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Privacy Policy What is a Cookie? Internet cookies contain text information stored on your
computer. This information is either stored in the memory
of the Internet browser or on your hard drive. The creator
of the cookie has the option of determining whether or not
a cookie should stay around after you close your browser.
By default, Beantree cookies will only last the lifetime you
have your browser open. For those cookies that are placed
on your hard drive, they can be identified through your browser
options. Before we create these cookies, adequate disclosure
is given. In some instances, we give you the ability to control
the creation of these "long term" cookies.
Once a particular cookie is created, the cookie can only
be exchanged with the same web server that created the cookie.
This limits the exchange of any information stored in a cookie
to those specific sites that needed to create them. Where
greater security is required within a particular site, a cookie
can also be created to only be sent on a secure connection.
More information can be obtained through our Site Security
section. Why are Cookies used? By nature, the Internet offers a stateless medium for interaction.
What does this mean? Basically, this stateless environment
does not work well with applications that must make a distinction
between your connection and another connection. The creation
of a cookie makes it easier for an application to do the tracking
that it needs to. With something to uniquely identify you,
an application can keep track of the items in your shopping
cart versus the items that may be in your neighbor's shopping
cart.
What is stored in Cookies? Typically, we identify you through the use of your unique
login or through a session id generated by our systems. This
login is unique to the specific application that you are using.
We do not use your email address for logins, unless you elect
to use your email address in an application that allows you
to choose your login. Because these logins are application
specific, they cannot be misused by any of our other online
applications that make use of cookies.
If a session id is generated and stored in the cookie, this
id is used by our applications to store any information necessary
within our session tracking system. This does not save or
store any other information in the cookie, nor is it transmitted
to your browser in any other form. This id is only accessible
to Beantree applications which have direct access to our session
tracking system. At times, we also use cookies on certain pages of our site
to make it easier to get access to those applications. Cookies
allow you to enter your password less frequently during a
session. You are able to decline cookies, but you may be required
to reenter your login or other information more frequently.
Detecting Cookies Many modern browsers offer the ability for you to recognize
when a particular website is attempting to send you a cookie.
This is typically enabled through your Internet browser options.
Please consult your browser vendor for more information on
how to change the settings that relate to cookies.
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