Cookie Policy

Latest Revision – March 2024

Web browser cookies are information saved in your browser when interacting with our website; your browser sends these cookies to our web server while using our site and our site can direct your browser to add, change, or remove cookies as needed. Our website uses cookies for purposes such as enhanced functionality, convenience, and usage tracking, as described below.

The cookies stored in your browser can be managed in your web browser settings.

COMMENTS

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for 1 year.

Additional cookies will be set to track comment authors so you can edit your comments for a short time.  These cookies will last up to 90 minutes.

SITE ACCOUNT

If you have an account and you log in to this site (eg. to participate in the PCC Discussion Group), we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies may last up to 1 year, and screen options cookies last for a year.  If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for up to 1 year.  If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

ANALYTICS

If you consent to allowing Analytics cookies, several cookies will be set which facilitate tracking and analyzing website usage.  These cookies have expirations up to 2 years, as described at https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.

SECURITY

Our site can use cookies to improve the security and accuracy of our firewall. A total of 2 cookies may be set for this purpose.

The first potential cookie performs a capability check of the current user before our website has been loaded.

Who gets this cookie: This is only set for users that are able to log in to our site.

How this cookie helps: This cookie allows the our firewall to detect logged in users and allow them increased access. It also allows our firewall to detect non-logged in users and restrict their access to secure areas. The cookie also lets the firewall know what level of access a visitor has to help the firewall make smart decisions about who to allow and who to block.

The second potential cookie is used to notify the website admin when an administrator logs in from a new device.

Who gets this cookie: This is only set for users who log in.

How this cookie helps: This cookie helps site owners know whether there has been a user login from a new device.

PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR RIGHTS

Additional details about how we use, store and share information about you, and your rights regarding it, are in our Privacy Policy.