What is a cookie?

Functionality of Cookies: Cookies are essential tools that help enhance your browsing experience. They store preferences and user information to ensure that our website operates efficiently and effectively. We use cookies from both our organization and third parties, and you have the freedom to control these through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality available on our website.

We only use cookies set by the website owner, which are called “first party cookies.” Of those cookies, we only use “essential cookies,” or cookies that are strictly necessary to provide you with the System.

Most of the cookies that we deploy are “session” cookies, which are temporary cookies that expire once you close your browser or your session ends. We also drop “persistent” cookies in limited circumstances, which are cookies that remain on your hard drive until you erase them or your browser does, depending on the cookie’s expiration date. As detailed below, we use information from cookies for purposes such as (i) identifying returning users and registrants and (ii) enabling you to move more easily around our System.

You may set your browser to refuse all cookies. For guidance on how to block cookies, refer to the 'manage cookies' section or the help menu of your browser. Be aware that refusing cookies may impair website functionality and your user experience.

Email Tracking and User Engagement

Our emails may include a "web beacon pixel" that helps us identify if and when an email is opened and track interactions such as link clicks within the email. This data helps us tailor our communication to better suit your interests. If you prefer not to have the pixel track your activity, you can choose to view emails in plain text or disable images.