Cookies Policy
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites. 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 help websites to remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Think of them as providing a memory for the website, so it can recognize you when you return and respond appropriately.
These text files are stored by your web browser and contain information such as your browsing activity on the site, login details, preferences, and more. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
How We Use Cookies
At Directing Mastery Academy, we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website, directingmasteryacademy.com. Cookies help us to:
- Improve the website's functionality and performance.
- Personalize your experience by remembering your preferences.
- Understand how you use our website, allowing us to improve its structure and content.
- Provide relevant advertising and marketing communications.
- Analyze website traffic and trends.
Specifically, we use cookies to track which courses you've viewed, remember your login information (if you choose to save it), and understand which parts of our website are most popular. This allows us to make informed decisions about improving our website and providing you with the best possible user experience. For example, if we notice that many users are having difficulty finding a particular course, we can adjust the website's navigation to make it easier to find.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use several types of cookies on our website, each serving a specific purpose. These cookies can be categorized as follows:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website and enable you to navigate our 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. For example, strictly necessary cookies allow you to log in to your account and access your purchased courses.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance, 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. For example, we use performance cookies to track the average loading time of our course pages.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, 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. Functionality 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. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts 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. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
Specific Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMA_SessionID | Maintains user session across pages. | Strictly Necessary | Session |
| DMA_PrefLang | Remembers user's preferred language. | Functionality | 1 Year |
| DMA_CourseViews | Tracks courses viewed by the user for personalized recommendations. | Performance | 30 Days |
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 2 years |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Performance | 1 minute |
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can control cookies through your web browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to:
- See what cookies you've got and delete them on an individual basis.
- Block third-party cookies.
- Block cookies from particular sites.
- Block all cookies from being set.
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser.
Please be aware that blocking all cookies may affect your ability to access certain features of our website and may result in a less personalized experience. For example, if you block strictly necessary cookies, you may not be able to log in to your account or access your purchased courses.
To find out more about managing and deleting cookies, please visit the help section of your browser or visit www.aboutcookies.org.
Updates to Our 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 updates. The date of the last update will be indicated at the top of the policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Directing Mastery Academy
Attn: Data Protection Officer
555 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (323) 555-0123
We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Cookies Policy is an integral part of our overall privacy practices, as detailed in our Privacy Policy.