Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 29-Jul-2025
Last Updated: 29-Jul-2025

What are cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Cookie Name Description Type Duration
__Secure-1PAPISID Used to build a profile of user interests to show personalized Google ads. Advertising 2 years
__Secure-1PSID Ensures user security and prevents fraud when using Google services. Necessary 2 years
__Secure-1PSIDCC Used to deliver personalized Google ads across websites. Advertising 1 year
__Secure-1PSIDTS Helps protect the user and prevent request forgery during login to Google account. Security 1 year
__Secure-3PAPISID Creates a profile of user interests to display relevant ads via Google. Advertising 2 years
__Secure-3PSID Collects data about user interaction with Google content for ad personalization. Advertising 2 years
__Secure-3PSIDCC Used to serve personalized ads based on user preferences. Advertising 1 year
__Secure-3PSIDTS Helps secure user accounts against unauthorized access. Security 1 year
__Secure-ENID Used by Google to prevent fraud and ensure security. Security 13 months
__Secure-has_logged_in Indicates whether the user is logged in to help manage access. Functional Session
__stripe_mid Visitor ID required to prevent fraud during Stripe payments. Necessary 1 year
__stripe_orig_props Stores original visitor properties for payment security. Necessary 1 year
__stripe_sid Session ID cookie set by Stripe for payment processing and fraud prevention. Necessary 30 minutes
_ga Used by Google Analytics to count visitors, sessions, and behavior tracking. Analytics 2 years
AEC Ensures that requests are made by the user, not other websites. Security 6 months
APISID Used by Google to store user preferences and account data. Functional 2 years
color-scheme Stores the user’s selected theme (light/dark). Functional Session or persistent
cookies_accepted Stores the user’s consent to cookie usage. Necessary 6 months
country_code
This cookie stores the selected country code used to automatically fill and display the corresponding country code in the phone number input field. The cookie value saves the user’s country selection preference, providing convenience and speeding up phone number entry on subsequent visits to the site.
Functional 7 days
docs.prefs Saves user preferences for documentation interface. Functional 1 year
expanded-topics Remembers which documentation sections the user expanded. Functional Session
HSID Secure identifier used by Google for account protection. Security 2 years
machine_identifier Unique identifier for user device for tracking or security. Functional 1 year
merchant Identifies the merchant during checkout process. Functional Session
NID Used by Google to store preferences, such as preferred language. Functional / Advertising 6 months
pll_language Stores the selected language of the website (Polylang plugin). Functional 1 year
private_machine_identifier Internal device ID used in admin or development environments. Functional 1 year
recent-views Keeps a list of items recently viewed by the user. Functional Session
S General-purpose cookie used by Google for authentication and session tracking. Security Session
SAPISID Used to ensure secure access to Google services. Security 2 years
SID Contains encrypted Google user ID and login time data. Security 2 years
SIDCC Used to protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. Security 1 year
ss_cvr SquareSpace: Stores a unique ID for analytics purposes. Analytics 2 years
SSID Used by Google to collect information about user interaction with site content. Functional 2 years
stripe.csrf Prevents cross-site request forgery during payment. Security Session
wordpress_test_cookie Checks whether the user’s browser supports cookies. Necessary Session
wp-settings-1 Saves admin interface preferences in WordPress. Functional 1 year
wp-settings-time-1 Stores the time when admin settings were last changed. Functional 1 year
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