What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a very small text file that is placed on an internet user's hard drive. It is generated by a web page server, which is basically the computer that operates a web site. The information the cookie contains is set by the server and it can be used by that server whenever the user visits the site. A cookie can be thought of as an internet user's identification card, which tell a web site when the user has returned.
What is the purpose of cookies?
Cookies make the interaction between users and web sites faster and easier. Without cookies, it would be very difficult for a web site to allow a visitor to fill up a shopping cart or to remember the user's preferences or registration details for a future visit.
Web sites use cookies mainly because they save time and make the browsing experience more efficient and enjoyable. Web sites often use cookies for the purposes of collecting demographic information about their users.
Cookies enable web sites to monitor their users' web surfing habits and profile them for marketing purposes (for example, to find out which products or services they are interested in and send them targeted advertisements).
Are cookies dangerous?
No. Cookies are small pieces of text. They are not computer programs, and they can't be executed as code. Also, they cannot be used to disseminate viruses, and all modern browsers allow users to set their own limitations to the number of cookies saved on their hard drives.
Can cookies threaten users' privacy?
Cookies are stored on the computer's hard drive. They cannot access the hard drive - so a cookie can't read other information saved on the hard drive, or get a user's e-mail address etc. They only contain and transfer to the server as much information as the users themselves have disclosed to a certain web site.
How we use cookies
The easilyfound website uses cookies to determine how our website visitors use the site and to enable some features to function, such as remembering the filter settings on listing pages. Details of all the cookies that are set whilst using the easilyfound website are listed below along with links to any relevant third party privacy pollicies.
Essential site cookies
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Provider |
Name |
Purpose |
Typical content |
Expires |
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easilyfound (Evangelical Alliance) |
CFID, CFTOKEN, JSESSIONID, __jid |
These cookies are essential to identify multiple requests from the same user for the duration of a session. |
Randomly generated alphanumeric string of characters |
When you close your browser |
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easilyfound (Evangelical Alliance) |
cc_cookie_accept |
This cookie is set automatically, unless you have clicked "Decline Cookies". It is also set if you click "Accept Cookies" below. |
0 or cc_cookie_accept |
1 year |
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easilyfound (Evangelical Alliance) |
cc_cookie_decline |
When you click "Decline Cookies", a cookie is set in order to remember your preference. |
cc_cookie_decline |
1 year |
You can opt in (accept) or opt out (decline) of the following optional cookies using the links below, however the act of opting out (declining to accept cookies on this site) will also disable the features that require these cookies in order to work. To enable these features you will need to reset and then accept the use of cookies on this site – note you will always have the ability to opt in or out of using these optional cookies on this site by using the links below.