Privacy & cookies
What this website does with your information, the cookies it uses and how to change your choice.
Last updated 13 November 2026
Who we are
This website is run by EmptyHands Karate School, Church Hall, St Andrew’s, The Drive, Ilford IG1 3PE. Contact us at info@emptyhands.co.uk or on +44 7931 300470.
Forms on this website
The website has no accounts and does not store anything you type. The booking and contact forms open your email app or WhatsApp with your message filled in, and we only receive it if you send it. We use what you send to reply, arrange classes and keep in touch about your training, and we keep it only while it is needed for that. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in answering enquiries and running classes.
Cookies and Google Ads
We advertise with Google Ads. To see which adverts lead people to get in touch, the website uses the Google tag, and it asks for your choice the first time you visit.
- Before you choose, or if you click Reject: no cookies are set. Google receives only cookie-free signals, such as that a page was viewed or a form was sent, with advertising identifiers removed.
- If you click Accept: Google may set cookies (for example
_gcl_au) to measure which adverts work and to show EmptyHands adverts to people who have visited the website (remarketing) on Google and its partner sites. Our lawful basis is your consent.
You can change your choice at any time with Cookie settings at the bottom of every page. Your choice is saved in your browser (as eh-ads-consent) so we don’t ask again. Read how Google uses information from sites that use its services, and turn off personalised adverts in My Ad Center.
Maps and links
Google Maps only loads on the Contact page when you click Show map, and Google may then set its own cookies. Links to Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp take you to those services, whose own privacy policies apply.
The student app
The EmptyHands Student app has its own privacy policy.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of the information we hold about you, or ask us to correct or delete it, by emailing info@emptyhands.co.uk. If you’re unhappy with how we handle your information you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).