Privacy Policy

This page details the data Cookies gather, how Sian Blogs uses Cookies and why storing these Cookies is required, as well as how you can disable Cookies from being stored.

As is common practice with most professional websites, sianblogs.co.uk (“Sian Blogs”) uses cookies. Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on devices. They can collect data and remember preferences to improve visitors overall browsing experience.

Sian Blogs is hosted on Squarespace, and their “Sharing policies and terms on your site” guide and linked pages informed this Privacy Policy.

To find out what Squarespace does with visitor data, please refer to Section 12 of their Privacy Policy, and for additional information about how Squarespace handles personal data, please refer to their GDPR guide.

Data and Cookies Sian Blogs Uses

Functional and Required Cookies

Squarespace uses some necessary cookies to allow visitors to navigate and use features on this site. Functional and required cookies help features work. To read a list of Functional and Required Cookies Squarespace uses, and that this site may use, click here.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Squarespace uses analytics and performance cookies to collect information, specifically how visitors interact with this site. By storing these cookies, Squarespace can populate the data the owner of Sian Blogs can find in Squarespace Analytics. This includes traffic sources and unique visitors. To read a list of Analytics and Performance Cookies Squarespace uses, click here.

Sian Blogs uses Squarespace’s in-built Analytics feature. Analytics cookies monitor and track a range of data from Sian Blog’s visitors. This includes the following information:

Overview

  • Traffic (Visits, Bounce Rate, Unique Visitors, Pageviews, Top Sources by Visits, Top Devices by Visits, Top Browsers by Visits, Top Operating Systems by Visits)

  • Geography (Visits by Country, States, Counties and Towns)

Acquisition

  • Traffic Sources (Social, Direct, Search, Referral)

  • Search Keywords (Keywords By Page and By Domain, Clicks, Impressions, Click Rate, Avg. Position - from Google and Other Search Engines)

Engagement

  • Site Content (Top Pageviews, Page Averages, Viewpoints)

  • RSS Subscribers (Subscribers for All Feeds - Estimated total visitors for all RSS feeds)

Additionally, when you submit data, such as sending a message through our Contact Form or leaving a comment on Sian Blogs, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence. You may opt-in to save your Name, Email Address, Website or other information so you do not have to fill these details in again when sending another message or leaving another comment.

Third Party Cookies

Sian Blogs uses social media buttons and plugins. To make these operational, selected social media sites may set cookies through this site. These cookies may be used to enhance your profile on their respective sites, or contribute to the data they hold for purposes outlined in their own privacy policies.

Sian Blogs uses linked and embedded content from other websites. This can include articles, videos, websites, etc. Embedded and linked content will behave as it would if you visited the original website. The cookies they use and data they collect will be outlined in their own privacy policies.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. This may include tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account, and are logged in to that site.

Disabling Cookies

Sian Blogs uses a Cookie Banner to inform you that this site uses cookies.

Please note that choosing to disable cookies may affect and/or disable the functionality and features on Sian Blogs. Additionally, choosing to disable cookies on Sian Blogs will not disable cookies placed by third-party services.

Cookies may be adjusted, reviewed and cleared via your device’s browser.

Review and Clear Cookies

You can adjust and review which cookies are active via your browser settings and clear cookies. To locate cookies on your device, please refer to your browser’s documentation.

If you have any further questions regarding the data and cookies Sian Blogs uses, please contact us via our Contact Form.