Web cookies (also called HTTP cookies, browser cookies, or simply cookies) are small pieces of data that websites store on your device (computer, phone, etc.) through your web browser. They are used to remember information about you and your interactions with the site.
Purpose of Cookies:
Session Management:
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:
Temporary; deleted when you close your browser
Used for things like keeping you logged in during a single session
Persistent Cookies:
Stored on your device until they expire or are manually deleted
Used for remembering login credentials, settings, etc.
First-Party Cookies:
Set by the website you're visiting directly
Third-Party Cookies:
Set by other domains (usually advertisers) embedded in the website
Commonly used for tracking across multiple sites
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:
Proves to the website that you're logged in
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.
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.
FOI #22-111 (03-12-22, 11:04 am) - Subject - All Communications
Name - Faculty Faculty
Affiliation - UConn
Any communications that mention the following words - Adam, Adam Fry, 102, 108, biology, bio, biol, lecturer, coordinator, deaf, hearing disability, and/or teaching, among all ecology, evolution and biology (EEB) department faculty, or between any EEB faculty member and Karen Lombard.
FOI #22-109 (03-11-22, 2:27 pm) - Subject - Football and men's basketball attendance
Name - Tim Sullivan
Affiliation - Louisville Courier Journal
I would like to inspect attendance records for UConn football and men's basketball from the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. I am requesting game-by-game totals for both announced attendance and scanned or turnstile counts.
FOI #22-107 - Subject - Investment Performance Reports
Name - Frank Albanese
Affiliation -
I am writing to request the institution’s full quarterly endowment investment performance reports for the periods ending December 31, 2019, June 30, 2020, December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2021 or any reports/documents that details/lists the institution’s investment managers, investment strategies and the amount invested with them for the aforementioned periods. Please provide any investment reports for endowment and cash management pools, separately invested funds and foundation records.
Additionally, I would like to request the institution’s investment policy statement, investment committee/subcommittee meeting minutes for the period of June 30, 2020 through June 30, 2021 as well any schedule or documentation of upcoming investment committee/subcommittee meetings for the period of June 30, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Any documents that are available in electronic format would be much appreciated.
I am a representative of the news media affiliated with Financial Investment News, a media company covering the institutional asset management space, and this request is made as part of news gathering.
FOI #22-104 (03-8-22, 4:32 pm) - Subject - Undergraduate Student Government Judiciary Emails
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - Student at the University of Connecticut
Looking for a copy of all emails sent, received or forwarded by the USG Judiciary between February 15 and March 8, 2022. Two emails in particular that are related to the Judiciary----judiciary@usg.uconn.edu and deputyjustice@usg.uconn.edu.
Part 1: Student-Athlete Name, Image, Likeness Information
Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request for Name Image and Likeness (“NIL”) information of the athletic department’s student athletes to be produced in a FERPA-compliant manner (i.e., not personally identifiable and not likely to lead a reasonable person to be able to identify the individual).
1. In Football:
a. description of the student-athlete’s obligations for remuneration
b. the remuneration (dollar amount and/or kind) to the student-athlete
c. the vendor providing the remuneration and,
d. categorized by position: offense, defense or special teams.
2. For the entire student-athlete population:
a. description of the student-athlete’s obligations for remuneration
b. the remuneration (dollar amount and/or kind) to the student-athlete
c. the vendor providing the remuneration, and
d. anonymized as to sport
Part 2: Auditor's Financial Report
• Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request a copy of the Auditor's Report on the NCAA Financial Report (Agreed-Upon Procedures) for the following fiscal years:
1. FY 2019-2020 Audited Financial Report
2. FY 2020-2021 Audited Financial Report
FOI #22-102 (03-8-22, 9:56 am) - Subject - Uconn real estate and property
Name - Tristan Ahtone
Affiliation - Grist Magazine
I am requesting a complete record of all University of Connecticut real estate holdings, and surface acres held in fee or trust. My request includes lands in the United States and abroad. I am also requesting any parcel descriptions or digital map files (e.g. shape files) with locations of those holdings, if it exists.