Introduction
Welcome to the Cookies Policy of StageReady Academy, located in the heart of San Francisco's vibrant performing arts district. This policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at www.stagereadyacademy.com. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
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 can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use cookies for several reasons:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
- Performance and Analytics 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 help us to improve the way our website works. We use tools like Google Analytics to understand user behavior and enhance our site's performance.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- 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 campaigns. We may partner with third-party advertising networks to manage our advertising on other websites.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table details the types of cookies we use on our website and their purpose:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Maintains user session across pages. | Essential | Session |
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 2 years |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Performance | 1 minute |
| cookieConsent | Records user's consent to use cookies. | Functionality | 1 year |
How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by activating or deactivating the appropriate settings in your browser. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our website.
Here are links to instructions on how to control cookies in popular browsers:
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on. These cookies are subject to the respective third party's privacy policies.
We use the following Third-Party services which utilize cookies:
- Google Analytics: For website analytics and tracking user behavior.
- YouTube: When you view embedded YouTube videos on our site.
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 revisit 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:
StageReady Academy
555 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 555-7890
Email: [email protected]
This Cookies Policy was last updated on November 7, 2024.
StageReady Academy is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a clear understanding of how we use cookies. By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
We encourage you to also review our Privacy Policy to fully understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.