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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
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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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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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Can persist across sessions if you select "Remember me"
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Typically, it contains:
A unique session ID (not your actual password)
Optional metadata (e.g., expiration time, security flags)
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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.
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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.
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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 #19-113 (04-9-19, 1:28 pm) - Subject - Football Contracts
Name - Dan Brechlin
Affiliation - Hartford Courant
Hi, I am requesting the contracts for the following coaches: Eddie Allen, Frank Giufre, Lou Spanos, Dennis Dottin-Carter, Corey Edsall, Jarren Horton, Mike Moyseenko, Darrell Perkins, Aaron Smith, and Kyle Weiss. Also, please include any amendments to those contracts. If there is no contract, please include any MOU.
All documents Associated with All concerns which I reported In 2019 to
Office of Healthcare & Regulatory Compliance
UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-8214
As well as:
All documents Associated with All concerns which I reported during the calendar months of December 2018 thru February 2019
To the Office of Privacy Protection & Management
UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-8214
Finally:
All documents (physical and or digital) Which are related directly or indirectly to my Employment at the clinical Skills Department
UConn Health
263 Farmington Ave.
Farmington, CT 06830
From 2008 thru 2018
That are retrievable from that department.
FOI #19-111 (04-8-19, 2:31 pm) - Subject - Pharmacy
Name - Lily Jackson
Affiliation - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Pursuant to the state open records act, I request access to and copies of:
1. Records reflective of the current inventory of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) at your institution’s pharmacy (or pharmacies), specifically pharmacies that primarily cater towards students and their healthcare needs. Exclude from this request pharmacies associated with your institution’s larger healthcare network, and that cater to towards the general or primarily- non-student populations. Please specify the day or time period that the record(s) is reflective of.
2. Records of prescriptions for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) prescribed at your institution's student health center(s) from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2018.
FOI #19-110 (04-8-19, 2:31 pm) - Subject - Legal fee related to Edsall case
Name - Alex Putterman
Affiliation - Hartford Courant
Hi, I'm interested in documentation of legal fees incurred by UConn as a result of the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board complaint about the hiring of football coach Corey Edsall and the ensuing legal dispute, including the court case that was resolved in late 2018.
FOI #19-109 (04-8-19, 1:08 pm) - Subject - Department Heads, names, email addresses and phone numbers
Name - Georgieanna Fisher
Affiliation - Home Selling Team LLC
I would like a list of current department heads, names, email addresses and phone numbers for the Storrs campus only. . I would also like a list of open faculty positions in various departments.
Thanks for your consideration.
Any and all purchasing records from 2018-10-25 (yyyy-mm-dd) to current.
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
FOI #19-106 - Subject - UConn InfoED External Interests System
Name - Priyanka Vora
Affiliation - New York University
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting:
● Electronic copies of the University of Connecticut’s faculty conflict of interest disclosures (https://policy.uconn.edu/2011/05/24/financial-conflicts-of-interest-in-research/) collected through the UConn InfoEd External Interests system (https://login.uconn.edu/cas/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infoed.uconn.edu/login.asp) including all filings from University of employees on: consulting activities and other compensated activity, service on outside boards, uncompensated outside activity, significant interest in business activities, gifts, and intellectual property/royalties/copyright. Please include all filings made in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date.
If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $10. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of the potential conflicts of interest of state employees and affiliated researchers.
The release of the information is for non-commercial purposes. I am a New York University researcher working with ProPublica. ProPublica is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit news organizations ation based in New York City, whose mission is journalism in the public interest. This request is for newsgathering purposes. I, or my colleagues at ProPublica, Annie Waldman and David Armstrong, will use the records to inform the public through our reporting. I therefore request a waiver of all fees and charges pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act.
Copies of all of Dr. Agwunobi's employment contracts as the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs for UConn Health System. Please also provide his UCH employment contract when he was a consultant working for BRG.