COOKIE POLICY.

This website is operated by Ashley Dawson trading as AD Visuals and is hosted using Squarespace.

Squarespace may place necessary cookies on visitors’ devices. Optional Performance and Analytics cookies are only placed where a visitor has given consent.

AD Visuals does not currently use Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, advertising pixels or behavioural advertising cookies.

Necessary cookies support security, consent preferences and core website functions. They do not require consent but are still explained below.

Crumb

Purpose: Helps prevent cross-site request forgery and protects website forms.

Duration: Session.

ss_performancecookiesAllowed

Purpose: Records whether a visitor has accepted or declined Squarespace Performance and Analytics cookies.

Duration: 30 days.

ss_marketingcookiesAllowed

Purpose: Records the visitor’s advertising-cookie preference within the Squarespace consent system. AD Visuals does not currently use advertising trackers.

Duration: 30 days.

RecentRedirect

Purpose: Helps prevent redirect loops when Squarespace URL mappings are used.

Duration: 30 minutes.

Test

Purpose: Checks whether the visitor’s browser supports cookies and helps prevent website errors.

Duration: Session.

These cookies are optional and are only placed after a visitor accepts Performance and Analytics cookies.

They allow Squarespace Analytics to distinguish visitors and connect page views into sessions.

ss_cid

Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks sessions on the website.

Duration: Two years.

ss_cpvisit

Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks sessions on the website.

Duration: Two years.

ss_cvisit

Purpose: Identifies a visitor’s current website session.

Duration: 30 minutes.

ss_cvr

Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks sessions on the website.

Duration: Two years.

ss_cvt

Purpose: Identifies a visitor’s current website session.

Duration: 30 minutes.

AD Visuals does not currently use advertising, remarketing or behavioural-targeting cookies.

Squarespace may display an Advertising category within its cookie-preference panel because this category forms part of its standard consent system. No advertising platform was detected in the current website configuration.

This policy will be updated before any advertising or remarketing service is introduced.

When you first visit the website, the cookie banner allows you to:

• Accept all optional cookies

• Decline all optional cookies

• Manage individual cookie categories

You can change your choice at any time by selecting Cookie Preferences in the website footer.

You can also block or delete cookies using your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.

Squarespace provides the website hosting, forms, consent controls and website analytics.

Some Squarespace services may process technical information outside the United Kingdom in accordance with Squarespace’s privacy and data-transfer arrangements.

Links to Instagram and other external websites do not place their cookies through this website merely because a link is displayed. Those services may place cookies after you follow the link and visit their platform.

This Cookie Policy may be updated if the website’s services, integrations or cookies change.

The current version will always be published on this page with its revision date.

For questions about this Cookie Policy, contact:

Ashley Dawson trading as AD Visuals
Email: ashley@ashley-dawson.com