Cookies

Cookies are bits of electronic information that can be transferred to a user's hard drive to customize a person's usage of a product or website, keep records of a user's access to a website or product, or store information needed by the user on a regular basis. The use of cookies is typically associated with websites. ODS uses cookies. For example, when you sign in, ODS stores your user ID and a combination of your IP address and time of login as a cookie on your hard drive. This cookie allows you to move from page to page without having to sign in again on each page. Similarly, if you enter information during your session, such as search keywords, this will be stored as a cookie and you will not have to re-enter such information during that session.

If you do not want cookies to be used, you may make certain changes to the preferences of your browser. You may use ODS’s service with certain limitations, in particular regarding the features of the service, the display of information and suggestions based on your history or users similar to you.