Cookie Policy

 

29 June 2020

This Cookie Policy describes how we use cookies and similar technologies to provide, customize, evaluate, improve, promote and protect our Services. If you have any comments or questions about this Cookie Policy, feel free to contact us.  

This website has to store a small amount of information (cookies) on your computer so it will function properly and enable us to make further improvements to the site, enhancing your browsing experience. More than 90% of all websites use cookies, but according to European Union regulations adopted on 25 March 2011 we are obligated to ask for permission before storing cookies. By using this website you agree to use and store cookies. If you block cookies you can still browse the site, but some of its functionalities will not be available.




What is a cookie?

Generally speaking, a cookie is information stored on a computer by websites you visit. Cookies often store your preferences and settings for a website, such as your preferred language or location. When you again visit the same website, your browser sends back the cookies that belong to that site. This allows the site to present information customized to your needs.

Cookies can store a wide range of information, including personal information (such as your name or email address). However, this information can only be stored if you enable it – websites cannot access information you didn’t provide to them, and can’t access other files on your computer. By default, activities of storing and sending cookies are not visible to you. However, you can change your browser settings to allow you to approve or deny cookie storage requests, delete stored cookies automatically when you close the browser, and more.

The cookies on the website are coming in package with the Squarespace platform with Squarespace settings for the following purposes:

  • Cookies help us determine

    — Traffic: Unique Visitors, Visits, Page Views; 

    — Visits by Country;

    — Activity Log

    — Form & Button Conversions: Form Submissions and Button Clicks; 

    — Popular Content; 

    — Site Search Keywords.

  • Third Parties. Third Party Services may use cookies to help you sign into their services from our Services. Any such third party cookie usage is governed by the policy of the third party placing the cookie.

  • Our third party partners may set cookies on your device or browser to gather information about your activities on the Services and other sites you visit, in order to provide you with ads. For example, if you visit our website and also use a social media platform, you may see a our ad in your social media newsfeed or timeline.

  • Opting Out. You can set your browser to not accept cookies, but this may limit your ability to use the Services. We currently don’t respond to DNT:1 signals from browsers visiting our Services. You can also opt out of receiving interest-based ads from certain ad networks here (or if located in the European Union, here).

  • Device Identifiers. Squarespace uses device identifiers on our web and mobile applications to track, analyze and improve the performance of the Services and our ads.

  • Third Party Tags. Squarespace uses and manages third party tags on the website and associated domains of www.squarespace.com and on Squarespace web and mobile applications. Third party tags may take the form of pixels or tracking snippets. Squarespace uses pixels to learn how you interact with our site pages and emails, and this information helps us and our ad partners provide you with a more tailored experience. Squarespace uses tracking snippets to capture data from your browser, make requests to a third party partner or set cookies on your device to store data. For example, if you see a Squarespace ad on a social media platform and choose to use Squarespace, we may use a tag to reduce the number of Squarespace ads you see on that platform.

  • Cookies on Our Site.  For information about the cookies and similar technologies used on Our Site click here.

The information collected on the website stays there protected with the password.

How to disable cookies

By turning off cookies, you decide whether you want to allow storing cookies on your computer or mobile phone. Cookie settings can be controlled and configured in your web browser. For more information on cookie settings, please select your web browser from the following list:

If you disable cookies, you might not be able to use some functionalities of websites you visit.




What are temporary cookies?

Temporary or session cookies are removed from your computer by closing the browser. Websites use them to store temporary information, such as items in your shopping cart.




What are persistent cookies?

Persistent or stored cookies remain on your computer after you close your web browser. Websites use them to store information, such as usernames and passwords, so you don’t have to sign in every time you visit a specific site. Persistent cookies remain on your computer for days, months, even years.




What are first-party cookies?

First-party cookies are sent by the visited website, and can be persistent or session. Websites use these cookies to store information that they’ll reuse the next time you visit that specific site.




What are third-party cookies?

Third-party cookies originate from advertisements for other sites (such as pop-ups or banner ads) located on the website you’re viewing. Websites use these cookies to track your internet habits for marketing purposes.




Does the website use cookies?

Yes, primarily so that our websites can offer you a better user experience. We use cookies only for the purpose of functioning the website in the context of security and for the purpose of actions user chooses independently (for example: web form for sending messages).




What kind of cookies does the website use and why?

1) Technical cookies (essential cookies – These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.):

  • Session cookies – are temporary cookies that expire (and are automatically deleted) when you close the browser. We use "session cookies" to improve the user experience during the visit.

  • Persistent cookies – usually have an expiration date set far into the future so they remain in your browser until they expire, or until you manually delete them. We use permanent cookies to understand the habits of our users better, so that we can improve the website. However, based on the information collected that way, we cannot identify yourself as user, and the collected data is used exclusively for statistical purposes.

    Name — Type — Duration — Purpose

  • Crumb — Cookie — Session — Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF). 

  • siteUserCrumb — Cookie — 3 years — Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users.

  • RecentRedirect — Cookie — 30 minutes — Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.

  • CART — Cookie — 2 weeks — Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart

  • hasCart — Cookie — 2 weeks — Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart

  • Locked — Cookie — Session — Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.

  • SiteUserInfo — Cookie — 3 years — Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account

  • SiteUserSecureAuthToken — Cookie — 3 years — Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account

  • Commerce-checkout-state — sessionstorage — Session — Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal

  • squarespace-popup-overlay — localstorage — Persistent — Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • squarespace-announcement-bar — localstorage — Persistent — Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • ss_sd — Cookie — Session — Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions.

  • Test — Cookie — Session — Investigates if the browsersupports cookies and prevents errors.

  • squarespace-likes — localstorage — Persistent — Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post.

  • CHECKOUT_WEBSITE — Cookie — Session — Identifies the correct site for checkout when Checkout on Your Domain is disabled.

2) Analytics & Performance Cookies (These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which subpages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site.)

Cookie Name — Duration — Purpose

  • ss_cid — 2 years — Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • ss_cvr — 2 years — Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • ss_cvisit — 30 minutes — Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • ss_cvt — 30 minutes — Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • ss_cpvisit — 2 years — Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • ss_cookieAllowed — 30 days — Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies

Does the website use third-party cookies?

There are several external services that store limited cookies on user’s computers. These cookies are not implemented by this website, but some are used to enable normal functioning of certain features that provide users with simpler access to content. 

In the EU, cookie laws are currently governed by the E-Privacy Directive. The cookie laws in the EU require website owners to take a number of key steps prior to dropping non-essential cookies (essential cookies are also known as “strictly necessary” cookies) on EU visitors. Websites that drop non-essential cookies must, through the use of a cookie banner, take the following minimum steps:

  1. Provide clear and comprehensive information regarding the websites cookie usage;

  2. Which is prominently displayed and easily accessed on the website; and

  3. Obtain consent from the website visitor to drop the non-essential cookies.

Under the GDPR, personal data is any information that can reasonably identify a specific living person, either alone or with other information. This broad definition includes not only traditional personal data—e.g., dates of birth, names, physical addresses, email addresses—but location data, and more.

The GDPR changed the concept of consent required from visitors. Previously websites relied on implied consent, where continued use of the website was considered sufficient consent to drop non-essential cookies. Since the introduction of the GDPR, unambiguous consent is required from a website visitor, meaning the visitor must provide “clear affirmative action consent” to the use of non-essential cookies. Affirmative consent must be obtained from the visitor prior to non-essential cookies being placed on their device. The website must also allow the visitor to manage their cookies preferences.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we’ll update the “Effective Date” at the top of the Cookie Policy and post it on our sites. We encourage you to check back periodically to review this Cookie Policy for any changes since your last visit.