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Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
Personalization:
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Tracking & Analytics:
Monitoring browsing behavior for analytics or marketing purposes
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First-Party Cookies:
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What They Do:
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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)
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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
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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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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 #18-153 - Subject - Employee Correspondence and Logs
Name - Tanuki Banks
Affiliation -
(1) Email correspondence to between clinical laboratory employees for the time period June 2016-July 2016, that relates to time tracking, punching in/out, etc. (2) Kronos logs for the same period for the same clinical laboratory employees.
FOI #18-151 - Subject - Event Planning Coordinator, Search #2017529
Name - Lindsay Jenkelunas
Affiliation - UCPEA
The following relating to Event Planning Coordinator, Search #2017529:
• The original job posting.
• The names of those who served on the search committee, and the dates of their most recent search committee training.
• Any and all recruitment qualification reports.
• Any and all applicant selection reports.
• Any and all applicant summary reports.
• Any and all candidate selection reports.
• Any and all additional materials or reports produced in relation to this search.
FOI #18-150 (05-7-18, 5:56 pm) - Subject - Emails and records
Name - Peter Robison
Affiliation - Bloomberg News
Please send me any and all correspondence between Nutritional Sciences Professor Nancy Rodriguez (nancy.rodriguez@uconn.edu) and any employee or official of the following organizations: International Dairy Foods Association; Dairy Management Inc.; National Dairy Council; Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP); Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Program, or Milk Checkoff Program; USA Swimming; and the U.S. Olympic Committee. Please also send me records of any royalties, licensing fees, or payments from any of the above organizations to Nancy Rodriguez, the University of Connecticut or any university affiliate.
FOI #18-149 - Subject - Gant Building Renovation - STEM Phase 1 Project No. 901803
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 the above-referenced project.
• Ferguson Mechanical, and their subcontractors - From wk ending 1.27.18 through the present
• Scholar Painting - From wk ending 1.27.18 through the present
• Connecticut Carpentry Corporation, and their subcontractors - From wk ending 1.27.18 through the present
• New Britain Fence - Payrolls from wk ending 1.27.18 through the present
• Barall & Konover Flooring
• Dzen Sheet Metal Contractors
• Reynolds Welding & Fabrication
• Quality Building
• New Britain Fence
• Manganaro Northeast
• DePaoli Mosaic
• Sign Pro
FOI #18-147 - Subject - Athletics Employment and Game Contracts
Name - Kevin Cohen
Affiliation - Winthrop Intelligence, LLC
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. Allen Eddie 2. Hunter Kenya 3. Hurley Dan 4. Lister Jasmine 5. Moore Tom
2. 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 Football games listed below plus any additional non-conference games scheduled to be played between 2018 and 2035 between the University’s Department of Athletics and the following Universities’ Departments of Athletics: 1. Clemson University 09/11/2021 2. Holy Cross 09/02/2021 3. University of Tennessee at Martin 2027
FOI #18-146 - Subject - National Strength and Conditioning Association Correspondence
Name - Stephanie Lee
Affiliation - BuzzFeed News
All email communications to and from former University of Connecticut professors William Kraemer, Jeff Volek, and Carl Maresh, with members of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (including email addresses ending in “@nsca.com”) and/or staff or faculty at Ohio State University (including email addresses ending in “@osu.edu”), from 2013 through 2014.
Copy of the report issued by the Office of Institutional Equity in Case No. 18-0087. Any and all additional materials or reports produced in relation to the investigation.
FOI #18-144 - Subject - Off Campus Event Notification Forms
Name - Linda Duckstein
Affiliation - Mansfield Neighborhood Preservation Group
1. All "Off Campus Event Notification Forms" and other sources of information about parties and events to be held by any RSO, club or organization including all fraternities and sororities in OFF-CAMPUS locations within Mansfield, CT, January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018.
2. All advisor (or delegatee) notes from phone calls, email, meetings or other sources regarding fraternity/sorority events being held off campus January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018.
3. All correspondence, notes, and email between any university personnel and any fraternity/sorority council regarding events held or planned to be held off-campus January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018.