Cookies policy

1. Introduction

1.1 Our website is built on Squarespace's platform which uses cookies and similar technologies to provide, customize, evaluate, improve, promote and protect Squarespace's Services.

When you'll visit our website you'll be asked to accept our Cookie policy which provides us Analytics and Performance information.

You're obviously free to deny your consent and the Squarespace's platform will disable all cookies for us.

2. What are Cookies

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

2.2. Squarespace uses cookies on the website and associated domains of www.squarespace.com and on Squarespace web and mobile applications for the following purposes:

2.3 Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

2.4 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

3. Analytics and Performance Cookies

3.1 Squarespace uses Analytics and Performance cookies to collect information on our behalf about how visitors interact with our site.
Storing these cookies is how Squarespace provides us with Squarespace Analytics, such as traffic sources, and unique visitors.

Cookie Name

ss_cid
ss_cvr
ss_cvisit
ss_cvt
ss_cpvisit
ss_cookieAllowed

Duration

2 years   
2 years
30 minutes
30 minutes
2 years
30 days

Purpose

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies

In addition we use thrid party Cookies from Google

Cookie

Objective of the cookie

Duration

_utma

This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to the site from that web browser.If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits your site, a new _utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to our site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure.

Two years from the moment of its installation.

_utmb

_utmc

These cookies function together to store information about the visit activity and in principle the time you are on our site.

30 minutes

Session

_utmz

This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach the site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an advert or email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within our own site. The cookie is updated with each page view to our site.

Six months from the moment of its installation.

_ga

This cookie is employed to distinguish users anonymously

2 years

These cookies do not identify you personally and only supply us with statistical information about the navigation within our web; nonetheless you can disable these cookies directly by changing the settings of your browser.

Google have developed a tool to allow you to opt out of their cookies based on the usual browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari y Opera. To opt out of Google Analytics cookies, please visit:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Cookies from Youtube

Cookie

Objective of the cookie

Duration

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video.

Expires: 9 months.

PREF

This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video.

Expires: 9 months.

YSC

This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video.

Expires: 9 months


Third Party Cookies stored by Google:

Cookie

Objective of the cookie

Duration

khcookie, NID, PREF, testcookie

The Cookies are written to the browser when the following applications are loaded Google Maps, Street View and YouTube videos.

Expires: Ranges from the end of the session to two years.


Visit the following link to learn more or reject or eliminate cookies from Google:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html

Visit the following link to learn about Google's Privacy Policy:
http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/

3.2 When you accept our cookies policy these information may be stored by Squarespace regarding you:

  • Date of your visit
  • Time of your visit
  • your IP address 
  • Referrer, from which site your found us
  • Browser version of your device
  • Operating system of your device

3.3 Squarespace's analytics service provider's privacy policy is available at: http://www.squarespace.com/privacy/.  

3.4 If you are a User, see Squarespace's Data Processing Addendum to learn more about how we process User Content on your instructions or with your permission. 

4. Checking your cookies

4.1 You can see which cookies are active in your browser’s settings. For help, visit your browser’s documentation:

5. Cookie preferences

6.1 We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website. Before using our website you’ll be requested the authorisation to store Squarespace cookies on your computer or mobile device.

6. Our details

6.1 This website is owned and operated by Katie Schmidt.