COOKIE policy

WHAT IS A COOKIE?

Cookies are files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to the device you use when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies do lots of different and useful jobs, such as remembering your preferences, and generally improving your online experience.

There are different types of cookies. They all work in the same way, but have minor differences:

SESSION COOKIES

Session cookies last only for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser. These facilitate various tasks such as allowing a website to identify that a user of a particular device is navigating from page to page, supporting website security or basic functionality.

PERSISTENT COOKIES

Persistent cookies last after you have closed your browser, and allow a website to remember your actions and preferences. Sometimes persistent cookies are used by websites to provide targeted advertising based upon the browsing history of the device.

FIRST AND THIRD PARTY COOKIES

Whether a cookie is a first or third party cookie depends on which website the cookie comes from. First party cookies are those set by or on behalf of the website visited. All other cookies are third party cookies. We use both first party and third party cookies.

COOKIES WE USE

algoliasearch-client-js

  • Purpose - Adds auto-populated suggestions to address fields in Scheduling to help clients complete forms faster

  • Type – localstorage

  • Duration – Persistent

AWSALB, AWSALBCORS

  • Purpose - Improves performance in Scheduling by using one server for the duration of the session

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – 1 week

CART

  • Purpose - Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – 2 weeks

CHECKOUT_WEBSITE

  • Purpose - Identifies the correct site for checkout when Checkout on Your Domain is disabled

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – Session

Commerce-checkout-state

  • Purpose - Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal

  • Type – sessionstorage

  • Duration – Session

Crumb

  • Purpose - Prevents cross-site request forgery

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – Session

hasCart

  • Purpose - Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – 2 weeks

PHPSESSID

  • Purpose - Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Scheduling

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – 1 month

RecentRedirect

  • Purpose - Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – 30 minutes

ss_cookieAllowed

  • Purpose - Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – 30 days

ss_sd

  • Purpose - Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – Session

Test

  • Purpose - Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors

  • Type – Cookie

  • Duration – Session

TZ

  • Purpose - Allows a Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences

  • Type – localstorage

  • Duration – Persistent

WHAT IF I DON’T WANT TO ACCEPT COOKIES?

If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by any website - including cookies set by this site, you should do this through the web browser settings for each web browser you use, on each device you use to access the Internet.

You can allow cookies from specific websites by making them "trusted websites" in your web browser.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.allaboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wider variety of browsers.