Cookies Policy for Directing Mastery Academy
This Cookies Policy explains how Directing Mastery Academy ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website, www.directingmasteryacademy.com ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Directing Mastery Academy) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites store on your computer or mobile device when you browse. These files allow the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies are essential for the efficient operation of many websites and can also be used to track user behavior, personalize content, and serve targeted advertising.
Think of cookies as a website's memory. They enable websites to remember you, your login details, your shopping cart contents, and much more. Without cookies, your experience on the internet would be significantly less convenient.
Cookies can be either "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies, on the other hand, remain on your device for a specified period of time or until you manually delete them.
How We Use Cookies
Directing Mastery Academy uses cookies for a variety of reasons, including:
- To personalize your experience: Cookies help us remember your preferences and settings, allowing us to tailor the website to your individual needs. For example, we may use cookies to remember your language preference or preferred font size.
- To analyze website traffic: We use cookies to track how users interact with our website, which pages they visit, and how long they spend on each page. This information helps us understand how to improve our website and make it more user-friendly.
- To improve website performance: Cookies can help us optimize our website's performance by caching data and reducing server load. This ensures that our website loads quickly and efficiently for all users.
- To provide targeted advertising: We may use cookies to show you relevant ads based on your interests and browsing history. This helps us provide you with a more personalized advertising experience. We work with reputable third-party advertising partners to ensure that our advertising practices are ethical and transparent.
- Authentication: We use cookies to identify you when you log in to your account on our website. This allows us to provide you with access to your personalized content and features.
- Security: Cookies can help us protect our website and your data by detecting and preventing fraudulent activity.
We strive to use cookies in a responsible and transparent manner. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your data is handled securely.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website and cannot be disabled. They enable you to navigate our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, certain services on our website may not be available.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and if you receive any error messages. This information helps us improve the performance of our website and provide you with a better user experience. We use tools like Google Analytics to gather this data.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember your choices and preferences, such as your language preference or preferred font size. This enables us to personalize your experience and provide you with enhanced features.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies may be placed by third-party advertising partners.
Specifically, here's a breakdown of some of the cookies you might encounter on Directing Mastery Academy:
- Google Analytics Cookies (_ga, _gid, _gat): These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
- Session Cookies (PHPSESSID): These cookies are used to maintain your session on our website. They are essential for functionality like logging in and accessing member-only content.
- Third-Party Advertising Cookies: These cookies may be placed by our advertising partners to show you ads that are relevant to your interests. These cookies track your browsing habits across different websites.
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have several choices regarding cookies:
- Browser Settings: You can control cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, as well as to set preferences for how cookies are handled. Please refer to your browser's documentation for instructions on how to manage cookies. However, please note that if you block all cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.
- Opt-Out Tools: Some third-party advertising partners offer opt-out tools that allow you to prevent them from tracking your browsing activity. You can find more information about these tools on the websites of the advertising partners.
- Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. This banner allows you to accept or reject the use of non-essential cookies. You can change your consent settings at any time by clearing your browser's cookies and revisiting our website.
Here's how to manage cookies in some popular web browsers:
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this Cookies Policy.
This Cookies Policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our website. You are advised to review this policy periodically for any changes.
If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at [email protected] or call us at (213) 555-FILM.
This Cookies Policy was last updated on October 26, 2024.
This policy is drafted by Anya Petrova, Head of Legal Compliance at Directing Mastery Academy.