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NCMS uses server software which automatically writes cookies.  You can configure your browser to reject cookies automatically, or to allow you to decide each time you request a page from a website whether or not to accept a cookie from that site.  Some pages from some websites will not function unless you accept the cookie.

For this website, cookies are entirely optional.  All features will function normally whether or not you choose to accept the cookie.

Cookies are often useful, and usually harmless.  However, there is at least the potential for abuse, since it allows tracking of an individual's patterns of on-line behavior.  Some people feel that the most problematic aspect of cookies is that they can be applied surreptitiously, since many users are unaware of the fact that their browsers can alert them when cookies are being written.  That is why we have provided this notice.

NCMS will use any information derived from cookies only for generating usage statistics on NCMS sites.  We will not give information about any individual user derived from these cookies to any third party.

For more information on cookies, see the article on cookies at whatis.com, or find a more detailed discussion at Cookie Central.