Cookie Policy for samdmusic.com

This Cookie Policy applies to www.samdmusic.com, accessible from https://www.samdmusic.com, and any other domains through which our service may be provided.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. For more general information on cookies, see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies and visit allaboutcookies.org.

As with most professional websites, our site uses cookies to enhance your user experience. This page explains what information these cookies collect, how we use that information, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, though this may affect the functionality of the site.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for various reasons detailed below. Necessary cookies are always active, as they are essential for the operation of the site. However, non-necessary cookies (such as analytics and advertising cookies) will only be set with your explicit consent. If you decline non-necessary cookies, we will not set these cookies. Note that we will use a strictly necessary cookie to remember your choice regarding non-necessary cookies, ensuring compliance with your preferences without setting additional cookies for this purpose.

When it comes to cookies, not all of them require consent. For example, cookies that are strictly necessary for the website to function or those used to provide a service you have explicitly requested do not need consent. A cookie for tracking consent status for other cookies falls under the category of strictly necessary cookies and does not require consent. These strictly necessary cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

https://www.samdmusic.com uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

Ensuring that the Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Ads Pixel), TikTok Pixel, and Google Ads Pixel is working as intended.
Optimizing our advertising campaigns using the Google Ads Pixel.
Enhancing our advertising strategies with the TikTok Pixel.

What Type of Cookies Do We Use?

There are several different types of cookies. However, our website uses:

Functionality Cookies: https://www.samdmusic.com uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and the location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
Advertising Cookies: https://www.samdmusic.com uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed, and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. We sometimes share some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
Site Preferences Cookies: To provide you with a great experience on this site, we enable the functionality to set your preferences for how this site operates when accepting or declining the use of advertising cookies. To remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be retrieved whenever you interact with a page affected by your preferences.

Cookie Duration

Our website uses both session cookies and persistent cookies:

Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and expire once you close your browser (or once your session ends).
Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device until you erase them or your browser does, depending on the cookie’s expiration date. All persistent cookies set by our website will have a duration of 12 months, unless declined by the user which will ensure the cookies are removed directly. Reload the website to ensure successful cookie removal.

Cookie Provenance

First-party Cookies: These are put on your device directly by the website you are visiting.
Third-party Cookies: These are placed on your device by a third party, such as an advertiser or an analytics system, and not by the website you are visiting.

Cookie Purpose

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. These will generally be first-party session cookies. While it is not required to obtain consent for these cookies, we explain what they do and why they are necessary.
Preferences Cookies: Also known as “functionality cookies,” these cookies allow a website to remember choices you have made in the past, like what language you prefer or the region you are in.
Statistics Cookies: Also known as “performance cookies,” these cookies collect information about how you use a website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. This information is aggregated and anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions.
Marketing Cookies: These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad. These are persistent cookies and almost always of third-party provenance.

Third-Party Cookies

In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through this site:

Google Analytics: This site uses Google Analytics, one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web, to help us understand how you use the site and ways we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages you visit, enabling us to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
E-commerce Tracking: As we sell products, it's important for us to understand statistics about how many of our site visitors make a purchase. This type of data helps us make accurate business predictions and monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible prices for you.

Meta Pixel, Google Ads Pixel, and TikTok Pixel Cookies

We use the Meta Pixel, Google Ads Pixel, and TikTok Pixel to help measure, optimize, and target our advertising campaigns. These cookies are always turned on unless cookies are declined through the "cookies options" button. Here’s how these pixels enhance your experience and our services:

Advanced Matching: By using cookies with Advanced Matching, we improve the matching of visitors on our website with people on these platforms, which includes measuring full-funnel events, boosting campaign optimization, and expanding our reach. This may also include contact details such as email or phone number if the user that visits this website provides such information.
Session ID and Cookies: A session ID generated by the pixels records user event information for a single visit to our site. This works with cookies to improve measurement, attribution, and targeting.

First-Party Cookies: Created and owned by the website https://www.samdmusic.com via the pixels.
Third-Party Cookies: Created and owned by the respective platform’s server.

Benefits of Pixel Cookies

More Matched Events: Leads to more conversions by improving the matching of visitors to users on these platforms.
Better Campaign Optimization: Improves bidding efficiency and enhances campaign performance.
Expanded Reach: Builds larger and more accurate audiences for targeting on these platforms.

Retention of Cookies

We retain different types of cookies for varying periods of time. Here’s how long we typically store them (unless opted out by the "cookies optons" button):

Functionality Cookies: These cookies are typically retained until you clear your browser cache to maintain your preferences and enhance usability.
Advertising Cookies: Advertising cookies, including those used by third-party providers such as Google Ads and TikTok Pixels, are retained for up to 18 months from the last date of use to measure and improve the performance of our advertising campaigns and personalize the user's experience.

How to Manage (and Opt Out From All of) Your Cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies by clicking the "Cookies Settings" button in the bottom right corner of the website. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result. If you are unsure whether you need certain cookies, it's usually safer to leave them enabled to ensure they interact with the features you use on our site. By not making any choice, you agree to the use of cookies as specified in this cookies policy.

In the preferences option of the cookies settings, you can either choose to opt-in to specific types of cookies, cancel the choices to continue with the previous cookie preferences unchanged, or opt-out by rejecting all cookies that are not strictly necessary. The opt-out requirements allow users according to the GDPR regulation to:

Opt out of data collection. Opt out of data processing. Opt out of data processing. Request erasure of data.

More Information

Hopefully, this clarifies things for you regarding the use of cookies by the website https://www.samdmusic.com. If you are unsure whether you need certain cookies, it's usually recommended to leave them enabled to ensure the features you use on our site works as expected.

If you need further clarification or have any questions or concerns, please contact us directly at contact@samdmusic.com.

For information about privacy, refer to our privacy policy.

Changes to Our Cookies Policy

We may update our cookies policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page. This policy was last updated on 2024-08-24.