Cookie Policy
Last updated: 12 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how The Studio (Cardiff) Limited, trading as Base (“Base”, “we”, “us” or “our) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
Our website is hosted by Squarespace, which uses certain cookies to operate the website securely and effectively. We may also use cookies and similar technologies provided by third parties to understand how visitors use our website, improve our services and, where applicable, measure the effectiveness of our marketing.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, phone or other device when you visit a website.
Some cookies are essential for a website to function. Others help us understand how our website is being used, remember visitor preferences or measure the effectiveness of our marketing.
We group the cookies used on our website into the following categories:
Necessary cookies – required for the website to function securely and correctly.
Functional cookies – used to provide additional functionality or remember preferences.
Analytics and performance cookies – help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
Marketing cookies – used, where applicable, to measure advertising performance and understand the effectiveness of our marketing.
2. Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies are required for the operation and security of our website. They may support functions including website security, navigation, customer accounts, forms, shopping carts, checkout and remembering your cookie preferences.
Because these cookies are necessary for the website to operate, they do not require your consent where permitted by applicable law.
The exact necessary cookies used may vary depending on the Squarespace features active on our website.
3. Squarespace analytics and performance cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
4. Third-party cookies
Our website may use third-party services and integrations. Depending on the services currently enabled, these providers may place cookies or use similar technologies on your device.
These may include services such as:
Squarespace
Squarespace hosts and operates our website and provides website functionality and analytics.
Google
Where Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Maps, YouTube or other Google services are used, Google may receive information about your interaction with those services.
Meta
Where Meta advertising or Meta Pixel technologies are used, Meta may receive information relating to visits and interactions with our website for advertising measurement and related purposes.
Other services integrated into our website may also use cookies or similar technologies. Where required, these technologies will only be activated after you have provided the appropriate consent.
For further information about how these providers process personal information, please refer to their respective privacy policies.
5. Managing your cookie preferences
When you first visit our website, you will be presented with our cookie consent options.
You can:
accept non-essential cookies;
decline non-essential cookies; or
manage the categories of cookies you wish to allow.
Necessary cookies cannot be disabled through our consent system because they are required for the website to function.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by reopening the Cookie Preferences / Manage Cookies pop-up displayed on our website.
Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.
You can also control or delete cookies using your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of our website.
6. International data transfers
Some of the service providers we use, including Squarespace and potentially Google and Meta, operate internationally.
As a result, personal data collected through our website may be processed or stored outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area.
Where personal data is transferred internationally, we and our service providers take appropriate measures as required by applicable data protection law to protect that information. These measures may include adequacy regulations or approved contractual safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses and, where applicable, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum or other recognised transfer mechanisms.
Further information about international transfers carried out by individual providers can be found in their respective privacy policies.
7. Your data protection rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law gives you rights in relation to your personal information, including the right to:
request access to the personal information we hold about you;
request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
request deletion of your personal information;
request restriction of the way we process your information;
object to certain types of processing;
request transfer of your personal information where applicable;
withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent; and
lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
These rights are subject to certain legal conditions and exemptions.
8. Who we are
This website is operated by:
The Studio (Cardiff) Limited, trading as Base
For questions regarding this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies or your personal information, please contact us using the details provided on that page.
9. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, the technologies we use, our service providers or applicable legal requirements.
When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this policy.