The Information Technology Division of the Office of the Secretary of State maintains the SOS Web site as a public service. Cookies A cookie file contains unique information a web site can use to track such things as passwords, lists of pages you've visited, and the date when you last looked at a specific page or to identify your session at a particular web site. A cookie is often used in commercial sites to identify the items selected for a specific shopping cart application.
Cookies come in several types, primarily session or persistent.
A Persistent cookie is information from a Web site that lasts longer than the immediate connection. A session cookie lasts for the duration of the connection. These cookies collect the user's name, email, phone, and fax number which allow access to our online databases without requiring the re-entry of any login data. Furthermore, these cookies have a lifespan of 30 days. If you do not wish for this file to be stored on your hard drive you may disable the use of cookies from your browser.