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, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Cookies are essential for the proper functioning of many websites, allowing them to remember your preferences, track your browsing activity, and provide you with a personalized experience.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your browser and will be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Website. Session cookies expire when you close your browser.
How We Use Cookies
Vanguard Directing Academy uses cookies for several reasons, including:
- To improve the functionality of our Website: Cookies allow us to remember your preferences and settings, such as your language preferences and login information.
- To analyze website traffic: We use cookies to track how visitors use our Website, which helps us to understand what pages are most popular and how we can improve the user experience.
- To personalize your experience: Cookies enable us to show you content and advertisements that are relevant to your interests.
- For marketing purposes: We may use cookies to track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and to show you targeted advertisements on other websites.
At Vanguard Directing Academy, located in the heart of Hollywood, Los Angeles, our commitment is to empower aspiring filmmakers. Understanding how cookies work is vital to providing a seamless online experience for our students and visitors. We use these tools to continually improve our website and tailor the content to meet your needs.
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 and enable you to navigate the site and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as logging into secure areas, cannot be provided.
Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Website, such as which pages they visit most often and if they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies help us to improve the way 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. 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/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 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.
Specific Cookies Used
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 2 years |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 24 hours |
| PHPSESSID | Maintains user session across pages. | Strictly Necessary | Session |
| vda_pref_lang | Remembers user's preferred language. | Functionality | 1 year |
| marketing_tracker | Tracks effectiveness of marketing campaigns. | Targeting/Advertising | 3 months |
Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by adjusting your web browser controls to refuse cookies. Because the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
Please note that if you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. Disabling cookies may affect the user experience on Vanguard Directing Academy’s website.
You can also manage your cookie preferences by installing browser add-ons designed to block tracking technologies, or by utilizing privacy-focused search engines and browsers. We encourage you to explore these options to further personalize your online experience.
For more information about cookies and how to manage them, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org .
Updates to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Vanguard Directing Academy
8500 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Phone: (323) 460-7700
Email: [email protected]
Our dedicated data protection officer, Seraphina Volkov, oversees our privacy practices and is available to address any concerns or inquiries you may have regarding our Cookies Policy.
Effective date: October 26, 2025