Yes, we use cookies. They are tiny files that sit on your computer that tell the system what preferences you've chosen. A good example of this is the default view as the various selections that make up the default view are each held in a cookie. Another example is the news icon. Once you've read the news, that is recorded in a cookie and the icon disappears until next time. The system works without cookies but it won't remember anything about your viewing preferences in that case. At some point we'll add the 'cookie awareness' request pop-up and your response will be remembered... in a cookie.
There's no personal information, anything to track you with and no advertising or marketing use for them.