Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website can place on your device (computer, phone, or tablet) when you visit it. They are stored in your browser and sent back to the originating website on future visits. Cookies serve many purposes — from keeping you logged in, to remembering your preferences, to helping websites understand how they are being used.

Beyond traditional cookies, websites also use related browser storage technologies:

• Session cookies — Temporary cookies that expire the moment you close your browser tab or window. They are not stored persistently on your device.
• Persistent cookies — Cookies with an expiry date that remain on your device until they expire or you delete them. These are what most people think of as "tracking cookies."
• localStorage — A browser feature that allows a website to store a small amount of data on your device, similar to a persistent cookie, but it is never automatically sent to a server. The data stays in your browser only, unless the site explicitly reads it.
• sessionStorage — Like localStorage, but the data is cleared as soon as you close the browser tab.

All of these technologies are governed by similar privacy principles, and this policy covers our use of all of them.

2. What We Store on Your Device

We keep our use of browser storage to an absolute minimum. Here is the complete picture of everything ameliaihope.com stores on your device:

That is the complete list. There is one entry, and it exists only so we do not ask you the same consent question every time you visit the page.

What the cookie_consent Value Contains

The cookie_consent localStorage entry contains only a simple string — either "accepted" or "declined" — and the date on which you made that choice. It contains no personal identifiers, no device fingerprinting data, and no information that could be used to identify or track you.

3. Essential vs. Non-Essential Storage

Under GDPR and the UK PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations), cookies and similar technologies are classified as either "essential/strictly necessary" or "non-essential."

Essential (Strictly Necessary)

Essential storage is required for the basic operation of the website and does not require your prior consent. Our single localStorage entry — cookie_consent — falls into this category. Without it, the Site cannot remember that you have already responded to the consent notice, which would be a poor user experience with no privacy benefit.

Session cookies used purely to maintain technical session state (if applicable) are also considered essential and do not require consent.

Non-Essential (Analytics, Marketing, Tracking)

Non-essential cookies — such as those used for behavioural analytics, retargeting, advertising, or cross-site tracking — require your explicit consent before they are set. We do not use any non-essential cookies or non-essential localStorage entries. There is nothing to opt out of in this regard on ameliaihope.com itself.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Beacons.ai

When you click through to our product pages on Beacons.ai to purchase a digital product, you leave ameliaihope.com and enter the Beacons.ai platform. Beacons.ai is an independent service with its own cookie and privacy practices. They may set their own cookies on your device in accordance with their policies. We have no control over any cookies set by Beacons.ai.

We encourage you to review the Beacons.ai cookie and privacy policy at beacons.ai/privacy before making a purchase.

Google Fonts

This Site loads typeface files from Google Fonts. When your browser fetches a font file, it makes a request to Google's servers. Google may process the IP address of that request in accordance with their own privacy policy. However, Google Fonts does not set cookies on your device through this mechanism, and this is a standard, necessary part of how web fonts load. You can review Google's data practices at policies.google.com/privacy.

Social Media Platforms

We do not embed social media widgets (such as embedded Twitter/X feeds, Instagram carousels, or Facebook like buttons) directly on ameliaihope.com. Links to our social profiles open in a new tab and take you to those platforms' own environments, where their cookies and tracking apply. We are not responsible for what those platforms do on their own sites.

5. How to Control and Clear Cookies

You have full control over what your browser stores. You can view, manage, and delete cookies and localStorage data at any time using your browser's built-in settings. Below are instructions for the most commonly used browsers.

Note: clearing cookies and localStorage will remove the cookie_consent entry, so our consent notice will reappear the next time you visit.

Managing localStorage Specifically

If you want to clear only the cookie_consent localStorage entry from ameliaihope.com without clearing all your cookies, you can do so using your browser's developer tools:

1. Visit ameliaihope.com in your browser
2. Press F12 (Windows) or Cmd + Option + I (Mac) to open Developer Tools
3. Click the Application tab (Chrome/Edge) or Storage tab (Firefox)
4. Expand Local Storage in the left panel and click on https://ameliaihope.com
5. Find the cookie_consent key in the right panel and press Delete or right-click and select Remove

6. Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal that you can enable to request that websites not track your browsing activity. At present, there is no universal standard for how websites must respond to this signal.

Because we do not engage in cross-site behavioural tracking in the first place, the DNT signal has no practical effect on how ameliaihope.com treats you — we operate at the same low level of data collection regardless of whether DNT is enabled.

7. Updates to This Cookie Policy

If we introduce new features or third-party integrations that affect what gets stored on your device, we will update this Cookie Policy before or at the time those changes go live. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any revisions.

We do not anticipate adding non-essential tracking to ameliaihope.com. Our preference is to remain a lightweight, privacy-respecting site. If circumstances change materially, we will notify newsletter subscribers by email and provide a clear opportunity to review any new practices before they take effect.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or browser storage — or if you believe something is being stored on your device that is not described in this policy — please get in touch:

You may also find our full Privacy Policy helpful for understanding the broader picture of how we handle personal data.