Cookies Policy for Acoustic Canvas Studios
This is the Cookies Policy for Acoustic Canvas Studios, accessible from acousticcanvasstudios.com.
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the site's functionality.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The information is often used to track, collect and analyze browsing navigation data.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below.
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. Functionality cookies can also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
Specifically, we use cookies to:
- Improve your browsing experience.
- Personalize your experience.
- Analyze website traffic and user behavior.
- Serve relevant advertisements (if applicable).
Types of Cookies We Use
Here’s a list of the cookies we use on our site, including their purpose and expiration:
Cookie Name | Purpose | Expiration |
---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users. | 2 years |
_gid | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users. | 24 hours |
_gat | Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate. | 1 minute |
session_id | Maintains user session for login and personalized content. | End of session |
cookie_consent | Remembers user's cookie consent preferences. | 1 year |
Managing Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site.
Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information.
You can typically find these settings in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. The following links provide specific information about cookie management for some of the most popular browsers:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Safari
Microsoft Edge
Opera
Third-Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However, if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
Acoustic Canvas Studios
123 Arts District Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (213) 555-0123
Email: [email protected]
Our Privacy Officer is Dr. Eleanor Vance, who can answer questions about data protection and privacy.
This Cookies Policy was last updated on October 26, 2023.
Our Commitment to Accessibility
At Acoustic Canvas Studios, we are dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible experience for all our clients. We strive to meet or exceed the standards set forth by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). To learn more about our efforts, please visit our Accessibility Statement.