Cookie Policy

What is a cookie?

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.

Your privacy is a top priority for me. As such, the only cookies that are used on this website are those required by our website host, SquareSpace, for the website to perform correctly. We do not use advertising cookies at all.

Which cookies does our website use?

Below is a list of the cookies which are set and their purposes.


Cookie Name Duration Purpose
Crumb Session Prevents cross-site request forgery, which is an attack vector
which tricks the browser into taking unwanted action in an app
when someone is logged in.
ss-cid 2 years This cookie is used to identify a unique user. The value assigned
is a random GUID and no personally identifying information is
associated with this cookie.
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.
ss_cpvisit 2 years This cookie represents the same information as ss_cvisit with the
exception that it stores the previous session instead of the current one.
ss_cvisit 30 minutes This cookie is used to identify a user’s session.
The value assigned is the timestamp of the initial page view for a session.
It does not collect personally identifying information.
cc_cvr 2 years This cookie is equivalent to the ss_cid cookie with the exception that it
stores the values of the current and ss_cvisit and ss_cpvisit cookies.
ss_cvt 30 minutes This cookie is equivalent to ss_cvisit with the exception that it stores a
count of the page views for that session.
SS_lastvisit This cookie is used to help determine whether a website visitor is unique.
SS_MATTR This cookie identifies a unique visitor. No visitor information is stored except
a unique ID dropped on visitors to the site.
SS_MID This cookie also identifies a unique visitor. No visitor information is stored
except a unique ID dropped on visitors to the site.

How do I get rid of Cookies that have been placed?

This will depend on your browser. You can find details on how to clear them in most browsers here: www.aboutcookies.org.uk/managing-cookies