Cookie Policy

Last updated: 20 October 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how The Lustre Collective (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on thelustrecollective.com (the “Website”). Our Website is built and hosted on Squarespace, so most of the cookies described here are set by Squarespace on our behalf. Please read it alongside our Privacy Policy and Squarespace’s Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site work, remember your preferences, and tell the site owner how it is being used.

  • First-party cookies are set by us.

  • Third-party cookies are set by other organisations whose services we use on the Website.

  • Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire or you delete them.

We also use similar technologies such as pixels, tags and local storage. In this policy, “cookies” covers all of these.

Cookies we use

Squarespace sorts cookies into three groups. Necessary cookies are always on; all others are only set with your consent.

1. Necessary cookies (always on)
Keep the Website secure and working: page loading, security, cart and checkout, account log-in and remembering your cookie choices.

2. Analytics and performance cookies (only with your consent)
Power Squarespace Analytics so we can see traffic sources, unique visitors and how pages are used.

3. Marketing cookies (only with your consent)
Set only by third-party tools we add, such as advertising pixels, to show and measure ads.

Necessary cookies in detail

Squarespace sets these depending on which features our Website uses.

Used on all Squarespace sites

  • Crumb: Prevents cross-site request forgery. Lasts: session

  • Test: Checks your browser supports cookies. Lasts: session

  • ddcookie_test and ddsite_test: Check your browser supports cookies. Lasts: expire instantly

  • dds: Tracks browser errors. Lasts: 4 hours

  • RecentRedirect: Prevents redirect loops on custom URL redirects. Lasts: 30 minutes

  • SS_HAS_LANDED: Tells a first visit apart from later visits (local storage). Lasts: persistent

Cookie banner

  • ss_performancecookiesAllowed: Remembers whether you accepted analytics cookies. Lasts: 30 days

  • ss_marketingcookiesAllowed: Remembers whether you accepted marketing cookies. Lasts: 30 days

Site features

  • squarespace-announcement-bar: Stops the announcement bar showing after you dismiss it (local storage). Lasts: persistent

  • squarespace-popup-overlay: Stops the promotional pop-up showing after you dismiss it (local storage). Lasts: persistent

  • squarespace-likes: Remembers blog posts you’ve liked (local storage). Lasts: persistent

  • squarespace-video-player-options: Remembers your video volume, speed and quality settings (local storage). Lasts: persistent

  • Locked: Remembers you entered the correct site password. Lasts: session

Online shop (Commerce)

  • CART and hasCart: Remember items in your cart. Lasts: 2 weeks

  • CHECKOUT_WEBSITE: Identifies the correct site at checkout. Lasts: session

  • Commerce-checkout-state: Stores your checkout progress when paying with PayPal (session storage). Lasts: session

  • orderStatusSessionToken: Logs you in to an order status page. Lasts: 1 year

  • _ssid: Recognises devices to prevent fraud. Lasts: 4 years

Customer accounts

  • SiteUserInfo, SiteUserSecureAuthToken and siteUserCrumb: Identify, authenticate and secure logged-in customers. Lasts: 3 years

If we use Acuity Scheduling, it sets its own necessary cookies for booking and client log-in.

Analytics and performance cookies in detail

These are only set if you accept them in our cookie banner. All five identify unique visitors and track visits to the Website.

  • ss_cid: Lasts: 2 years

  • ss_cpvisit: Lasts: 2 years

  • ss_cvr: Lasts: 2 years

  • ss_cvisit: Lasts: 30 minutes

  • ss_cvt: Lasts: 30 minutes

Source: “The cookies Squarespace uses”, Squarespace Help Center (updated 14 October 2026).

Third-party cookies

Some services we connect to our Squarespace site may set their own cookies:

  • [Google Analytics]: Visitor statistics. Category: analytics. See Google’s cookie policy.

  • [YouTube / Vimeo embeds]: Embedded videos. Category: marketing / analytics. See Google’s cookie policy.

  • [Meta Pixel]: Measures our adverts. Category: marketing. See Meta’s cookie policy.

  • [Other integration]: [Purpose]. Category: [category]. See [provider]’s cookie policy.

Our Squarespace cookie banner blocks Google Analytics (added through Squarespace’s built-in integration) and YouTube until you consent. Some embedded content, such as booking widgets from OpenTable or Tock, runs its own consent process. Some integrations, such as Weglot and Acuity Scheduling, set only necessary cookies.

Where a provider transfers data outside the UK or European Economic Area, we rely on appropriate safeguards as described in our Privacy Policy.

Your choices

When you first visit the Website, our cookie banner lets you choose Accept All, Decline All, or Manage Cookies to turn analytics and performance or marketing cookies on or off. Until you accept, Squarespace does not set non-essential cookies. Your choice is stored for 30 days, after which the banner asks again.

To change your choice sooner, clear this Website’s cookies in your browser and reload the page, and the banner will reappear. Withdrawing consent does not affect cookies already used lawfully before you withdrew it.

If you decline analytics cookies, the Website still works normally.

Browser settings
Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Blocking necessary cookies may stop parts of the Website from working. Instructions are available for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Edge.

You can also opt out of some advertising cookies at Your Online Choices (youronlinechoices.com) and of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when we change the cookies we use or when the law changes. The “Last updated” date at the top shows when it was last revised. Where changes are significant, we will ask for your consent again.

Contact us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, contact us at:

If you are in the UK, you can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk). If you are in the EU, you can contact your local data protection authority.

Delete the groups you don’t use, such as Online shop or Customer accounts. After pasting, you’ll need to add the links (privacy policies, browser help pages and so on) back in with Squarespace’s link tool.