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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:
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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)
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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
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.
(1) Any documents reflecting or concerning a home address for a University of Connecticut alumni ; (2) Any documents reflecting or concerning the present known address for a University of Connecticut alumni; (3) Any communications to or from a University of Connecticut alumni.
1. The annual salary, total compensation including fringe benefits, and job title for the below employees affiliated with UConn Health Center and the UConn School of Medicine for the fiscal or calendar years, whichever is more appropriate: 2011, 2012. 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018:
a. Anne Horbatuck
b. Mary Casey Jacob
c. William Kleinman
d. Bruce Liang
e. Augustus Mazzocca
f. Frank Torti
g. Karen Duffy Wallace
2. A list of all documents that you have obtained related to the above requests but were excluded and the reason they were excluded.
Records detailing fees that were paid or promised to the university’s spring commencement speakers for each year from 2014 through 2018. This includes but is not limited to contracts and invoices from speakers, their agents or speaking firms. I’m interested only in payments made in exchange for speaking, not other costs such as travel, lodging or other accommodations. I’m also interested only in payments to the university’s primary commencement speaker each spring.
Award Documents (bid tabulation, award letter) and the proposal response by the winning vendor for the following bid(s)? (1) Parking Management Solution JL102317 11/27/2017 (2) Audio/Visual Upgrade KA111517 11/30/2017
Or just the following award information if the document is not available or a fee is required for obtaining the document?
(1) Awarded to: (2) Awarded date: (3) Awarded amount:
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.