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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:
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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
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.
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.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting copies of the current contracts, and all amendments thereto, for your institution’s current and/or most recent employment contract with any and all parties for the following areas:
(1) Any signed and/or executed employment contract/agreement/offer letter/memorandum of understanding between the University of Connecticut and Jim L. Mora.
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: the Term Sheet/MOU/LOA/Offer Letter and/or formal long-form employment agreement for new UConn Head Football Coach Jim Mora.
FOI #21-375 (11-11-21, 10:10 am) - Subject - Jim Mora contract
Name - Sean Barker
Affiliation - Hearst Connecticut Media
I am seeking a contract signed between the university and Jim Mora as the next UConn football head coach. Please include details of time as hands off assistant for remainder of 2021 season and a breakdown of performance incentives. If a contract has yet to be signed, please consider this a standing request. Thank you
1) Financial costs for operation of the Avery Point athletic department for the past 5 years.
2) Any NJCAA violations in the past 10 years.
3) Any disciplinary actions by the NJCAA over the past 10 years.
4) All scholarships awarded by UConn Avery Point to student-athletes for the past 10 years.
FOI #21-373 (11-10-21, 2:58 pm) - Subject - Randy and Corey Edsall Position Appointment Records
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
I would like to request the job appointment letters for both Randy and Corey Edsall as well as any amendments made since their hires. I would also like copies of any communications between Randy Edsall and UConn Athletic Director David Benedict pertaining to the hire of Corey Edsall.
I would like to request a spreadsheet containing the price, quantity, and manufacturer of all weapons (firearms, tasers, batons, etc.) purchased by/for the UConn Police Department since Jan. 1, 2020
I am seeking data, in electronic form (such as an Excel file), on the background and demographic characteristics of applicants to your undergraduate program for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 admissions cycles. (By 2017-18, for example, I am referring to the admissions cycle that began in 2017 and led to the admission of freshmen entering in the fall of 2018.) I am generally interested in the objective data your school systematically collects for use in admissions decisions. These include, if you collect this information:
• SAT I (or Reasoning Test), including Math, Critical Reading, and Writing scores;
• SAT II subject tests, reporting score and subject;
• ACT scores;
• Advanced Placement Scores, reporting score by subject;
• High school GPA (as reported by the applicant’s high school);
• Adjusted high school GPA (if your college uses an adjusted measure);
• Race;
• Ethnicity or Hispanic origin;
• Gender;
• High school class rank;
• Parents’ income (in any reported categories);
• Highest level of education achieved by a parent, or father’s educational attainment and mother’s educational attainment;
• Whether the student lives in a single-parent household;
• State residency status;
• College program for which applicant is considered, if applicable;
• Whether the student was offered an athletic scholarship or admitted through an athletic preference;
• Whether the student has parents who are alumni/ae of your school;
• Any numerical admissions index used in making admissions decisions;
• Was the applicant accepted?
• Did the applicant enroll?
In addition to the specific data, I would like copies of admissions policies or background
materials on how this information is used in admissions decisions. For example, I am interested in how your institution handles applicants with multiple scores on the SAT or ACT; the adjustment method you use (if any) for high school grades; whether the strength of an applicant’s high school is a factor in admissions, and so on.