Cookie Policy

WHAT’S A COOKIE?

A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive if you agree to this and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.

Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block cookies (including essential cookies) at any time 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 essential cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.

Cookies are either:

Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.

Cookies can also be categorised as follows:

Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
First and third party cookies: First party cookies are cookies set by our website. Third party cookies are cookies on our website that are set by a website other than our website, such as where we have adverts on our website or use Facebook pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.

We use third party cookies on our website and these are set out in the table below.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie	Name	Purpose
Squarespace website	For a list please click here	This website is created on the Squarespace platform. It places required and functional cookies to run properly and provide a good experience for visitors. We do not use Squarespace analytics cookies.
Adobe web fonts	p.gif	This session pixel is used to keep track of fonts used on this website and does not register any visitor data. It expires at the end of the session.
Google Analytics 4 (Google)	_ga _ga_[container-id]	These cookies are placed by Google to help us track traffic on our website using Google Analytics, so that we can improve our service. The data we collect cannot diretcly identify anybody, and aggregates information such as which pages were visited and for how long. The cookies last for 400 days.
Flodesk forms	_fdt_form_events	Flodesk forms place cookies as necessary in order to function correctly. We embed these forms by the email marketing platform Flodesk to enable you to sign up to receive our newsletters and similar communication.
Vimeo videos	player vuid _cf_bm	Our website displays videos from our Vimeo channel. When you watch these embedded videos, Vimeo places cookies to allow the video to play and to gather viewing analytics. The data collected does not identify individuals. You can read Vimeo's cookie policy here.

SET YOUR COOKIE PREFERENCES

You can control your cookie settings through your web browser.

You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, by going to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions about the cookies that we use, feel free to email us at shilpa@mindsetmimiandme.com.