COOKIES POLICY

1. What are Cookies?

1.1.   Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on a device. Cookies can improve your browsing experience because they help websites remember preferences and understand how people use different features.

1.2.   This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app.

1.3.   For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

2. Functional and Required Cookies

2.1.   Our hosting platform Squarespace uses some necessary cookies, because they allow visitors to navigate and use key features on this  website.

2.2.   These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace to securely serve this website to you.

Fig.2a: Functional and Required Cookies Squarespace uses

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 browser supports 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.

3. Analytics and Performance Cookies

3.1  These analytics and performance cookies are used on this site, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

3.2  We use Analytics and Performance cookies to collect information on your behalf about how visitors interact with your site. Storing these cookies is how we populate the data you find in Squarespace Analytics, such as traffic sourcesunique visitors, and cart abandonment.

3.3  You can disable Squarespace Analytics and Performance cookies at any time.

Fig.3a: Analytics and Performance Cookies Squarespace uses

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