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 enable the website 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.
Types of Cookies We Use
Aetheria Soundscapes uses several types of cookies to enhance your experience 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, 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 adverts 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. Currently, Aetheria Soundscapes does not utilize targeting or advertising cookies.
How to Manage Cookies
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can exercise this right by amending the settings in your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you select such settings, you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our site.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. 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 or www.aboutcookies.org.
Here are the links to the "Help" pages of major web browsers explaining how you can manage your cookies:
Third-Party Cookies
We may use third-party services on our website that also set cookies. These cookies are governed by the third parties' respective privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties for more information on their cookie practices. Currently, Aetheria Soundscapes primarily uses Google Analytics, which uses cookies to gather anonymous data about website traffic and usage patterns. This helps us understand how visitors interact with our site and improve its functionality. The data collected is not personally identifiable and is used solely for analytical purposes.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
Changes to this Cookies 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 will post any changes to this Cookies Policy on our website and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Aetheria Soundscapes
Attention: Legal Department - Cookies Policy
555 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 555-0100
Email: [email protected]
This Cookies Policy is governed by the laws of the State of California and the United States of America. We are committed to complying with all applicable cookie regulations and ensuring that your privacy is protected.
Last Updated: October 26, 2025
This policy was reviewed and approved by Elara Vance, Lead Legal Counsel at Aetheria Soundscapes.