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 can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your browser and will be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the website. Session cookies are temporary and expire when you close your browser.
At the Academy of Cinematic Arts, we use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, understand how our site is used, and personalize the content you see. By continuing to use our website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use several categories of cookies on our website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse the website 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, we use strictly necessary cookies to remember your login details and ensure that you can access your account.
- 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 analyze website traffic and identify areas for improvement.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the 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 provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. At the Academy of Cinematic Arts, we might use these to remember your preferred language or display settings.
- 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. We may use these cookies to show you relevant advertisements for our courses and workshops based on your browsing history.
How to Manage Cookies
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can exercise this right by amending the settings in your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate to you when a cookie is being sent. However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website. The procedure for managing cookies varies depending on your browser. Please consult your browser's help menu for instructions.
Most 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.
Here are links to instructions on how to manage cookies in some popular browsers:
Third-Party Cookies
We may also use third-party cookies on our website, such as those provided by Google Analytics to help us analyze how visitors use our site. These cookies are subject to the privacy policies of the respective third parties. We carefully select our third-party providers to ensure they adhere to strict privacy standards.
Here are some of the third-party services we might use:
- Google Analytics: For website analytics and usage tracking. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- YouTube: For embedding videos. YouTube may set cookies to track video viewing activity.
- Social Media Platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram): If you interact with social media buttons or widgets on our site, these platforms may set cookies to track your browsing activity.
Updates to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie 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 this page and encourage you to review our Cookie Policy periodically.
The date of the latest revision will be indicated at the top of this policy.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
Academy of Cinematic Arts
Privacy Department
6300 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (323) 469-2334
Our Data Protection Officer is Dr. Anya Sharma, a leading expert in digital privacy and compliance in the entertainment industry.