General

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Two forms of cookie exist. One is maintained for the duration of a visit to a web-site (i.e. ‘session cookie’), or a second type, for monitoring on-going or repeat visits (i.e ‘persistent cookie’):

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Types of Cookie

• Session cookies - Required for website functionality but do not track user activity once the browser window is closed. Examples include: user authentication cookies, cookies which enable shopping-cart functionality, and cookies that are used to enable playback of multimedia content.
• Persistent cookies - Used to track user behaviour, including after leaving a particular website or closing the web-browser window. The most common types are those used by analytics programs and for tracking advertising. These remain active in a user’s web-browser for the period of time specified in the cookie and are activated each time the user re-visits the web-site that created that particular cookie.

Cookies used by sysc326.com

We use session cookies, not persistent cookies. This enables indvidual user actions to be linked during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the web-browser window and ends when they close the web-browser window. Session cookies are temporary. When a user closes the web-browser (i.e. ending the browsing session), session cookies are deleted.

Cookie blocking/deleting

Session cookies are harmless. They can be blocked (or deleted) if you choose to do so. You can block cookies by changing your web-browser settings (see useful links below). 

If you block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may be unable to access part of our web-site (e.g. where a log-in is needed).

Your consent

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