How EMIS-online uses cookies

We may obtain information about your usage of the EMIS-online common room by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us to:

• store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise the common room according to your individual interests, and
• recognise you when you return to the common room.

You may refuse to accept cookies by unchecking the tick box on the common room log in screen. However, if you select this setting you will be unable to access the common room. The common room will issue cookies when you log on. By logging on you are giving consent for a cookie to be stored on your computer.

EMIS online does not store any personal identifiable or sensitive information in its cookie such as names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.

How to activate cookies in Internet Explorer

How to activate cookies in Mozilla Firefox

How to activate cookies in Internet Explorer (Windows XP)

1. On the desktop of your computer, go to the Control Panel. Find the Internet Options icon and double click it. If you are not sure how to get to your Control Panel you can click your Windows start button, go to settings and choose Control Panel.
2. A new screen will appear. Click the Privacy tab. You should either see a slider similar to the one pictured below, or the word custom (if you see the word custom, follow the instructions for advanced users instead).
3. By default, this should be set to medium, if it is all the way at the top, move it down until the word medium is displayed, as this is the highest level which will allow the common room login cookie to work properly. Click OK, close all your open IE windows, and restart IE.

How to activate cookies in Mozilla Firefox

1. In your browser, click on the "Tools" option, and then on the "Options" item. A popup will appear, select the "Privacy" tab on the top of this popup.
2. Select "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down list, you will now be presented with a list of options.
3. Within Mozilla Firefox, by default, the option to "Accept cookies from sites" is automatically selected. However if this option is unselected, you will not be able to access the commonroom and other features of this site.

Instructions for advanced Users

1. If you have not followed steps 1-2 above, do so now. Click the Advanced... button.
2. Check Override automatic cookie handling and select Accept under both 'First party Cookies' and 'Third party Cookies'. Also, Check 'Always allow session cookies'.
3. Click OK out of Internet options - close all your open IE6 windows, and restart IE.

Alternate instructions for those who require the medium-high or high privacy options

1. In the Privacy tab, click Edit... in the Web Sites section.
2. In The Address of Web Site box, type in http://www.emis-online.com then click Allow. This will enable all servers in the emis-online domain to set and read cookies unless you have the privacy settings explicitly set to block or allow all cookies.
3. Click OK out of Internet Options – close all your open IE6 windows, and restart IE.