Cookie Policy
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The tables below explain the cookies we use and why.
Our website is hosted by Squarespace Ireland Limited (Squarespace). Squarespace places two kinds of cookies on visitors’ browsers:
- Necessary cookies so visitors can navigate and use key features on your site.
- Non-essential, or analytics and performance cookies, that collect information on your behalf about how visitors interact with your site.
To learn more, review Squarespace's Cookie Policy.
Necessary and required cookies
Squarespace uses some necessary cookies that vary from site to site depending on the features it uses. For example, necessary and required cookies help these features work:
| Name | Purpose, type, and duration |
|---|---|
| _acloggedin | - Supports login by Acuity Scheduling client if the client has an account - Cookie - January 1, 2025 |
| _client_acloggedin | - Supports login by Acuity Scheduling client if the client has an account - Cookie - January 1, 2025 |
| _dd_cookie_test | - Tests if cookies are supported - Cookie - Expires instantly |
| _dd_s | - Tracks browser errors - Cookie - Four hours |
| _dd_site_test | - Tests if cookies are supported - Cookie - Expires instantly |
| _grecaptcha | - Helps reduce spam in Acuity Scheduling - Local storage - No expiry |
| _ssid | - Remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes - Cookie - Four years |
| CART | - Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart - Cookie - Two weeks |
| CHECKOUT_WEBSITE | - Identifies the correct site for checkout when checkout on your domain is disabled - Cookie - Session |
| client_username | - Remembers a logged in Acuity Scheduling client's username between visits - Cookie - One year |
| clientUser | - Stores the Acuity Scheduling client's username, OAuth2 Access Token, and OAuth2 Refresh Token. This cookie is required for functionality of logged-in clients - Cookie - 30 days |
| Commerce-checkout-state | - Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal - sessionstorage - Session |
| Crumb | - Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) - Cookie - Session |
| hasCart | - Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart - Cookie - Two weeks |
| Locked | - Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password. - Cookie - Session |
| orderStatusSessionToken | - Authenticates a visitor who logs into an order status page. - Cookie - One year |
| PHPSESSID | - Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Acuity Scheduling - Cookie - One month |
| RecentRedirect | - Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO. - Cookie - 30 minutes |
| remember_client | - Remembers Acuity Scheduling client’s login details if they have an account - Cookie - 365 days |
| siteUserCrumb | - Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF)for logged in site users - Cookie - Three years |
| SiteUserInfo | - Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account - Cookie - Three years |
| SiteUserSecureAuthToken | - Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account - Cookie - Three years |
| squarespace-announcement-bar | - Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it - localstorage - Persistent |
| squarespace-likes | - Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post - localstorage - Persistent |
| 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 |
| ss_sd | - Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions - Cookie - Session |
| Test | - Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors - Cookie - Session |
| TZ | - Enables a Acuity Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences. - localstorage - Persistent |
Analytics and performance cookies
Squarespace use analytics and performance cookies to collect information on your behalf about how visitors interact with your site. Storing these cookies is how we populate the data you find in Squarespace analytics, such as traffic sources, unique visitors, and cart abandonment.
You can disable Squarespace analytics and performance cookies at any time.
| Cookie Name | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
How do I change my cookie settings?
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the 'Cookie Preferences' button in our footer.. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Save preferences’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.