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My HealtheVet's Use of CookiesThe My Healthe system uses temporary session cookies to simplify the process of displaying your information. "Cookies" are pieces of information that are stored locally on your system. Some cookies are stored in a file on your hard drive, and can remain there for a long time. The My Healthe system does not use that kind of cookie. The only information stored on your system is a temporary session cookie that does not contain any personal information, but provides the ability for the My Healthe system to know who you are as you move from page to page without forcing you to reenter your information. As soon as you log off the My Healthe system or close the browser window, the temporary session cookie is erased. It is also erased whenever the connection is lost for any reason. Here is an sample of a temporary session cookie on the My Healthe system Name: "ASPSESSIONIDGGGGGHTK" Domain: www.health-evet.va.gov/ Path: "/" Expires: "End of session" Secure: "No" Data: "MLKLAOPCAMLGJNPEFDDNEDNO" Our policy is to explain what information each cookie collects and how that information is used. If you encounter a cookie at the this Web site and there is no explanation or the explanation is not clear or reasonable, please let us know. Information Collected for Statistical PurposesBelow is an example of the information collected based on a standard request for a World Wide Web document:
Connections via many Internet Service Providers (ISP) assign different IP addresses for each session, so the host name identifies only the ISP. If the computer has a fixed IP address, that address may still be masked if your request is routed through a proxy server. Most ISPs and company Web sites use proxy servers to route Internet traffic. The host name (or IP address) may identify a specific computer only if that computer has a fixed IP address and is not routed through a proxy server.
Requests for other types of documents use similar information.
Reviewed/Updated: August 2, 2001
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