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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:
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Used for things like keeping you logged in during a single session
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Used for remembering login credentials, settings, etc.
First-Party Cookies:
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Third-Party Cookies:
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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:
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Can persist across sessions if you select "Remember me"
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Typically, it contains:
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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:
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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 #18-363 (12-1-18, 8:35 pm) - Subject - Postdoc Salaries
Name - Gary McDowell
Affiliation - Future of Research
I am requesting:
The annualized salaries, on December 1st 2017 and on December 1st 2018, of all full-time PhD or MD-holding postdoctoral employees and fellows, and employees under any titles that encompass postdoctoral research roles.
For example (but not limited to): postdoctoral researcher; postdoctoral scholar; postdoctoral fellow; research associate.
I request that this information be sent as an electronic spreadsheet, with the following:
Name of postdoc;
Gender of postdoc;
Department in which postdoc is situated;
Job Title of postdoc;
Annualized Salary of postdoc on Dec 1st 2017 (if employed in 2017);
Annualized Salary of postdoc on Dec 1st 2018 (if employed in 2018).
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut Health Center for any and all electronic purchasing records from 2018-05-21 (yyyy-mm-dd) to current. The request is limited to readily available records without physically 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
FOI #18-359 - Subject - Athletics Employment Agreements and Game Contracts
Name - Kevin Cohen
Affiliation -
1. Current employment contract and salary (Letter of intent, form agreement, or applicable document / record which shows annual compensation and start/end date of employment). If an employee does not have a formal written agreement, please provide (ideally in a spreadsheet or table format): Name, Compensation, and Start/End Date (or write “At Will” if applicable).
1. Brandt Andrew University of Connecticut
2. Chardis Phil University of Connecticut
3. Chromik Martyann University of Connecticut
4. Fiorvanti Annie University of Connecticut
5. Hastillo Megan University of Connecticut
6. Hughes Amanda University of Connecticut
7. Iacampo Chris University of Connecticut
8. LaBonte Anna University of Connecticut
9. McKenna Pat University of Connecticut
10. Mead Christopher University of Connecticut
11. Messina Laura University of Connecticut
12. Rivers Mackenzie University of Connecticut
13. Schneider Eric University of Connecticut
14. Silva Kim University of Connecticut
15. Spillman Kevin University of Connecticut
16. Stasaitis Chris University of Connecticut
17. Younger Hannah University of Connecticut
18. Zuppani Cat University of Connecticut
2. Men's Basketball
1. Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request a copy of any contract or written agreement in force (i.e., signed, fully executed) for non-conference Men's Basketball games listed below plus any additional non-conference games or exhibition games scheduled to be played during the 2018 - 2019 season and future years:
1. Cornell University 11/20/2018
2. Drexel University 12/18/2018
3. Florida State University 12/08/2018
4. Lafayette College 12/05/2018
5. Manhattan College 12/15/2018
6. Morehead State University 11/08/2018
7. Syracuse University 11/15/2018
8. University of Arizona 12/02/2018
9. University of Massachusetts, Lowell 11/27/2018
10. University of Missouri - Kansas City 11/11/2018
11. University of New Hampshire 11/24/2018
12. Villanova University 12/22/2018
3. Women's Basketball
1. Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request a copy of any contract or written agreement in force (i.e., signed, fully executed) for non-conference Women's Basketball games listed below plus any additional non-conference games or exhibition games scheduled to be played during the 2018 - 2019 season and future years:
1. Baylor University 01/03/2019
2. DePaul University 11/28/2018
3. Ohio State University 11/11/2018
4. Purdue University 11/24/2018
5. Saint Louis University 12/04/2018
6. Seton Hall University 12/08/2018
7. St. John's University (NY) 11/23/2018
8. University of California, Berkeley 12/22/2018
9. University of Louisville 01/31/2019
10. University of Mississippi 11/22/2018
11. University of Notre Dame 12/02/2018
12. University of Oklahoma 12/19/2018
13. University of South Carolina 02/11/2019
14. Vanderbilt University 11/17/20
FOI #18-358 (11-24-18, 11:07 pm) - Subject - Parking ticket records (2009-2018)
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - Daily Campus
Parking ticket records (including tickets issued, names of those who received them, reason they received them, fine amounts and if they were appealed or not) from Jan. 2009 to Nov. 2018.
FOI #18-357 - Subject - Gant Building Renovation Certified Payroll
Name - Kimberly Glassman
Affiliation - Foundation for Fair Contracting of Connecticut
Copies of certified payroll records submitted by the companies listed below, when applicable, for work being performed on Phase 1 of the Gant Building project no. 901803.
• Ferguson Mechanical, and their subcontractors - From wk ending 6.30.18 through the present
• Ferguson Electric, and their subcontractors - From wk ending 9 .22.18 through the present
• Scholar Painting - From wk ending 9 .29 .18 through the present
• Connecticut Carpentry Corp, and their subcontractors - From wk ending 9.9.18 through the present
• Manganaro Northeast - From wk ending 9.30.18 through the present
• New Britain Fence - From wk ending 9 .30.18 through the present
• Baran & Konover Flooring
• DePaoli Mosaic
• Sign Pro
Parking space inventory at the UConn Storrs Campus from the 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years, including designations for Area 1, 2, 3 and commuter spaces/lots.