Cookies
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are text files that contain a small amount of information which is downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then returned to the originating website or to other websites that recognise the cookies to assist with customising the user experiance.
Do Cookies Affect My Privacy?
Cookies are stored on the users computer, they cannot access the hard drive therefore cookies cannot read any other information saved on the hard drive. Only information that you have disclosed to the website will be transferred between you and the server. Skillswork does not sell your iinformation to third parties.
Are They Dangerous?
The answer is simply NO as cookies are only small pieces of text. They are not computer programs and cannot be executed as code. Therefore they cannot be used to distribute viruses or malicious programmes. The majority of browsers let users set their own limits on cookie usage.
Cookies On Skillswork.co.uk
Cookies perform lots of different roles, such as assisting you with navigating between pages and remembering your online preferences such as language and currency settings, generally improving the user experience. They also help to ensure adverts you see online are relevant to you and your interests.
Performance Cookies?
Cookies only collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance what pages visitors go to most often and what buttons and links are used primarily. These cookies don’t collect information that can identify a user. All information gathered by cookies is anonymous and only used to improve the website’s performance and how it operates. Cookies allow the website to remember choices that you made such as your region or language preferences to provide more enhanced and personal features.
How To Turn Off Cookies?
If you wish you can disable cookies from your browser and delete all cookies currently stored on the computer. However this may prevent some functionality on certain websites that you have visited. Find Out More…