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 #19-089 (03-27-19, 12:29 am) - Subject - Contracts, Disclosure Forms
Name - Christopher Peak
Affiliation - New Haven Independent
I write to request the following records regarding UConn Health’s work with outside contractors, from Jan. 1, 2016, through the present:
1. Any contracts or agreements between UConn Health and the following vendors:
a. KeyBank
b. UBS Investment Bank
c. Bank of America
d. Chase Enterprises, Inc.
e. Virtus Investment Partners
f. The Cloud Company, LLC
g. Hinckley Allen
h. Levy & Droney, P.C.
i. Eastern Sports Medicine and Spine Associates, LLC
j. Apex Pharmacy
k. RTC Pharmaceutical Consulting, LLC
l. Joel Freedman Consulting
m. MGIC Investment Corporation
n. Aetna, Inc.
o. ConnectiCare, Inc.
2. Any conflict of interest policies for the UConn Health Board of Directors
3. Any disclosure forms filled out by current members of the UConn Board of Directors
Wherever possible, please provide these files in an electronic format, preferably as a machine-readable document.
I ask that you waive any processing and copying fees (C.G.S. § 1-212(d)(3)), because the records will be used, in a news article, to show the internal budgetary decisions that are being made at the state’s most prominent publicly run medical school and teaching hospital.
FOI #19-088 (03-26-19, 2:00 pm) - Subject - Job offer to Fidan Ana Kurtulus Hinson
Name - Meghan Sweeney
Affiliation - Ruel Ruel Goings & Britt, LLC
For the period January 1, 2016, to present, all offer letters, employment contracts, and appointment letters for Fidan Ana Kurtulus (also known as Fidan Ana Kurtulus Hinson) and the University of Connecticut (including any employee thereof).
FOI #19-087(03-25-19, 2:49pm) - Subject - UCONN Gant Building Renovation - Project No. 901803
Name - Kimberly Glassman
Affiliation - Foundation for Fair Contracting of Connecticut
Requesting work being performed on Phase 1 on the Gant Building Renovation
• Baran & Konover Flooring
• Connecticut Carpentry Corp, and their subcontractors-From wk ending 12.29.18 through the present
• DePaoli Mosaic
• Ferguson Mechanical, and their subcontractors - From wk ending 12.29 .18 through the present
• Ferguson Electric, and their subcontractors -From wk ending 12.29.18 through the present
• Manganaro Northeast - From wk ending 12.30.18 through the present
• New Britain Fence - From wk ending 12.31.18 through the present
• Pro Cut of CT - From wk ending 1.12.19 through the present
• Scholar Painting - From wk ending 1.19 .19 through the present
• Sign Pro
• Tradesmen International-From wk ending 12.29.18 through the present
Please forward all emails during the month of January that contain specific phrases as it pertains to former UConn professor Jeff Meunier, including his own mailbox. Also requesting any OIE report pertaining to Jeff Meunier.
FOI #19-084 (03-25-19, 10:10 am) - Subject - Football coaches contracts
Name - Shannon deLoach
Affiliation - Coaches Consulting Group
I would like to request a PDF copy of the employment agreements or MOU (and any applicable amendments) for UConn assistant football coaches Aaron Smith and Eddie Allen.
FOI #19-082 (03-21-19, 12:12 pm) - Subject - Student Directory Information
Name - Barrett O'Neill
Affiliation - OnDemandStorage.com, LLC
I am requesting directory information related to the spring 2019 semester of currently enrolled students at the Storrs campus. The information I am requesting is:
I am requesting for expected 2020, 2021, 2022 classes.
FOI #19-081 - Subject - Certified payroll records submitted for Lighthouse Masonry for thier work on the STEM building
Name - Kimberly Glassman
Affiliation - Foundation for Fair Contracting of Connecticut
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act Sec. 1-210. we are requesting the certified payroll records submitted by Lighthouse Masonry for work performed on the STEM building project.
FOI #19-080 (03-18-19, 6:46 pm) - Subject - Request for CEO compensation from 2012 to 2017
Name - Dan Bauman
Affiliation - The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is requesting compensation earned from 1) UConn 2) and from an organization closely affiliated with your educational institution, UCHCFC CIRCLE ROAD CORP.
When possible, the data provided for each individual should mirror that of compensation data reported on or within Form 990s, W-2s or 1099s for said individual.
1. The actual compensation(*) earned by or set aside for the chief executive(s) (interim, acting, permanent or otherwise) of your institution, University of Connecticut, in calendar years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively. These chief executive(s) include:
Michael J. Hogan
Philip Austin
Susan Herbst
AND: For other persons who served as interim, acting or permanent (or other) CEOs that were not included in the list preceding this sentence, I request you provide me their name(s) and compensation data.
2. I request the actual compensation(*) earned by former permanent chief executive(s) of your institution in calendar years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively. Specifically, I request the aggregate values of two categories of compensation earned respectively within each of the above-requested years: actual reportable (taxable) compensation as defined in accordance with W-2s, 1099s, and/or within Form 990s.
These former permanent chief executive(s) include (if blank, proceed to AND: For other persons…):
Michael J. Hogan
AND: For other persons, compensated in the years following the final year of leadership as permanent CEOs, who were not included in the list preceding this sentence, I request you provide me their name(s) and compensation data.