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.
How We Use Cookies
At Northern Lights Film Academy, we use cookies to improve your experience on our website in several ways. This includes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They include cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart, or make use of e-billing services.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We use tools like Google Analytics to gather this data.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table describes the types of cookies we use on the Northern Lights Film Academy website and why we use them:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| nlfa_session | Maintains user session across pages. | Essential | Session |
| ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Performance | 2 years |
| gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Performance | 1 minute |
| gdpr_consent | Records user's consent to the use of cookies. | Functionality | 1 year |
| targeting_cookie | Used for targeted advertising based on user behavior. | Targeting | 3 months |
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
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 allow cookies from specific websites. 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.
Please note that if you block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
Consent
By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this Cookies Policy. Upon your first visit to our website, we will display a cookie banner informing you about our use of cookies and requesting your consent to their use. You have the option to accept or decline the use of non-essential cookies.
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 encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are using cookies. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Northern Lights Film Academy
123 Aurora Lane
Anchorage, AK 99501
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (907) 555-FILM
This Cookies Policy was last updated on October 26, 2025.
Policy Prepared by: Dr. Eleanor Vance, Data Protection Officer, Northern Lights Film Academy.