8. ABOUT COOKIES
8.1 A COOKIE IS A FILE CONTAINING AN IDENTIFIER (A STRING OF LETTERS AND
NUMBERS) THAT IS SENT BY A WEB SERVER TO A WEB BROWSER AND IS STORED BY THE BROWSER. THE IDENTIFIER IS THEN SENT BACK TO THE SERVER EACH TIME THE BROWSER REQUESTS A PAGE FROM THE SERVER.
8.2 COOKIES MAY BE EITHER “PERSISTENT” COOKIES OR “SESSION” COOKIES: A PERSISTENT COOKIE WILL BE STORED BY A WEB BROWSER AND WILL REMAIN
VALID UNTIL ITS SET EXPIRY DATE, UNLESS DELETED BY THE USER BEFORE THE EXPIRY DATE; A SESSION COOKIE, ON THE OTHER HAND, WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE USER SESSION, WHEN THE WEB BROWSER IS CLOSED.
8.3 COOKIES DO NOT TYPICALLY CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION THAT
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIES A USER, BUT PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT I STORE
ABOUT YOU MAY BE LINKED TO THE INFORMATION STORED IN AND OBTAINED FROM COOKIES.
9. COOKIES THAT WE USE
9.1 I USE COOKIES FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
A) AUTHENTICATION-I USE COOKIES TO IDENTIFY YOU WHEN YOU VISIT MY WEBSITE AND AS YOU NAVIGATE MY WEBSITE.
B) STATUS-I USE COOKIES TO HELP US TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE LOGGED INTO MY WEBSITE.
C) PERSONALIZATION- I USE COOKIES TO STORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PREFERENCES AND TO PERSONALIZE THE WEBSITE FOR YOU.
D) SECURITY-I USE COOKIES AS AN ELEMENT OF THE SECURITY MEASURES USED
TO PROTECT USER ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING PREVENTING FRAUDULENT USE OF LOGIN CREDENTIALS AND TO PROTECT MY WEBSITE AND SERVICES GENERALLY.
E) ADVERTISING- I USE COOKIES TO HELP ME TO DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS THAT WILL BE RELEVANT TO YOU.
F) ANALYSIS- I USE COOKIES TO HELP US TO ANALYZE THE USE AND PERFORMANCE OF OUR WEBSITE AND SERVICES.
G) COOKIE CONSENT- WE USE COOKIES TO STORE YOUR PREFERENCES IN RELATION TO THE USE OF COOKIES MORE GENERALLY.
10. COOKIES USED BY MY SERVICE PROVIDERS
10.1 MY SERVICE PROVIDERS USE COOKIES AND THOSE COOKIES MAY BE STORED ON YOUR COMPUTER WHEN YOU VISIT MY WEBSITE.
10.2 I USE GOOGLE ANALYTICS TO ANALYZE THE USE OF MY WEBSITE. GOOGLE ANALYTICS GATHERS INFORMATION ABOUT WEBSITE USE BY MEANS OF
COOKIES. THE INFORMATION GATHERED RELATING TO MY WEBSITE IS USED TO CREATE REPORTS ABOUT THE USE OF MY WEBSITE. GOOGLE’S PRIVACY POLICY IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/POLICIES/PRIVACY/.
10.3 [WE PUBLISH GOOGLE ADSENSE ADVERTISEMENTS ON OUR WEBSITE. TO
DETERMINE YOUR INTERESTS, GOOGLE WILL TRACK YOUR BEHAVIOR ON MY
WEBSITE AND ON OTHER WEBSITES ACROSS THE WEB USING COOKIES. THIS
BEHAVIOR TRACKING ALLOWS GOOGLE TO TAILOR THE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT YOU SEE ON OTHER WEBSITES TO REFLECT YOUR INTERESTS (BUT I DO NOT
PUBLISH INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISEMENTS ON MY WEBSITE). YOU CAN VIEW,
DELETE OR ADD INTEREST CATEGORIES ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR BROWSER BY VISITING:
YOU CAN ALSO OPT OUT OF THE ADSENSE PARTNER NETWORK COOKIE USING THOSE SETTINGS OR USING THE NETWORK ADVERTISING INITIATIVE’S MULTI-COOKIE OPT-OUT MECHANISM AT:
HTTP://OPTOUT.NETWORKADVERTISING.ORG
HOWEVER, THESE OPT-OUT MECHANISMS THEMSELVES USE COOKIES, AND IF
YOU CLEAR THE COOKIES FROM YOUR BROWSER YOUR OPT-OUT WILL NOT BE
MAINTAINED. TO ENSURE THAT AN OPT-OUT IS MAINTAINED IN RESPECT OF A PARTICULAR BROWSER, YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER USING THE GOOGLE BROWSER PLUG-INS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTPS://SUPPORT.GOOGLE.COM/ADS/ANSWER/7395996
11. MANAGING COOKIES
11.1 MOST BROWSERS ALLOW YOU TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT COOKIES AND TO DELETE COOKIES. THE METHODS FOR DOING SO VARY FROM BROWSER TO
BROWSER, AND FROM VERSION TO VERSION. YOU CAN HOWEVER OBTAIN UP-TO-
DATE INFORMATION ABOUT BLOCKING AND DELETING COOKIES VIA THESE LINKS:
A) HTTPS://SUPPORT.GOOGLE.COM/CHROME/ANSWER/95647?HL=EN (CHROME);
B) HTTPS://SUPPORT.MOZILLA.ORG/EN-US/KB/ENABLE-AND-DISABLE-COOKIES-
WEBSITE-PREFERENCES (FIREFOX);
C) HTTPS://WWW.OPERA.COM/HELP/TUTORIALS/SECURITY/COOKIES/ (OPERA);
D) HTTPS://SUPPORT.MICROSOFT.COM/EN-US/WINDOWS-10-MICROSOFT-EDGE-AND-PRIVACY (EDGE).
E) HTTPS://SUPPORT.APPLE.COM/KB/PH21411 (SAFARI); AND
F) HTTPS://PRIVACY.MICROSOFT.COM/EN-US/WINDOWS-10-MICROSOFT-EDGE-AND-PRIVACY (EDGE).
11.2 BLOCKING ALL COOKIES WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE USABILITY OF MANY WEBSITES.
11.3 IF YOU BLOCK COOKIES, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE ALL THE FEATURES ON MY WEBSITE.