Cookie Policy

Last updated: 9 November 2026

This policy explains how Hook by FOUNDRY ('we', 'us') uses cookies and similar technologies on hookbyfoundry.com, and how you can control them. It follows UK law: the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, and the UK General Data Protection Regulation.

Who we are

Hook by FOUNDRY is a trading name of FOUNDRY TOP CO LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (number OC441710). Our registered office is 78 The Beacon, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 3NW. We are the data controller for personal data collected through this website, and we are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office under number ZC104644.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that a website saves on your device. They let the site work, remember your choices and tell us how people use it. Pixels, tags and local storage do a similar job, and this policy covers them too. We call them all 'cookies' here.

Your consent

We only use necessary cookies without asking. UK law now allows some analytics cookies without consent, but we don't rely on that. We ask for your consent before we set any performance, analytics or advertising cookies.

When you first visit, a banner asks for your choice. Select 'Accept all' to allow all cookies, 'Decline all' to allow only necessary cookies, or 'Manage cookies' to choose by category. Optional categories stay switched off until you turn them on.

You can change your mind or withdraw consent at any time with the Cookie Preferences button at the bottom of every page. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, but if you block necessary cookies, parts of the site may not work.

Cookies we use

Necessary

These keep the site secure and working, so they don't need your consent and you can't switch them off. Our website platform, Squarespace, sets them.

  • crumb, set by Squarespace: protects our forms against cross-site request forgery. Deleted when you close your browser.

  • ss_performanceCookiesAllowed and ss_marketingCookiesAllowed, set by Squarespace: remember your cookie choices. Kept for 30 days.

Performance and analytics

These tell us how many people visit, which pages they view and how they found us, so we can improve the site. We only set them if you consent.

  • ss_cid, ss_cpvisit and ss_cvr, set by Squarespace: count unique visitors. Kept for 2 years.

  • ss_cvisit and ss_cvt, set by Squarespace: track a single visit. Kept for 30 minutes.

  • _ga and _ga_*, set by Google Analytics: tell visitors and visits apart. Kept for up to 2 years.

Advertising

These measure how well our adverts work and let us show Hook by FOUNDRY adverts to people who have visited the site. The companies that set them may combine this data with other information they hold about you. We only set them if you consent.

  • _gcl_au, set by Google Ads: links advert clicks to enquiries. Kept for 90 days.

  • _fbp, set by Meta for Facebook and Instagram: measures advert performance and builds advertising audiences. Kept for 90 days.

  • bcookie, li_sugr, lidc and similar cookies, set by LinkedIn: measure advert performance and build advertising audiences. Kept for up to 1 year.

Third parties and international transfers

Google, Meta, LinkedIn and Squarespace handle the data from their cookies under their own privacy policies. Some of them transfer data outside the UK, including to the United States. Where they do, they use safeguards recognised under UK data protection law, such as the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or the ICO's International Data Transfer Agreement. You can read their policies here: Google, Meta, LinkedIn and Squarespace.

Your rights

Where cookie data is personal data, you have rights under UK GDPR. These include the right to see the data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, and to object to us using it. To use these rights, contact us using the details below.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page if we change the cookies we use. The date at the top shows when we last changed it.

Contact us

If you have questions about this policy or how we use your data, get in touch through our enquiry form. You can also write to us at our registered office above. If you're unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.