Emerald Stage Academy - Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Emerald Stage Academy ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website, emeraldstageacademy.com ("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 data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Emerald Stage Academy) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why We Use Cookies

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

Specifically, we use cookies to:

• Enable essential site functionality: These cookies allow you to navigate the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website.
• Improve website performance: 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.
• Enhance user experience: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
• Target advertising: 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 campaign.

Types of Cookies We Use

The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in more detail below:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to its use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
• Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They also perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

Third-Party Cookies

As mentioned above, we also use third-party cookies. Some examples include:

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website, allowing us to improve its performance and user experience. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data about your browsing behavior, such as the pages you visit, the time you spend on each page, and the links you click. This information is used to create reports and insights that help us make informed decisions about our website's design and content. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
• Social Media Plugins: Our website may use social media plugins, such as those from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. These plugins may set cookies that allow you to share content from our website on your social media profiles. They may also track your browsing behavior to personalize the ads and content you see on those platforms. Review the privacy policies of the social media platforms you use to understand how they use cookies and your options for controlling them.
• Advertising Networks: We may work with advertising networks to display ads on our website and on other websites you visit. These networks may use cookies to track your browsing behavior and target you with ads that are relevant to your interests. You can opt out of targeted advertising from many advertising networks through industry initiatives like the Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network Advertising Initiative.

These third-party services have their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review.

How to Control Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in this cookie policy. You can also set or amend 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:

• Cookie settings in Chrome
• Cookie settings in Firefox
• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
• Cookie settings in Safari

In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance or the Network Advertising Initiative.

Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie 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 re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at:

Emerald Stage Academy
1500 Broadway, Suite 200
New York, NY 10036
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (212) 555-ACT1 (2281)

This Cookie Policy is effective as of November 7, 2024.