Cookie Policy

The Ripple Stone | Chris Blackman Coaching

Last updated: 17 October 2026

1. Introduction

At The Ripple Stone, we believe that visitors should have clear information about how our website operates and how their information is used.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, why they may be used when you visit our website, how they support website functionality and how you can manage your preferences.

Our website is operated by Chris Blackman Coaching, the trading name of Chris Blackman, a sole trader based in the United Kingdom.

This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, process, store and protect personal information more generally.

Website: https://theripplestone.co.uk

Contact: hello@theripplestone.co.uk

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.

They enable websites to remember certain information about your visit, such as your preferences, whether you are signed into an account or the contents of a shopping basket.

Some cookies are necessary for a website to operate correctly. Others may be used to understand how visitors interact with a website, improve its performance or support marketing activities.

Cookies do not all collect information that directly identifies you. However, certain cookies and related technologies may process information that qualifies as personal data under UK data protection legislation.

Similar technologies, such as local storage and tracking pixels, may also be subject to the same rules.

3. How We Use Cookies

The Ripple Stone website is built and hosted using Wix.

Wix uses cookies and related technologies to support the operation, functionality, performance and security of websites hosted on its platform.

We use, or may enable, cookies for purposes including:

Maintaining the security and stability of the website.
Supporting registered member accounts.
Keeping users signed in where appropriate.
Remembering shopping basket and checkout information.
Supporting coaching bookings and purchases.
Remembering cookie preferences.
Understanding website performance and usage, where enabled.
Supporting optional website features or marketing integrations, where enabled.

Not every visitor will encounter the same cookies. The technologies used may depend on the pages visited, features accessed, integrations enabled and cookie preferences selected.

4. Categories of Cookies

Cookies and related technologies used on our website may fall into the following categories.

4.1 Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are required for important website functions, security or services you specifically request.

These may support:

Website security and protection against fraudulent activity.
Secure member authentication.
Website session management.
Shopping basket and checkout functionality.
Essential booking and purchasing processes.
Remembering cookie consent choices.

Without certain essential cookies, parts of the website may not function correctly.

Where a cookie qualifies for an applicable legal exception, consent is not required for its use.

4.2 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies support additional website features or remember preferences to improve the browsing experience.

Depending on the features enabled, they may help remember selected preferences or provide functionality through integrated third-party services.

Some functional cookies may qualify for a legal exception. Others require consent before they can be used.

Where consent is required, you will be able to choose whether to allow them.

4.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics technologies may help us understand how visitors interact with our website.

For example, they may provide information about:

The number of website visits.
Pages that receive the most attention.
How visitors navigate between pages.
Website loading times and technical performance.
General device and browser information.
How visitors arrive at the website.

This information can help us understand what is working well and identify areas for improvement.

Some strictly limited statistical analytics may qualify for an exception under UK law, provided the relevant requirements are met, including clear information and an accessible means of objecting.

Where analytics do not meet an applicable exception, we will require your consent before enabling the relevant cookies or tracking technologies.

4.4 Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies may be used by advertising or social media integrations to measure promotional activity, understand interactions with advertising or provide more relevant advertising experiences.

These technologies may involve third-party organisations.

If marketing cookies or similar tracking technologies are enabled on our website, they will require appropriate consent before being used.

Declining optional marketing cookies will not prevent you from accessing the main content of our website or purchasing our services.

5. Wix Cookies

As our website operates through Wix, certain cookies may be provided by Wix to support its platform.

Wix identifies a number of cookies associated with website functionality, security and performance.

Examples documented by Wix include:

CookiePurposeWix-listed duration

XSRF-TOKENHelps protect against fraudulent requestsSession

svSessionSupports security, stability and core website functions12 months

SSR-cachingSupports website rendering and performance24 hours

TS*Helps detect attacks and protect website securitySession

bSessionSupports platform effectiveness measurement24 hours

wixSessionSupports core website functionality and security12 months

fedops.logger.sessionIdSupports technical error and session monitoring12 months

These are examples from Wix's published cookie information. The cookies actually present on our website may vary according to Wix's platform updates and the features we use.

Other Wix applications, including member accounts, booking systems and checkout services, may use additional cookies or similar technologies.

The cookie information made available through our consent management system should be consulted for the current site-specific details.

6. Member Accounts, Bookings and Purchases

Our website allows customers to create member accounts, book coaching sessions and purchase eligible products or services.

These features may require cookies to maintain secure sessions, authenticate users and support transactions.

For example, cookies may help:

Keep a member signed in while navigating the website.
Maintain the contents of a shopping basket.
Support secure checkout processes.
Remember relevant selections during a booking.
Protect transactions against unauthorised activity.

Cookies that are technically necessary to deliver a service requested by the user may operate without separate consent.

Any additional tracking for analytics, advertising or other non-exempt purposes is subject to the relevant consent requirements.

7. Payment Providers

Payments made through our website may involve Wix Payments and its associated processing arrangements, Stripe where applicable, Klarna and Clearpay.

The payment options available to customers are displayed during checkout.

Payment providers may use cookies or related technologies to support secure transactions, fraud prevention, authentication, payment processing and their own services.

Some of these technologies may be necessary to complete a payment selected by the customer.

Other technologies used by payment providers may require consent or be governed by their own applicable privacy and cookie information.

When using external payment services, customers should review the relevant provider's privacy information for further details about its independent processing activities.

Our main Privacy Policy provides additional information about payment processing.

8. Third-Party Cookies and Embedded Content

Some website pages may contain features or content provided by third parties.

Examples could include embedded audio or video players, social media content or additional interactive services.

Where these features are enabled, the third-party provider may use cookies or similar technologies.

We aim to ensure that technologies requiring consent are not activated before the appropriate permission has been obtained.

Where relevant, third-party content may be restricted until you choose to activate it.

If you follow a link from our website to another organisation's website, that organisation's privacy and cookie policies will apply to its own services.

9. Cookie Consent and Your Choices

We respect your ability to decide which optional cookies and tracking technologies may be used when you visit our website.

Where consent is required, our cookie consent system will provide information about the relevant categories and allow you to make a choice.

Depending on the available controls, you may be able to:

Accept all optional cookies.
Reject all optional cookies.
Select particular categories of cookies.
Review or change your choices later.

Consent must be freely given and can be withdrawn.

We will not treat continued browsing, silence or inactivity as consent to non-essential tracking.

Where we rely on a statutory exception rather than consent, we will comply with the conditions of that exception, including providing an appropriate means of objection where required.

10. Changing Your Cookie Preferences

You can review or change your cookie preferences at any time through our Usercentrics cookie consent management system.

To manage your preferences, select the Privacy Trigger displayed on our website. This will reopen the cookie settings panel, where you can review your existing choices and accept or reject optional categories of cookies.

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

View cookies stored on your device.
Delete individual cookies.
Block certain cookies.
Clear stored website data.
Restrict third-party cookies.

Please be aware that disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality, including member accounts, booking processes and online purchases.

Withdrawing consent will affect future use of the relevant optional cookies but may not automatically remove cookies already stored on your device. You can delete these through your browser settings.

We respect your right to control optional cookies and will not prevent you from accessing the main website simply because you decline non-essential tracking.

11. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device

Different cookies have different lifespans.

Session cookies are generally temporary and are designed to expire when the relevant browsing session ends.

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them, unless they expire earlier.

The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on its purpose and the provider responsible for it.

Some cookies may last only for the duration of a session, while others may remain for days or months.

Where available, details of individual cookies and their retention periods are provided through our cookie consent information.

The retention of personal information collected through cookies is separately governed by our Privacy Policy and applicable service-provider arrangements.

12. International Processing

Some of the organisations providing website functionality, analytics or payment services may operate outside the United Kingdom.

Information collected through cookies or similar technologies may therefore be processed internationally.

Where personal information is transferred outside the UK, appropriate data protection requirements and transfer safeguards will apply.

Further information about international processing is available in our Privacy Policy.

13. Cookies and Personal Data

Some cookies operate solely to support technical website functions, while others may involve information that can identify or be associated with an individual.

Where personal information is processed through cookies or related technologies, that processing is subject to applicable UK data protection legislation.

This includes the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, as amended.

For information about our lawful bases for processing, data retention arrangements and your data protection rights, please read our Privacy Policy.

14. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in website functionality, service providers, cookie technologies or applicable legal requirements.

We may also update the policy when additional features, resources or integrations are introduced.

The latest version will be published on our website with an updated revision date.

Where changes require renewed consent, we will take appropriate steps to obtain it.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, the cookies used on our website or how your preferences are managed, please contact:

Chris Blackman Coaching

Trading name of Chris Blackman, a sole trader operating in the United Kingdom.

Website: https://theripplestone.co.uk

Email: hello@theripplestone.co.uk

For further information about your personal information and rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy.