Cookie Policy 🍪

Last updated: May 2026

This website uses cookies and similar technologies to help the site function properly, improve the browsing experience, support website security, understand how visitors use the site, and enable features such as shopping cart, checkout, digital downloads, payment processing, and order completion. Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. This website is built and operated through Squarespace. Squarespace and certain third-party services may place cookies or similar technologies on your browser to help the website work effectively and provide a better visitor experience. Squarespace explains that cookies can help a site run effectively, improve visitor experience, and provide information about website traffic.

1. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for the basic operation and security of the website. These cookies may support functions such as: page loading; website security; remembering cookie preferences; shopping cart functionality; checkout; payment processing; digital download delivery; order completion. Without essential cookies, parts of the website may not function correctly.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use the website. They may collect information such as: pages visited; time spent on the website; device type; browser type; general traffic patterns; interactions with pages or features. This information helps us understand which pages are useful, improve the website experience, and identify technical issues. Analytics cookies are used only where enabled and in accordance with the cookie settings available on the website.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may help remember visitor preferences and improve the browsing experience. These may include preferences such as cookie choices, language-related settings, or other site functionality.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be set by third-party services used on this website. These may include services related to: Squarespace website hosting and functionality; Acuity Scheduling / Squarespace Scheduling; Squarespace Payments; PayPal, where enabled; checkout and order processing; analytics or performance tools; embedded content or external links, where relevant. Third-party services may use cookies according to their own privacy and cookie policies.

2. Cookies Used for Purchases and Digital Downloads

Because Coastline Heron offers original artwork and digital prints through the website, cookies may be used to support e-commerce functionality. These cookies may help with: adding products to the shopping cart; completing checkout; processing payments; delivering digital downloads; confirming orders; preventing fraud or misuse; maintaining website security. Some of these cookies are essential for the purchase process to work properly.

3. Advertising Cookies

We do not currently use advertising cookies, behavioral advertising, remarketing tools, or tracking pixels for targeted advertising. If this changes in the future, this Cookie Policy and the website’s cookie settings will be updated where required.

4. Managing Cookie Preferences

You can manage your cookie preferences through the cookie banner or the Cookie Preferences link available on this website. You can also manage, limit, block, or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect how the website functions. For example, shopping cart, checkout, booking, payment, or digital download features may not work properly without necessary cookies.

5. Consent

Where required by applicable law, we ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies. Essential cookies may be used without consent where they are necessary for the website to function properly. You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through the Cookie Preferences link.

6. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the website, Squarespace settings, third-party services, legal requirements, or how cookies are used. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will indicate the most recent version.

7. Contact

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on this website, you can contact us at: Coastline Heron
Costa da Caparica, Portugal
Email: info@coastlineheron.com