Cookie Policy

1. WHAT IS A COOKIE?

A cookie is a packet of information which your web browser exchanges with a page on a website. It helps to keep track of visits to a web page and activity thereon, and to provide tailored content to you. An example is where many online retailers use cookies to keep track of the items in a user’s shopping cart as they move around the site. Without cookies, the shopping cart would reset every time a link on the site was clicked.

Cookies may also be used to keep a record of your most recent visit to a web page or to remember your login information. Many people find this useful so that they can store passwords on frequently used sites, or simply so that they know what they have visited or downloaded in the past.

Different types of cookies keep track of different activities. There are two main types:

Session cookies – these are used only when a user is actively navigating a website; and
Persistent cookies – these may be used to create long-term records of multiple visits to the same site.

Authentication cookies track whether a user is logged in, and if so, under what name.

We may also use web beacons or spotlight tags. These are transparent image files used to understand how users interact with the pages and content on our website. We do not use these to collect information about specific users.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including functional and required cookies – see below) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

You can find out more about cookies and how to manage their usage or remove them at www.aboutcookies.org.uk

2. OUR USE OF COOKIES

This website is hosted by SquareSpace www.squarespace.com

This website uses cookies and similar technologies for the purposes set out in the following sections.

3. FUNCTIONAL AND REQUIRED COOKIES

The following functional and required cookies are always used. They allow our hosting platform, SquareSpace, to serve this website to you securely.

Cookie Name
Duration
Purpose

CrumbSessionPrevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF).  CSRF is an attack vector which tricks a browser into   taking unwanted action in an application when someone is logged in.

RecentRedirect30 minutesPrevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects.  Redirect loops are bad for SEO.

CART2 weeksShows when a visitor adds a product to their cart.

hasCart2 weeksTells SquareSpace that the visitor has a cart.

LockedSessionPrevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.

SiteUserInfo3 yearsIdentifies a visitor who logs into a customer account.

SiteUserSecureAuthToken3 yearsAuthenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account.

Commerce-checkout-stateSessionStores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal.

squarespace-popup-overlayPersistentPrevents the Promotional Pop-Up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it.

squarespace-announcement-barPersistentPrevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it.

TestSessionInvestigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors.

Cookie Name	Duration	Purpose
Crumb	Session	Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF). CSRF is an attack vector which tricks a browser into taking unwanted action in an application when someone is logged in.
RecentRedirect	30 minutes	Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.
CART	2 weeks	Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart.
hasCart	2 weeks	Tells SquareSpace that the visitor has a cart.
Locked	Session	Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.
SiteUserInfo	3 years	Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account.
SiteUserSecureAuthToken	3 years	Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account.
Commerce-checkout-state	Session	Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal.
squarespace-popup-overlay	Persistent	Prevents the Promotional Pop-Up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it.
squarespace-announcement-bar	Persistent	Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it.
Test	Session	Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors.

4. ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE COOKIES

The analytics and performance cookies shown below are used only if you permit this in responding to our cookie banner. They are used to view site traffic, activity and other data.

If you permit the use of these cookies, they will collect personal data to power our site analytics, including:

Information about your browser, network, and device;
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website; and
Your IP address.

The information collected may also include details about your use of this website, including:

Clicks;
Internal links;
Pages visited;
Scrolling;
Searches; and
Timestamps.

We share this information with SquareSpace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Cookie Name
Duration
Purpose

ss_cid2 yearsIdentifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

ss_cvr2 yearsIdentifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

ss_cvisit30 minutesIdentifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

ss_cvt30 minutesIdentifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

ss_cpvisit2 yearsIdentifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

ss_cookieAllowed30 daysRemembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies.

Cookie Name	Duration	Purpose
ss_cid	2 years	Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.
ss_cvr	2 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_cvt	30 minutes	Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.
ss_cpvisit	2 years	Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.
ss_cookieAllowed	30 days	Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies.

5. FONTS

This website uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you, including:

Information about your browser, network, or device; and
Your IP address.

6. VISITOR DATA

This website is hosted by SquareSpace. SquareSpace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

Information about your browser, network and device;
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website; and
Your IP address.

SquareSpace needs this data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. SquareSpace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.