Use of Cookies
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
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
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.