COOKIE NOTICE

Organisation: HEADGUARD C.I.C.
Company number: 16212678
Responsible person: Catherine Brown – Director
Version: 1.0
Effective date: 4 August 2026
Review date: 4 August 2027, or sooner if our website or use of cookies changes

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function, remember preferences and provide information about how the website is used.

Similar technologies, such as tracking pixels and local storage, may operate in the same way.

2. How we use cookies

The HEADGUARD website may use:

Essential cookies

These are required for the website to function securely and may support:

  • website navigation;

  • security;

  • forms;

  • shopping baskets;

  • payments; and

  • remembering your cookie choices.

Essential cookies cannot normally be disabled through our cookie settings.

Functional cookies

These remember choices or provide additional website features.

Analytics cookies

These help us understand how visitors use the website so that we can improve its content and performance.

Marketing and embedded-content cookies

These may be used by services that provide embedded videos, social-media content, ticketing, donation or other external features.

Non-essential cookies will only be used where an appropriate choice has been provided through our cookie banner. Current ICO guidance requires clear information and meaningful control over non-essential cookies.

3. Third-party services

Our website is hosted through Squarespace and may contain services supplied by third parties.

These providers may place their own cookies when you:

  • watch an embedded video;

  • use a payment or donation facility;

  • purchase an event ticket;

  • interact with social-media content; or

  • use another embedded service.

Third-party providers are responsible for their own use of information under their privacy and cookie notices.

4. Managing your preferences

When you first visit the website, you may be shown a cookie banner allowing you to:

  • accept non-essential cookies;

  • reject non-essential cookies; or

  • manage your preferences.

You can change your choices through the website’s cookie settings where available.

You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect how parts of the website work.

5. Personal information

Where cookies collect information that can identify or relate to an individual, that information will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Notice.

HEADGUARD C.I.C. does not sell personal information collected through cookies.

6. Changes to this notice

We may update this Cookie Notice where:

  • our website changes;

  • new services are introduced;

  • the cookies used change; or

  • legal or regulatory requirements change.

The current version and review date will be shown at the top of this page.

7. Contact

HEADGUARD C.I.C.
Company number 16212678
Brook Cottage
High Street
Paulerspury
Towcester
England
NN12 7NR

Email: contact@headguard.info