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Cookies and the Institution web site

 

Why are cookies used on the IET Web sites?

In broad terms, cookies are used to store information that is needed in order for your Web site session to be maintained and for you to be supplied with the services that you are requesting. If you are only browsing text pages, you may reject cookies set by the sites if you prefer. However, in certain areas, services may not work as intended if you reject cookies. This is especially true where what you do on one page, or in one visit, affects the next. For example:

  • Your log-on is maintained by setting cookies. There are additional log-in cookies in the discussions and the associated live chat. Please ensure that you accept all of these cookies if you wish to register and/or log on to the site.
  • Also in the discussions, cookies are used to record some information about your last visit. The aim is to be able to offer you quick access to the new postings when you next visit. These are permanent cookies. You can delete these additional cookies if you wish - it will just mean that the site cannot indicate new messages.
  • When you buy publications, cookies are used to maintain your shopping basket; again, without accepting cookies you will not be able to use the shop properly.
  • If the Institution is currently conducting user feedback trials, cookies may be used to record the fact that you have seen the invitation to take part in these. The aim is to avoid showing you the invitation repeatedly. If you reject these cookies, you may see the message a number of times.
  • Some site advertising may be drawn from third party advertising servers. Advertising mainly appears mainly in the Technical & Professional Networks, and in the Industry Sectors. Third-party servers may set cookies in accordance with their own policies. The IET does not provide any personal information to such third parties. Your use of the IET site will not be affected should you decide not to accept third party cookies.

What do the cookies set by the IET Web sites contain?

  • The authorisation ("log-on") cookies simply contain numbers identifying you as an individual logged-on user. This avoids the need to send your user name and password every time that you request a page (which is what your browser does in many log-on systems); therefore, the aim is enhanced security. No personal information is stored in these cookies. If you choose not to use "Remember Me", the cookies are deleted when you log off the site or close your browser.
  • The shop uses your existing authorisation cookies to keep track of the contents of your shopping basket, rather than setting additional ones.The discussion area sets two cookies, one for the last date you visited, and one for the latest posts you have seen.

Cookies - general information

Cookies are small pieces of text that a Web site can store on your computer and recover later. Session cookies only last as long as you are logged in or have your browser open. Permanent cookies are stored on your disc for use the next time you visit the site.