Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored in your device (computer, mobile phone, or tablet) via your browser in order to improve your experience of using the website, and to enable certain functions.
We use cookies to provide our website visitors with a better experience, identify preferences, analyse trends, address technical problems, and help us to improve our website.
The information in the cookies relates to your device, to your browser, and to the way you browse through our content. It is not linked to your name, address, or e-mail address and does not identify yourself personally.
To the extent that personal information may be collected using cookies, such information will only be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and this Cookie Policy.
Why do we use cookies?
Cookies can be placed on our website by us or by third parties with whom we co-operate. They help us diagnose technical problems, analyse the traffic to our website, analyse trends, observe and measure how our visitors engage with our website, and identify preferences.
How do I manage cookies?
You can disable essential, preference, and social media cookies through the settings on your browser. You may wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ for information on commonly used browsers. You can follow the instructions on your browser’s help page or their website to remove the cookies set by our site and other sites. You can also choose to block our site and other sites from setting these cookies in the future.
To opt-out of analytics cookies by Google Analytics, please go to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Please note that if you get a new computer, install or upgrade a browser, or erase or otherwise alter your browser's cookie file, this may also clear the opt-out cookies.
Cookies we use
1. Essential Cookies
Essential cookies enable you to navigate our site, and to use our services and features. Without these cookies, our website would not perform as smoothly as we would like, and we may not be able to provide certain core functions and features.
Cookie Description
squarespace-popup-overlay
Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it
localstorage
Persistent
squarespace-video-player-options
Remembers video player selected preferences ( volume, playback speed, and quality) for videos uploaded directly to Squarespace
localstorage
Persistent
ss_cookieAllowed
Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies
Cookie
30 days
Test
Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors
Cookie
Session
2. SquareSpace Cookies
We use analytics and performance cookies to collect information on your behalf about how visitors interact with your site.
ss_cid
Two years
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cpvisit
Two 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_cvr
Two years
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
3. Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies collect information about the use of this website, and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies show us the most frequently visited pages and analyze site traffic. We use them to look at overall patterns of usage, rather than the usage of any particular individual.
Cookie Description
_ga_1L8CXRNJCG
_ga_KPGVSSJ6V6
_gac_UA-91901-13
_gcl_au
_gcl_aw
_gcl_dc
_ga
_gid
Google Analytics cookies for keeping track of your visit to this website, how you got here, how long you spent on each page, number of times you have visited our site, first and most recent visit, etc.
Visit https://developers.google.com/ for more information.
The following Google Analytics Advertising Features are also enabled:
Remarketing with Google Analytics - joins anonymous Google Analytics data with Google third party advertising identifiers and may be used for the purpose of ads personalisation.
Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting - aggregate, anonymous data about visitors likely interests and demographics is shared by Google in our Google Analytics reports and may be used for the purpose of ads personalisation.
Google Signals - Google Analytics associates visit information it collects from our site with Google information from accounts of signed-in users who have consented to this association for the purpose of ads personalisation. This Google information may include end user location, search history, YouTube history, and data from sites that partner with Google. This is used to provide aggregated and anonymised insights into our visitors' cross-device behaviours.
Currently available opt-outs for web-based Google Analytics tracking can be found at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
3. Third-party Cookies
A third-party cookie is one that is from a domain other than the one a user is visiting. Third-party cookies are placed so that a site can remember something about you at a later time. They are typically used to store surfing and personalisation preferences and tracking information.
Cookie Description
Domain: google.com, www.google.com, googleusercontent.com
1P_JAR, APISID, HSID, NID, OTZ, SAPISID, SID, SIDCC, SSID
Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting / personalisation purposes.
Domain: youtube.com
APISID, HSID, LOGIN_INFO, PREF, SAPISID, SID, SSID, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC
Used by YouTube (Google) for storing user preferences and settings, and saving content for later viewing.