Cookies are data files that are sent between web servers and web browsers, processor memory or hard drives (clients) to recognize a particular user’s device when the user accesses a website. They are used for a range of different purposes, such as customizing a website for a particular user, helping a user navigate a website, improving that user’s website experience, and storing that user’s preferences and login information.

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Session cookies are stored by your browser when you access a website. They do not contain personal information, however, session cookies may be used in combination with other information to identify you as a website user.

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Third-party cookies consist of website usage logs and Google reCAPTCHA, Google Analytics. Google reCAPTCHA is a service that protects our website from spam and abuse. It uses advanced risk analysis techniques to tell humans and bots apart. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our website. The information generated by these cookies (including your truncated IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your, and other users’, use of our website, and compiling reports for us on website activity.