Cookies policy

Last updated: 13 June 2024

This cookies policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy so you can understand what type of cookies we use, or the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used.

Definitions

For the purposes of this cookies policy:

  • Company (referred to as either "the company", "we", "us" or "our" in this cookies policy) refers to Andrew Noakes (trading as The Dad Question), International House, 64 Nile Street, London, N1 7SR, United Kingdom.

  • Cookies means small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

  • Website refers to The Dad Question, accessible from https://thedadquestion.com

  • You means the individual accessing or using the website, or a company, or any legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the website, as applicable.

Cookies

Functional and Required Cookies

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features.

The following cookies are included in this category:

_dd_cookie_test

  • Tests if cookies are supported

  • Cookie

  • Expires instantly

_dd_s

  • Tracks browser errors

  • Cookie

  • Four hours

_dd_site_test

  • Tests if cookies are supported

  • Cookie

  • Expires instantly

_grecaptcha

  • Helps reduce spam in Acuity Scheduling

  • Local storage

  • No expiry

_ssid

  • Remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes

  • Cookie

  • Four years

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 Acuity Scheduling client's username between visits

  • Cookie

  • One year

clientUser

  • Stores the Acuity Scheduling client's username, OAuth2 Access Token, and OAuth2 Refresh Token. This cookie is required for functionality of logged-in clients

  • Cookie

  • 30 days

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 Acuity 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 Acuity 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 Acuity Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences.

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

Tracking and Analytics Cookies

Purpose: These cookies are used to track information about traffic to the website and how users use the website. The information gathered via these cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the website.

The following cookies are included in this category:

ss_cid

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • Two years

ss_cpvisit

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • Two years

ss_cvisit

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • 30 minutes

ss_cvr

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • Two years

ss_cvt

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • 30 minutes

_ga

  • Used to distinguish users

  • Set by Google Analytics

  • 2 years

_ga_<container-id>

  • Used to persist session state

  • Set by Google Analytics

  • 2 years

Your choices regarding cookies

If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies on the website, first you must disable the use of cookies in your browser and then delete the cookies saved in your browser associated with this website. You may use this option for preventing the use of cookies at any time.

If You do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the website and some features may not function properly.

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.

For any other web browser, please visit your web browser's official web pages.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this cookies policy, you can contact us by email: andrew@thedadquestion.com.