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Website Cookie Notice

 

Cookies are small text files that are either stored in memory while you are connected with a website and then are deleted immediately afterward (“Session Cookies”), or placed on your device by websites that you visit to store some useful information that can be used on future visits to help “remember” specific choices or data entries you have made previously (“Persistent Cookies”). Cookies are widely used to help websites function as efficiently as possible, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website in some cases.

 

The table below provides greater detail regarding the cookies used by this website.

 

[Internal note: Delete or add each type of cookie used by this website from the table below – if a cookie used by this website is not listed, add a new row and complete all columns.] 

 

Cookie Types

Name(s) used by this site

Purpose

Personal Data stored within the cookie

Authentication Session Cookie

[List the name of the cookie used for this purpose

Example:

 

CookieName

 

]

This cookie, often referred to as a user session cookie, helps the web server identify the user once logged in so that it can maintain the unique connection between the user and the web server for the duration of a visit.

These cookies only exist as long as the user is connected to the web application.

[List all types of personal data stored in this cookie such as user id, name, ip address, etc. even if it is encrypted. Simply enter

 

None

 

if there is no personal data stored in the cookie]

User Input

[list all names of cookies used for this purpose

 

CookieName

 

]

These cookies are used to keep track of a user's input when filling online forms, shopping carts, etc., for the duration of a website visit, or they may be persistent cookies (cookies stored for a limited time on a user’s computer) which can be re-used the next time the user logs in before the cookie expires.  Sometimes these are used to help “auto-fill” fields a user has completed previously to help save time when entering data.

[List all types of personal data stored in this cookie such as user id, name, ip address, etc. even if it is encrypted. Simply enter

 

None

 

if there is no personal data stored in the cookie]

Load Balancing

[list all names of cookies used for this purpose

 

CookieName

 

]

These cookies are required by systems used to balance the number of users connected each group of web servers associated with a website.  They are required to make sure after a user connects that they are always communicating with the same web server.

These cookies only exist as long as the user is connected to the web application.

[List all types of personal data stored in this cookie such as user id, name, ip address, etc. even if it is encrypted. Simply enter

 

None

 

if there is no personal data stored in the cookie]

Anonymous Website Analytics

[identify the analytics processor, such as Google Analytics, or Watson Analytics]

[list all names of cookies used for anonymous website analytics

 

CookieName

 

]

These Persistent Cookies are used to collect non-personal information. The information helps us improve the Website performance. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the Website, where visitors of the Website have come from, and the pages they visited within the Website.

None

Personal Website Analytics

[identify the analytics processor, such as Google Analytics, or Watson Analytics]

[list all names of cookies used for personal website analytics

 

CookieName

 

]

These Persistent Cookies collect both personal and non-personal information. The information helps us improve the Program or generate specific reports within the Program Website as directed by the Sponsor.

[List all types of personal data stored in this cookie such as user id, name, ip address, etc. even if it is encrypted. Simply enter

 

None

 

if there is no personal data stored in the cookie]

Pop-up Cookie

 

 

[list all names of cookies used for this purpose

 

CookieName

 

]

This type of Persistent Cookie is used to determine whether or not to display a particular pop-up window when You return to the Website based upon how You closed the pop-up window during a previous visit to the Website.  If You closed a pop-up window without making a specific decision (e.g. closed it by clicking the “X” rather than making a selection from the options presented), the cookie will be saved to Your device for [enter number of days] days so You will not see the same pop-up window again, from the same device, during that time. 

[List all types of personal data stored in this cookie such as user id, name, ip address, etc. even if it is encrypted. Simply enter

 

None

 

if there is no personal data stored in the cookie]

Cookie Preference

[list the name used by BIW for this purpose

 

CookieName

 

]

This type of Persistent Cookie is used to remember Your choices made regarding optional cookies used by the Website. Where You have previously indicated a preference, Your preference will be stored in this cookie.

[List all types of personal data stored in this cookie such as user id, name, ip address, etc. even if it is encrypted. Simply enter

 

None

 

if there is no personal data stored in the cookie]

 

 

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