Cookie Policy
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They're widely used by website owners to make their websites work or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
2. How We Use Cookies
When you use our website, we may place cookies on your device for various reasons, including those used by Squarespace (our hosting platform) and those we use for analytics and marketing.
3. The Types of Cookies We Use
We categorise the cookies used on our site into three types:
Necessary/Functional Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to perform basic functions (e.g., security, networking, accessibility). The site can't function properly without these.
Purpose: Ensuring core functionality, security, and accessibility.
Example Squarespace Use: Allowing logged-in users to access their accounts; remembering items placed in a shopping cart during a purchase session.
Analytics/Performance Cookies
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use the website (e.g., number of visitors, which pages are most popular). This data helps us monitor and improve the performance and design of our site.
Purpose: Tracking usage patterns, traffic sources, and overall visitor activity.
Example Squarespace Use: Squarespace Analytics, which tracks page views and general visitor data.
Advertising/Targeting Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and limit the number of times you see a particular advertisement.
Purpose: Personalizing advertisements and measuring campaign performance.
Example Squarespace Use: Cookies used by third-party platforms like Meta (Facebook) or Google Ads if we've installed their tracking pixels.
4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to the cookies placed by our core platform, certain third parties may also place cookies on your device. These parties use cookies to collect information about your browsing activity for their own purposes.
Examples of third-party services that may place cookies on our site include:
Google Analytics: Used for website traffic analysis.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies.
Squarespace Banner: Our cookie banner allows you to consent to or decline non-essential cookies. You can usually change your preference at any time by clicking the link provided at the bottom of our site.
Browser Controls: You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas may be restricted. Since the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
6. More Information
For more information about the processing of your personal information, please review our main Privacy Policy.
7. Changes to the Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.