Cookie Notice
Last updated 13 September 2019
Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve our products and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown in the table below. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below, but please be aware that Our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
The following first-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
Functional and Required Cookies:
| Cookie Name | Cookie Purpose | Expiry Period | |
| Crumb | Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF). CSRF is an attack vector that tricks a browser into taking unwanted action in an application when someone’s logged in. | Session | |
| RecentRedirect | Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. | 30 minutes | |
| squarespace-popup-overlay | Prevents the Promotional Pop-Up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it. | Persistent | |
| squarespace-announcement-bar | Prevents the Announcement Bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it. | Persistent | |
| ss_sd | Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions. | Session | |
| Test | Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors. | Session | |
Analytics and Performance Cookies
| Cookie Name | Duration | Cookie 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 |
Google Analytics Cookie Usage
| Cookie Name | Expiration time | Description |
| _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. |
| AMP_TOKEN | 30 seconds to 1 year | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. |
| _gac_<property-id> | 90 days | Contains campaign related information for the user. |
| __utma | 2 years from set/update | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmt | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate. |
| __utmb | 30 mins from set/update | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmc | 6 months from set/update | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmv | 2 years from set/update | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
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You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
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