Configuring How Frequently the Cookie Policy Message Appears

When a patron clicks Accept, the cookie policy message disappears and does not reappear for a configurable period of time. You can configure different "cookie acceptance" periods for different types of users:

In-house patrons (patrons accessing PowerPAC at public workstations in the library)
External patrons (patrons accessing PowerPAC from home)

For In-house Patrons

For in-house patrons, PowerPAC uses the PowerPAC: Patron inactivity timeout profile setting to determine when to display the cookie policy message.

When an in-house patron clicks Accept, the cookie policy message disappears and does not reappear until one of the following conditions causes it to reappear:

If the patron is	And	The following occurs
Signed in	Signs out of PowerPAC	The cookie policy message appears.
Signed in	Leaves the workstation without signing out	The cookie policy message appears when the Patron inactivity timeout period elapses. If this profile is not enabled in Polaris Administration, the cookie policy message appears when the session timeout period elapses.
Not signed in	Leaves the workstation	The cookie policy message appears when the session timeout period elapses.

If the patron is

And

The following occurs

Signed in

Signs out of PowerPAC

The cookie policy message appears.

Signed in

Leaves the workstation without signing out

The cookie policy message appears when the Patron inactivity timeout period elapses.

If this profile is not enabled in Polaris Administration, the cookie policy message appears when the session timeout period elapses.

Not signed in

Leaves the workstation

The cookie policy message appears when the session timeout period elapses.

Notes:

For more information about the Patron inactivity timeout profile setting, see Set inactivity timeout for in-house workstations.
PowerPAC's default session timeout period is 20 minutes. Contact Innovative Support to change the timeout period.

For External Patrons

For external patrons, PowerPAC uses the system-level PowerPAC: Cookie acceptance: External workstation retention period profile setting to determine when to display the cookie policy message.

To configure how frequently the cookie policy message appears for external patrons

In the Administration Explorer, select System > Profiles > PowerPAC.
On the PowerPAC tab, double-click the value beside the Cookie acceptance: External workstation retention period profile.
Enter a value in days.

When an external patron accepts the cookie policy, the message disappears and does not reappear until the specified External workstation retention period elapses. By default, this profile is set to 365 days.

Note:
The cookie policy message reappears before the External workstation retention period elapses if the patron clears their browser cache and cookies.