IPMPC Web Site Policy on Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Effective Date:  June 20, 2018

​Cookies save you the trouble of reentering certain information in some registration areas and help us to track which sections of the site are most popular. A ‘cookie’ is actually a file that our web server or the web server of one of our third-party partners may send to your computer when you access one of our sites.  This file is then stored on your computer.

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Why do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?

We use cookies and related technologies for the following purposes:

• After you have entered personal information into a form or data field on our site, cookies enable the site to ‘remember’ that information, should you so choose.

• Cookies and other passive information collection technologies enable us to compile aggregate statistics concerning use of the site, analyze trends, and otherwise administer and improve the site.

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What types of cookies and other tracking technologies do we use?

Our site may use the following types of cookies and tracking technologies, among others:

• “Session” cookies: Session cookies are temporary bits of information that are erased once you exit your web browser window or otherwise turn your computer off.  Session cookies are used, for example, to improve navigation on our web sites and to collect aggregated statistical information.

• “Persistent” cookies: Persistent cookies are more permanent bits of information that are placed on the hard drive of your computer and stay there unless you delete the cookie.  Persistent cookies store information on your computer for a number of purposes, such as retrieving certain information you have previously provided (e.g., Login ID) and helping to determine what areas of the web site visitors find most valuable.

• “Web beacons” (also known as internet tags, single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, and invisible GIFs): A web beacon is a piece of software code on a web page or in an e-mail message that is used to track pages viewed or messages opened.  Web beacons tell the web site server information such as the IP address and browser type related to the visitor's computer.  Web beacons may be placed on different pages of our site.  Web beacons provide us with information on how many times a page is opened and which information is consulted.

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What choices do you have regarding the use of cookies?

Most internet browsers allow you to change your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, which lets you choose whether or not to accept it, or to automatically refuse all cookies.  Please be aware that some functionality of our web site that relies on the use of cookies may not be available should you choose to refuse all cookies.