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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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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 #20-160 (05-26-20, 12:54 pm) - Subject - Football Game Contracts
Name - Kevin Kelley
Affiliation - BRI Solutions, LLC
All University of Connecticut football game contracts, amendments, and/or cancellations for non-conference opponents for the 2021 season through the 2040 season (DATED AND/OR EXECUTED ON OR AFTER FEB. 24, 2020).
A detailed itemization — or as specific a record as exists — which documents the transactions or remittances of NCAA Student Assistance Funds (SAFs) and Student-Athlete Opportunity Funds (SAOFs) since March 1, 2020.
FOI #20-158 - Subject - Football Coaches Contracts
Name - Steven Smith
Affiliation -
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to kindly request the following information related to athletic professionals employed by The University of Connecticut:
• The 2020 contract, or most recent contract extension/amendment for head football coach Randy Edsall.
• The 2020 contract, 2020 season salary if contract is not available, for football defensive coordinator Lou Spanos
• The 2020 contract, 2020 season salary if contract is not available, for football offensive coordinator Frank Giufre
Also, I would like to request the 2020 salaries for the following individuals associated with the football program.
Eddie Allen
Corey Edsall
Dennis Dottin-Carter
Aaron Smith
Jarren Horton
Mike Moyseenko
Darrell Perkins
Ryan Steinberg
Andy Baylock
Rebecca Dunstan
Michael Zyskowski
Kyle Weiss
Ryan Braley
David Harris
Christina Buccheri
Anthony Grasso
Matt King
Andrew Smith
Jake Bahr
Kyle Rountree
Jake Petrarca
Myles Brown
Dr. Deena Casiero
In addition, I would like to request the 2020 salary of any strength and conditioning professional or recruiting staff member not listed above who is involved with the football program,
I hope to receive information for two different years of incoming freshmen, broken down into three distinct categories - those who applied to your school; those who were accepted; and those who actually enrolled. Specifically, I am looking for comparison data between homeschool students versus all student applicants, as it relates to SAT scores and ACT scores. Additionally, for the 2015 cohort, I am also requesting to know the 4-year completion rate as well as the average GPA upon graduation for the two bodies of students. I took the liberty of creating two tables that will, hopefully, make the gathering of the data easier.
FOI #20-152 (05-20-20, 11:10 am) - Subject - Current Custodial contract-RFQ# LM110119 Set-Aside Janitorial Services for Regional Campuses
Name - jamieson wieland
Affiliation - Coastal cleaning LLC
I am Looking for a copy of the current contract and pricing for custodial service for all Uconn regional campuses. for this Bid. I also would like a copy of companies approved to submit a proposal.lastly I would also like to see the individual pricing per campus and any proposals the last time this went out to bid.
Names of all African American applicants from 2016 - 2019 and the number of those applicants who were admitted into the program and the percentage it represents with regard to the number of applicants into the program.
FOI #20-151 (05-18-20, 7:48 pm) - Subject - Employment Information Request
Name - Daniel Muntges
Affiliation - Self
I am requesting the following information related to the employment of Staff as an assistant professor at UConn:
1) Appointment Letter(s), 2016-2017 school year through 2020-2021 school year
2) Employment Contracts, 2016-2017 school year through 2020-2021 school year
3) Salary History, 2016-2017 school year through 2020-2021 school year, indicating income sources where available (base salary vs. other salary types)