COOKIE POLICY

www.janinehugo.com
Last updated: 28th March 2026

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how this Website (www.janinehugo.com) uses them, what choices you have, and how to manage your preferences. It should be read alongside the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions, both accessible in the footer of this Website.

1. Who This Policy Applies To

This Cookie Policy applies to all visitors and users of www.janinehugo.com (the “Website”), operated by Janine Hugo, an individual based in Canton Vaud, Switzerland.
This Website is accessible globally. Visitors from Switzerland, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions are subject to their respective applicable data protection and electronic privacy laws. This Policy is designed to meet the requirements of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revDSG/FADP), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the EU ePrivacy Directive as implemented in EU member states.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device — computer, smartphone, or tablet — when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to website operators about how their site is being used.
Cookies are set either by the website you are visiting (“first-party cookies”) or by third-party services operating on that website (“third-party cookies”). They may be:
– Session cookies: Temporary cookies that expire and are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
– Persistent cookies: Cookies that remain on your device for a set period of time, or until you manually delete them, and are re-activated when you return to the website that set them.
In addition to cookies, this Website uses similar tracking technologies including pixels and session recording scripts. These are described in the relevant sections below and are subject to the same consent requirements as cookies.

3. The Consent Standard Applied on This Website

This Website applies a prior opt-in consent standard for all non-essential cookies and tracking technologies. This means that: – Strictly necessary cookies are placed automatically, as they are essential for the Website to function. They do not require your consent. – All other cookies — including analytics cookies and marketing/advertising cookies — are only activated after you have given your explicit consent through the cookie consent banner displayed on your first visit to this Website. This approach exceeds the minimum standard required under the EU ePrivacy Directive and aligns with the explicit consent requirements of the Swiss FADP for cookies used for analytics or marketing purposes, as confirmed by Google’s EU user consent policy expansion into Switzerland (effective July 2024). You may change, update, or withdraw your consent at any time by accessing the Cookie Settings tool in the footer of this Website. Withdrawing consent will deactivate non-essential cookies on your next page load. It will not affect any processing that took place prior to withdrawal. 4. Categories of Cookies Used on This Website The cookies and tracking technologies used on this Website are organised into the following four categories: 4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies These cookies are essential for this Website to function correctly. Without them, services such as navigation, form submission, and security features cannot operate. They do not collect personal data for marketing purposes and are not used to track you across other websites. Strictly necessary cookies are active by default and cannot be disabled through the cookie consent banner. Examples of functions performed by strictly necessary cookies on this Website: – Maintaining session continuity across pages; – Storing your cookie consent preferences so the banner is not displayed on every visit; – Ensuring the security and integrity of the contact form submission process. 4.2 Analytics Cookies Analytics cookies allow me to understand how visitors interact with this Website by collecting and reporting information in aggregated or pseudonymised form. No individual user is identified through this data. The information helps me improve the Website’s structure, content, and user experience. Analytics cookies on this Website are only placed with your prior explicit consent. The following analytics tools are in use: Google Analytics (Google LLC) – Purpose: Measures website traffic, user behaviour, page performance, and referral sources. – Data collected: Anonymised/pseudonymised IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, session duration, referral source. – Data transfer: United States. Safeguard: EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). – Retention: Up to 14 months (configurable; set at default). – More information: policies.google.com/privacy Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation) – Purpose: Provides session recordings and heatmap data to help understand how users navigate the Website, where they click, and how far they scroll. No keystrokes or passwords are recorded. – Data collected: Mouse movements, clicks, scrolling behaviour, session replays, device and browser type. – Data transfer: United States. Safeguard: SCCs. – Retention: Up to 90 days. – More information: privacy.microsoft.com This approach exceeds the minimum standard required under the EU ePrivacy Directive and aligns with the explicit consent requirements of the Swiss FADP for cookies used for analytics or marketing purposes, as confirmed by Google’s EU user consent policy expansion into Switzerland (effective July 2024). You may change, update, or withdraw your consent at any time by accessing the Cookie Settings tool in the footer of this Website. Withdrawing consent will deactivate non-essential cookies on your next page load. It will not affect any processing that took place prior to withdrawal.

4. Categories of Cookies Used on This Website

The cookies and tracking technologies used on this Website are organised into the following four categories:

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for this Website to function correctly. Without them, services such as navigation, form submission, and security features cannot operate. They do not collect personal data for marketing purposes and are not used to track you across other websites.

Strictly necessary cookies are active by default and cannot be disabled through the cookie consent banner.

Examples of functions performed by strictly necessary cookies on this Website:

  • Maintaining session continuity across pages;
  • Storing your cookie consent preferences so the banner is not displayed on every visit;
  • Ensuring the security and integrity of the contact form submission process.

 

4.2 Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies allow me to understand how visitors interact with this Website by collecting and reporting information in aggregated or pseudonymised form. No individual user is identified through this data. The information helps me improve the Website’s structure, content, and user experience. Analytics cookies on this Website are only placed with your prior explicit consent. The following analytics tools are in use: Google Analytics (Google LLC) – Purpose: Measures website traffic, user behaviour, page performance, and referral sources. – Data collected: Anonymised/pseudonymised IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, session duration, referral source. – Data transfer: United States. Safeguard: EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). – Retention: Up to 14 months (configurable; set at default). – More information: policies.google.com/privacy Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation) – Purpose: Provides session recordings and heatmap data to help understand how users navigate the Website, where they click, and how far they scroll. No keystrokes or passwords are recorded. – Data collected: Mouse movements, clicks, scrolling behaviour, session replays, device and browser type. – Data transfer: United States. Safeguard: SCCs. – Retention: Up to 90 days. – More information: privacy.microsoft.com

4.3 Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites and to display advertising and content that is relevant to your interests. They are placed by third-party advertising networks with the Website operator’s permission.
Marketing cookies on this Website are only placed with your prior explicit consent.
The following marketing tool is in use:

Meta Pixel (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.)
– Purpose: Measures the effectiveness of any promotional or advertising activity directed at this Website, enables retargeting of visitors on Meta platforms (including Facebook and Instagram), and supports the creation of custom and lookalike audiences.
– Data collected: IP address, browser information, pages visited, actions taken on the Website, and a hashed identifier if you are logged into a Meta platform.
– Data transfer: United States. Safeguard: SCCs. Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. may act as a joint controller for certain processing activities related to the Pixel.– Retention: Determined by Meta’s own data retention policies, typically up to 180 days for event data.
– More information: facebook.com/privacy/policy

4.4 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow the Website to remember choices you have made and to provide enhanced, personalised features. They may be set by the Website itself or by third-party providers whose services have been incorporated into the Website. At the time of this Policy, no additional functional cookies beyond those described above are in use on this Website. This section will be updated if functional cookies are introduced in connection with the email subscription platform or other services.

5. Cookie Reference Table

The following table provides a summary of the principal cookies in use on this Website at the time this Policy was last updated. Cookie names and identifiers may change as platforms are updated.

 

Cookie / Identifier

Category

Provider

Purpose

Duration

_ga

Analytics

Google Analytics

Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier.

2 years

_ga_[ID]

Analytics

Google Analytics

Stores and counts pageviews for session tracking.

2 years

_gid

Analytics

Google Analytics

Stores and updates a unique value for each page visited.

24 hours

_gat

Analytics

Google Analytics

Throttles request rate to Google Analytics.

1 minute

_clck

Analytics

Microsoft Clarity

Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site, on the browser.

1 year

_clsk

Analytics

Microsoft Clarity

Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording.

1 day

_fbp

Marketing

Meta Pixel

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

3 months

cookielawinfo-*

Strictly Necessary

Cookie Consent Tool

Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.

1 year

[EMAIL PLATFORM] cookies

Functional

[EMAIL PLATFORM]

Manages email subscription preferences and form interactions.

To be confirmed

 

This table will be updated when new cookies are introduced or existing cookies are modified. For the most current list of cookies in use, access the Cookie Settings panel via the footer of this Website.

6. Third-Party Cookies and External Services

Some cookies on this Website are set by third parties whose services are integrated into the Website. These third parties may collect data about your online activity across multiple websites and over time, independently of your activity on this Website.

I do not control the cookies placed by these third parties. Each third-party service provider has its own privacy and cookie policy, which governs their data collection and use practices. I encourage you to review those policies directly.

Third-party services with cookies or tracking technologies active on this Website:

  • Google LLC — Google Analytics: policies.google.com/privacy
  • Microsoft Corporation — Microsoft Clarity: privacy.microsoft.com
  • Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. — Meta Pixel: facebook.com/privacy/policy
  • [EMAIL PLATFORM] — Email subscription management: [URL to be confirmed]

Where third-party providers transfer data outside Switzerland or the EEA, they do so under EU Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent transfer mechanisms, as described in the Privacy Policy.

7. How to Manage and Control Your Cookie Preferences

You have several ways to manage, update, or withdraw your cookie consent:

7.1 Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit this Website, a cookie consent banner will appear. You may:

  • Accept all cookies (including analytics and marketing);
  • Reject all non-essential cookies (only strictly necessary cookies will be active);
  • Customise your preferences by category (accept analytics but reject marketing, or vice versa).

Your choices will be recorded and honoured for future visits until you update your preferences or clear your browser data.

7.2 Cookie Settings Tool

You may update or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the Cookie Settings link in the footer of this Website. The consent panel will allow you to adjust your preferences by category.

7.3 Browser Settings

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

  • View and delete existing cookies;
  • Block all cookies or only third-party cookies;
  • Set notifications when cookies are placed.

Please note that disabling or deleting cookies through your browser settings may affect the functionality of this Website and other websites you visit. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled via the consent banner; however, they can be deleted through your browser settings.

Browser-specific guidance on managing cookies:

  • Google Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
  • Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.org/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
  • Apple Safari: support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies
  • Microsoft Edge: support.microsoft.com/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies

 

7.4 Opt-Out Tools Provided by Third Parties

In addition to the above, the following third-party opt-out tools are available:

  • Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
  • Meta / Facebook ad preferences: facebook.com/ads/preferences
  • Microsoft advertising opt-out: about.ads.microsoft.com/en/resources/policies/personalized-ads

8. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers transmit “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals to websites. Currently, there is no universally agreed technical standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals, and this Website does not alter its data collection or use practices in response to DNT signals.

You are encouraged to use the cookie consent banner and the Cookie Settings tool as the primary means of controlling tracking on this Website.

9. Coachvox Platform — Cookies and Tracking

This Website contains a redirect link to Janine AI, hosted on the Coachvox platform (coachvox.ai). The Coachvox platform operates independently of this Website and applies its own cookie and privacy policies.

When you click through to the Coachvox platform:

  • You leave this Website and enter a third-party platform;
  • The cookies and tracking technologies in use on the Coachvox platform are governed by Coachvox’s own Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy, not by this Cookie Policy;
  • Your consent choices made on this Website do not apply to or control cookies set on the Coachvox platform.

I encourage you to review Coachvox’s Privacy Policy at coachvox.ai/privacy/ before creating an account or engaging with the Janine AI platform.

You are encouraged to use the cookie consent banner and the Cookie Settings tool as the primary means of controlling tracking on this Website.

10. Amazon Platform — Cookies and Tracking

This Website contains a link to my book on Amazon. When you click through to the Amazon platform, you leave this Website entirely.

Amazon uses its own cookies and tracking technologies, which are governed by Amazon’s Cookie Notice and Privacy Notice. These are entirely independent of this Cookie Policy and are not subject to the consent choices you make on this Website.

11. Retention of Cookie Data

The retention periods applicable to each cookie in use on this Website are described in the Cookie Reference Table in Section 5 above. As a general guide:

  • Session cookies expire automatically when you close your browser.
  • Persistent cookies remain for their stated duration (ranging from 1 minute to 2 years depending on their function) or until you delete them via your browser settings or the Cookie Settings tool on this Website.
  • Analytics data retained by Google Analytics is set to a maximum of 14 months.
  • Session recording data retained by Microsoft Clarity is held for up to 90 days.
  • Event data retained by Meta in connection with the Meta Pixel is typically retained for up to 180 days.

I review the cookie settings on this Website periodically to ensure that retention periods remain appropriate and proportionate to the purposes for which the data is used.

 

12. International Transfers of Cookie Data

Some of the third-party services that place cookies on this Website — including Google, Microsoft, and Meta — are based in the United States. Data collected through these cookies may be transferred to and processed in the United States.

I note that the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) does not currently recognise the United States as providing an adequate level of data protection equivalent to Swiss standards. Transfers of cookie data to US-based providers are made on the basis of EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which impose equivalent data protection obligations on the receiving party.

For EU users, data transfers from the EU to the United States in connection with Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, and Meta Pixel are made under SCCs approved by the European Commission.

Further detail on international transfers is set out in the Privacy Policy, accessible in the footer of this Website.

 

13. Your Rights in Relation to Cookie Data

To the extent that cookies and tracking technologies process personal data about you, your rights as a data subject under the Swiss FADP and the GDPR apply. These rights include the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, and port your personal data, as well as the right to object to processing.

For a full explanation of your data subject rights and how to exercise them, please refer to Section 10 of the Privacy Policy, accessible in the footer of this Website.

To exercise rights specifically in relation to data collected by third-party cookie providers (Google, Microsoft, Meta), you should contact those providers directly using the links provided in Section 6 of this Policy.

I note that the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) does not currently recognise the United States as providing an adequate level of data protection equivalent to Swiss standards. Transfers of cookie data to US-based providers are made on the basis of EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which impose equivalent data protection obligations on the receiving party.

For EU users, data transfers from the EU to the United States in connection with Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, and Meta Pixel are made under SCCs approved by the European Commission.

Further detail on international transfers is set out in the Privacy Policy, accessible in the footer of this Website.

14. Updates to This Cookie Policy

I review and update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in the cookies and tracking technologies used on this Website, changes in applicable law, and updates to the services provided by third-party cookie providers.

The “Last updated” date at the top of this Policy indicates when the most recent version was published. If material changes are made — for example, if new categories of cookie are introduced or the consent standard is changed — a notice will be posted on this Website.

Your continued use of this Website after an update constitutes acknowledgement of the revised Policy. You are encouraged to review this Policy periodically and to update your consent preferences via the Cookie Settings tool if you wish to change your choices.

 

15. Contact

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, wish to exercise your rights in relation to cookie data, or have a concern about how cookies are used on this Website, please contact me:

 

Janine Hugo

Canton Vaud, Switzerland

Website: www.janinehugo.com

 

Contact: via the contact form at www.janinehugo.com

 

For data protection complaints relating to Swiss law, you may also contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) at www.edoeb.admin.ch. For EU users, the supervisory authority in your member state of residence is also available.

 

 

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