Cookies Policy for Visionary Media Studio
This Cookies Policy explains how Visionary Media Studio ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at [www.visionarymedia.com](index.php) ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Visionary Media Studio) are called "first party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies." Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why We Use Cookies
We use first and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. For example, we use cookies to:
- Help us remember your information so you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Website.
- Provide and monitor the effectiveness of our Website.
- Monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, usage, and demographic patterns on our website and services.
- Diagnose or fix technology problems.
- Plan for and enhance our business.
- Offer enhanced features and personalized content.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart, or make use of e-billing services. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
- Performance/Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, information on actions taken on our website, and dates and times of website visits.
- Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Specific Cookies Used on Our Website
The table below provides more information about the individual cookies we use and why:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics | 2 years | Performance/Analytics |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics | 24 hours | Performance/Analytics |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate. | Google Analytics | 1 minute | Performance/Analytics |
| PHPSESSID | Maintains user session. | Visionary Media Studio | Session | Strictly Necessary |
| cookieconsent_status | Remembers user's cookie consent status. | Visionary Media Studio | 1 year | Functionality |
How to Manage Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the tools provided by 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.
You can usually find these controls in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, or you can use the "Help" option in your browser for more details:
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS.
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.
Alternatively, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
Updates to Our Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie 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 Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [email protected] or write to us at:
Visionary Media StudioAttn: Data Protection Officer
42 Oak Street, Techville, CA 91234
Our Data Protection Officer, Ingrid Bergman, can also be reached at (555) 987-6543 during business hours.