What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, 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 allow websites to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
Cookies can be "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 when you close your browser.
How We Use Cookies
At Pixels & Perspectives Photography, we use cookies to improve your browsing experience on our website, personalize content, provide social media features, and analyze our traffic. This information helps us understand how visitors use our site and enables us to make improvements to better serve your needs. Specifically, we use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled. They include cookies that allow you to log in, add items to your cart, and make secure transactions.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages they visit most often and if they receive error messages. This helps us to improve the performance and design of our site.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personalized features.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are 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 advertising campaigns.
- Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behavior on our website. This information helps us to understand how users interact with our site and identify areas for improvement.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table outlines the types of cookies we use on our website and their respective purposes:
Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
PHPSESSID | Session | Maintains user session across pages. | End of browser 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 distinguish users. | 24 hours |
_gat | Session | Used to throttle request rate. | 1 minute |
cookieconsent_status | Persistent | Remembers if the user has accepted the cookie policy. | 1 year |
Cookie Consent
By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this Cookies Policy. We will display a cookie banner or pop-up when you first visit our site, informing you about our use of cookies and providing you with the option to accept or decline the use of non-essential cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time by changing your cookie settings in your browser.
Managing Cookies
You have the right to control whether or not to accept cookies. You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to access certain features of our website and may result in a less personalized experience.
Here are instructions on how to manage cookies in some of the most popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Internet Explorer: www.allaboutcookies.org.
By clicking "Accept," you agree to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time.
If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at [email protected] or call us at (305) 555-2323. Our offices are located at 456 Ocean Drive, Suite 800, Miami Beach, FL 33139. Contact Elara Ramirez, our Data Protection Officer, for any privacy-related inquiries.