Atypical Advantage – Cookie & Privacy Policy
What are cookies and related technologies
Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser to a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Atypical Advantage website or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Site more useful to you. Essentially, cookies act as a user’s identification card for the Atypical Advantage servers.
Web beacons are small graphic files linked to our servers that allow us to track your use of our Site and related functionalities. Cookies and web beacons allow Atypical Advantage to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience on our Site.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies.
Preference Center
When you visit the Atypical Advantage website, we store cookies in your browser to collect information. The information collected may relate to you, your preferences, or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more inclusive and personalized web experience.
Cookies help us support your journey — whether you are a jobseeker, an employer, or someone booking experiences or workshops — by remembering your login, saving your preferences, tailoring content, and improving accessibility features.
You can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the category headings to learn more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt out of First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner, remembering your accessibility settings, logging into your account, redirecting you when you log out, etc.).
For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used, please follow the link to our Full Privacy Policy.
How Atypical Advantage uses cookies and related technologies
Manage Consent Preferences
Strictly Necessary Cookies – Always Active
These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions made by you, such as logging into your account, filling out an application form, or making a booking. They include:
- Remembering login sessions for job seekers, employers, and artists.
- Saving accessibility preferences (e.g., text size, screen reader compatibility).
- Securely processing job applications or workshop registrations.
- Enabling navigation and secure areas of the site.
Without these cookies, services like inclusive hiring, experience bookings, and account management cannot function properly.
Targeting Cookies – Always Active
These cookies may be set through our site by us or our advertising partners to:
- Deliver relevant content and campaigns about inclusive hiring or events.
- Show tailored opportunities and recommendations based on your previous engagement (e.g., suggesting workshops for registered users or highlighting new job postings in your sector).
- Measure the effectiveness of campaigns and outreach activities.
They do not store directly identifiable information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
Performance Cookies – Optional
These cookies help us understand and improve how the Atypical Advantage website is performing. They allow us to count visits, see which pages are most popular, and track how visitors move around the site. The information collected is aggregated and anonymous, and is used only to help us:
- Measure how job seekers, employers, and artists engage with our content.
- Identify areas where users may encounter errors or difficulties (e.g., accessing job listings or booking experiences).
- Test new features to ensure they improve your browsing experience and accessibility.
If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site and will have less ability to monitor its performance.
Functional Cookies – Optional
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization for our users — whether you are applying for a role, booking a workshop, or exploring artists’ portfolios. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
- Remember your preferences (e.g., saved searches, chosen accessibility settings, or preferred language).
- Deliver a more tailored experience by greeting you by name or retaining the filters you set while browsing opportunities.
- Ensure integrated tools — such as event calendars, application forms, and booking systems — work smoothly.
If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these enhanced features may not function properly, and your experience may be less personalized.
Social Media & Advertising
Atypical Advantage may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies provided by social media platforms and advertising partners to deliver more relevant content and ads to you, both on our Site and across other websites and applications. These tools help us:
- Understand how users interact with our content across social media platforms.
- Deliver tailored advertisements and promotions based on your interests and browsing behavior.
- Measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
- Enable social sharing features so you can easily share content from Atypical Advantage on your social networks.
Third-Party Cookies and Related Technologies
In addition to our own cookies, Atypical Advantage may also use various third-party cookies and/or web beacons to report usage statistics of the Site and refine our marketing efforts. These third-party technologies help us improve our platform, measure effectiveness, and deliver a more relevant experience for our users.
- Tracking cookies/web beacons: Monitor on-site behavior and link it to other metrics, enabling a better understanding of user habits and preferences.
- Optimization cookies/web beacons: Enable real-time tracking of user conversions from different marketing channels to evaluate their performance and effectiveness.
- Partner cookies/web beacons: Provide marketing conversion metrics to our partners, allowing them to optimize their campaigns and outreach efforts.
What are your choices regarding cookies and related technologies?
If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. You can also manage your cookie preferences through the “Manage Preferences” option available on the Atypical Advantage website, depending on your location. Atypical Advantage does not currently recognize do-not-track (DNT) signals from your web browser.
Please note, however, that if you delete, reject, or refuse to accept cookies and related technologies, you might not be able to use some or all of the features we offer. This may include the inability to log in, store your preferences, or view certain pages properly.
Certain regulations, such as California law, require us to inform you how we respond to DNT signals. Since there is currently no industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, Atypical Advantage does not respond to them at this time.
