A cookie is a text file that is sent to your computer via your web browser when you visit websites that use cookies. The 'log in' function and other areas of the site require cookies to be enabled. Cookies identify the computer being used but cannot identify an individual user. Cookies are small files which many websites transfer to your hard disk but do not:
- Identify you the individual user
- Carry personal information (such as your name or bank account number)
- Harm your PC
The Dyscovery Centre uses cookies to bring you a more personalised website visit. They follow the trail of your visit and provide information to help build up a picture of what interests you have so that The Dyscovery Centre can try its best to provide information that is pertinent to you.
If you have set your browser not to use cookies this facility does not work. Please be aware that disallowing cookies may also affect the way the website can work but will not affect the security of encrypted online financial transactions you may have authorised.
The Dyscovery Centre also looks at the statistics of the use of the website to try to make sure the site is delivering the right information to the right people in the most appropriate way.
Personal data
The Dyscovery Centre can only access your personal data if you provide it. On this site there are several areas where you are asked to give personal data e.g. registering to the site.When you give us personal information you can be confident that its use will be restricted to The Dyscovery Centre unless you have given us consent to do otherwise. If you give us your name, postal address or email address and you have consented to receive further information from us, you may be mailed with occasional information from us such as keeping you up to date with our work or with new developments on the site.
Security
To make the most of the security on our site, it is recommended that you use either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5.5 or higher, both of which enable SSLs. It is also recommended that you set your browsers preferences to accept cookies and enable JavaScript.