Our Use of Cookies
At Luminous Lens Studio, we use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content. This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
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 more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable you to navigate the site 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, such as which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies help us to improve the performance of our website. For example, we use Google Analytics to track website usage.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. 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.
- 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 campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission.
Specific Cookies Used on Our Website
The following table provides more information about the specific cookies we use:
Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Expiration |
---|---|---|---|
_ga | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics | 2 years |
_gid | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics | 24 hours |
_gat | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_. | Google Analytics | 1 minute |
cookieconsent_status | Remembers the user's cookie consent preference. | Luminous Lens Studio | 1 year |
sessionid | Identifies the user's session on the server. | Luminous Lens Studio | End of session |
How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to block all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being placed. However, if you block all cookies, you may not be able to access certain parts of our website.
- Cookie Consent Tool: We provide a cookie consent tool on our website that allows you to manage your cookie preferences. You can access this tool at any time to change your settings.
- Third-Party Tools: There are also third-party tools available that can help you manage your cookies.
Detailed Instructions for Managing Cookies in Different Browsers
Here’s how you can manage cookies in some of the most popular web browsers:
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the three dots in the top-right corner.
- Select Settings.
- Click on Privacy and security, then Cookies and other site data.
- Choose your preferred settings, such as "Block third-party cookies" or "Allow all cookies." You can also clear existing cookies.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open Firefox and click the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
- Select Options.
- Click on Privacy & Security.
- Under "Cookies and Site Data," choose your preferred settings, such as "Block cookies" or "Manage Exceptions."
Safari
- Open Safari and go to Safari > Preferences.
- Click on Privacy.
- Under "Cookies and website data," choose your preferred settings. You can block all cookies, allow cookies from websites I visit, or always allow cookies.
Microsoft Edge
- Open Edge and click the three dots in the top-right corner.
- Select Settings.
- Click on Cookies and site permissions, then Manage and delete cookies and site data.
- Choose your preferred settings, such as "Block third-party cookies" or "See all cookies and site data."
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for any updates. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Luminous Lens Studio
Attention: Data Protection Officer
123 Aurora Avenue N
Seattle, WA 98109
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (206) 555-1212