General Information

The operators and maintainers of Cognitus.net respect the privacy of its users and will protect that privacy as vigorously as possible.

Cognitus.net does not collect information that personally identifies individual users of the site except when a user provides such information on a voluntary basis. There may be occasions where specific personal information is requested before a user can enter certain sections of a Cognitus.net site.

In all cases, Cognitus.net will collect only information that is voluntarily provided by the user and undertakes that such information will be kept strictly confidential. Individual user information provided to the Cognitus.net to gain access to the Cognitus.net site will not be sold or made available to a third party without the expressed consent of the user.

Cognitus.net reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics, in order to measure interest in and use of the various sections of the site so as to improve design and navigation and to gather marketing information. Only aggregated data from these analyses, not individual data, will be used for this purpose.

Cookies

Users should be aware that certain non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by the Cognitus.net through the use of "cookies". "Cookies" are small text files that identify an individual computer's browser to the web site. They allow the site to track that browser's movement through the site over multiple sessions. Through cookies, a web site can recognize repeat users, facilitate the user's access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behavior that will allow improvements in content. Cognitus.net uses cookies only for the above-mentioned purposes and will not use them to identify users or to track usage outside of the Cognitus.net site.

If you do not want a cookie placed on your computer by Cognitus.net, you may disable cookies altogether by modifying the preferences section of your browser. Note that it is possible that some aspects of Cognitus.net may be unavailable to you if you choose this option.

External Sites

Links to content external to Cognitus.net may be provided on the site. Cognitus.net is not responsible for the content of any such external site. All such links to external sites, except to those described below in the section titled "Third Party Advertising", will open in new window.

Third Party Advertising

Advertisements appearing on the Cognitus.net site are delivered to you by Google and Amazon. Information about your visits to this site, such as number of times you have viewed an ad, may be used to serve ads to you.