New Balance Tampa Cookies Policy

Does the New Balance Tampa web site use cookies?

Yes, New Balance Tampa uses cookies in connection with the "Shopping Basket" on the New Balance Tampa Web site. When someone visits our site we create a cookie so that when an item is placed into the basket we will have a way to identify your items. The New Balance Tampa website requires Cookies to be turned on if you're going to purchase items. The cookie we use to manage the basket is a short term session cookie.

Under specific conditions we also use cookies in connection with some web sites that we advertise on. This is done to determine the effectiveness of our marketing. New Balance Tampa will set a temporary cookie on your machine if you clicked on one of our ads. This cookie expires in 360 days. Currently, this would include the following web sites:

• Shopping.com
• NexTag
• Yahoo Shopping
• Google
• ShopZilla
• Become
• PriceGrabber
• Froogle
• Buyers Edge
• Yokel
• PriceRunner
• Smarter

Does New Balance Tampa save my personal information in a cookie?

Our policy is to not store any personal information on a cookie. For privacy reasons New Balance Tampa encrypts all data saved in a cookie to your machine.

If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the New Balance Tampa Web site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be guaranteed the ability to make use of the product and service offerings on the site.

Questions and Answers about Cookies

What is a Cookie? A very small text file placed on your hard drive by a Web Page server. It is essentially your identification card, and cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. It is uniquely yours and can only be read by the server that gave it to you.

What is a cookie's purpose? To tell the server that you returned to that Web page.

How a Cookie Helps New Balance Tampa: It allows us to be more efficient by knowing what products are currently in your Shopping Basket.

Can I Control Which Cookies to Accept? You can order your browser to accept all cookies or to alert you every time a cookie is offered. Then you can decide whether to accept one or not.

Managing Cookies with Internet Explorer

IE 6 & 7

If you're using Internet Explorer 7.0 or 6.0 follow these steps to manage your cookies:

1. Choose Tools--> Options --> Privacy Tab.
2. Click the advanced button.
3. Make sure that first party cookies are not blocked.
4. You may also check Allow session cookies.

IE 5

If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 follow these steps to manage your cookies:

1. Choose Tools--> Options --> Security Tab.
2. Click Internet, then Custom Level.
3. Scroll down to Cookies and choose one of the two options

IE 4

If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0 follow these steps to manage your cookies:

1. Choose View--> Internet Options--> Advanced Tab
2. Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and choose one of the three options to regulate your use of cookies.

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Managing Cookies with Firefox

FireFox 2.0

If you're using FireFox 2.0 follow these steps to manage your cookies:

1. Choose Tools--> Options --> Privacy.
2. Check the "Accept cookies from sites" option.

If you have cookies disabled in your FireFox 2.0 browser then follow these steps to manage your cookies:

1. Choose Tools--> Options --> Privacy.
2. Click Exceptions.
3. Enter www.newbalancetampa.com.
4. Click Allow.

FireFox 1.0

If you're using FireFox 1.0 follow these steps to manage your cookies:

1. Choose Tools--> Options --> Privacy.
2. Expand the Cookies menu.
3. Click the exceptions button.
4. Make sure allow sites to set cookies is enabled or add newbalancetampa.com to the allowable cookie session list.

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Managing Cookies with Netscape

If you're using Netscape Navigator follow these steps to manage your cookies:

1. On your Task Bar, click: Edit.
2. Choose Preferences.
3. Click on Advanced.
4. Set your options in the box labeled "Cookies".

This document was updated on 1/30/2007.