Cookie Policy
Last updated: 10 November 2026
This policy explains the cookies and similar technologies used on www.kineticmusicgroup.com and on our Shopify checkout. The site is run by Duffnote Ltd, trading as Kinetic Music Group (company number 04660565, registered office 20 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU). Please read it alongside our Privacy Notice: Privacy Notice.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website saves in your browser. "Similar technologies" include local storage (data saved in your browser), pixels (small pieces of code that send information to another company) and embedded content (such as a music player loaded from another site). In this policy, "cookies" covers all of these.
2. How we ask for consent
- Strictly necessary cookies are needed for the site, basket, checkout and security to work. The law (PECR) does not require consent for them, so they are always on.
- All other cookies are off until you agree. These are analytics, marketing and embedded content cookies. When you first visit, our banner lets you Accept all, Reject all, or choose by category in Settings. Rejecting is as easy as accepting.
- Our checkout has its own banner. The checkout runs on Shopify's website, where our main site's banner cannot reach. Shopify's own cookie banner asks for your choice there.
- We do not rely on "by using this site you agree", or on your browser settings, as consent.
3. Changing or withdrawing your consent
- On our main site: click the "Cookie Preferences" button at the bottom of any page, change your choices and save.
- At checkout: use the cookie or privacy preferences link on the Shopify checkout pages.
- You can also delete cookies in your browser settings. The banner will then ask you again on your next visit.
- Withdrawing consent stops new data being collected. It does not undo collection that has already happened. To ask Meta or another provider about data they already hold, use their privacy tools (links in section 6).
4. Cookies on our main site (www.kineticmusicgroup.com)
Durations come from each provider's published information or from our own check of the site on 24 October 2026. Providers can change their cookies, so we review this list regularly.
Strictly necessary
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| crumb | Squarespace | Protects forms against cross-site request forgery (security) | Session |
| ss_performancecookiesAllowed / ss_marketingcookiesAllowed | Squarespace | Remembers your cookie choices | 30 days (per Squarespace) |
| CART / hasCart | Squarespace | Remembers that you have items in a Squarespace cart (if used) | 2 weeks |
| _dd_s | Squarespace | Detects browser errors so the site works properly | 4 hours |
| squarespace-announcement-bar (local storage) | Squarespace | Remembers if you closed the announcement bar | Until you clear it |
| kmg_cart_id (local storage) | KMG (our basket code) | Keeps your basket between pages and visits | Until you clear it or check out |
| _GRECAPTCHA (cookie or local storage) | Google (reCAPTCHA) | Protects our contact and signup forms from spam and bots (security) | Up to 6 months |
Analytics (only with your consent)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| ss_cid | Squarespace | Identifies unique visitors and their sessions, for site statistics | 2 years |
| ss_cpvisit | Squarespace | As above | 2 years |
| ss_cvr | Squarespace | As above | 2 years |
| ss_cvisit | Squarespace | As above | 30 minutes |
| ss_cvt | Squarespace | As above | 30 minutes |
We do not use Google Analytics.
Marketing (only with your consent)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta pixel (ID 1243808609422495) | Meta (Facebook and Instagram) | Measures visits and purchases from our adverts, and lets us show KMG adverts to people who have visited our site. We and Meta are joint controllers for this collection (see our Privacy Notice, section 5). | The pixel itself stores nothing; see cookies below |
| _fbp | Meta | Identifies your browser so Meta can measure and target adverts | 90 days |
| _fbc | Meta | Records that you arrived by clicking a Facebook or Instagram advert | 90 days |
| fr (on facebook.com) | Meta | Advertising and measurement for people logged in to, or known by, Meta | 90 days |
Embedded content (only with your consent)
If we show embedded Spotify or Apple Music players, they load only after you agree to embedded content. Otherwise, we show simple "Listen on Spotify / Apple Music" links, which set no cookies until you click through to those sites.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotify player cookies (for example sp_t, sp_landing) | Spotify | Plays our Spotify playlist; Spotify may use the data for its own analytics and advertising | Set by Spotify (sp_t up to about 1 year) – see Spotify's cookie policy |
| Apple Music player cookies | Apple | Plays our Apple Music playlist | Set by Apple – see Apple's privacy policy |
Shopify basket (on every page)
Our basket is powered by Shopify. On every page, your browser contacts Shopify to load product details, prices and images, and to keep your basket. Shopify receives your IP address and basic device and browser data.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Category | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basket requests to Shopify (Storefront API and product images) | Shopify | Loads products and images, and keeps your basket | Strictly necessary | Not applicable unless Shopify sets cookies before checkout |
Content loaded from other servers (no cookies we know of)
These do not set cookies that we know of. Your browser does contact the provider's servers, so the provider receives your IP address.
| Item | Provider | What happens now | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonts | Google (Google Fonts); Adobe (Adobe Fonts) | Our site currently loads fonts on every page, before you make a cookie choice: from fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com, and, through Squarespace's font loader, from use.typekit.net (Adobe Fonts). | Not applicable |
| Release artwork | Beatport, Apple | Our home page and Music page currently load cover art from geo-media.beatport.com (Beatport) and is1-ssl.mzstatic.com (Apple) as soon as the page opens. | Not applicable |
| Track previews | Beatport, Apple | When you press play, the audio streams from Beatport's or Apple's servers | Not applicable |
5. Cookies on our Shopify checkout
When you click Checkout, you move to our checkout on Shopify's website. Shopify sets the cookies below. Our main site's banner does not control them. Shopify's own cookie banner asks for your choice, and only strictly necessary cookies are set until you agree.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Category | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _shopify_essential | Shopify | Session and checkout information, and anti-tampering protection | Strictly necessary | 1 year |
| cart / cart_currency | Shopify | Keeps your cart and its currency at checkout | Strictly necessary | 2 weeks |
| localization | Shopify | Sets the correct country for your cart | Strictly necessary | 1 year |
| _shopify_test | Shopify | Checks that your browser accepts cookies | Strictly necessary | 1 minute |
| __stripe_mid / __stripe_sid | Stripe | Fraud prevention when you pay by card through Shopify Payments (Stripe), if Shopify Payments is switched on | Strictly necessary | 1 year / 30 minutes |
| PayPal cookies | PayPal | Run the PayPal payment option, keep you signed in to PayPal and check for fraud, if you choose PayPal | Strictly necessary | Set by PayPal – see PayPal's cookie statement |
| _shopify_analytics | Shopify | Statistics about how the checkout is used | Analytics (consent) | 1 year |
| _shopify_marketing | Shopify | Marketing data for the checkout | Marketing (consent) | 1 year |
Apparel orders (tees, hoodie, crewneck, cap and tote) are made and shipped by Printful, our print-on-demand partner, which is connected to our Shopify store and receives the order details after payment. No Printful app, script, widget or cookie runs on our public website: Printful works only behind Shopify, in the order flow. This is based on our website manager's confirmation of the setup. Separately, when we checked our website's page code on 24 October 2026, we found no Printful scripts or code on it. Printful's own website cookies apply only if you visit printful.com.
6. More information
- Meta: facebook.com/about/privacy, Meta's Controller Addendum (facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum) and your Facebook "Ad preferences"
- Squarespace: squarespace.com/privacy
- Shopify: shopify.com/legal/cookies
- Stripe: stripe.com/privacy
- PayPal: paypal.com/uk/legalhub/paypal/cookie-full
- Google: policies.google.com/privacy
- Spotify: spotify.com/uk/legal/cookies-policy
- Apple: apple.com/uk/legal/privacy
- Beatport: beatport.com (privacy policy)
- Printful: printful.com (privacy policy)
To find out more about cookies generally, visit ico.org.uk.
7. Contact
Questions about this policy: privacy@kineticmusicgroup.com Duffnote Ltd t/a Kinetic Music Group, 20 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU.