Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Thespian Arts Academy ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, thespianartsacademy.com (the "Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
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 either "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 are deleted once you close your browser.
Cookies perform many different functions, such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your user experience. They can also help to ensure that advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, 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 shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We use Google Analytics for this purpose, which uses cookies to collect information such as the number of visitors to the site, the pages they visited, and the time spent on the site. This information is used in an aggregated and anonymous form.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Here's a more detailed table outlining the specific cookies we might use on our website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Maintains user session state | Essential | Session |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Performance/Analytics | 2 years |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Performance/Analytics | 24 hours |
| cookieconsent_status | Remembers if user has accepted cookies policy | Functionality | 1 year |
Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by adjusting the settings in your web browser. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. Please note that if you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our Website.
Here are some resources to help you manage cookies in different browsers:
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Updates to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookies Policy indicates when it was last revised.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Thespian Arts Academy
234 Elm Street, Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (310) 555-2323
Email: [email protected]
This Cookies Policy was last updated on October 26, 2025.
This policy is maintained and overseen by the Data Protection Officer, Beatrice Kim, who can be reached at the email address provided above.