Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how StageLight Academy ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, stagelightacademy.com (the "Website"). It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and 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 in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you have closed your browser, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
Cookies can do many different things, such as remembering your preferences, letting you navigate between pages efficiently, and generally improving your experience. Cookies may also be used to deliver online advertising that is more relevant to you and your interests.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our Website. They enable you to navigate 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.
- 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.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our 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 remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. 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 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. 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.
- Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies to help us understand how users engage with our Website. For example, we use Google Analytics to track website traffic and user behavior. This information is used to improve our Website and the services we offer.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table lists the types of cookies we use on our Website and why we use them:
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Session | Maintains user session across pages | End of session |
| _ga | Persistent | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _gid | Persistent | Used by Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. | 24 hours |
| cookieConsent | Persistent | Remembers user's cookie consent preferences | 1 year |
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on. These cookies are subject to the respective third parties' own cookie policies.
We may use third-party cookies from the following service providers:
- Google Analytics: For web analytics and usage tracking. You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking here.
- Advertising Networks: For delivering targeted advertisements based on your browsing activity.
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using our cookie consent tool, which will be displayed when you first visit our Website.
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.
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.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
StageLight Academy
45 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 555-2222
Email: privacy@stagelightacademy.com
This policy was last updated on October 26, 2025.