What are Cookies

Cookies are bits of data (versus the edible kind) that are stored in a user's browser on their device.  The purpose of cookies is largely to help a website remember visitor interactions and preferences.

 Types of Cookies [1]

This iWeb is powered by a company called Squarespace.  Snickerpuss purchases templates and management for this iWeb solely through this company. As a result, the template used has a variety of cookies that are utilized in order for the iWeb to function.  Depending on the type of template used, as I understand it, will govern the types of cookies that are used to manage and track on thetangledsnickerpuss.com.  For the most part, this iWeb is a business site so it has a shopping cart.

Analytic/Performance cookies provide visitor data to Snickerpuss as the iWeb owner.  I, iSPYDEE, tend to do this for Snickerpuss but it’s really for Snickerpuss. These types of cookies collect data on traffic sources (e.g. where website visitors originate from) what pages on the site are viewed by a visitor and for how long, as well as some geographic location (see photos at right) information. Snickerpuss and I obviously have this data available as part of the Squarespace account.  It simply lets us know how well the iWeb is doing in terms of internet traffic.  The current understanding is it can help tailor and alter the iWeb to increase traffic as well as monitor the type of traffic.  It also can inform, to some degree, how successful any outside advertising and branding work is working to draw traffic to this iWeb. These types of cookies last much, much longer in terms of duration.  They can last from 30 days up to two years.  As a “for instance,” if you agreed to the stated cookie policy from the cookie banner on the main page, that cookie has a 30 day duration reminding this iWeb you agreed to the cookie use.

Targeting cookies are cookies generally used by third-party companies.  These cookies are used by those who specifically target a visitor for advertising purposes.  These cookies remember your device has visited a site or service, and may also be able to track your device’s browsing activity on other sites or services other than this iWeb. This information may then be shared with organizations outside of what Snickerpuss does.  The best understanding of an example of this is when someone browses the internet, these types of cookies track what you view. Then, when a person logs on to a network like Facebook, you will see advertising according to your browsing interests.  Snickerpuss, as an example, can browse a book website and then on Facebook have advertising that actually targets her according to the books she had browsed on another website.

Cookies My Website Uses [2]

This iWeb uses both functional and analytic/performance cookies.  The functional cookies are needed just to run the iWeb and the shopping cart.  Analytic/performance cookies are also used through the analytic Squarespace provides as part of this iWeb package.  When information is used, it's to see if the website has any traffic at all.  You can, through the cookie banner, disable some of this cookie data use which is the point of the European Data policy that spawned the cookie banners all across the Internet.  Thetangledsnickerpuss.com does not use target cookies and as far as I know, they are not within the Squarespace piece of this iWeb.  There is currently no advertising on this iWeb.  If they are being used, it isn't by intention and Snickerpuss and myself are unaware of it occurring.

Disabling Cookies & Eliminating Cookies

Disabling cookies can be done at the time you first enter the iWeb.  If you refuse the performance/analytic cookies your data is not tracked.  If you wish to eliminate cookies, you will need to go to your browser.  Some links to instructions are provided below for a few main browsers.

Google Chrome

Apple's Safari

Internet Explorer