Cookie policy.

I use Squarespace as my website provider, who places cookies on my behalf to distinguish you from other users of my website. This helps Squarespace to securely serve this website to you, provides you with a good experience when you browse my website and allows me to improve my site.


What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on a device. Cookies can improve your visitors’ browsing experience because they help websites remember preferences and understand how people use different features.

I use the following cookies:

  • Necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of my website. These essential cookies are always enabled because my website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of my website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings, but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website. Squarespace, my online hosting provider, collects this information on my behalf so that they can provide website services to me. 

  • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow me to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around my website when they are using it. This helps me to improve the way my website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

  • Advertising cookies. These cookies record your visit to my website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. I will use this information to make my website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. Squarespace may share this information with third parties for this purpose so that they can serve you with relevant advertising on their websites.


You can find more information about the individual cookies I use and the purposes for which I use them in the table below:

Name Purpose Duration
_dd_cookie_test Tests if cookies are supported
 Expires instantly
_dd_s Tracks browser errors Four hours
_dd_site_test Tests if cookies are supported Expires instantly
_ssid Remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes Four years
CART Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart Two weeks
CHECKOUT_WEBSITE Identifies the correct site for checkout when checkout on your domain is disabled Session
Commerce-checkout-state Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal Session
Crumb Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) Session
hasCart Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart Two weeks
Locked Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password. Session
orderStatusSessionToken Authenticates a visitor who logs into an order status page. One year
RecentRedirect Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO. 30 minutes
siteUserCrumb Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users Three years
SiteUserInfo Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account Three years
SiteUserSecureAuthToken Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account Three years
squarespace-announcement-bar Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it Persistent
squarespace-likes Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post Persistent
squarespace-popup-overlay Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it Persistent
squarespace-video-player-options Remembers video player selected preferences (volume, playback speed,
and quality) for videos uploaded directly to Squarespace		 Persistent
ss_performancecookiesAllowed Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Performance and Analytics cookies on their browser,
based on cookie banner selection restricts the placement of cookies		 30 days
ss_marketingcookiesAllowed Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Marketing cookies on their browser, based on cookie
banner selection restricts the placement of cookies		 30 days
ss_sd Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions Session
Test Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors Session

Analytics and performance cookies

I use analytics and performance cookies collected by Squarespace on my behalf about how visitors interact with my site. Storing these cookies is how we see the data in Squarespace analytics, such as traffic sources, unique visitors, and cart abandonment.

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

CSRF is an attack vector that tricks a browser into taking unwanted action in an application when someone’s logged in.


Cookie Name Purpose Duration
ss_cid Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site Two years
ss_cpvisit Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site Two years
ss_cvisit Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site 30 minutes
ss_cvr Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site Two years
ss_cvt Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site 30 minutes

Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which I have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third-party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies:

Google Analytics

On the Squarespace platform there is an opt-in consent function built in via the cookie consent banner, Squarespace will prevent Google Analytics from dropping non-essential cookies on your browser until you opt-in, and in the case of an opt-out, no analytics cookies will be placed. 

  • Visitor Consent: You will see the cookie consent banner and can choose to "Accept" or "Decline" cookies. 

  • Consent-Based Loading: Google Analytics, which is considered a non-essential service, will only start to collect data and drop its cookies once you provide explicit consent. 

  • Anonymous Data Collection: When you opt out, Google Analytics may still send "pings" to gather anonymized data, providing general website performance information without collecting personally identifiable data. 

  • Google Analytics Consent Mode: The Squarespace cookie banner is integrated with Google Analytics' Consent Mode, ensuring that cookie preferences are correctly communicated. 

  • Required vs. Non-Essential: The cookie banner will not restrict "necessary" cookies required for the site's fundamental function, but it will prevent non-essential cookies like those for Google Analytics.

Choices about cookies

To choose your cookie preferences, select “Accept All” to agree to our use of cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, security, analytics and customisation. Select “Manage cookies” to make choices or opt out:

Necessary     ALWAYS ON

Performance and Analytics ON

Advertising OFF

You can also choose to "Reject All" cookies in the cookie banner.

However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of my website.

Except for necessary cookies, all cookies will expire after 2 years.

If you have any questions or concerns about my use of cookies, please send me an email at exec.coach@brunhildevanantwerp.com