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, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Cookies enable 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. Think of cookies as providing a "memory" for the website, allowing it to recognize a user and respond appropriately.
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 when you close your browser.
How We Use Cookies
Aurora Studios uses cookies for a variety of reasons, including to:
- Improve the functionality of our website: Cookies help us understand how our website is being used, which allows us to optimize its performance and user experience.
- Personalize your experience: We use cookies to remember your preferences and tailor our website content to your interests.
- Analyze website traffic: Cookies help us track the number of visitors to our website, the pages they visit, and the links they click. This information helps us improve our website and make it more relevant to our users.
- Provide targeted advertising: We may use cookies to show you ads that are relevant to your interests, based on your browsing history on our website and other websites.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse the website 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 a 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 a website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the 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 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.
Specific Cookies Used on Aurora Studios Website
The following table details the specific cookies used on the Aurora Studios website, their purpose, and their duration:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 2 years | Performance |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 24 hours | Performance |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | 1 minute | Performance |
| PHPSESSID | Used to maintain user session. | Session | Strictly Necessary |
| cookie_consent | Records user's cookie consent preference. | 1 year | Functionality |
How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the cookie consent tool on our website. This tool allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are necessary for the functioning of the website.
You can also 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. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
For example, here’s how you can manage cookies in some popular 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
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
You can also find more information about cookies and how to manage them at www.allaboutcookies.org .
Updates to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies 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 therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookies Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Aurora Studios
Privacy Department
1200 5th Ave Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101
Email: privacy@aurorastudios.com
Phone: (206) 555-0123
This Cookies Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Washington. Any disputes arising from this policy shall be resolved in the state or federal courts located in King County, Washington.
This policy is reviewed annually by our Privacy Officer, Dr. Eleanor Vance, to ensure compliance with current regulations and best practices.
Effective Date: January 1, 2025