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 #18-370 - Subject - Community Standards Records
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
1. The full audio recording from community standards hearing.
2. All documentation and physical records of any community standards case (resolved and unresolved) involving a. Academic Integrity b. Sexual Misconduct (Defined as harassment & assault) c. Interpersonal Violence dating from Jan 1st, 2016 to December 6th, 2018.
1- All communication including but not limited to all advertisements, promotional materials and events including but not limited to brochures, descriptions and other housing marketing materials and other materials and events that promote, encourage, inform, enable or assist graduate students to reside on the UCONN Campus in Storrs.
2- A copy of all graduate student on-campus housing application form templates, as well as, associated information and advisements.
3- Copies of any business case studies, or similar analyses, that identify the economics of housing graduate students on campus versus off-campus.
4- Copies of any university policies that pertain to on-campus housing services offered to graduate students at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
I am interested in receiving purchasing information from University of Connecticut School of Medicine for purchases made from 1/1/2010 to present.
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
UCPD body, dash and security videos from 11/29/18, UCPD protocol for traffic control, UCPD policy regarding employee cell phone use while on duty, email correspondence, personnel records, and UCPD daily reports for 11/29/18.
FOI #18-366 (12-4-18, 5:46 pm) - Subject - Men's Basketball Contracts with Providence College
Name - Mike Hopkins
Affiliation - pcbb1917.com
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 to be played against Providence College.
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