COOKIES

Objectives
To make the site work properly, Project STOP sometimes places small data files called cookies on the visitor’s device. Most big websites do this too. By using the website and agreeing to this policy, the visitor consents to Project STOP use of cookies in accordance with the terms of the present policy.

Definition
Cookie: A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on the user computer or mobile device when the visit the site. It enables the Project STOP or third party website to remember visitor’s actions and preferences (such as login, language, and font size and other display preferences) over a period. Like this, the visitor do not have to keep re-entering them whenever he/she comes back to the site or browse from one page to another.Cookies often include unique identifiers, that are sent by web servers to web browsers, and which may then be sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.Web servers can use cookies to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website, and to identify users returning to a website.

How are cookies used by Project STOP
Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies the visitor. Personal information that is stored about the visitor may be linked, by , to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. The cookies used on the website include those which are strictly necessary for access and navigation, cookies that track usage (performance cookies), remember the visitor choices (functionality cookies), and cookies that provide the visitor with targeted content or advertising.
Project STOP may use the information obtained from the visitor’s use of the cookies for the following purposes:
1. to enable the use and functionality of the website
2. to analyse the visitors’ behaviour on the website and to improve the user experience