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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:
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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:
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 #21-271 (08-20-21, 2:45 pm) - Subject - List of respondents to RFI #KC031321 - Student Response System
Name - Jennifer Fabugais
Affiliation - Deltek
Good day! I'm submitting this records request to obtain the list of respondents to RFI #KC031321 or the Student Response System RFI which closed last April 9, 2021. Please advise me of any potential fees prior to processing this request. Thank you very much!
FOI #21-270 (08-20-21, 1:47 pm) - Subject - Athletics department documents
Name - Steve Berkowitz
Affiliation - USA Today
**The document stating the annual performance goals -- and any monetary amounts associated with the achievement of any or all such goals -- for football head coach Randy Edsall for his current contract year (Jan. 1, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2021), pursuant to Section 5.D(1) of his contract with the university, as amended.
**The document stating the "reasonably ascertainable performance goals" -- and any monetary amounts associated with the achievement of any or all such goals -- for football assistant coach Frank Giufre for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 3.2 of his contract with the university.
**The document stating the "reasonably ascertainable performance goals" -- and any monetary amounts associated with the achievement of any or all such goals -- for football assistant coach Lou Spanos for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 3.2 of his contract with the university.
When a person files discrimination complaint at Office of Institutional Equity (OIE), investigation will be conducted and record will be retained. I want to see the record of discrimination investigation. Thanks a lot.
FOI #21-267 - Subject - OB/GYN residency training program
Name - Kaylie Flaugher
Affiliation - PETA
PETA requests one copy of records from January 1, 2019, to the date this request is processed, that contain any and/or all of the following information with respect to the use of live animals and/or animal parts in the University of Connecticut’s obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) residency training program:
-The number and species of live animals used annually and/or per training course;
-The number and species of animal parts used annually and/or per training course;
-The number of residents who train on live animals annually and/or per training course;
-The number of residents who train on animal parts annually and/or per training course;
-The specific training procedures performed on live animals;
-The specific training procedures performed on animal parts;
-The annual and/or individual training course expenditure for purchasing live animals for the training program; and
-The annual and/or individual training course expenditure for purchasing animal parts for the training program.
Any and all electronic communications between and among the School of Nursings' Dean Debora Chyun, Associate Dean Angela Starkweather, and Associate Dean Professor Mark Lazenby relating to Professor Annette Jakubisin Konicki between June 13, 2021 and June 15, 2021.
FOI #21-262 - Subject - Request University of Connecticut For PO/Vendor Information
Name - Jahnshana Brown
Affiliation - SmartProcure
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut for any and all purchasing records from 06/21/2020 (mm/dd/yyyy) to current. The request is limited to readily available records without physically copying, scanning or printing paper documents. Any editable electronic document is acceptable.
The specific information requested from your record keeping system is:
• 1. Purchase order number. If purchase orders are not used a comparable substitute is acceptable, i.e., invoice, encumbrance, or check number
• 2. Purchase date
• 3. Line item details (Detailed description of the purchase)
• 4. Line item quantity
• 5. Line item price
• 6. Vendor ID number, name, address, contact person and their email address