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Session Management:
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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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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.
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 #20-328 (10-5-20, 12:37 pm) - Subject - Athletics/Financials
Name - Eben Novy-Williams
Affiliation - Sportico
I am requesting details of any financial agreements, new in the last three months (July 1, 2020 through October 5, 2020), that will provide the school’s athletic department with additional funding.
More specifically, I am asking for documentation from:
1) Any internal loans from the institution or system to the school’s athletic department,
2) Any new loans (from a commercial bank or other lender) secured by the athletic department,
3) Any new loans (from a commercial bank or other lender) secured by the university that includes money earmarked for athletics.
FOI #20-327 (10-2-20, 1:43 pm) - Subject - Mechanical Engineering Records
Name - Lindsay Booth
Affiliation -
Financial and Administrative Officers and terms beginning 01/01/2015 - 10/02/2020 for the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Hand written petty cash records/logs for the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1/01/2015-10/02/2020, also copies of where those records were sent/recorded to each year (electronic signature) for accounting.
This is a request under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request copies of the following records to be provided to our company by your University:
A listing of all uncashed checks that are six (6) months and older with a dollar amount greater than $1,000.00 (One Thousand Dollars). The list should include payee name, address, issue date, check number, and dollar amount. If possible please email me this data in an Excel spreadsheet. Other formats are okay but excel is preferable. If easier to provide all dollar amounts then this is okay as well. If easier please only include non-individuals (i.e. companies, universities, etc. only).
FOI #20-325 - Subject - Integrated Travel, Expense and PCard Administration Solution
Name - Letia Hughes
Affiliation -
I am writing to confirm information on a contract with Concur Technologies Inc for Integrated Travel, Expense and PCard Administration Solution RFP (#KA010417). I found information on your purchasing website and I wanted to confirm the amount awarded $2,611,195 and the date executed from July 01, 2018 to December 31, 2023 with two extensions of two years each available. Is this correct?
FOI #20-324 (09-27-20, 7:32 pm) - Subject - Public Safety Administration
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - The Daily Campus
I am requesting documentation on the stepping down of UConn Police Chief as well as documentation of any votes of no confidence regarding UConn Police Chief in the last six months.
FOI #20-323 - Subject - UCONN Gant Bldg (Internal Case #17-28)
Name - Hope Redding
Affiliation -
we are requesting updated payroll records submitted by the following list of contractors for work performed on the UCONN Gant Building Renovation project.
• DePaoli Mosaic from Wk ending 6.3.20 through to the present
• Ferguson Electric from Wk ending 7.18.20 through to the present
• Ferguson Mechanical from Wk ending 7.18.20 through to the present
• Manganaro Northeast from Wk ending 5.31.20 through to the present
• New England Finish Systems from Wk ending 4.17.20 through to the present
• P&D Mechanical from Wk ending 7.12.20 through to the present
• Scholar Painting from Wk ending 7.18.20 through to the present
Pursuant to Connecticut's public records laws, I request a copy of your Athletic Director’s electronic work calendar (i.e., iCal, Google, etc.) since March 15, 2020. In the event his calendar is maintained by his assistant or some other athletic department staffer, please provide a copy of that to satisfy this request. Please provide responsive materials electronically.
FOI #20-319 (09-23-20, 7:38 am) - Subject - RFP / Bid Results / Grant distribution
Name - Jacob Waguespack
Affiliation - HNC Virtual Solutions
We are requesting information about the distribution of the FCC grant of $135,707 for telecommunications equipment and software for increased telehealth capabilities. This includes any applicable hardware and software vendors, purchased packages, implementation and usage plan(s), and any associated bid that is tied to this grant dispersion.