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About this cookie policy

This cookie policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. Please read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, i.e. the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage cookie preferences. Please see our privacy policy for more information on how we use, store and secure your personal information.

You can change or withdraw your consent to the cookie statement on our website at any time.

Learn more about who we are, how to contact us and how we process personal data in our privacy policy.

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. Cookies are stored on your device when the website loads in your browser. These cookies help us make the website work properly, make the website more secure, provide a better user experience and understand how the website is performing and analyze what is working and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

Like most online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are usually necessary for the website to function properly, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable information.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are primarily used to understand how the website performs, how you interact with our website, secure our services, serve ads that are relevant to you, and all in all provide you with a better and improved website. user experience and help expedite your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use?

Essential: Some cookies are essential to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent security risks. They do not collect or store personal information.

This website was built through Squarespace and Squarespace uses the following functional cookies on this website (indicating name, goal, type and duration:

Crumb

  • prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

  • Cookie

  • Session

RecentRedirect

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

  • Cookie

  • 30 minutes

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

Statistics: These cookies store information such as the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website were visited, the source of the visit, etc. This data helps us understand and analyze how well the website is performing and where it needs improvement.

This website was built through Squarespace and Squarespace uses the following cookies on this website:

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

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies" to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to track how you use the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so, or to the extent that these third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the features of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Marketing: our website displays advertisements. AdSense uses cookies to improve their ads. Based on what is relevant to a user, they are responsible for improving reporting on campaign performance and avoiding displaying ads that the user has already seen.

The information stored in these cookies may also be used by third-party advertising providers to show you ads on other websites in the browser as well.

Functional: these are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content such as videos or sharing website content on social media platforms.

Preferences: these cookies help us to store your settings and browser preferences such as language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

How can I manage cookie preferences?

Most Internet browsers allow you to delete cookies from your hard drive or reject cookies before installation. For more information on this, please consult your Internet browser's instructions.

Users who opt out of "Personalize ads" through Google's advertising settings will no longer receive personalized ads from Google.