What is a cookie?
Cookies are files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to the device you use when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies do lots of different and useful jobs, such as remembering your preferences, and generally improving your online experience.
There are different types of cookies. They all work in the same way, but have minor differences:
Session cookies
Session cookies last only for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser. These facilitate various tasks such as allowing a website to identify that a user of a particular device is navigating from page to page, supporting website security or basic functionality.
The cookies we use are session cookies. For example, they help us to ensure the security of your internet session, and can also keep you signed in while you move between pages.
Our session cookies used for security are designed to be very difficult to read, change, access or use except by us when you have an active session. They contain no personal information that can be used to identify an individual.
Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies last after you have closed your browser, and allow a website to remember your actions and preferences. Sometimes persistent cookies are used by websites to provide targeted advertising based upon the browsing history of the device.
Sonar Informatics Ltd does not use persistent cookies in anyway.
For full details about our cookies, we’ve put together a list of the
cookies we use.
By using our websites you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device, however you can block these cookies using your browser settings. For more information on how to do this you may wish to read
How to Block All Cookies Except for Sites You Use article which explain how this is done in popular web browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari).
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by any website - including Sonar Informatics websites, you should do this through the browser settings for each browser you use, on each device you use to access the Internet. Please be aware that your PCT Web site will not function if your browser does not accept cookies. However, you can allow cookies from specific websites by making them “trusted websites” in your Internet browser. For more information on how to do this you may wish to to read
How to Block All Cookies Except for Sites You Use article which explain how this is done in popular web browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari).
Alternatively, you may wish to visit
www.allaboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wider variety of browsers.