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This Cookie Policy sets out the basis on which Allura Limited, a limited liability company duly registered under the laws of Malta bearing company registration number C 90221 with registered office situated at 98 Triq il-Parrocca, Mellieha, MLH 1063, Malta (hereinafter referred to as “Allura”, “Us”, “We” or “Our”) utilise cookies in relation to Our Website https://www.allura-art.com

Cookies are small text files, which are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites and/or applications. 

There are primarily two types of cookies: "essential" cookies or "non-essential" cookies.

Essential cookies: these are cookies that are either:

• used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network; or

• strictly necessary to provide an online service (e.g. our website or a service on our website) which you have requested.

Non-essential cookies: 

These are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyse your behaviour on a website (analytical cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (advertising cookies).

These two types of cookies have different characteristics which can be distinguished and classified according to the length of time for which they are valid and the origin of their placement.

Cookies according to the length of time for which they are valid on the user"s computer can be:

Persistent or permanent cookies: remain after the session is closed. They are kept on the user"s hard drive until they expire (persistent cookies are designed with an expiry date) or until the user deletes the cookies. Persistent cookies are used to collect identification data relating to the user, such as their behaviour while surfing the internet or their preferences for a specific website;

Session cookies: only last for the time taken to visit a website (session). They are deleted when the user closes the browser.

Cookies according to their placement:

First-party cookies: these belong to the site that you choose to visit;

Third-party cookies: these are cookies connected with the activity of partner third parties. They are imported from a site the content of which is accessible indirectly, for example via an image or a banner.

Most browsers support cookies (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.). In any case, users can configure their browser to deactivate cookies or they can delete them.

Cookies according to the length of time for which they are valid on the user"s computer can be:

• Persistent or permanent cookies: remain after the session is closed. They are kept on the user"s hard drive until they expire (persistent cookies are designed with an expiry date) or until the user deletes the cookies. Persistent cookies are used to collect identification data relating to the user, such as their behaviour while surfing the internet or their preferences for a specific website;

• Session cookies: only last for the time taken to visit a website (session). They are deleted when the user closes the browser.

  Cookies according to their placement:

• First-party cookies: these belong to the site that you choose to visit;

• Third-party cookies: these are cookies connected with the activity of partner third parties. They are imported from a site the content of which is accessible indirectly, for example via an image or a banner.

Most browsers support cookies (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.). In any case, users can configure their browser to deactivate cookies or they can delete them.

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave enabled all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Allura Art website was created using Squarespace, an innovative website development platform. Squarespace-built platforms use a variety of cookies to enhance the user experience and enable core functionality.

Functional and Required cookies:

_acloggedin

• Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account.

• Cookie

• January 1, 2025

_client_acloggedin

• Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account.

• Cookie

• January 1, 2025 

algoliasearch-client-js

• Adds auto-populated suggestions to address fields in Scheduling to help clients complete forms faster.

• localstorage

• Persistent

AWSALB, AWSALBCORS

• Improves performance in Scheduling by using one server for the duration of the session.

• Cookie

• 1 week

CART

• Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart

• Cookie

• 2 weeks

CHECKOUT_WEBSITE

• Identifies the correct site for checkout when Checkout on Your Domain is disabled.

• Cookie

• Session

Commerce-checkout-state

• Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal

• sessionstorage

• Session

Crumb

• Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF). 

• Cookie

• Session

hasCart

• Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart

• Cookie

• 2 weeks 

Locked

• Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password. 

• Cookie

• Session

PHPSESSID

• Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Scheduling.

• Cookie

• 1 month

RecentRedirect

• Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.

• Cookie

• 30 minutes

remember_client

• Remembers Scheduling client’s login details if they have an account.

• Cookie

• 365 days 

siteUserCrumb

• Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users.

• Cookie

• 3 years

SiteUserInfo

• Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account

• Cookie

• 3 years

SiteUserSecureAuthToken

• Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account

• Cookie

• 3 years

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

ss_sd

• Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions.

• Cookie

• Session

Test

• Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors.

• Cookie

• Session

TZ

• Allows a Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences.

• localstorage

• Persistent

  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.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

We use Analytics and Performance cookies to collect information about how visitors interact with our site. More details (name, duration and purpose):

ss_cid

• 2 years

• Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cookieAllowed

• 30 days

• Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies

ss_cpvisit

• 2 years

• Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvisit

• 30 minutes

• Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvr

• 2 years

• Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvt

• 30 minutes

• Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

For more information please contact us at info@allura.mt or via our website: https://www.allura-art.com/contact-us. 

While every effort is done to protect the privacy of individuals, if you feel that your privacy has been affected or have further questions do not hesitate to contact Allura’s designated representative Laura Swale at laura@allura.mt.

Any notices or other communications permitted or required hereunder, including those regarding modifications to this Cookie Policy or the Privacy Policy, will be in writing and given: by Allura (i) via email (in each case to the address that you provide) or (ii) by posting to the Website. For notices made by email, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted. The date of the most recent update to this Cookie Policy appears at the top of the document.