Cookie Policy

Last updated: 1 September 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how The Online PA uses cookies and similar technologies on this website.

We’ve tried to keep it straightforward. If you’d like more information about how we handle personal information more generally, please see our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files that websites store on your device. They help websites work properly, remember preferences and, where you allow them, provide information about how a website is being used.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function. Others, such as analytics cookies, are optional.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to:

  • keep the website secure and working correctly

  • remember your cookie preferences

  • understand how people use the website so we can improve it

  • support website features and services provided through Squarespace

Where consent is required, optional cookies are only used in accordance with the choices you make through our cookie banner.

You can choose Accept All, Decline All or Manage Cookies when you first visit the website.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies help the website function securely and correctly. They don’t require your consent and can’t be switched off through our cookie preferences.

As this website is built using Squarespace, necessary cookies may include:

Crumb
Helps protect the website against cross-site request forgery (CSRF).
Duration: Session.

ss_performancecookiesAllowed
Remembers your choice about performance and analytics cookies.
Duration: 30 days.

ss_marketingcookiesAllowed
Remembers your choice about marketing cookies.
Duration: 30 days.

Squarespace may use other necessary cookies depending on the features you use while visiting the website.

Analytics and performance cookies

With your permission, Squarespace may use analytics and performance cookies to help us understand how visitors use the website.

This can include information such as which pages are visited, how visitors reach the website and how people move around the site.

Squarespace analytics cookies may include:

ss_cid
Helps identify unique visitors and website sessions.
Duration: Two years.

ss_cpvisit
Helps identify unique visitors and website sessions.
Duration: Two years.

ss_cvisit
Helps identify visitor sessions.
Duration: 30 minutes.

ss_cvr
Helps identify unique visitors and website sessions.
Duration: Two years.

ss_cvt
Helps identify visitor sessions.
Duration: 30 minutes.

We use this information to understand how the website is performing and identify ways we can improve it.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to help us understand website traffic and how visitors interact with the site.

Google Analytics uses cookies including:

_ga
Used to distinguish visitors.
Default duration: Two years.

ga[measurement ID]
Used to maintain session information.
Default duration: Two years.

Browser settings and browser-imposed restrictions may result in these cookies being stored for a shorter period.

Where consent is required, Google Analytics cookies are only used in accordance with the choices you make through our cookie preferences.

Marketing cookies

Marketing cookies can be used to understand the effectiveness of advertising or to provide more relevant advertising across different websites.

If marketing technologies are added to this website, they will be managed through our cookie preferences where consent is required.

Third-party services

Some features or services used on the website may be provided by third parties.

These services may use their own cookies or similar technologies. Where appropriate, their use will depend on the cookie choices you make.

Third-party providers are responsible for their own privacy and cookie practices.

Changing your cookie choices

You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the Manage Cookies option on this website.

You can:

  • accept optional cookies

  • reject optional cookies

  • choose which categories of cookies you are happy for us to use

Changing your preferences won’t affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place before you changed your choice.

You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Please be aware that blocking necessary cookies may affect how some parts of the website work.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy if the website, the services we use or relevant legal requirements change.

The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us.