Cookies Policy
Last updated: 21 January 2020
Harebell & Bee (“us”, “we”, or “our”) uses Cookies on www.harebellandbee.co.uk (the “Website”). By using our Website, you consent to the use of Cookies.
Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use Cookies, your choices regarding Cookies and further information about Cookies.
What are cookies
1. Cookies are small pieces of text sent by a website you visit. A Cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows our Website or a third-party to recognise you and make your next visit easier and our Website more useful to you.
2. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” Cookies.
How Harebell & Bee uses cookies
3. This Website may place and access certain Cookies on your computer. Harebell & Bee uses Cookies to improve your experience of using the Website. Harebell & Bee has carefully chosen these Cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.
4. All Cookies used by this Website are used in accordance with current UK and EU Cookie Law.
5. This Website also uses analytical Cookies to generate user statistics, such as which pages on our Website are the most popular, and other statistics that help us understand our audience. Because this Website is built upon the Squarespace platform, Squarespace may also use analytical Cookies to track the usage of this Website. You can read the Squarespace privacy policy here.
6. Before our Website places analytical Cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By accepting the Cookie Notification message, you consent to the use of analytical Cookies from Squarespace. If you choose not to accept the Cookie Notification message, no Cookies will be placed on your computer and these data will not be tracked.
7. This Website may place the following Cookies:
Type of Cookie and Purpose
a. Strictly necessary cookies: these are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
b. Analytical/performance cookies: they allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
c. Functionality cookies: these are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
8. You can find a list of Cookies that we use in the Cookies Schedule (below).
9. You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser.
10. You can choose to delete Cookies at any time; however you may lose any information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, personalisation settings.
11. It is recommended that you ensure that your internet browser is up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
What are your choices regarding cookies
12. If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
13. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
Where can you find more information about cookies
14. For more information generally on cookies, including how to disable them, please refer to aboutcookies.org. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer.
Cookies Schedule
Below is a list of the cookies that we use. We have tried to ensure this is complete and up to date, but if you think that we have missed a cookie or there is any discrepancy, please let us know.
Strictly necessary
We use the following strictly necessary cookies:
Description of Cookie and Purpose:
a. Crumb: Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF).
b. RecentRedirect: Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects.
c. Test: Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors.
Analytical/performance
We use the following analytical/performance cookies:
Description of Cookie and Purpose:
a. ss_cid: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
b. ss_cvr: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
c. ss_cvisit: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
d. ss_cvt: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
e. ss_cpvisit: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
f. ss_cookieAllowed: Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies
Functionality
We use the following functionality cookies:
Description of Cookie and Purpose:
a. Locked: Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.
b. squarespace-popup-overlay: Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it
c. squarespace-announcement-bar: Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it
d. squarespace-likes: Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post.