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Cookie Policy
Last Updated: November 22, 2023
This is the Cookie Policy for Soundtrack, LLC (“Stockmusic.net”), accessible from https://stockmusic.net/cookie-policy
At Stockmusic.net we want you to understand what cookies are and how they are used on our website. It is important to understand, cookies are a vital part of our application, they are not just used for advertising and tracking. Please carefully read this document to learn how we use cookie technology to better serve you.
What Are Cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, our sites use cookies. Cookies are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the site's functionality.
For general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality and features of this and many other websites that you visit. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Login related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
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.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping 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 so we can continue to produce engaging content, better features and usability of our store. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
As we sell products it's important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible services at the best possible price.
We use the Google AdSense service to serve advertising with a DoubleClick cookie, which serves more relevant ads across the web and limits the number of times that a given ad is shown to you. For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense help and FAQ.
Several partners advertise on our behalf. Affiliate tracking cookies allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately. Where applicable, this allows our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide our marketing partners when you make a purchase.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. We may connect to social media sites including:
- X (Twitter)
- Telegram
- TikTok
For some but not all of these services, we set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
Managing Cookie Technologies
You have the ability to control the use of certain Cookie Technologies.
Opt-in and Opt-out on Browsers
You can change your web browser's settings to reflect your cookie preferences for cookies directly from the site you are on or for third-party cookies. Each browser is a little different, but usually these settings are under the “options” or “preferences” menu. The links below provide information about cookie settings for the browsers supported by Stockmusic.net:
Please note that if you reject or block all cookies in your browser settings, you will not be able to take advantage of Stockmusic.net’s services as some cookies are necessary for the site to function properly.
Opt-out of Ad Networks
You can learn more about managing your preferences for ads online, particularly for many third-party advertising networks, through resources made available by the Digital Advertising Alliance at https://www.aboutads.info or the Network Advertising Initiative at https://optout.networkadvertising.org.
Google Analytics Opt-out
For Google Analytics Advertising Features, you can opt-out through Google Ads Settings, Ad Settings for mobile apps, or any other available means (for example, the NAI's consumer opt-out listed above). Google also provides a Google Analytics opt-out plug-in for the web.
Third-Party Tools
Various third parties provide browser plug-ins and apps that can help provide you information on, and limit or block, third-party cookies, web beacons, and some Javascript-based technologies. Stockmusic.net cannot vouch for the efficacy of particular third-party product, but popular products that provide these privacy enhancements include Ghostery and AdBlock Plus.
Mobile Opt-out
If you access Stockmusic.net through a mobile device, you may also control interest-based advertising on an iOS or Android device by selecting the “Limit Ad Tracking” option in the privacy section of the Settings App on iOS or via advertising preferences on Android-based devices (usually in the Google Settings app). This will not prevent you from seeing advertisements, but will limit the use of device advertising identifiers to personalize ads based on your interests.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through email at contact@stockmusic.net