Links to Third-party Sites
Our web site may provide links to outside web sites as a service to our users. Please be aware that we cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection practices of such third party web sites. We encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies on these web sites before providing any information to them.

Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of information that our web server places on your computer's hard drive when you visit our web site. Cookies cannot read your hard disk or make any information collected by use of a cookie available to any third party. We use a combination of persistent and session cookies to help personalize the experience of users who are logged into our private member areas. Session cookies are used on most websites that require user logins, including those of the US and Canadian governments, and do not in any way compromise your privacy or security. The session cookie we use contains an alphanumeric identifier that is unique to your browser. When you close your browser, the cookie is permanently disabled.

You do not need to have cookies turned on to use or navigate through most areas of our web site. If you prefer not to receive any cookies while browsing our web site, you can set your browser to refuse all cookies, including per-session cookies.

If you are a member and wish to access the password protected member areas of our web site as a registered user, you will need to allow "per-session" cookies. These are only stored on your computer for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser or log out of our web site.

If you are an approved registered member user and experience difficulty when trying to log-in to our member area with the username/password provided by the site administrator, please check your browser settings to make sure that you allow session cookies.