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We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not.
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If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. Cookies set by PKB will remain after you log out, these cookies contain site preferences and parameters that have been set, typically by you, the user. An example of this is the locale cookie, which remembers your language settings. Additionally, PKB uses cookies to assess your current session state, to determine whether or not you are logged in.
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