Cookies
Our website uses cookies to identify you from other users of the site. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when visiting our website and allows us to improve its accessibility, content, and presentation. We are required to ensure that you understand what cookies are used for and why we want to use them and that you provide appropriate consent based on your choices.
Cookies are small generally text files which are downloaded by your device when you visit any website. They are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that particular cookie.
Cookies come in 4 categories:
1. Necessary
These are essential and required in order to enable you to access the website and use its features. Consent is not required for these cookies.
2. Performance (analytics)
This type of cookie collects information about how visitors use the website, what pages they visit most often, if they receive error messages. The information that these cookies collect is anonymous as the information is aggregated into statistics. Web analytics that use cookies to gather data to enhance the performance of a website fall into this category. By using our online services, you agree to us processing the data gathered from these cookies.
MicrosoftApplicationsTelemetryDeviceId
Purpose: used by Microsoft services to collect anonymous telemetry data, such as device information and usage patterns, to improve website performance. Does not identify individual users.
Expires: 1 year
MicrosoftApplicationsTelemetryFirstLaunchTime
Purpose: records the time a user first accessed the site. Helps analyse user engagement trends. Contains no personal information.
Expires: 1 year
SS_ANALYTICS_ID
Purpose: a Squarespace cookie used to collect anonymous statistics on how visitors use the site (page views, visitor counts). Helps improve site performance. Does not identify individuals.
Expires: 1 year and 2 weeks
_pxvid
Purpose: a security cookie set by PerimeterX to detect and prevent malicious traffic and protect the site from bots. Does not collect personal data.
Expires: 1 year
crumb
Purpose: a Squarespace security cookie used to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks (CSRF). Does not store personal information.
Expires: session
ss_marketingCookiesAllowed
Purpose: stores whether the visitor has given consent to marketing cookies. No personal data is stored.
Expires: 1 month
ss_performanceCookiesAllowed
Purpose: stores whether the visitor has given consent to performance/analytics cookies. No personal data is stored.
Expires: 1 month
_ga
Purpose: Google Analytics 4 cookie used to distinguish unique users and generate statistical data about website usage. Data is anonymised and does not identify individuals. Only set after consent.
Expires: 2 years
_ga_L2FJ34GLPY
Purpose: a GA4 property-specific cookie used to maintain session state and track site usage across sessions. Data is anonymous and only collected after consent.
Expires: 2 years
ss_cvr
Purpose: a Squarespace visitor ID cookie used to understand repeat visits and overall site usage patterns. Helps improve site performance. Does not identify individuals. Set only after consent.
Expires: 2 years
3. Functionality
The choices that you make such as user name, language, or the region that you are in are retained by these cookies. They may also remember any customisation that you have made to your view of the website, such as text size. They can also be used to allow you to access a video or embedded content. By using our online services, you agree to us processing the data gathered from these cookies.
4. Targeting or advertising cookies
The Somerdale Pavilion Trust does not use targeting or advertising cookies.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential Category 1 Cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. For information on how to delete cookies, please refer to: use https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies