About the cookies we use

We use cookies to help our site run effectively and provide the best experience for you. In this guide, we’ll describe the cookies we place on your browser.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on a device. Cookies can be used by web servers to identity users as they navigate through a website and identify returning users. Cookies can improve your browsing experience because they help websites remember preferences and understand how people use different features.

No personal information is stored in any cookie. We may use cookies stored for website analytics in conjunction with Google Analytics and Squarespace (our web site hosting provider).

Cookies are stored either for the duration of the browser session (until it is closed), or for a finite time.

What cookies do we use?

The table below shows the cookies we may place on your browser if you use this website.

Cookies can be cleared using your browser settings.

	
				Cookie Name
				Duration
				Use
			
					_ga
					2 years
					Used by Google Analytics to identify your browser, pages accessed (and when), and referring pages.
				
					_gat
					1 minute
					Used by Google Analytics to identify your browser, pages accessed (and when), and referring pages.
				
					_gid
					24 hours
					Used by Google Analytics to identify your browser, pages accessed (and when), and referring pages.
				
					crumb
					Session
					Prevents 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.
				
					ss_cid
					2 years
					Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
				
					ss_cookiesAllowed
					30 days
					Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser
				
					ss_cpvisit
					2 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
					2 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