This Cookie Policy explains how SLX uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit slxnails.com. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or phone) when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember information about your visit, such as your preferences and browsing behaviour.

Similar technologies include pixel tags, web beacons, local storage, and device identifiers. In this policy, we refer to all of these collectively as “cookies”.

We use four categories of cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function. They enable core features like page navigation, secure areas access, and remembering your consent choices. Without these cookies, the site cannot work properly.

Legal basis: These are exempt from consent requirements under PECR because they are necessary to provide the service you request.

Examples:

• Session identifiers required to keep you logged in
• Cookie consent preferences
• Security tokens preventing cross-site request forgery

Functional cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your preferences or displaying content based on your interests. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Legal basis: Consent (via cookie banner).

Examples:

• Language or region preferences
• Recently viewed products
• Video player settings

Analytics cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our site: which pages are visited most, how long people stay, how they arrived at the site. This helps us understand and improve performance. Analytics data is aggregated and anonymised where possible.

Legal basis: Consent (via cookie banner).

Providers we use:

• Google Analytics 4 (GA4) - measures site traffic, page performance, and user journeys. Data may be transferred to Google servers outside the UK (see our Privacy Policy for international transfer safeguards).

Marketing and retargeting cookies

These cookies are used to make advertising more relevant to you. They track your visits to our site and, in some cases, your interaction with our advertising on other platforms. They enable us to show you SLX advertising on Instagram, Facebook, and other channels, and to measure how effective that advertising is.

Legal basis: Consent (via cookie banner).

Providers we use:

• Meta Pixel and Meta Conversions API (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd) - enables retargeting on Instagram and Facebook, measures ad conversion effectiveness. Some data may be transferred outside the UK (see our Privacy Policy for safeguards).

When you interact with content on our site provided by third parties (embedded videos, community platform widgets, payment forms), those third parties may set their own cookies. These are governed by the third party's own cookie policies.

Third parties whose content or services may be embedded on our pages:

• Thinkific (course platform)
• Skool (community platform)
• Stripe (payment processing)
• Acuity Scheduling (salon booking)
• Instagram (embedded posts or reels)
• GoHighLevel (forms and CRM widgets)

We recommend reviewing these providers' cookie policies if you wish to understand their specific practices.

When you first visit our site, we display a cookie consent banner that lets you choose which categories of cookies to allow. You can:

• Accept all - enables all cookie categories
• Reject all (except strictly necessary) - only strictly necessary cookies will be set; site functionality may be reduced
• Customise - choose specific categories

Your choices are remembered for 12 months, after which we will ask again. You can change your preferences at any time using the toggles below, or by clicking the “Cookie settings” link in our website footer.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View which cookies are currently stored
• Delete cookies (all or some)
• Block cookies from specific sites
• Block all cookies (this may prevent many websites from functioning correctly)

Instructions for common browsers:

• Chrome: Cookie settings help
• Firefox: Cookie preferences help
• Safari: Cookie preferences help
• Edge: Cookie preferences help

Some browsers send a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal to websites. As there is no consistent industry standard for how DNT signals should be interpreted, our website does not currently respond automatically to DNT signals. Our cookie consent banner provides the equivalent controls.

The specific cookies used on our site vary depending on your consent choices and which third-party services are active. A full and current list of cookies used, their purposes, and their expiry periods is available in our cookie consent banner under “Customise” or “Cookie settings”.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or the technologies we use. The “Last updated” date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last changed.

For any questions about our use of cookies:

• Email: admin@slxacademy.com
• Post: SLX Enterprises Ltd (trading as SLX Academy), 47 Southlands, Kirkham, PR4 2TR

For any questions about your privacy rights more broadly, please see our Privacy Policy.