COOKIES

This cookie notice is intended to inform you of how we use “cookies” & similar technologies on our website at www.spruce-us.com (website) and to help you in making an informed decision when using our website. Please read & understand this Cookie Notice. It should be read along with our Privacy & Terms.

What are cookies?

Cookies & similar technologies are very small text documents or pieces of code that often include an anonymous unique identifier. Whenever you visit a website or mobile application (app), a computer asks your computer or mobile device for permission to store this file on your computer or mobile device and access information from it.

Information gathered through cookies & similar technologies may include the date & time of visits and how you are using a particular website or mobile application. Cookies are used by us as part of our website and they are also used by some of our third party partners.

By using our website you acknowledge that we may store and access essential cookies on your computer or other devices which you are accessing our website from. Essential cookies are cookies which are essential for the operation of our website. We may also store and have access to certain non-essential cookies on your computer or mobile device when you have given permission. These non-essential cookies are not essential to the operation of our site but allow us to provide additional functionality to cater additional information about your use of our website. You are not obligated to give consent to use of non-essential cookies and we will not place such cookies until you have given your consent.

If you would like to block or delete cookies or you would like to withdraw consent to our use of non-essential cookies, please read on below.

What we do with cookies?

Essential Cookies we use where they are essential for the operation of our website, for example to remember that you signed into our site.

Sessions Cookies we use to allow our website to uniquely identify your browsing session on our site which allows us to coordinate this information with data from our website server.

Analytics Cookies we use these cookies along with other information that allows us to calculate the aggregate number of people using our website and which of our website features are most popular. We use this information to improve our website and therefore our business. We do not generally store any information that you provide to us in this cookie.

Social Media cookies are used to personalize your interaction with social media such as Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, Facebook. Such cookies recognize users of those social media sites when you view social media content on our website.

What cookies do we use on our website?

Google Analytics (non-essential) cookies enable us to store information such as the time someone visits our website, if that someone has visited before, and the website you visited prior to visiting ours. For more information about Google Analytics, please visit Google and read their Privacy Overview.

Squarespace (essential & non-essential). Our website is built using Squarespace which uses a variety of coolies which should be viewed. Many of these cookies are essential to the ensuring our site works as expected and keeping it secure (especially where e-commerce is concerned). Squarespace also uses analytics and performance coolies to collect information about how visitors interact with our site. These cookies are non-essential. For a full list of Squarespace cookies, please visit Squarespace.com and read their policies.

Instagram (non-essential) cookies enables us to track the effectiveness of our Instagram advertising campaigns & permits us to display adverts both new & retargeted to Instagram users who visit our website.

What happens when you refuse, block or delete cookies?

In order to use certain areas of our website you will need to accept cookies. If you choose to withhold consent to our use of cookies or you subsequently block or delete cookies, some aspects of our website may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our website.

Can you block cookies?

You can block the use of cookies altogether by activating the relevant settings in your browser. You can also not click the “I Got It” button on our site banner at the bottom of our website but just remember you may not have access to all of our website.