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Sessions and Cookies |
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What is a session? |
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The session of activity that you spend, with your unique IP address (computer from which you visited USABirthdays), during a specified period of time. If you come back to the site within that time period, it is still considered one user session because any number of visits within that 20 minutes will only count as one session. If the visitor returns to the site after the allotted time period has expired, say an hour from the initial visit, then it is counted as a separate user session.
USABirthdays uses sessions, so remember:
We dont want you to have to re-enter your order information!
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What is a cookie? |
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A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them. When you enter a Web site using cookies, you may be asked to fill out a form providing such information as your name and interests. This information is packaged into a cookie and sent to your Web browser which stores it for later use. The next time you go to the same Web site, your browser will send the cookie to the Web server. The server can use this information to present you with custom Web pages. So, for example, instead of seeing just a generic welcome page you might see a welcome page with your name on it. |
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Why is this important to me? |
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Since your session is 20 minutes, this means that once you have added a product to your shopping cart, you must go through to the next page within 20 minutes or all of your information you entered will be lost.
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| More information on how to order. |
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| More information on our privacy policy. |
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