While our visitors have not made cookies an issue, there is a lot of hype about cookies in the press. CSI would like to demystify the issue with some simple explanations.
Cookies are small bits of information that are exchanged between Web browser and Web server. Because the information is saved by your browser, it can maintain information between visits to a Web site. Many news services use this to offer custom pages-you enter your interests into a form, the information is saved into a cookie, and the next time you go to the page, it has your favorite stock listed at the top, articles relating to your interests, etc.
Note that the only personal information that can be put into a cookie is information you give out. For instance, a Web site cannot greet you by name unless you give it your name. Similarly, cookies cannot "snoop" your hard drive, steal your credit card number, or have access to personal information that you don't volunteer. And on top of this, both Navigator and Explorer have preference menus for disabling cookies.
CSI currently sets two cookies. Both are triggered when a user registers or logs into certain databases. One is a random number used as a visitor ID. The other is your e-mail address. Our database uses this to custom-build pages on the fly - and to make sure that you don't have to enter information repeatedly.
CSI is excited about the possibilities of creating custom experiences for our visitors. But we are also interested in ensuring that you are comfortable with the technology we use. Therefore, CSI will continue to publish helpful information about the site, and we encourage visitors to take advantage of each browser's configuration capabilities.
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