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Keeping you logged in
Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
Personalization:
Tailoring content or ads based on your previous activity
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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Used for remembering login credentials, settings, etc.
First-Party Cookies:
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Third-Party Cookies:
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Commonly used for tracking across multiple sites
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What They Do:
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Can persist across sessions if you select "Remember me"
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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
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How long users stay on each page
What device, browser, or location the user is from
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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.
4. Microsoft Edge
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.
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), I hereby request the following:
1) The awarded contractor pricing/ price sheet for the University of Connecticut solicitation # CGP030513 titled "Hazardous Waste Disposal Services for the University of Connecticut" that was awarded around the due date of April 5th 2013. The procurement contact was Cathleen Paquette.
2) The awarded contractor pricing/ price sheet for the University of Connecticut solicitation #CP061919 titled "University Contract for Chemical Waste Disposal and Related Environmental Services" that was awarded around the due date of July 25th, 2019. The procurement contact was Cathleen Paquette.
3) The awarded contractor pricing/ price sheet for the University of Connecticut solicitation #004-OC.HAZMAT21 titled "On-Call Hazardous Material Assessment, Remediation Design, Project Monitoring and Industrial Hygiene Services" that was awarded around the due date of March 23rd, 2021. The procurement contact was Elaine Dumas.
4) The awarded contractor pricing/ price sheet for the University of Connecticut solicitation #005-OC.ENVIRONPERMIT21 titled "Environmental Permitting and Compliance (Excluding Environmental investigation and remediation) services" that was awarded around the due date of March 25th, 2021. The procurement contact was Elaine Dumas.
Thank you! Please reach out at 413-884-5839 with any questions.
FOI #22-451 - Subject - UConn’s Central Utility Plant Boiler Replacement project #300151
Name - Hope Redding
Affiliation -
Please see the attached FOI letter requesting additional certified payroll records submitted by the following list of contractors for work performed on UConn’s Central Utility Plant Boiler Replacement project #300151, located at 240 Glenbrook Road, Storrs CT. We can accept the responsive records electrically and if you have questions or need anything further on our end, please let me know.
• Ferguson Electric for Wk ending 9.3.22 through to the present
• Advanced Scaffold for Wk ending 8.28.22 through to the present
• Ferguson Mechanical for Wk ending 9.3.22 through to the present
• A Quick Pick Crane for Wk ending 10.1.22 through to the present
• Sullivan Benson for Wk ending 9.3.22 through to the present
FOI #22-449 (12-20-22, 2:54 pm) - Subject - Coaches Contracts
Name - Max Josef
Affiliation -
Good afternoon,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I’d like to request electronic copies of the current contracts, as well as any current amendments/extensions, for the following members of the athletic department:
1. Athletic Director
2. Head Men’s Basketball Coach
3. All Full-Time Assistant Men’s Basketball Coaches
4. All Full-Time Basketball Strength & Conditioning Coaches
If full contracts are not available for assistant coaches, annual salary figures will suffice. I sincerely appreciate your prompt response to this request. Thank you.
FOI #22-448 (12-20-22, 1:49 pm) - Subject - HigherEd Study is conducting a national research study to better understand the trends and practices related to student medical withdrawals.
Name - Kyle Elliot
Affiliation - HigherEd Study
HigherEd Study is conducting a national research study to better understand the trends and practices related to student medical withdrawals and leaves of absence. - Undergraduate Students
Typically, this information is managed through the enrollment management, bursar, or student financial services office, but it may also involve your campus offices for student health and counseling.
Please provide the following enrollment information via email for the University of Connecticut as soon as practical and not later than February 1, 2023.
- The number of students who completed an official medical withdrawal in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
- The number of refunds provided to students who completed a medical withdrawal in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
- Provide a sample for how the institution discloses its refund and medical withdrawal policies to students.
Please note that this request is designed specifically to be easy to complete. While we are willing to pay for the direct costs involved with responding to this request, please understand this request is narrowly focused and information should be readily available for schools that participate in the federal financial aid program. Further, no personal student information is requested.
In addition, we would be pleased to provide a report to you and your enrollment management colleagues to better benchmark trends in student medical withdrawals.
FOI #22-446 (12-19-22, 2:55 am) - Subject - List of respondents for the ePortfolio System RFI (KA071122)
Name - Jennifer Fabugais
Affiliation - Deltek
Good day! I'm submitting this FOI request to obtain the list of vendors who responded to the ePortfolio System RFI (KA071122) which closed last July 26, 2022. Please advise me of any potential fees prior to completing this request. Thank you.
FOI #22-445 (12-19-22, 1:33 am) - Subject - RFP MF071122 - Long Island Sound Public Perception Survey (PPS)
Name - Patrick Moir
Affiliation -
In accordance with the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act §1-200 et seq., I would like to request copies of documentation pertaining to the RFP process for MF071122 dealing with the Long Island Sound Public Perception Survey.
Specifically, I would like all documents, messages, notes and emails related to the RFP, including, but not limited to:
• Survey Documents
• Presentations
• Agreements
• Notes
• Documents
• RFPs
• Proposal Responses
• Work Product Produced Under RFP
• Rating Sheets for Responses
• Emails. Letters & Phone Messages between staff and other staff, staff and elected officials, and between staff and vendors and/or proposers.
• Contracts
• Other Internal Agency Documents
The dates covered by this request are January 26, 2022 through the present.
I ask for a determination on this request within four days of your receipt of it, as required by the Act, and an even prompter reply if you can make that determination without having to review the record[s] in question.
Hopefully you will be able to provide this information electronically; if not, please contact me with the expected amount for the copies and the easiest payment arrangement for you.
If you determine that any or all or the information qualifies for an exemption from disclosure, I ask you to note whether, as is normally the case under the Act, the exemption is discretionary, and if so whether it is necessary in this case to exercise your discretion to withhold the information.
If you determine that some but not all of the information is exempt from disclosure and that you intend to withhold it, I ask that you redact it for the time being and make the rest available as requested.
In any event, please provide a signed notification citing the legal authorities on which you rely if you determine that any or all of the information is exempt and will not be disclosed.