Aurora Visuals

Cookies Policy

At Aurora Visuals, located at 42 Skyline Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a transparent understanding of how we use cookies and similar technologies. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on our website, and how you can manage your 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. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

How We Use Cookies

Aurora Visuals uses cookies for the following purposes:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic operation of our website. They enable you to navigate our site and use essential features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot provide certain services.
  • Performance Cookies: We use performance cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they experience any error messages. This helps us to improve the performance and design of our site. We use tools like Google Analytics to gather this data.
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may also be used to provide services you have requested, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
  • Advertising Cookies: We and our advertising partners may use these cookies to deliver advertisements that are relevant to your interests. They may be used to track your browsing habits across websites and to build a profile of your interests.
  • Social Media Cookies: Our website may include social media features, such as sharing buttons. These features may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. The use of these cookies is governed by the privacy policy of the social media company providing the feature.

Specific Cookies We Use

The following table lists the cookies we currently use on our website:

Aurora Visuals Website Cookies
Cookie Name Purpose Duration Type
_ga Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. 2 years Performance
_gid Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. 24 hours Performance
_gat Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. 1 minute Performance
PHPSESSID Essential for maintaining user sessions. Session Essential
cookie_consent Records user's cookie consent preferences. 1 year Functionality

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 set by a domain other than that of our website. We have carefully selected these third-party providers and ensure they comply with relevant privacy regulations.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can manage your cookie preferences through your web browser. Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings, which can be adjusted to reflect your consent to cookie use. Please note that if you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.

Here's how to manage cookies in some popular browsers:

You can also opt-out of targeted advertising by visiting the following websites:

Other Tracking Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use other tracking technologies, such as web beacons, pixel tags, and embedded scripts. These technologies are used to analyze website traffic and user behavior, and to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

Changes to this Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will post any changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Cookies Policy changes). We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at:

Aurora Visuals
42 Skyline Drive
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 555-0123
Email: [email protected]

Policy authored by: Eleanor Vance, Privacy Officer, Aurora Visuals.