security;
• network management;
• fraud and spam prevention;
• maintaining sessions;
• load balancing;
• storing cookie-consent choices;
• enabling essential forms;
• essential transaction functionality; and
• other functionality necessary to provide a service requested by you.
Where an applicable legal exemption applies, these technologies may operate without consent.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics technologies help us understand how visitors interact with our websites.
They may collect information relating to:
• pages visited;
• time spent on pages;
• visitor journeys;
• referral sources;
• approximate geographic location;
• device and browser information;
• website interactions;
• page performance;
• technical errors; and
• aggregated visitor statistics.
Where consent is legally required, these technologies will only operate after appropriate consent has been provided.
Functional Cookies
Functional technologies support enhanced website features and services.
They may support:
• appointment scheduling;
• contact and enquiry forms;
• embedded media;
• personalised preferences;
• interactive functionality;
• live chat or messaging; and
• third-party integrations.
Depending on their function and configuration, these technologies may require consent before activation.
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Where marketing or advertising technologies are enabled, they may be used to:
• measure advertising effectiveness;
• understand conversions;
• attribute enquiries or bookings to campaigns;
• create audiences;
• measure campaign performance;
• understand interactions with advertisements;
• support remarketing; and
• support personalised advertising.
Where consent is legally required, marketing technologies will not operate until you have actively consented.
6. Website Platform, Hosting and Infrastructure
Our website hosting provider, content-management system, website builder, content delivery network or associated infrastructure may use technologies required to:
• deliver website pages;
• maintain security;
• manage website sessions;
• optimise performance;
• balance website traffic; and
• provide essential technical functionality.
Technologies that are genuinely necessary for website operation may be treated as strictly necessary where the applicable legal requirements are satisfied.
7. Cookie Consent Management
Our websites may use a consent-management platform to:
• display a cookie banner;
• record your choices;
• remember which categories you accepted or rejected; and
• enable you to change your preferences.
Technologies used solely to remember your privacy choices may be considered necessary for providing the privacy preference functionality you requested.
8. Analytics
Where enabled, analytics services such as Google Analytics or comparable analytics platforms may be used to understand website usage and performance.
Information processed may include:
• pages viewed;
• visitor interactions;
• session information;
• traffic sources;
• device information;
• browser information; and
• approximate geographic information.
Analytics technologies requiring consent will only be activated after appropriate consent has been provided.
9. Tag Management
Where enabled, services such as Google Tag Manager or comparable tag-management technologies may be used to manage website scripts and integrations.
A tag-management system may facilitate analytics, conversion or marketing technologies.
The technologies deployed through a tag-management system remain subject to the appropriate consent requirements.
10. Advertising and Conversion Tracking
Where enabled, advertising and conversion technologies may be provided by platforms such as:
• Google;
• Meta;
• LinkedIn; or
• other advertising or social-media platforms.
These technologies may be used to:
• measure campaign performance;
• understand website conversions;
• attribute enquiries or bookings;
• create audiences; and
• support advertising and remarketing.
This may include technologies such as Google Ads conversion tracking, Meta Pixel or LinkedIn Insight Tag, where installed.
Where consent is required, these technologies will not be activated until the appropriate consent has been provided.
11. Appointment and Scheduling Platforms
Our websites may integrate with appointment or scheduling platforms such as Calendly, Acuity Scheduling or comparable services.
When you interact with an embedded booking system, the provider may use technologies to:
• provide appointment availability;
• maintain a booking session;
• remember preferences;
• process bookings; and
• analyse use of its service.
If you leave our website to complete a booking on another platform, that provider’s own privacy and cookie terms will apply to your use of its website or service.
12. Payment Providers
Where online payment functionality is provided, payment processors such as Stripe, PayPal or comparable providers may use cookies or similar technologies for:
Some payment technologies may be necessary to provide a payment service specifically requested by you.
The payment provider’s own privacy and cookie terms may also apply when you interact directly with its services.
13. Email Marketing and Newsletter Platforms
Where newsletter subscriptions, email campaigns or automated communications are provided, platforms such as Mailchimp, Kit, ActiveCampaign or comparable services may support website forms and communications.
Associated technologies may be used to:
• process subscriptions;
• operate forms;
• prevent misuse;
• maintain functionality; and
• where permitted, measure communication or campaign performance.
Applicable consent and direct-marketing requirements will be observed.
14. Forms
Contact, enquiry, application, assessment or discovery-session forms may use technologies to:
• process submissions;
• maintain form sessions;
• prevent duplicate submissions;
• protect against spam; and
• provide necessary form functionality.
Personal information you deliberately submit through a form is governed by our Privacy Policy.
15. Security and Anti-Spam Technologies
Our websites may use technologies such as Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare or comparable security and anti-spam services.
These services may process technical information concerning your browser, device and interactions with the website to:
The treatment of a particular technology depends on its purpose and configuration and applicable legal requirements.
16. Video and Media Platforms
Our websites may contain video, audio or other media embedded from third-party services.
These may include services such as:
• YouTube;
• Vimeo; or
• other media platforms.
Third-party providers may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver content, remember player preferences or measure interactions.
Where consent is required, embedded content or associated technologies may be prevented from loading until you provide the relevant consent.
17. Online Meeting Platforms
We may provide links or integrations relating to services such as:
• Zoom;
• Microsoft Teams;
• Google Meet; or
• comparable online communication platforms.
These services may be used for discovery sessions, coaching, facilitation, programmes, workshops or other online services.
Where you leave our website to use one of these services, the provider’s own privacy and cookie practices apply.
18. Social Media Integrations
Our websites may contain links, buttons, feeds or embedded content associated with platforms such as:
• LinkedIn;
• Instagram;
• Facebook;
• YouTube; or
• other social networks.
An ordinary external link does not necessarily involve the placement of a cookie.
However, embedded feeds, widgets, pixels or other integrations may enable the relevant platform to receive technical or interaction information.
Non-essential social-media technologies will be subject to applicable consent requirements.
19. CRM and Client Management Systems
We may use customer relationship management, booking or client-management systems to administer enquiries and client relationships.
Where these systems are integrated directly into our websites, they may use technologies to:
• process forms;
• maintain sessions;
• identify interactions; or
• provide requested functionality.
Personal information processed through these systems is also governed by our Privacy Policy.
20. Fonts, Maps and Other External Content
Our websites may use externally hosted resources such as:
• web fonts;
• maps;
• reviews;
• widgets;
• interactive tools; and
• other third-party content.
Some third-party resources may cause technical information such as your IP address and browser information to be transmitted to the provider.
Where access to such information requires consent, the relevant resource should not be loaded until appropriate consent has been provided.
21. Current Cookies and Technologies
Websites and third-party technologies change over time, so the precise cookies operating on our websites may change.
Where our websites use a cookie consent or privacy preference platform, the Cookie Settings or Privacy Preferences facility should provide current information about the cookies and technologies in use, which may include:
• cookie or technology name;
• provider;
• purpose;
• category; and
• duration.
The consent-management platform and this Cookie Policy should be considered together when understanding the technologies operating on the websites.
22. Third-Party Cookies
Some technologies may be provided by third parties rather than directly by The Consulting House Ltd.
Depending on the functionality enabled, these providers may include:
• analytics providers;
• scheduling providers;
• payment processors;
• email marketing providers;
• video platforms;
• social-media platforms;
• advertising networks;
• security providers;
• website infrastructure providers; and
• other digital service providers.
Third parties may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
Where a third party acts as an independent data controller, we do not control its independent processing of personal information.
23. Your Cookie Choices
When you first visit our websites, you may be presented with a cookie banner or privacy preference centre.
Where consent is required, you should be able to choose whether to accept or reject non-essential technologies.
Your choices may include:
Necessary – required for essential website functionality. Analytics – helps us understand website usage and performance. Functional – enables additional website features. Marketing – supports advertising, conversion measurement and related marketing functionality.
You may change or withdraw your choices through the website’s Cookie Settings or Privacy Preferences, where available.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing lawfully carried out before consent was withdrawn.
24. Accepting and Rejecting Cookies
Where consent is legally required, non-essential cookies and similar technologies should not be activated until you have made an affirmative choice.
You should be provided with a genuine opportunity to reject non-essential technologies.
Continuing to browse the website will not, by itself, be treated as consent where affirmative consent is legally required.
25. Browser Controls
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through browser settings.
Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
• view stored cookies;
• delete cookies;
• block particular cookies;
• block third-party cookies; or
• block all cookies.
Blocking certain technologies may affect website functionality.
Browser controls operate separately from the privacy choices provided through our websites.
26. Changes to the Technologies We Use
We may add, remove or change website technologies as our business and websites develop.
For example, we may introduce or change:
• booking systems;
• payment providers;
• analytics platforms;
• email marketing services;
• video platforms;
• advertising technologies;
• social-media integrations;
• website hosting;
• security providers; or
• other digital tools.
Where changes materially affect the use of cookies or personal information, we will review our Cookie Policy, Privacy Policy and consent configuration as appropriate.
27. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes to:
• our websites;
• technologies;
• service providers;
• our business;
• applicable legislation; or
• regulatory guidance.
The latest version will be published on our websites and the “Last updated” date will be amended accordingly.
28. Contact
If you have questions about cookies, privacy or how your information is handled, please contact:
The Consulting House Ltd Company Number: 16249903
Registered in: England and Wales
Professional Brand: Tatiana Sandu
For the attention of: Tatiana Sandu
Email: tatiana@tatianasandu.com
Registered Office:
7 Crown Corner
High Street
Crowthorne
England
RG45 7AD
United Kingdom
Websites: tatianasandu.com and tatianasandu.co.uk
For further information about how we collect, use, store and protect personal information, please read our Privacy Policy.
