Cookie policy

Last updated: 1 November 2026

At Template Twist, we use cookies and similar technologies to help our website work properly, understand how visitors use our site and improve your shopping experience.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, which third-party services may place them and how you can manage your preferences.

We believe in being transparent about your privacy and giving you control over non-essential tracking.

This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect your personal information.

1. Who We Are

Template Twist is an independent website template business operated by Alana Handford, trading as Template Twist, based in England, United Kingdom.

Our website offers Squarespace website templates, digital products and related customisation services.

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at hello@template-twist.com.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit them.

They help websites remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, shopping cart contents or how you interact with different pages.

Cookies may be:

  • Session cookies: Temporary cookies that generally expire when you close your browser.

  • Persistent cookies: Cookies that remain on your device for a defined period or until deleted.

  • First-party cookies: Cookies placed by the website you are visiting.

  • Third-party cookies: Cookies placed by external services integrated into the website.

We may also use similar technologies, including tracking pixels, tags and local storage, which can collect or store information about website interactions.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

Essential website functionality

To support the operation of our website, including navigation, shopping carts, checkout, security and other necessary functions.

Website analytics

To understand how visitors find and use our website, identify popular pages and improve the browsing experience.

Advertising and conversion tracking

To measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, understand customer journeys and support relevant advertising where enabled.

Affiliate referral tracking

To recognise visits and purchases referred by affiliate partners so eligible commissions can be attributed correctly.

Remembering preferences

To remember certain choices, including cookie consent preferences where supported.

We only use non-essential cookies and similar technologies where we have obtained the consent required by applicable law.

4. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies support essential website functions and cannot generally be disabled through our cookie preference controls without affecting the website's operation.

They may be used for:

  • Shopping cart and checkout functionality.

  • Website security and fraud prevention.

  • Maintaining necessary sessions.

  • Remembering privacy and cookie preferences.

  • Supporting essential Squarespace functionality.

These cookies do not require consent where they meet the applicable legal requirements for strictly necessary technologies.

You may be able to block them through your browser settings, although doing so could prevent parts of our website from working correctly.

Analytics & Performance Cookies

These cookies and similar technologies help us understand how visitors interact with Template Twist.

They may collect information such as:

  • Pages visited.

  • Time spent on the website.

  • Navigation and interaction patterns.

  • Device and browser information.

  • General traffic sources.

  • Website performance information.

We use analytics tools including Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity and Squarespace Analytics.

Non-essential analytics technologies are subject to consent requirements where applicable.

Advertising & Marketing Cookies

Advertising technologies help us understand whether our marketing campaigns are effective.

They may be used to:

  • Measure advertising conversions.

  • Attribute purchases to advertising campaigns.

  • Understand interactions following advertisement clicks.

  • Support remarketing or personalised advertising where enabled.

We use Google Ads and Pinterest Tag for advertising measurement and related activities.

Where required, these technologies are activated only after appropriate consent.

Affiliate Tracking Cookies

We operate an affiliate programme using GoAffPro.

Affiliate tracking technologies may help identify when a visitor arrives through an affiliate referral link and whether a qualifying purchase is subsequently completed.

These technologies allow eligible affiliate commissions to be attributed to the appropriate referral partner.

We may also link to external affiliate programmes, including Squarespace and Shopify, which may use their own tracking technologies when you visit their websites.

Affiliate tracking technologies are subject to applicable consent requirements and are not automatically classified as strictly necessary simply because they support commission attribution.

5. Third-Party Tools & Technologies

Our website uses or integrates with the following services.

Squarespace

Squarespace provides our website hosting, ecommerce functionality and built-in analytics.

Squarespace may use cookies necessary for website operation, shopping cart functionality, security and other platform features, as well as analytics technologies depending on our configuration.

Website: https://www.squarespace.com

Google Analytics

Google Analytics helps us understand website traffic, visitor interactions and general website performance.

It may use cookies and identifiers to distinguish visitors and measure activity.

Website: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Search Console

Google Search Console helps us understand our website's performance in Google Search.

It does not itself require a visitor tracking cookie to be placed on our website for search performance reporting.

Microsoft Clarity

Microsoft Clarity helps us analyse website interactions using tools such as heatmaps and session recordings.

Depending on its configuration, it may use cookies or similar technologies to recognise browsing sessions and collect interaction data.

Website: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement

Google Ads

Google Ads helps us measure advertising performance and conversions.

Depending on the features enabled, Google advertising technologies may use cookies, tags and identifiers to measure interactions and support advertising.

Website: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Pinterest Tag

Pinterest Tag helps us measure interactions and purchases associated with Pinterest advertising.

It may use cookies or other identifiers to support conversion measurement and advertising activities.

Website: https://policy.pinterest.com/privacy-policy

GoAffPro

GoAffPro supports our affiliate programme by tracking eligible referrals and commissions.

It may use cookies or similar technologies for referral attribution.

Website: https://goaffpro.com

Each third-party provider may process information according to its own privacy policy and applicable contractual arrangements.

6. Cookie Duration

Different cookies remain on your device for different lengths of time.

Some cookies expire when your browser session ends, while others may remain for a longer period to remember preferences or recognise returning visits.

The duration depends on the cookie's purpose, the provider and the settings applied.

For a detailed explanation of the specific cookies currently in use, including their names, providers and expiration periods, please refer to the cookie information available through our website's consent controls, where provided.

Third-party providers may change their cookies and retention periods from time to time.

7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can choose whether to allow non-essential cookies and similar tracking technologies.

Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before activating them.

Our cookie consent controls are intended to allow you to:

  • Accept non-essential cookies.

  • Reject non-essential cookies.

  • Choose between available cookie categories.

  • Change or withdraw your consent later.

Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before withdrawal.

Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they are required for essential website functionality.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings.

8. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most web browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies.

You can usually find these options in your browser's privacy or security settings.

For more information, visit the support pages for your browser:

Please be aware that blocking certain cookies may affect website functionality, including shopping carts, checkout or saved preferences.

Deleting cookies may also reset your previous consent choices.

9. Advertising Preferences

In addition to our website's cookie controls, some advertising providers offer their own privacy and advertising settings.

You may be able to manage personalised advertising through:

These external settings are managed by the relevant providers.

Changing advertising preferences on a third-party platform does not necessarily prevent all cookies or tracking technologies from operating on our website.

For website-specific non-essential tracking, please use our cookie consent controls.

10. Affiliate Links & External Websites

Some links on Template Twist may direct you to third-party websites through affiliate referral programmes.

If you click one of these links, the destination website may use its own cookies or tracking technologies to recognise the referral.

These third-party websites operate independently and are governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.

We recommend reviewing those policies before providing personal information or making a purchase.

11. Personal Information & Cookies

Some cookies and tracking technologies collect information that may qualify as personal data, such as IP addresses, online identifiers or information about website interactions.

Where this occurs, we process the information in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

For further details about the personal information we collect, our legal bases for processing, data retention and your privacy rights, please read our Privacy Policy.

12. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes to our website, third-party services, tracking technologies or applicable legal requirements.

When changes are made, we will update the date at the top of this page.

Where required, we will request fresh consent for material changes to non-essential tracking.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, tracking technologies or your privacy preferences, please contact us.

Template Twist
Operated by Alana Handford
England, United Kingdom
Email: hello@template-twist.com

For more information about how we handle personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.