Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Visual Ascent Studios ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, visualascentstudios.com (the "Website"). It explains what cookies are, why we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
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 more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can also enable 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.
How We Use Cookies
At Visual Ascent Studios, we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Specifically, we use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable 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, such as which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how 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. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize.
- 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. 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 analytics cookies, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how visitors arrive at and browse our website to identify areas for improvement such as navigation, user experience, and marketing campaigns. These cookies collect anonymous information about your usage of our website.
Types of Cookies We Use
The specific cookies we use fall into the following categories:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Analytics | 2 years |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Analytics | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Analytics | 1 minute |
| cookieConsent | Records user's cookie consent preferences. | Functionality | 1 year |
| sessionID | Maintains user session information. | Essential | Session |
Cookie Management
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can exercise this right by:
- Browser Settings: You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
- Cookie Consent Tool: Our website includes a cookie consent tool that allows you to manage your cookie preferences directly on the site. You can use this tool to enable or disable specific categories of cookies (except for essential cookies, which are necessary for the operation of the website).
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies, such as those placed by Google Analytics. These cookies are subject to the privacy policies of the third parties providing them. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties to understand how they use your information.
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 will post any changes on our website and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Visual Ascent Studios
Attention: Data Protection Officer
123 Pike Street, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98101
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (206) 555-1212