Sheepskin.com requires cookies in order to provide users with a rich, personalized experience while visiting our sites.  If you are using an older version of a browser that does not support cookies, you must upgrade to a newer version before you can use this site.   If you have disabled your cookies, please read more about cookies below:

On anonymous web sites such as Sheepskin.com, web servers that receive your requests for web pages have no way of knowing specifically who is making a request, and thus cannot store settings for specific users or change the page they send based on choices a user has made on another page.

Cookies solve this problem by saving settings on your (the user's) system. When your browser requests a page, it sends the settings that apply to that page along with the request. Because your browser will send back only the settings to the server that originally created them, cookies are a very secure way of maintaining data that is specific to a particular user.

Cookies can be temporary or permanent. Your browser keeps track of temporary cookies as long as it is running, but deletes them when it is shut down. Temporary cookies are used to pass information between Web pages during a single visit. (Online shopping carts are a good example of this.)

Your browser saves permanent cookies as tiny files on your system to maintain settings or data between multiple visits. "Permanent" cookies are actually set to expire at some time in the future (commonly between 30 days and a year from their creation date), and are automatically deleted from your system at that time.

Cookies are currently the only way to save personal choices between visits to a web page without having to log on each time you come to the page.



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How Does Sheepskin.com Use Cookies?

Sheepskin.com uses permanent cookies to help us retrieve your settings each time you return to our site.  We do not store any personal data in the cookie.  Instead, we store a unique number that allows us to reference the information you entered from your previous visits.  The advantage to our users is it minimizes the amount of time you spend filling out forms, so you can move quickly through the process of entering form information.



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Should I be Concerned About Cookies?

Although disabling cookies for your browser is an option, it's intended for a small minority of people with extreme security or privacy concerns. If you choose to disable cookies, you give up a lot of convenience in exchange for a small amount of perceived privacy.

For example, with or without cookies, it is currently possible for the creators of a Web site you visit to keep track of such things as the following:

• The address of the page that contained the link that brought you to their site
• All the pages you visit on their site
• Choices you made on forms on their site
• What browser you are using
• Extensions you might have added to your browser
• The operating system you are using
• The time your system clock is set to
• The absolute address (IP address) of the server that connects you to the Internet

The only thing cookies add is the ability to keep track of this type of information over multiple visits, thereby allowing the Sheepskin.com web site creators to build a more precise profile of your preferences.

But, we do not have access to personal information such as your name or your e-mail address unless you specifically give it to us.

The only information available to a Web site that comes close to identifying you specifically is the IP address, but most Internet servers provide connections for multiple users, and each user is usually assigned a new IP address randomly each time they log on.

Click here to view our privacy statement



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How do I Enable Cookies?

Changing how your browser deals with Cookies

In Internet Explorer 5 or later:

1. Click the Tools menu on your toolbar.
2. Click Internet Options.
3. Click the Security tab, and then click the Internet Web content zone. (Or, click the Trusted sites Web content zone if you have previously added MSN.COM to the Trusted sites zone. For more information about Web content zones, see Internet Explorer help.)
4. Click the Custom Level button.
5. Scroll down to the Cookies section and choose one of the three options.

In Internet Explorer 4.0:

1. Click the View menu on your toolbar.
2. Click Internet Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and pick one of the three options.

In Internet Explorer 3.0:

1. Click the View menu on your toolbar.
2. Click Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Click the button that says Warn Before Accepting "Cookies."

In Netscape Navigator 4.0:

1. Click the Edit menu on your toolbar.
2. Click Preferences.
3. Click Advanced.
4. Set your options in the section labeled "Cookies."

To View the Cookies You've Accepted

In Internet Explorer 5 or later:

1. Click the Tools menu on your toolbar.
2. Click Internet Options.
3. On the tab General tab, click Settings.
4. Click View Files.
5. Click the Internet Address heading to bring all of your cookies to the top of the list.

In Internet Explorer 4.0:

1. Click the View menu on your toolbar.
2. Click Internet Options.
3. On the tab General tab, click Settings.
4. Click View Files.

In Internet Explorer 3.0:

1. Click the View menu on your toolbar.
2. Click Options.
3. Click Advanced.
4. Click View Files.

In Netscape browsers:

Netscape bundles all cookies into one file on your hard disk drive. You'll need to find the file named Cookie.txt.



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