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 do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
How We Use Cookies
AudioVerse uses cookies for several purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functioning of our website. They enable you to navigate the site and use essential features.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies help us to improve the way our website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- 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.
- Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies, such as Google Analytics, to understand how visitors engage with our website. This helps us improve our website and user experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
Types of Cookies We Use
Here’s a detailed list of the types of cookies we use on AudioVerse:
Essential Website Cookies
These cookies are essential for enabling you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a 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 a website works.
We use Google Analytics, a popular web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
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. These 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. They may 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.
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.
Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the mechanisms provided within our website or by setting or amending your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
Specifically, you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. To do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” settings). Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings. Note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain parts of the website and other parts of the website may not work correctly.
You can also manage cookies by:
- Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. These settings can usually be found in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. You can configure your browser to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or prompt you each time a cookie is offered.
- Third-Party Tools: Several third-party tools and browser add-ons are available that can help you manage and control cookies. These tools often provide more granular control over the cookies that are placed on your device.
- Website-Specific Settings: Some websites offer their own mechanisms for managing cookies, such as preference centers where you can opt-in or opt-out of certain types of cookies.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
AudioVerse
Privacy Department
1500 1st Ave, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98101
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (206) 555-0120
Our Data Protection Officer, Dr. Eleanor Vance, is also available to address your concerns about data privacy. You can reach her through the contact information provided above.