Cookie Policy

Information about our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

We use the following types of cookies:

1. Strictly necessary cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable core site functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.

2. Analytical or performance cookies

These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works—for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

3. Functionality cookies

These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

4. Targeting cookies

These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

Cookies used on this website

Squarespace functional cookie (SS_CSRF)

  • Used for security to protect forms from cross-site request forgery attacks.

  • Lasts the duration of your session

Session Analytics cookie (SS_MID)

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s session on the site

  • Lasts 2 years

Performance cookie SS_COOKIE_ACCEPTANCE

  • Remembers your cookie preferences (e.g. “Accept All”).

  • 1 year

Analytics cookie—Squarespace / Google Analytics (_ga, _gid)

  • Used to distinguish users and measure how visitors use the site to help us improve it.

  • Lasts 2 years (_ga) / 24 hours (_gid)

Functionality cookie (SS_CLARITY)

  • Helps Squarespace ensure site performance and user experience improvements.

  • Lasts the duration of your session

Third-party cookies

Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These third parties may include, for example, providers of web traffic analysis services such as Google Analytics.

Google Analytics Collects information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. Google Privacy Policy.

Squarespace Provides hosting and analytics tools for our website. Squarespace Privacy Policy

To deactivate the use of third-party advertising or analytics cookies, you may adjust your browser settings or visit Your Online Choices to manage preferences.

Managing cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after their relevant retention period listed above.

Further information

For more information about how we process personal data, please see our [Privacy Policy].