Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Starlight Streaming, located at 123 Galaxy Avenue, Toronto, ON M5J 2E2, Canada, uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website, www.starlightstreaming.ca. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device even after you close your browser, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided. For example, these cookies help us remember your login details so you don't have to re-enter them every time you visit a new page.
- 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. For example, we use these cookies to understand how users interact with our video player, identify bottlenecks in streaming, and improve the overall performance of the website.
- 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. 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. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. We might use these cookies to remember your preferred video quality settings or your subtitle preferences.
- Targeting or 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. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. We may use these cookies to show you ads for shows similar to ones you've watched before, or to promote exclusive content based on your viewing habits.
- Third-Party Cookies: We also use third-party cookies from trusted partners such as Google Analytics to help us analyze how visitors use our website. These cookies are subject to the respective third-party's cookie policy, which we encourage you to review.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- To operate and improve our website, ensuring that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer or device.
- To personalize your experience on our website by remembering your preferences and settings.
- To analyze how our website is used, allowing us to understand what works and what doesn't, and to make improvements.
- To measure the effectiveness of our advertising and marketing campaigns.
- To target advertising to you that is relevant to your interests.
- To provide social media features.
Specifically, Starlight Streaming uses cookies to enhance your experience by:
- Remembering your login status, so you don't have to log in repeatedly.
- Tracking the videos you've watched so we can recommend similar shows.
- Identifying your device and browser to optimize video playback quality.
- Storing your preferred language and subtitle settings.
- Analyzing usage patterns to improve our content library and streaming service.
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by visiting our Cookie Settings page, which can be accessed through a link in the footer of our website. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. 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.
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information. Here's how you can manage cookies in popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
You can also opt-out of certain third-party cookies, such as those used for advertising, by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
Changes to Our Cookies Policy
We may update our 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 our Cookies Policy on our website and update the "Last Updated" date above. We encourage you to review our Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
If we make material changes to this Cookies Policy, we will provide you with additional notice, such as by displaying a prominent notice on our website or by sending you an email.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy or our use of cookies, please contact our Data Protection Officer, Ms. Anya Petrova, at [email protected] or by mail at:
Starlight Streaming Legal Department123 Galaxy Avenue
Toronto, ON M5J 2E2
Canada
You can also call us at 1-800-STAR-LITE and ask to speak with a privacy specialist. Our commitment is to safeguard your privacy while offering the best streaming experience possible.
This Cookies Policy is effective as of October 26, 2023.