I do not store cookies for any other reason than to see statistics about visits to the content of my site.
cook•ie
noun /ˈkoÍokÄ“/
cookies, plural
- A small sweet cake, typically round, flat, and crisp
- A person of a specified kind
- a tough cookie with one eye on her bank account
- A packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server
In the case of this website, Ringo's World only has cookies of the 3rd definition. Please note that cookies can't harm your computer and I don't store personal information in the cookies created. Most web browsers have cookies enabled. If you don't want to enable cookies, you'll still be able to browse the site. To disable cookies on your browser, please go to http://aboutcookies.org/.
Ringo's World uses Google Analytics to help improve the areas of subjects that are written about on my site. Although the guidance on the EU Cookie Law states that sites should ask their visitors to Opt-In, I feel that Google Analytics is essential to the running of this site and while some may argue that from the "users perspective" analytic cookies are not "essential", if the site becomes static or the subject matter goes off in the wrong direction, then it is the users that ultimately lose out.
You can read more about this service at http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html. I use Google Analytics to see how people interact with my site, which I use to help improve the content and make it easier to navigate. Google Analytics is used on many websites across the Internet and should you wish to block Google Analytics, they have created a browser add-on that allows you to opt-out of sending information from websites. This can be downloaded from http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.