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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:
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 #20-076 (02-27-20, 4:43 pm) - Subject - RFP- MF072519 Diploma Cases and Related Products, Bid Tabulation Request
Name - Jacqueline Dauck
Affiliation - Jostens, Inc
Please let this correspondence serve as our official request to receive the final bid tabulation results upon awarding a vendor to provide the requested services. This is RFP- MF072519 Diploma Cases and Related Products.
Please send the results to collegebids@jostens.com
Please let me know if you need any additional information.
I'm looking to get the ice melt usage for all of the campuses for the 2018 - 2019 winter.
We're interested in three items (For reference: RFQ # KS110119 Product #'s )
1 - Sodium Chloride & Magnesium
3 - Treated Rock Salt with Calcium Chloride
4 - Treated Salt With Sodium Chloride
Please let me know if I need to do a FOIA request for each campus. We've received an intent to award notice and are looking for further information on quantities because the RFQ had none listed.
Thank you.
Kelli Byrd
Connecticut State Employees Campaign for Charitable Giving
Affiliation - Connecticut State Employees Campaign for Charitable Giving
The CSEC is requesting an email master list of UCONN (UCHC, Storrs & other campuses) employees (faculty & staff) to be able to directly send messages regarding the campaign. The list doesn't need names or phone numbers. www.employeegiving.ct.gov
FOI #20-073 (02-25-20, 7:04 pm) - Subject - Undergraduate Student Government Funding
Name - student student
Affiliation -
Please provide (PDF) documentation of all USG related funding requests of the Spring 2020 semester as of February 25, 2020 to include the name of the organization, the amount of funding request, the amount of funding received, the details of the event(s) funded and any/all detail related to whether funding was approved or denied.
FOI #20-072 (02-25-20, 7:04 pm) - Subject - Undergraduate Student Government
Name - student student
Affiliation -
I am requesting all email communications of the following email addresses to ensure all policies and procedures were followed with respect to funding requests for the Spring 2020 semester:
judiciary@usg.uconn.edu
bookkeeping@usg.uconn.edu
fundingboard@usg.uconn.edu
comptroller@usg.uconn.edu
FOI #20-071 (02-25-20, 2:12 pm) - Subject - Athletics Contracts
Name - Katelyn Dwyer
Affiliation - Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Dear Sir/Madam:
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting copies of the current employment contracts (or Memorandums of Understanding where applicable), and all amendments, for your institution’s following positions:
• Women's Basketball Assistant Coaches
• Women's Basketball Basketball and Player Operations Staff
FOI #20-070 (02-25-20, 11:28 am) - Subject - Video of accident
Name - Kimberly Lorenti
Affiliation - Walsh Claim Services, LLC
I am an adjuster for Quincy Mutual Ins handling and accident of 2/14/20 on Hillside nearing the intersection of N Eagleville. The accident happened at about 4 pm. I would like to request copy of any surveillance video that may have picked up the accident. The accident involves a Honda Civic that rear ended a grey Nissan Sentra about 100 yards from the intersection at N Eagleville while at a red light
In a line of traffic.
FOI #20-068 (02-24-20, 4:33 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 DECEMBER 16, 20, 2019).