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 #19-124 - Subject - Student Directory Information
Name - Hoang Nguyen
Affiliation - LexisNexis
Pursuant to Federal law, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99 & state open records law Conn. Gen. Stat. Secs. 1-200 to 1-242, on behalf of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, I write to request access to and a copy of all current Student Directory Information for the Spring 2019 semester categorized as public information as defined and governed within FERPA. If your agency does not maintain these public records, please let me know who does and include the proper custodian's name, address, telephone number and email.
FOI #19-123 (04-16-19, 9:07 pm) - Subject - Correspondance
Name - John Rogers
Affiliation - UConn Health
Please give me every email sent from and to "muscio@uchc.edu", as well as every email mentioning the phrase "dawn muscio" or "muscio". Of course, please redact any privileged medical information. Please let me know if you don't have access to UCHC emails.
FOI #19-122 - Subject - Correspondence related to medical treatment recieved
Name - Kacey Lewis
Affiliation -
Pusuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information, I hereby request to review and inspect the following: document identifiable as correspondence, including electronic mail sent and/or recieved by medical nurses at Garner Correctional institution and MacDougal Correctional Institution.
• The original job posting.
• The names of those who served on the search committee, and the dates of their most recent search committee training.
• Any and all recruitment qualification reports.
• Any and all applicant selection reports.
• Any and all applicant summary reports.
• Any and all candidate selection reports.
• Any and all additional materials or reports produced in relation to this search.
The numbers of students in each grade who lived in UConn housing over the last 10 years (say, from the 2008-2009 school year to the 2018-2019 school year), and the costs of various types of housing each of those years.
FOI #19-118 - Subject - UCONN Intramural Recreation Intercollegiate Center, #901332, KING HILL RD & Lot 9, Start Date: 7/1/2017
Name - Joseph Monahan
Affiliation - Local 103 of Greater Boston
Copies of the Bid Results containing the electrical bidders and their bid amounts for the UCONN Intramural Recreation Intercollegiate Center, #901332, KING HILL RD & Lot 9, Start Date: 7/1/2017 project.
FOI #19-116 (04-12-19, 1:13 pm) - Subject - CBA article 10.3 and related records
Name - James Boster
Affiliation -
(1) All public records, documents, and communications relating to Article 10.3 of the UConn-AAUP CBA since 1976. This includes but is not limited to all records mentioning “10.3” in communications between AAUP and UConn CBA negotiating teams, in pertinent notes and records taken by or exchanged among UConn staff members, and in legal notes and briefs in all past or pending claims and litigation whether in CBA arbitration or in the courts.
(2) Copies of all emails sent or received by past and present members of the UConn Office of Faculty and Staff Labor Relations, the UConn Department of Communications, and the UConn Office of the General Counsel dated April 2014 to the present that mention “10.3” OR “Boster.”
(3) Copies of all emails sent or received by past and present members of the UConn Office of Faculty and Staff Labor Relations, the UConn Department of Communications, and the UConn Office of the General Counsel dated April 2014 to the present that mention any of the last names “Bannister,” “Eagen,” “McCarthy,” & “LaVallee” AND mention any of the search terms enumerated below.
FOI #19-115 - Subject - Purchasing Order Information
Name - Sean Saver
Affiliation - P212121, LLC
P212121, LLC is submitting a commercial FOIA request to the University of Connecticut for any and all electronic purchasing records from 2015-01-01 to current. The request is limited to readily available records without copying, scanning or printing.
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