Cookies policy
We use cookies on this website which is hosted by Squarespace. You’ll find a notice about this on our homepage as well, which also links back to this policy. Please read this policy alongside our privacy notice which can be accessed via: https://www.brooks-wellbeing.co.uk/privacy-notice
We last updated our policy on 19th August 2025.
1.Information about cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is placed onto your computer (or other electronic device) when you access our website.
There are 4 different types of cookies:
Strictly-necessary cookies (required for the website to run). These allow you to do things like log in securely.
Performance cookies (which measure how many visitors use our site, which pages they visit and how they interact with the site). These help us to improve our website.
Functionality cookies (which remember specific visitor’s preferences for the way they use our site, e.g. language settings or font size).
Targeting/advertising cookies (these collect information about individual visitors that enable us, or third parties, to provide relevant advertisements to those who have visited our site)
We may use each type of cookie in order to:
Securely serve this website to you
View site traffic, activity and other data
Make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable
Recognise you whenever you visit this website and distinguish you from other users of our site
Obtain information about your preferences and use of our site
Provide you with advertising that is tailored to your interests
Carry out research and data analysis to help us to improve our content and services and to better understand our customer preferences and interests
Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about you.
We have set out specific details of the cookies we use on our site in section 4 below.
2.Third-party cookies
Like many other websites, third parties may also set cookies on our website. These third parties are responsible for the cookies they set on our site and we have no control over them. For further information on how their cookies policies work, please visit their websites.
3.Managing cookies
You can manage cookies yourself.
You can set your web browser to refuse cookies, delete cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
You will need to visit the web browser’s site to manage, but for ease we have provided links to popular browsers below:
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Microsoft Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Microsoft Internet Explorer/Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
For further information about cookies and how to manage or disable them please go to: www.aboutcookies.org.
Please also note that if you change/block cookies then:
some parts of our website may not function properly or as well as they otherwise might;
changes will apply across all websites that you visit (unless you choose to block cookies only from particular websites); and
the settings that you change will only apply on the device on which you change the settings and will not apply across all other devices that you use.
4.Specific details
We have set out in the table below details of each of the cookies on our site and a description of what they do.
Further information can also be found via this link: https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-The-cookies-Squarespace-uses#h_01J2EGWM70QY3RMVW1JFWX4ND2
Strictly necessary, required, and functionality cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you:
Cookie Name, Purpose, Type and Duration
_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
_ssid
Remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes
Cookie
Four years
Crumb
Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CSRF is an attack vector that tricks a browser into taking unwanted action in an application when someone’s logged in.
Cookie
Session
RecentRedirect
Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.
Cookie
30 minutes
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_performancecookiesAllowed
Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Performance and Analytics cookies on their browser, if the 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 the site has a cookie banner and is restricting the placement of cookies
Cookie
30 days
Test
Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors
Cookie
Session
Analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner by choosing to 'accept all'. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity and other data:
Cookie Name, Purpose and Duration
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
If you have any questions about this policy please email: charles@brooks-wellbeing.co.uk