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 allow a 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.
Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. They enable you to navigate our site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages. This helps us to improve the way our website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are 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.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us analyze how users interact with our website. We use this information to understand and improve the user experience.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use both first-party and third-party cookies on our website:
- First-Party Cookies: These are cookies that are set by the Aurora Visuals website.
- Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the website you are visiting. We use third-party cookies for analytics, advertising, and social media integration.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Domain | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | .auroravisuals.com | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | .auroravisuals.com | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate. | .auroravisuals.com | 1 minute |
| CONSENT | Used by Google to store user's consent for cookies. | google.com | 2 years |
| NID | Used by Google to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language. | google.com | 6 months |
How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences in several ways:
- Browser Settings: You can 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. The procedure for managing cookies varies slightly for each browser. Refer to your browser's help menu for instructions. Common browsers include:
- Cookie Consent Tool: We may provide a cookie consent tool on our website that allows you to manage your cookie preferences. This tool provides detailed information about the cookies we use and allows you to opt-in or opt-out of specific categories of cookies. Please check the bottom of the page for the Cookie Settings button.
- Industry Self-Regulation: You can also learn more about cookies and how to manage them at www.allaboutcookies.org. Additionally, you can opt-out of having your browsing activity recorded by analytics cookies through tools like the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Please note that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for any changes. The updated policy will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make significant changes to this policy, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of cookies policy changes).
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Aurora Visuals
Attn: Data Protection Officer
1200 5th Avenue, Suite 1800
Seattle, WA 98101
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (206) 555-0100
This Cookies Policy is effective as of October 26, 2023.