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.
How we use cookies
Starlight Studios uses cookies to improve your experience on our website, to understand how our website is used, and to personalize the content and advertising that you see. Specifically, we use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They allow you to navigate the 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 get error messages from web pages. This information is used to improve how our website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your 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.
Types of cookies we use
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 2 years |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | 1 minute |
| PHPSESSID | A session cookie used to maintain user state across page requests. | End of session |
| cookieconsent_status | Remembers if the user has accepted the cookie policy. | 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 using the mechanisms provided in your web browser. As the means by which you may refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
Please note that 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. For example, you might not be able to access personalized content or features.
Most advertising networks also offer you a way to opt-out of targeted advertising. To find out more, please visit: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
Third-party cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through our site.
- We use Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
- From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
Changes to our 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 revised.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Starlight Studios
Attention: Data Privacy Officer
1200 Congress Ave, Suite 100
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512-555-2345
Email: privacy@starlightstudiosatx.com