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 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. At Directing Mastery Academy, we use cookies to improve your browsing experience and ensure the functionality of our website.
How We Use Cookies
Directing Mastery Academy uses cookies for various purposes, all aimed at enhancing your experience on our website. These purposes include:
- Essential Functionality: Some 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 and making purchases. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance and Analytics: We use cookies to analyze how visitors use our website. This helps us understand what is working well, and what we can improve. For example, we use Google Analytics to track which pages are most popular, and to identify any technical issues that users may be experiencing. This information is used to optimize our website and make it easier to use.
- Personalization: Cookies can be used to remember your preferences and settings, such as your preferred language, font size, and other customization options. This allows us to provide you with a more personalized experience.
- Marketing: We may use cookies to deliver advertisements that are relevant to your interests. These cookies may also be used to track the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. We work with third-party advertising partners who may use cookies to collect information about your browsing habits across different websites.
- Security: Cookies help us to keep our website secure. For example, we use cookies to detect and prevent fraud and abuse.
Types of Cookies We Use
Directing Mastery Academy employs various types of cookies to achieve the objectives outlined above. These include:
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are stored on your computer or device only during your browsing session. They are automatically deleted when you close your browser. We use session cookies to enable you to navigate our website and use its features.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your computer or device for a longer period of time, even after you close your browser. The length of time that a persistent cookie remains on your device depends on the specific cookie. We use persistent cookies to remember your preferences and settings, and to track your browsing habits over time.
- First-Party Cookies: These are cookies that are set by our website. We use first-party cookies to enable essential functionality, to personalize your experience, and to analyze how visitors use our website.
- Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies that are set by a third-party website or service. We use third-party cookies for marketing, advertising, and analytics purposes. For example, we use Google Analytics to track website traffic and usage.
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not then work.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Managing Cookies
You have the right to control whether or not to accept cookies. You can manage cookies through your web browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to:
- See what cookies are stored on your computer or device
- Delete cookies individually or clear all cookies
- Block all cookies
- Allow only certain websites to set cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Clear all cookies when you close your browser
Please note that if you choose to block cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly. For example, you may not be able to access secure areas, make purchases, or use certain features. For more information on how to manage cookies, please refer to your web browser's help documentation.
Here are links to the help pages for managing cookies in some of the most popular web browsers:
You can also use third-party tools to manage cookies. These tools can help you to block tracking cookies and protect your privacy.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or to comply with legal requirements. We will post any changes on this page, and we encourage you to review this policy periodically. By continuing to use our website after any changes are made, you are accepting the updated Cookies Policy.