Cookies Policy
Last Updated: August 13, 2025
Effective Date: August 13, 2025
Welcome to Sampsira.com. This Cookie Policy explains how Sampsira ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website, sampsira.com (the "Platform"). This policy should be read alongside our main Privacy Policy, which provides more detail on how we handle your personal information.
This policy explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.
1. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, and to provide reporting information.
- First-party cookies are cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Sampsira).
- Third-party cookies are cookies set by parties other than the website owner. These enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics).
- Similar Technologies: We also use other tracking technologies like web beacons (also known as "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs") and local storage. These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier, enabling us to recognize when someone has visited our Platform or opened an email that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor user traffic patterns, deliver or communicate with cookies, and measure the performance of our online marketing campaigns.
2. How and Why We Use Cookies
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. We classify our cookies into the following categories:
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the Platform and use its features. Without them, the services you have asked for cannot be provided.
- Purpose: To enable core platform functionality.
- Examples:
- User Authentication: Keeping you logged in to your Sampsira account as you navigate the site.
- Shopping Cart & Credits: Remembering which samples you've added to your cart and managing your monthly credits balance.
- Payment & Security: Securely processing your subscription payments and protecting your account from fraudulent activity. These are often set by our payment processors (e.g., Stripe).
b) Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our Platform, helping us improve it over time. The information is typically aggregated and anonymous.
- Purpose: To understand user behavior and enhance the Platform's performance.
- Examples:
- Measuring which music genres, artists, or sample packs are most popular.
- Understanding how users navigate from Browse to purchasing.
- Identifying pages that load slowly or have errors.
- We use tools like Google Analytics to help us measure traffic and usage trends.
c) Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the Platform to remember choices you make to provide a more enhanced and personal experience.
- Purpose: To remember your settings and preferences.
- Examples:
- Remembering your username so you don't have to re-enter it.
- Remembering your preferred audio volume for sample previews.
- Remembering your display preferences (e.g., list view vs. grid view).
- Remembering your preferred language or region.
d) Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.
- Purpose: To personalize marketing and measure campaign effectiveness.
- Examples:
- If you browse drum loops on Sampsira, we might use these cookies to show you advertisements for new drum kits on social media platforms like Meta (Facebook) or Instagram.
- Tracking which ad campaign led you to sign up for a subscription.
- Limiting the number of times you see a particular advertisement.
3. Detailed List of Cookies We Use
The specific cookies we use can change over time. The table below provides an illustrative list of the types of cookies we may use. The most up-to-date list can be found in our cookie consent management tool on the Platform.
| Category | Who Serves the Cookie | Example Cookie Name(s) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Sampsira (First-party) | session_id, auth_token | Manages your user session and authentication state. |
| Stripe (Third-party) | __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid | Processes payments securely and prevents fraud. | |
| Performance/Analytics | Google Analytics (Third-party) | _ga, _gid, _gat | Gathers statistical data on how visitors use the website. |
| Functionality | Sampsira (First-party) | user_prefs, volume_level | Remembers your site preferences, like display settings or audio volume. |
| Targeting/Advertising | Meta (Facebook) (Third-party) | _fbp, _fbc | Tracks visits across websites to deliver targeted advertising. |
| Google Ads (Third-party) | IDE, ANID | Used for advertising personalization and conversion tracking. |
4. Your Choices and How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Here's how you can exercise your rights:
- Sampsira Cookie Consent Manager: When you first visit our Platform, you will be shown a cookie banner where you can accept, reject, or customize your cookie preferences. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Manage Cookie Preferences" link, which will be available in the footer of our website. Please note that Strictly Necessary cookies cannot be disabled.
- Browser Controls: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Please be aware that if you block all cookies (including essential ones), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Platform. Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Apple Safari
- Microsoft Edge
- Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising: To opt-out of interest-based advertising from many third-party ad networks, you can visit the opt-out pages of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA).
- Google Analytics: To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Specific Disclosures for Certain Jurisdictions
a) European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), and Switzerland
If you are a resident of these regions, we process your personal data in reliance on the following lawful bases:
- For Strictly Necessary cookies, we rely on our legitimate interests to operate and secure our Platform.
- For all other cookies (Performance, Functionality, and Targeting), we rely on your consent, which you can provide or withdraw at any time using our Cookie Consent Manager.
b) California Residents
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), the use of certain cookies for analytics and advertising may be considered a "sale" or "sharing" of personal information. You have the right to opt-out of this activity. You can exercise this right by:
- Rejecting Performance and Targeting/Advertising cookies in our Cookie Consent Manager.
- Clicking the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the footer of our website.
6. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this policy regularly to stay informed. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.
7. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact our support team at:
Email: support@sampsira.com
