Cookies Policy

1. A cookie is a text file, a string of information saved at the end users hard drive which helps the server to recognize the user when he revisits the webpage. Cookies are used when entering and leaving the website. They are not used to establish the identity of the user, but of the device.

2. SPCC uses session cookies and persistent cookies in order to:
   -Maintain the users session (the user doesn’t have to re-enter the details each time whilst using the website or entering a new page)
   -Verify that the questionnaire has been filled in no more than once
   -Collect statistical data

This helps to precisely recognize each users individual needs and offer services more suitable to each users preferences.

3. Each user has the right to disagree to use cookies on their device. If the user wishes to disable cookies, he needs to change internet software browsing settings. If those settings are not changed, we assume that the user gives his consent for using cookies at the SPCC website.

4. How to change cookie settings in the most popular internet browsers:

Google Chrome

Click on the menu (in the upper right corner) in the browser toolbar, select Settings > click Show advanced settings.In the "Privacy" section, click the Content settings button. In the "Cookies" section, you can change the following cookies settings:

Delete cookies

Block cookies by default

Allow cookies by default

Keep cookies and site data by default until you quit your browser

Make exceptions for cookies from specific websites or domains

Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0

From the browser’s menu (upper right corner): Tools > Internet Options > Privacy, Sites button. Select the level of settings and confirm by clicking OK.

Mozilla Firefox

From the browser’s menu: Firefox> Options > Privacy. Activate the field Firefox will: “use custom settings for history”.

You can change the cookie settings by clicking the option: “Accept cookies from sites”.

Opera

From the browser’s menu: Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Cookies. You can change the cookie settings by clicking the option: “Accept”

Safari

Choose Safari > Preferences, and then click Privacy. In the “Block cookies” section, specify if and when Safari should accept cookies from websites.

5. If cookies are disabled, it may mean that you experience reduced functionality at the SPCC website.