Privacy Statement and Use of Cookies

Many websites use "cookies" to help personalize a respondent's online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on the hard drive of a computer by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

If you choose to decline cookies, a request to respond to this survey will appear every time you visit the HUD USER website during the survey period.

HUD USER survey places a session-level cookie on each respondents' browser to track which sections of the website were visited. Session level cookies are automatically deleted at the end of a session. We use this technique to generate a customized survey based on the visitor's interest in a particular section of the website. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted on a set expiration date. The expiration date will be no more than 12 (twelve) weeks from the date of your visit. This persistent cookie will only be used to track that a particular respondent has seen the survey and has completed or denied the survey so as not to be bothered with it again. In no way will HUD USER collect any personal information with this persistent cookie. Nor will we track any visitor once they have left the site.

If you don't want us to put a "cookie" on your computer, just follow these instructions. You will still be able to use the entire website.

Instructions:

If you don't want us to set cookies on your computer, just follow these steps.

Netscape 4.5
At the top of the screen, click EDIT, then click PREFERENCES.
The Preferences dialogue box should appear.
Within the Preferences dialogue box, in the left-hand side, click the Advanced text as shown in the figure below.

The options for setting cookies appears in lower right of this dialogue box.
After you have selected the option you want, click OK to save this setting and exit.
That's it!

Internet Explorer 5.x
At the top of the screen, click Tools, then click Internet Options.
Click the Security tab.
The Internet Options dialogue box should now look like the image below.

Note: Internet Explorer 5.x allows you to specify different security settings for different security zones. (For an explanation of Security Zones, see the Internet Explorer Help Guide under HELP then CONTENTS AND INDEX).
To enable/disable cookies in your current security zone, click the Custom Level button at the bottom on the dialogue box.
The Security Settings dialogue box will appear. Within this dialogue box, scroll down until you see options for setting cookies, as shown below.


There are two different kinds of cookies, permanent and per-session cookies. You can disable or enable these by clicking the appropriate option for each. If you select the Prompt option, you will be prompted for each cookie on a case by case basis.

When you have selected the options you want, click OK to save your settings and exit the Security Settings dialogue box. Then click OK to exit the Internet Options dialogue box.