Web cookies (also called HTTP cookies, browser cookies, or simply cookies) are small pieces of data that websites store on your device (computer, phone, etc.) through your web browser. They are used to remember information about you and your interactions with the site.
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 #25-310 (07-21-25, 12:28 pm) - Subject - Vendor payments for FY24
Name - Janis Farese
Affiliation - American Transparency
I am requesting a Check Register Report, preferably in .pdf, .csv, or .xlsx format of any and all vendor payment transactions for FY24(July 1,2023-June 30, 2024). Please include vendor names, transaction date, and check/ACH amount.
I am interested in receiving purchasing records from University of Connecticut for purchases made from 01/03/2025 to present. I work for a company called SciLeads and would like to use the information for commercial purposes.
The information I'm interested in includes:
1. Purchase order number or equivalent
2. Purchase order date
3. Line item details
4. Line item quantity
5. Line item price
6. Vendor name
7. Delivery Address
I am interested in receiving purchasing records from University of Connecticut for purchases made from 01/03/2025 to present. I work for a company called SciLeads and would like to use the information for commercial purposes.
The information I'm interested in includes:
1. Purchase order number or equivalent
2. Purchase order date
3. Line item details
4. Line item quantity
5. Line item price
6. Vendor name
7. Delivery Address
FOI #25-307 (07-21-25, 8:53 am) - Subject - Sexual misconduct investigation records
Name - Katherine Revello
Affiliation -
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act 1-200 et seq., I am requesting access to the following records for the time period beginning January 1, 2023 to the present:
- any records related to the investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against faculty or staff members, including disciplinary files and investigation reports, or any other document that was compiled while investigating a claim of sexual misconduct
- any employment contracts or agreements signed by faculty or staff members who were investigated for sexual misconduct
Please include any attachments or appendices attached to responsive documents.
I am requesting these documents in electronic format.
This information is not being sought for commercial purposes. As a member of the news media, I am seeking disclosure of these records for the purposes of informing the public about investigations into sexual misconduct at public universities. I therefore ask that any fees associated with this request be waived, as disclosure of the requested information is in the public's interest. If this is not possible, I request to be informed in advanced if fees associated with this request exceed $10.
The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act requires a response within four business days. If processing any part of this request will take longer, please provide a time frame for when I can expect to receive records. I am willing to receive responsive records in batches.
If any part of this request is denied, please cite specific exemptions in each instance where access to records is being denied which you feel justifies the refusal to release information. Please also notify me of appeal procedures available under the law.
FOI #25-306 (07-18-25, 7:18 am) - Subject - Saturday, June 11th 2022 Employment Related Murder of Riley Whitelaw and OSF.IO/MCDBE
Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Affiliation -
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the legal and financial obligations that your local/state government would incur in the event a female employee is murdered on the job after being sexually harassed during the performance of her duties; [2] Walgreens as a for-profit drugstore corporation, which has never issued a press release (i) recognizing that Riley Whitelaw was on (or around) June 11th 2022 murdered as an employee of Walgreens after being sexually harassed during the performance of her job duties; (ii) affirming that it would initiate contact with the Colorado Civil Rights Division, the Department of Labor and/or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to invite them to launch an honest and thorough investigation in order to assess whether there’s a systemic form of sexism in their workplace environments that ultimately led to the June 11th 2022 employment related murder of Riley Whitelaw; [3] Riley Whitelaw as a former female employee of Walgreens who (i) was found by the courts of the Colorado government to have been murdered after being sexually harassed during the performance of her job duties at Walgreens; (ii) had prior to her June 11th 2022 murder filed a sexual harassment complaint against the person who would go on to murder her; (iii) was prior to her June 11th 2022 employment related murder attending Air Academy High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado); (iv) was posthumously awarded an honorary high-school diploma from Air Academy High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado); [4] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) and a former Missouri state government employee (listed on the Missouri Accountability Portal) who has witnessed his written content paradoxically being subjected to frenzy before they were filtered and distorted by internet search engines (ISE) such as AOL and Bing/MSN following his decision to recognize that the June 11th 2022 employment related murder of Riley Whitelaw could have been prevented if management personnel at Walgreens (i) had taken the concerns of Riley Whitelaw seriously at the time she told them that she was being sexually harassed by Joshua Taylor Johnson (in Calendar Year 2021); (ii) didn’t make Riley Whitelaw choose between extra-money while working with Joshua Taylor Johnson or a cut in her paycheck; (iii) had in good-faith improved the working conditions of Riley Whitelaw by terminating the employment of Joshua Taylor Johnson; (iv) were in good faith engaged in “proactively combatting workplace harassment...”
FOI #25-304 - Subject - Student Directory Information
Name - Linday Slater
Affiliation -
My name is Lindsay Slater and I am the Senior Leadership Development Coordinator of the National Staff at Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. We would like to provide students of the University of Connecticut information about Phi Sigma Pi and membership. I am, therefore, writing to request directory information of currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, including their names and institutional email addresses, for the Fall 2025 term at the University of Connecticut.
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-200 et seq.), I am requesting a copy of the employment contract or appointment agreement for Carley Mooney, who currently serves as the Director of Women’s Basketball Recruiting Operations at the University of Connecticut.