Cookie Policy

Effective Date: February 20, 2026

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how aliciakeys.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

3. How Squarespace Uses Cookies

Our website is hosted on the Squarespace platform. Squarespace uses cookies for the following reasons:

To provide a great experience for our fans.
To identify registered members (e.g., "The Vault" account holders).
To monitor and analyze the performance, operation, and effectiveness of the platform.
To ensure the platform is secure and safe to use.

4. Types of Cookies We Use

We categorize the cookies on aliciakeys.com into the following groups:

A. Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging into your fan account, or filling in forms.

Example: Crumb (prevents cross-site request forgery).

B. Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular (e.g., tour dates vs. music videos).

Example: ss_cpvisit, ss_cvisit (identifies unique visitors and tracks site usage).

C. Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages (e.g., embedded YouTube videos).

D. Advertising and Marketing Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners (such as RocNation marketing partners). They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant Alicia Keys advertisements on other sites.

5. Managing Your Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies.

Cookie Banner: When you first visit aliciakeys.com, you will see a cookie banner. You can choose to "Accept All" or "Manage Settings" to opt-out of non-essential cookies.
Browser Settings: You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.
Squarespace Tools: As a Squarespace-hosted site, we respect the "Global Privacy Control" (GPC) signal if your browser sends it.

6. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service and deliver advertisements. These include:

Google Analytics: To understand site traffic.
Meta Pixel: To track the effectiveness of social media ad campaigns for tours and merch.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at: Email: info@aliciakeys.com