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 can do many things, such as remembering your preferences, letting you navigate between pages efficiently, and generally improving your experience. At Cinematic Vision Academy, we utilize cookies to personalize your learning journey, tailor our content to your interests, and ensure the smooth operation of our website.
Think of cookies as small memory aids for our website. They help us remember things like your login information (if you choose to save it), the language you prefer to view our content in, and even which courses you’ve shown the most interest in. By understanding your preferences, we can provide you with a more relevant and engaging experience each time you visit our site. This allows us to optimize our website's functionality, enabling a more intuitive and user-friendly platform for aspiring filmmakers in Los Angeles and beyond.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use various types of cookies to ensure the best possible experience on our website. These can be broadly categorized as follows:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They include 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, like accessing secure areas, 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 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. 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. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- 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. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. We strive to partner with reputable advertising networks that adhere to strict privacy standards.
Understanding these cookie categories allows you to make informed decisions about your privacy preferences. We are committed to transparency in our data practices and encourage you to explore the specific cookies used on our site through your browser's cookie settings.
Purpose of Cookies
The cookies we use serve several purposes, all aimed at improving your experience on our website:
- Personalization: To remember your preferences and settings, such as language, font size, and display preferences, so you don't have to re-enter them each time you visit our site. For example, if you select a dark theme for our website, a cookie will remember this preference for future visits.
- Analytics: To understand how visitors use our website, which pages are most popular, and how users navigate through our site. This helps us improve the structure, content, and overall usability of our website. We use tools like Google Analytics to collect and analyze this data.
- Marketing: To deliver targeted advertisements and promotional materials based on your interests and browsing behavior. This helps us promote relevant courses and services that may be of interest to you.
- Functionality: To enable certain features and functionalities of our website, such as user accounts, shopping carts, and video playback. These cookies are essential for providing you with a seamless and functional experience.
- Security: To protect our website and users from fraudulent activity and security threats. These cookies help us identify and prevent unauthorized access and other malicious behavior.
By using cookies, we can create a more personalized, efficient, and secure environment for our users. We continuously monitor and evaluate our cookie usage to ensure that we are providing the best possible experience while respecting your privacy.
Here's a quick look at some specific examples of how we use cookies at Cinematic Vision Academy:
- If you add a directing course to your wishlist, a cookie remembers this even if you leave the site and return later.
- When you watch an introductory video on filmmaking techniques, a cookie helps us track your progress, allowing you to pick up where you left off seamlessly.
- Based on the types of film courses you browse, we can recommend other related courses that might interest you, thanks to cookies that track your browsing history on our site.
Cookie Management Options
You have several options for managing cookies on your device. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can choose to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or be notified each time a cookie is set.
Here are some ways you can manage your cookie preferences:
- Browser Settings: You can configure your browser to block all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being set. Each browser is different, so consult the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
- Third-Party Tools: Several third-party tools and browser extensions are available that allow you to manage and block cookies. These tools can provide more granular control over your cookie settings.
- Website Cookie Banners: Many websites display a cookie banner or pop-up that allows you to accept or reject certain types of cookies. You can use these banners to customize your cookie preferences for individual websites.
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website and may prevent you from accessing certain features or services. For example, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to log into your user account or use our shopping cart.
To provide specific guidance, here’s how you can manage cookies in some popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Go to Options > Privacy & Security > Cookie and Site Data.
- Safari: Go to Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data.
- Microsoft Edge: Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Clear browsing data > Choose what to clear (select "Cookies and other site data").
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies on our website. These cookies are set by third-party providers, such as advertising networks, social media platforms, and analytics providers.
We use third-party cookies for the following purposes:
- Advertising: To deliver targeted advertisements and promotional materials based on your interests and browsing behavior. These cookies are often used by advertising networks to track your online activity across multiple websites.
- Social Media: To enable social media sharing and integration, such as the ability to "like" or "share" our content on social media platforms. These cookies are set by the social media platforms themselves.
- Analytics: To track website traffic and user behavior. These cookies are used by analytics providers like Google Analytics to collect data about how visitors use our website.
We have no direct control over the cookies set by these third-party providers. You can learn more about their cookie policies and how to manage their cookies by visiting their websites.
Here are some of the third-party services we use and links to their privacy policies:
- Google Analytics: To analyze site traffic and user behavior. You can review Google's privacy policy here and opt-out of Google Analytics tracking here.
- Facebook Pixel: To track conversions from Facebook ads and optimize ad campaigns. You can manage your ad preferences on Facebook here and review Facebook's data policy here.
- YouTube: To embed videos on our site. YouTube uses cookies to collect video statistics, prevent fraud, and improve the site experience. You can read Google's privacy policy (which covers YouTube) here.
Changes to Our Cookie Policy
We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or to comply with legal requirements. We will post any changes to our Cookie Policy on our website and will indicate the date of the latest revision.
We encourage you to review our Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and how to manage your cookie preferences.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
Cinematic Vision Academy
6363 Sunset Boulevard, Suite G20
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Phone: (213) 800-3456
Email: [email protected]
Our Data Protection Officer is Isabella Rossi, who can also be reached at the email above.