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Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
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Tracking & Analytics:
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What They Do:
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Optional metadata (e.g., expiration time, security flags)
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How users navigate the site
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How long users stay on each page
What device, browser, or location the user is from
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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).
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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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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.
Affiliation - Robert M. Cheverie & Associates, P.C.
1. Copies of all certified payroll records for all work performed by K&L Welding on the University of Connecticut Innovative Partnership Building Project.
2. Copies of all payment bonds that may protect work performed for K&L Welding including any contained in any subcontracts between Skanska & Erection and Welding and Erection and Welding and K&L Welding.
FOI #18-342 (11-12-18, 9:38 pm) - Subject - UConn Personal Body Cam Videos
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
Criminal reports/personal body camera videos of the UCONN officers who responded on these dates:
Jan 12, 2018 approximately 8:44 P.M
Sept 2, 2018 approximately 10:00 P.M
Nov 2, 2018 approximately 1:00 A.M
As an OPIM faculty member, I would like to request the publicly available reports and documents w.r.t. the investigation about our former OPIM department chair, Ram Gopal.
Information needed:
1. Road Game ticket sales purchased through your athletic department for the season you participated in the respective bowl game.
2. Number of tickets sold for the respective bowl by your school (from your allotment).
3. How is attendance for sports event reported by your university? Per the NCAA, attendance can be reported three ways: turnstile count, tickets sold, or estimates
Little Caesars/Quick Lane Bowl: 2004 Season
Birmingham Bowl: 2009 Season (2010 Bowl Game, Played January 2010)
The search waiver forms and the documents that support them for every full/time permanent faculty member hired without a search during each of the following academic/fiscal years: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18.
Copies of the following records: (1) All documents prepared by the Office of Institutional Equity or any predecessor office, containing findings and recommendations following an investigation of alleged sexual harassment, discrimination, assault or retaliation, which allegation was lodged against a member of the faculty, staff or student of the University (including the University of Connecticut Health Center and any other University branch), and which memoranda were prepared from January 1, 2014 to the present and documents relied upon in those reports; (2) all documents, including emails, notes, interview summaries and draft reports relating to the (1) above.
We are writing to make FOIA request for a copy of the service agreement / contract that the University executed with Grad Images for Spring 2018 commencement photography services.
FOI #18-335 (11-1-18, 11:25 am) - Subject - Hockey attendance
Name - Dan Brechlin
Affiliation - Hartford Courant
Requesting the "scanned" or turnstile attendance figure for every UConn men's hockey home game at the XL center since the beginning of the 2014-15 season.