What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the
owners of the site. Cookies can do many things, such as remembering your preferences, recording what you
have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you
close your browser and will be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the website. Session cookies
are temporary and are deleted once you close your browser.
How We Use Cookies
The Acting Academy uses cookies for a variety of purposes, including:
- To improve your experience on our website: Cookies help us to remember your
preferences, such as your language and location, so we can provide you with a more personalized
experience.
- To analyze how our website is used: We use cookies to track how visitors use our
website, including which pages they visit, how long they stay on each page, and what links they
click on. This information helps us to improve our website and make it more user-friendly.
- To personalize content and advertising: We may use cookies to show you content and
advertising that is relevant to your interests. For example, if you have previously shown an
interest in our acting courses, we may show you advertisements for those courses.
- To enable social media features: Our website may include social media features, such as
the Facebook "Like" button. These features may collect your IP address and which page you are
visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Your
interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the
feature.
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 enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
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, such as which pages they visit 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. These cookies can also be
used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can
customize. 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 adverts 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.
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can control cookies in several ways,
including:
- Browser settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their
settings. You can usually set your browser to block all cookies, to accept only certain cookies, or
to notify you each time a cookie is offered. Please refer to your browser's help documentation for
instructions on how to manage your cookie preferences.
- Third-party tools: There are also a number of third-party tools available that allow
you to manage cookies and other tracking technologies.
Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.
For example, you may not be able to log in to your account or make purchases.
To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
The Acting Academy
123 Main Street, Anytown, USA
Phone: (555) 123-4567
Email: info@theactingacademy.com