Privacy policy
The Polar View website logs your IP address which is automatically recognised by the web server.
We will not collect any information about you except that required for conducting business with you, or system administration of
the Web server. The information collected will not be sold or rented; not will it be shared with third parties.
Our use of cookies
Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device,
for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. We use cookies to collect information about your
activity on the website. Cookies do not contain any personal information. If you choose not to accept the
cookie, this will not affect your access to any of the facilities on this website. Cookies are used for specific purposes and those purposes
are outlined on this page.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
- enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task
- recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested
- measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast
You can manage these small files yourself and learn more about them through
Internet browser cookies - what they are and how to manage them
and
www.aboutcookies.org
1. Cookies for storing user preferences
The website optionally saves the user's choice of web interface - low-bandwidth or high-bandwidth option. This is a choice a user
can make on the landing page when calling www.polarview.aq.
Name: pv_version
Typical content: string describing the user's choice
Expires: 90 days
2. Cookies for improving our service
Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This to
ensure that the service is available when you want it and fast.
For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to the
Google Code website.
Name: _utma
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 2 years
Name: _utmb
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 30 minutes
Name: _utmc
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: when user exits browser
Name: _utmz
Typical content: randomly generated number + info on how the site was reached (e.g. directly or via a link, organic search or paid search)
Expires: 6 months
Summary of terms
Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
Cookie
Message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then stored by the browser at a location on the user’s hard disc.
Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. Cookies are often used to identify users and personalise
their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site using cookies
will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests.
IP (Internet Protocol)
All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the technical standard which allows data to be transmitted between two
devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and
that the messages are understood.
IP address
If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this: 198.184.98.9
Web Server
Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.