Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Aperture Studios ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, aperturestudios.com (the "Website"). It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and 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 site. Cookies allow websites to recognize your device and remember information about your visit (e.g., your preferred language, font size, and other preferences) over a period of time.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons, including:
- 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. 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 our Website, for example, 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.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our 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.
- 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 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.
- Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behavior on our Website. This information is used to compile reports and to help us improve the Website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the Website, where visitors have come to the Website from, and the pages they visited.
Specific Cookies We Use
The following table outlines the specific cookies we use on our website, their purpose, and their duration:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate. | 1 minute |
| cookieconsent_status | Remembers the user's cookie consent preferences. | 1 year |
| PHPSESSID | Essential cookie for maintaining session information. | End of session |
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by adjusting your web browser settings to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
To manage cookies, most browsers allow you to:
- See what cookies you’ve got and delete them individually.
- Block third-party cookies.
- Block cookies from particular sites.
- Block all cookies from being set.
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser.
You can find instructions on how to manage cookies in popular browsers at the following links:
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.
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 Cookies Policy periodically for any changes. The date of the last revision will be indicated at the top of this policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Aperture Studios
Attn: Data Privacy Officer
500 Congress Avenue, Suite 1500
Austin, TX 78701
Email: privacy@aperturestudios.com
Phone: (512) 555-8436
This Cookies Policy is effective as of October 26, 2023.
Prepared by: Eleanor Vance, Data Privacy Consultant.
Approved by: Michael Davis, CEO, Aperture Studios.