Cookies are small text, image or data files or tag code snippets placed on your device by websites that you visit or access. They are widely used to make websites work and function with greater efficiency, and to provide customization and to improve website performance. Some Cookies stay on your device only for the duration of your web session and expire when you exit your browser; other Cookies remain longer than your web session, including after you exit your browser, for example to remember you when you return to the website. Cookies are important in provisioning many online services. Cookies collect certain standard information from your browser, such as your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, operating system, cookie data, access times, user-agent string, and click-stream behavior. OneStudyTeam uses this information to monitor the usage of our Website and Services and to understand how to serve our users better. Nonetheless, their use requires that users are properly informed about how they operate and the consequences deriving from their installation, so that users have the choice to refuse them, if feasible.
Session and persistent cookies
Cookies can expire at the end of a browsing session or they can be stored for a longer period. Session cookies are cookies that last for a browsing session, which is the time between when a user opens the browser window to when he/she exits the browser window. Persistent cookies are stored on the User's device and are reused between sessions.
Session Cookies:
Session cookies allow Sites to link the actions of a user during a browsing session. Session cookies are used for a variety of purposes, such as remembering user input for online forms and providing a secure way to maintain communication with a Site when doing things like shopping online or using webmail. As mentioned, session cookies expire after a browsing session, and are deleted automatically as soon as the browser is shut down. They are limited to the purpose of transmitting data to identify the specific session and allow private and efficient Site surfing. Session cookies used in Sites avoid computer methods that could potentially compromise User privacy, and are made up of random numbers created by the Site that have nothing to do with a User or their information.
Persistent Cookies:
Persistent cookies are stored on a user's device in between browsing sessions which allow the preferences or actions of the user across a Site to be remembered. Persistent cookies may be used for a variety of Site enhancement purposes including user preferences and customization choices when using a Site.
