1.What
is a Cookie?
A cookie is a tiny piece of text asking permission to be placed
on your computer's hard drive. If you agree, then your browser
adds the text in a small file.
If you have set your browser to notify you before accepting a cookie,
you will notice that our website requests a cookie to be set on
your computer. Its purpose is to let us know when you visit our
website. This cookie, by itself, only tells us that a previous global-batteries
visitor has returned. It doesn't tell us your e-mail address or
who you are. If you want to give us that information later via registration,
that's your choice.
2.Why are Cookies Persistent?
If the web server does not detect a Unique ID for your session,
it will generate one and send it to the client in the form of a
cookie. So, if you accept the cookie, you only get it once. If you
do not accept the cookie, it will try to send you one with every
hit until you accept it. This means every page and item on that
page you request from our website will come with a cookie request
unless you already have one.
3.Are All Cookies The Same?
No. We have two kinds; temporary or session cookies, and permanent,
or log cookies. Temporary cookies are necessary to maintain the
user session and tell our server which page to pull up next. Permanent
cookies are used to facilitate personalization and registration
services.
4.So What Does A Cookie Do
For Me, The Visitor?
There are several immediate advantages on our website that you
can see through the use of cookies. For example, when you are
browsing in our online store, you can add items to your shopping
cart and return several days later to pick up where you left off,
with the items still in the cart.
Also, special offers from ad banners and special access areas of
the site will soon be easier to use with the cookie technology.
Overall, cookies help us give you a better Web site to use, by letting
us monitor what's working and what isn't through site traffic analysis.
For example, a cookie may allow you to tell us what information
you prefer to read and what you don't.
5.Why Do I Need to Know This?
Because we want you to know why we ask you to accept a cookie.
We want to be sure you understand that accepting a cookie in no
way gives us access to your computer or any personal information
about you. We know that a lot of people have concerns about cookies,
but in talking with many of our users, we feel that the benefit
we both gain from their proper use is worthwhile. We value the
relationships we have with our customers and future customers,
so we respect these concerns.
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