Cookies Policy

USE OF COOKIES

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information, which are downloaded to your personal computer, mobile or other device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each visit. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user's device. When someone visits our website we collect information in order to monitor our website usage and efficiency.

We use cookies on this website to:

  • Recognise you whenever you visit this website (this speeds up your access to the website as you do not have to log in each time)

  • Obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet

  • Collect information about how visitors use our website, for example which pages are visited most and if any error messages are received when certain pages are visited

The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data. Although we may obtain information about your computer (or other electronic device) such as:

  • Your IP address

  • Your browser

  • Other internet log information

    (these will not usually identify you personally.)

In certain circumstances, we may collect personal information about you—but only where you voluntarily provide it, e.g. by completing our online forms.

In most cases we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this website:

OPTION 1 (BROWSER SETTINGS):

If you visit our website when your browser is set to accept cookies, we will interpret this as an indication that you consent to our use of cookies and other similar technologies as described in this website cookie policy. If you change your mind in the future about letting us use cookies, you can modify the settings of your browser to reject cookies or disable cookies completely.

OR

OPTION 2 (NOTIFICATION ON HOME PAGE)

There is a notice on our home page which describes how we use cookies and which also provides a link to this cookie policy. If you use this website after this notification has been displayed to you, we will assume that you consent to our use of cookies for the purposes described in this website cookie policy and our website privacy policy.

DESCRIPTION OF COOKIES

Below is a list of the cookies that we use. We have tried to ensure this is complete and up to date, but if you think that we have missed a cookie or there is any discrepancy, please let us know.

Strictly necessary

We use the following strictly necessary cookies:

Description of Cookie - Purpose

  • Crumb -Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF).

  • siteUserCrumb - Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users.

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

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

  • Test - Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors.

Analytical/performance

We use the following analytical/performance cookies:

Description of Cookie - Purpose

  • ss_cid - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • ss_cvr - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • ss_cvisit - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • ss_cvt - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • ss_cpvisit - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

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

HOW TO TURN OFF COOKIES

If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of this website.

For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the Information Commissioner’s webpage on cookies: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.