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Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
Personalization:
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Tracking & Analytics:
Monitoring browsing behavior for analytics or marketing purposes
Types of Cookies:
Session Cookies:
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Used for things like keeping you logged in during a single session
Persistent Cookies:
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First-Party Cookies:
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Third-Party Cookies:
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Authentication cookies are a special type of web cookie used to identify and verify a user after they log in to a website or web application.
What They Do:
Once you log in to a site, the server creates an authentication cookie and sends it to your browser. This cookie:
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Prevents you from having to log in again on every page you visit
Can persist across sessions if you select "Remember me"
What's Inside an Authentication Cookie?
Typically, it contains:
A unique session ID (not your actual password)
Optional metadata (e.g., expiration time, security flags)
Analytics cookies are cookies used to collect data about how visitors interact with a website. Their primary purpose is to help website owners understand and improve user experience by analyzing things like:
How users navigate the site
Which pages are most/least visited
How long users stay on each page
What device, browser, or location the user is from
What They Track:
Some examples of data analytics cookies may collect:
Page views and time spent on pages
Click paths (how users move from page to page)
Bounce rate (users who leave without interacting)
User demographics (location, language, device)
Referring websites (how users arrived at the site)
Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
1. Google Chrome
Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Choose your preferred option:
Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
2. Mozilla Firefox
Open Firefox and click the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy & Security.
Under the Enhanced Tracking Protection section, choose Strict to block most cookies or Custom to manually choose which cookies to block.
3. Safari
Open Safari and click Safari in the top-left corner of the screen.
Go to Preferences > Privacy.
Check Block all cookies to stop all cookies, or select options to block third-party cookies.
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Open Edge and click the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.
Select your cookie settings from there, including blocking all cookies or blocking third-party cookies.
5. On Mobile (iOS/Android)
For Safari on iOS: Go to Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security > Block All Cookies.
For Chrome on Android: Open the app, tap the three dots, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies.
Be Aware:
Disabling cookies can make your online experience more difficult. Some websites may not load properly, or you may be logged out frequently. Also, certain features may not work as expected.
FOI #23-037 (01-20-23, 1:44 pm) - Subject - Landscaping Services UCONN Law
Name - Neil Brunner
Affiliation - BrightView Landscapes, LLC
I'm requesting a copy of the last awarded contract for landscape services at UCONN law. I'm also requesting a copy of the bid tabulation sheet from the last opening. Please let me know if you need further information to complete this request.
FOI #23-036 (01-20-23, 11:20 am) - Subject - Athletics Documents
Name - Kevin Cohen
Affiliation - Winthrop Intelligence, LLC
This is a request to obtain public records from University of Connecticut pursuant to applicable law, as well as the terms of a written contract that is in force between University of Connecticut and our company whereby our company provides the athletics department with a data and information service called Win AD (see www.winthropintelligence.com). I respectfully request your response be provided on a timely basis based on the applicable statutory requirements. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than that time period, please contact me to advise when I should expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.
Part 1: Employment Contracts and Salaries
• Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request copies of the current employment contract and salary (letter of intent, form agreement, or applicable document/record which shows annual compensation and start/end date of employment) for the athletic department staff listed below. If an employee does not have a formal written agreement, please provide their current salary.
1. Carey O'Brien
2. Curtis Wilcox
Part 2: NCAA Finance Report
• Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request a copy of the NCAA Annual Financial Report provided to the NCAA for the following fiscal years:
1. FY 2021-2022 NCAA Financial Report
If the requested records described above are available in electronic format (e.g., PDFs or CD), then I would prefer to receive the information in that format instead of paper copies. If you are able to email the records, I request all PDFs in a single WinZip file in the responsive email (no password protected files, please). If you are unable to email the records or you require an address to process this request, please find below my mailing address.
Thank you very much for your assistance. Please let me know if you have any questions, or require any other information to process this request in a timely manner.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Cohen
Winthrop Intelligence, LLC
732 S. Kenilworth Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60304
FOI #23-034 (01-19-23, 2:22 pm) - Subject - OIE Reports
Name - Luke Hajdasz
Affiliation - WFSB
I am seeking all redacted OIE reports pertaining to staff, faculty and UConn personnel on both the Storrs and Avery Point campuses that resulted in disciplinary action being taken from the start of the Fall 2022 semester to current day.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting copies of the current contracts, and all amendments thereto, for your institution’s current contracts for the following areas:
1. Multimedia and Corporate Sponsorship Rights (Companies who are either a licensee of Sponsorship or Trademark Licensee) such as LEARFIELD (or prior names such as Learfield Sports, IMG College, etc.), Van Wagner, JMI Sports, Playfly Sports (or other names such as Outfront Media, CBS Sports) PEAK Sports Management, Legends Sales & Marketing, etc. for Athletics
2. All Apparel Rights Contracts (i.e., Nike, Under Armour, Adidas, New Balance, BSN Sports, Game-One etc.) for the Athletics Department
FOI #23-032 (01-19-23, 12:58 pm) - Subject - Job Description and Medical Accommodation History
Name - James Demetriades
Affiliation - Ferguson Doyle & Chester PC
Please provide a copy of the job description for the position of a sonographer at UConn Health Center.
Please provide information as to whether light duty has been offered to any sonographer at UConn Health from 01-01-2018 to the Present. Please state what the light duty accommodation was for this position that was provided in the past.
Please provide any nonprivileged, emails generated from Belnavis-Garvey,Debbie-Ann Email: belnavisgarvey@uchc.edu to anyone from December 1, 2022 to the Present which mention the name "Gina Yacovone-Barrett; Gina; Ms. Barrett, or Ms. Yacovone-Barret."
We’re seeking copies of records that detail itemized recruiting expenses for Football, Men’s Basketball, and Women’s Basketball for the 2021-2022 school year.