Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to �remember� you, either for the duration of your visit (using a �session cookie�) or for repeat visits (using a �persistent cookie�).

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website.

Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier.

On FloodStation cookies are used to store your permission levels for the different FloodStation modules. FloodStation doesn�t use cookies to target advertising or marketing.

Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (�first party cookies�) or they may be set by other websites who run content on the page you are viewing (�third party cookies�).

What is in a cookie?

A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website�s server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what�s in your shopping basket.

What to do if you don�t want cookies to be set

It is possible to block some or all cookies, or even to delete cookies that have already been set; but you need to be aware that due to the way FloodStation uses cookies to store your module permissions; most of the site will become unusable.