Cookies Policy - Aurora Sound Studios

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other 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 enable websites to remember your actions and preferences (such as login details, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don‚Äôt have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

Cookies can be categorized into several types, including:

Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and are erased when you close your browser. They are used to remember you during a single browsing session.
Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period specified in the cookie. They are activated each time you visit the website that created that particular cookie.
First-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by the website you are visiting directly.
Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by a domain other than that of the website you are visiting. This typically happens when the website incorporates elements from other sites, such as images, social media plugins, or advertising.

How Aurora Sound Studios Uses Cookies

At Aurora Sound Studios, located in the heart of Seattle‚Äôs vibrant Fremont neighborhood, we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website and to provide us with valuable insights into how our site is being used. The information we gather through cookies helps us to improve our website, tailor our services to your needs, and provide you with relevant information about our audio recording, mixing, mastering, and sound design services.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas and making bookings for recording sessions.
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they experience any error messages. This information helps us to improve the performance and design of our website. We use tools like Google Analytics, configured to anonymize IP addresses, to gather this data.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personalized features. For example, we may use a cookie to remember your preferred contact method when you request a quote for your audio project.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies: We may use these cookies to deliver advertisements that are 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 advertising campaigns. We may partner with third-party advertising networks to achieve this.

Specifically, here are some examples of the cookies we use:

Google Analytics Cookies (_ga, _gid, _gat): These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. The information is used to compile reports and help us improve the website. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited.
Session ID Cookie (PHPSESSID): This cookie is essential for managing your session on our website. It allows us to maintain your login status and preferences as you navigate through different pages. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser.
Cookie Consent Cookie (cookie_consent): This cookie records your consent to our use of cookies. It ensures that you are not repeatedly asked to consent to cookies on each visit.

How You Can Manage Cookies

You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through your web browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or delete cookies when you close your browser. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to access certain features and functionalities of our website.

Here are some links to instructions on how to manage cookies in popular web browsers:

You can also use third-party tools to manage cookies, such as:

Please note that if you delete your cookies or use a different browser or device, you may need to re-set your cookie preferences.

Your Cookie Consent

By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy. If you do not agree to our use of cookies, you should adjust your browser settings accordingly or refrain from using our website. We respect your privacy and are committed to providing you with clear and transparent information about our use of cookies.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post any changes to this policy on our website, and we encourage you to review it periodically. Your continued use of our website after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

This Cookie Policy was last updated on November 7, 2024.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at:

Aurora Sound Studios
3400 Fremont Ave N, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98103
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (206) 555-0123

We value your privacy and are committed to addressing any concerns you may have in a timely and professional manner. Our Data Protection Officer, Dr. Anya Sharma, oversees our data protection practices and is available to answer your questions.