Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your computer's hard drive by many websites you visit to record information it can then use to recognise you during future visits. Although most cookies are legitimate and innocent, some websites use them to track your browsing activity in order, for instance, to target you for advertisements.
The Hong Kong Gardening Society website does not use tracking or persistent cookies. It only uses session cookies that enable it to identify you once you have logged in. This makes it possible for you to browse seamlessly between pages during your current browsing session without having to log in again for each page. These session cookies also make it possible for you to use interactive features such as the Forum and Garden Market, make bookings for events online and so on.
Session cookies are unique to your current browsing session and are destroyed when you log off or close your browser. No information about you or your browsing activity is stored when you log off.