Cookie Policy

We use cookies to help your site run effectively and provide the best experience for your visitors. This guide describes the cookies we place on visitors to your Squarespace site. This guide doesn’t cover the cookies Squarespace uses on visitors to our websites or users of our web or mobile apps.

For more information about our use of cookies, including cookies we use on squarespace.com and our web and mobile apps, visit our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.

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.

Functional and required cookies

Squarespace uses some necessary cookies so visitors can navigate and use key features on your site. These cookies vary from site to site depending on the features it uses.

For example, functional and required cookies help these features work:

Name	Purpose, type, and duration
_acloggedin	Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account Cookie January 1, 2025
_client_acloggedin	Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account Cookie January 1, 2025
algoliasearch-client-js	Adds auto-populated suggestions to address fields in Scheduling to help clients complete forms faster localstorage Persistent
CART	Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart Cookie Two weeks
CHECKOUT_WEBSITE	Identifies the correct site for checkout when checkout on your domain is disabled Cookie Session
client_username	Remembers a logged in Scheduling client's username between visits Cookie One year
Commerce-checkout-state	Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal sessionstorage Session
Crumb	Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) Cookie Session
hasCart	Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart Cookie Two weeks
Locked	Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password. Cookie Session
orderStatusSessionToken	Authenticates a visitor who logs into an order status page. Cookie One year
PHPSESSID	Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Scheduling Cookie One month
RecentRedirect	Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO. Cookie 30 minutes
remember_client	Remembers Scheduling client’s login details if they have an account Cookie 365 days
siteUserCrumb	Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users Cookie Three years
SiteUserInfo	Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account Cookie Three years
SiteUserSecureAuthToken	Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account Cookie Three years
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
TZ	Enables a Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences. localstorage Persistent

Analytics and performance cookies

We use analytics and performance cookies to collect information on your behalf about how visitors interact with your site. Storing these cookies is how we populate the data you find in Squarespace analytics, such as traffic sources, unique visitors, and cart abandonment.

You can disable Squarespace analytics and performance cookies at any time.

Cookie Name	Duration	Purpose
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