Cookies

A cookie is either a small text file that is stored on your hard drive or some information that is stored in memory until you close your browser. Examples of how SRAOD may use cookies include:

• To save you time in almost any action, SRAOD uses a "session cookie" that is temporarily stored when you log into our service. With this type of cookie, you can avoid the repetitive task of entering your User ID and Password when you want to view a page, store a bookmark, access your Workspace area, or create a margin note. For your safety, this type of cookie will automatically expire and log you out of SRAOD if you're inactive on the Web site for more than 60 minutes. NOTE: If you wish to remove this cookie from your browser at any time, simply exit your browser, and then restart it. The cookie will be gone;
• To record your preferences, so the next time you return to our site your choice of, for example, citation format or default highlighter color is just as you last set them;
• To assist us in evaluating the design and layout of our Web site; and
• To help evaluate the effectiveness of our partner relationships, we may receive a cookie telling us where you came from.

There is some concern that cookies can access and read other information stored on your hard drive or that personal information about you stored in a cookie can be read by other Web sites. First, cookies stored on your system cannot access other information stored on your system. Second, a cookie can only be accessed by the same domain server that sent it. For example, a cookie sent by us cannot be read by any other site (e.g., AnotherSite.com). Detailed information about cookies and a "Frequently Asked Questions" presentation may be reviewed at http://www.cookiecentral.com and http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/ respectively.