Folgate Advisors Ltd: Cookie Policy

 Effective Date: April 2025

 Folgate Advisors Ltd (“Folgate”) respects your concerns about privacy.

We obtain certain information by automated means, such as cookies, web server logs, web beacons, and other technologies (collectively “Cookies”) when you visit, access, or use our websites, mobile sites or applications, that link to this Cookie Policy (collectively the “Sites”). This Cookie Policy explains how we use Cookies, their purposes, and how you can control them.

Our use of Cookies may involve the processing of personal information. For more information on our data protection practices, see our Privacy Policy.

 

1.     WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. This technology helps us (1) remember your information so you will not have to re-enter it; (2) track and understand how you use and interact with the Site; (3) tailor the Site around your preferences; (4) measure the usability of the Site; (5) understand the effectiveness of our communications; and (6) otherwise manage and enhance the Site.

 

2.     WHAT INFORMATION DO WE OBTAIN THROUGH COOKIES?

The information we obtain through Cookies includes your device IP address, domain name, identifiers associated with your devices, device and operating system type and characteristics, web browser characteristics, language preferences, clickstream data, your interactions with the Sites (such as the web pages you visit, links you click and features you use), the pages that led or referred you to the Sites, dates and times of access to the Sites and other information about your use of the Sites.

 

3.     COOKIES USED ON OUR SITES

Below is a list of the Cookies that we use on our Sites. You can indicate your choices with respect to the use of Cookies below. Please note that, depending on your selection, you may not be able to take full advantage of the Sites or our products and services.

·       Essential Cookies

These Cookies are essential to use and navigate our Sites. Essential Cookies help us collect information, such as your session ID and other server information, that enables us to authenticate users. Essential Cookies are deleted when you end your browsing session or within a short period of time thereafter.

·       Functional Cookies

These Cookies collect information about your choices or remember your preferences so we can show you relevant content. They allow us to identify your location and remember your language during a browsing session and to customize the Sites you have accessed. These Cookies are deleted when you end your browsing session.

·       Analytics Cookies

We use analytics Cookies to collect information on how users navigate and use our Sites, such as how the users traverse our Sites, the pages they view, how long they stay on a page and whether the page is displayed correctly or whether errors occur. Such cookies help us to improve the performance of our Sites and make the Sites more user-friendly. Some of these Cookies are persistent Cookies which remain on your computer or other Internet-connected device for a certain period of time after you end your browsing session unless you delete them. These Cookies are provided by third-party analytics providers, including Google Analytics.

The following analytics Cookies are used on our Sites:

Necessary and required cookies

Name, purpose, type and duration

_acloggedin

  • Supports login by Acuity Scheduling client if the client has an account

  • Cookie

  • January 1, 2025

ACUITY_CART

  • Stores details about a client's package, gift, or subscription purchase, including the item purchased and the quantity

  • Only applies to the new scheduler

  • localStorage

  • No expiration

_client_acloggedin

  • Supports login by Acuity Scheduling client if the client has an account

  • Cookie

  • January 1, 2025

_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

  • localStorage

  • 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

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

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

SiteUserInfo

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

ss_performancecookiesAllowed

  • Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Performance and Analytics cookies on their browser, if your site has a cookie banner and is restricting the placement of cookies

  • Cookie

  • 30 days

ss_marketingcookiesAllowed

  • Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Marketing cookies on their browser, if your site has a cookie banner and is restricting the placement of cookies

  • Cookie

  • 30 days

ss_sd

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

 

Analytics and performance cookies

Name, duration and 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

·        Third-party Cookies

In some circumstances, we work with third parties to provide certain services to our users such as additional features (including the ability to see videos on our Sites) and to connect to certain social networks. These third parties use Cookies to collect information on our Sites, including via plug-ins and widgets. Some of these Cookies are persistent Cookies which remain on your computer or other Internet-connected device for a certain period of time after you end your browsing session, unless you delete them.

The privacy practices of these third parties, including Facebook, Twitter and Vimeo are subject to the privacy statements of such third parties.

  

4.     YOUR CHOICES

In addition to amending your preferences through this Cookie Policy, you can stop Cookies from being downloaded on your computer by selecting the appropriate settings on your web browser. Most web browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new Cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new Cookie and how to disable existing Cookies. On Microsoft Internet Explorer, this can be done by selecting “Tools/Internet Options” and reviewing your privacy settings or selecting “delete Cookies.” You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking “help” on your browser’s menu or by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org. For mobile devices, you can manage how your device and browser share certain device data by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your mobile device. Please note, however, that without Cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of the Sites or our products or services.

 

5.     CONTACT US

 

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us by e-mail at: info@folgateadvisors.com.