The European Union (EU) Directive on Internet Privacy

The European Union (EU) directive on Internet privacy limits the use of cookies. These are small pieces of software that may be loaded to your computer while you are viewing websites. They are generally used to monitor your preferences while viewing a site in order to speed up and improve your viewing experience. They can also be used to gather information about you and send it back to the site.

CambsQuality uses the information from such devices solely to monitor visitor statistics to this website. It cannot guarantee that its Internet Services Provider does not use them for other purposes.

You can block the use of cookies on your computer from your privacy settings. The methods used to do this vary depending on the software that you are using to “surf the net”. The correct method can be found from your help file. The example below is for Microsoft Internet Explorer.


To change your privacy settings:

  • In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options
  • On the Privacy tab, move the slider up to the highest level of privacy
  • Select "Block all cookies"

Cookies from all Web sites will be blocked. Existing cookies on your computer cannot be read by Web sites.