PRIVACY : COOKIES : RESPONSIBILITIES

We take your privacy seriously. Consequently we never make your email address available to any third party, unless you specifically request us to. We do not collect any personal information about you for any purpose. Where we use cookies, this is to provide us with anonymous statistical information about how our pages are being used so that we can optimize our site for our users. So, for example, we measure how long a user remains on our site before moving on, but information is always anonymous. Another use of cookies is to make the use of our site more pleasant for you, for example by remembering what you have already searched for. You can always delete every cookie Aircrew Remembered sets in your browser, and if you do, the only consequence is that your next visit will be treated by us as if it were your first visit.

What is a cookie?
A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a very small text file. It is generated by a web server, which is the computer that operates a web site. The information the cookie contains is set by the server and it can be used by that server whenever the user visits the site.

What does a cookie look like??
Below is the content of a typical cookie. This one is from the Hotmail service and has the filename [email protected] (.txt is the filename extension for text files):
HMP1 1 hotmail.msn.com/ 0 1715191808
32107852 1236821008 29449527 *
(This particular file will only make sense to Microsoft's MSN Hotmail servers.)

What is the purpose of cookies?
Cookies make the interaction between users and web sites faster and easier. Without cookies, it would be difficult for a web site to allow a visitor to fill up a shopping cart or to remember the user's preferences or registration details for a future visit, as examples. Our site uses cookies mainly because they save time and make the browsing experience more efficient and enjoyable and because they provide us with anonymous information about how our site is being used, so we can improve it.

Session, or transient cookies.
These are cookies that are stored in the computer's memory only during a user's browsing session and are automatically deleted from the user's computer when the browser is closed. These cookies usually store a session identifier that is not personally identifiable to users, allowing you to move from page to page without having to log-in repeatedly. Session cookies are never written on the hard drive and they do not collect any information from the user's computer. Session cookies expire at the end of the user's browser session and can also become no longer accessible after the session has been inactive for a specified length of time, usually 20 minutes. Our site sets session cookies to enable us to analyse how our pages are being used. This information is aggregated and nothing is ever associated with you individually.

Permanent, persistent, or stored cookies
These are cookies that are stored on the user's computer and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies can retain user preferences for a particular web site, allowing those preferences to be used in future browsing sessions. One example might be a username, a cookie for which would mean the user doesn't have to put a username in every time he or she visits. Permanent cookies can be used to identify individual users, so they may be used by web sites to analyse users' surfing behaviour within the web site. These cookies can also be used to provide information about numbers of visitors, the average time spent on a particular page and generally the performance of the web site. They are usually configured to keep track of users for a prolonged period of time, in some cases many years into the future. Our use is restricted to anonymous data: we don't note any details about you personally. You can always delete permanent cookies in your browser.

Are cookies dangerous?
No. Cookies are small pieces of text. They are not computer programs, and they can't be executed as code. Also, they cannot be used to disseminate viruses, and modern browsers allow users to set their own limitations to the number of cookies saved on their hard drives.

Can cookies threaten users' privacy?
Those cookies stored in memory or on the computer's hard drive cannot access the hard drive - so a cookie can't read other information saved on the hard drive, or get a user's e-mail address etc. Cookies only contain and transfer to the server as much information as users themselves have disclosed to a certain web site.

Our Use Of Click Counters
Certain of the links on our site are specially encoded by us to count the number of times users visit these links. This information helps us decide which pages and types of pages to feature or emphasise so as to maximise the value of our site to readers. Counting only tallies the number of times a link is clicked, it does not record who clicked it. The count is kept entirely within our site: our Editorial team are the only ones who can see what has been counted.

Our Responsibilities.
Aircrew Remembered provides information on this website for general information purposes only. We endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, but we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website. Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of Aircrew Remembered. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorsement by us of the views expressed within them. Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly, however, we take no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being unavailable for any reason.

We do not store any personal information about you on our site. Where you make a donation via PayPal we never know your credit card or bank details, these are never held by us. When you donate via cheque, other than a courtesy thankyou via email, no record is kept of this transaction.

When you add an entry to our Guestbook, your email address is required so that we can validate your entry, but your address is never used for any other purpose and does not leave the Guestbook software suite. Access to our Guestbook is protected by passwords.

When you Submit a Ticket to our Helpdesk, your email address is required so that we can respond appropriately, but other than for that purpose your email address does not leave the Helpdesk suite and is not stored by us for any other purpose. Access to the Heldesk is restricted by passwords.

We do not use your email address to enrol you into a newsletter service from our site because we do not offer such a service.

Our Archive Reports offer a monitoring service whereby you may be informed every time something changes on a page in which you express an interest. By registering you automatically authorise the service to contact you when a change occurs using the email address you have provided. The email address you submit to the monitoring service is held by them, not us, and if you are concerned you should contact them directly.

You can ask us to delete your email address from our Helpdesk and Guestbook in which case we will have no means of responding to you unless you contact us again in the future.

Searches made by you on our site using either the Site Search facility or the Database Search Facility are not tracked or recorded by us and we have no way of knowing what you have searched for. External searches made through Search Engines such as Google and Bing may be recorded by them and used by them for their own purposes, but we have no information on these searches. If you are concerned you should use a Search Engine which does not track you, such as DuckDuckGo.

When you click a social media button on our site, such as Facebook or Pinterest, your activity is recorded by them, not us, and no information about you is sent to us. We receive aggregated information about how many people have clicked, but not who has done so. If you are concerned about the use of information by social media companies, do not use the social media buttons we provide solely for your convenience.

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