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What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded onto a device when the user accesses certain websites. Cookies can be used to enhance the website experience and to track statistical information on what the user does on a website.
Why we use cookies
There are four reasons why a cookie may be stored on your device when visiting our website:
- Cookies that make the website work properly for you and enable you to make use of the secure online services that we provide.
- Cookies that collect data about your use of the website, which is then anonymised and used to help us improve our website.
- Cookies that remember your preference and make the site easier for you to use.
- Cookies that are placed by third-party services we make use of to enhance the information we present online. We have no control over these third-party cookies.
How to block cookies
You can restrict or block cookies that are set during your use of the website by changing your browser's settings. Be aware however that some pages may not work if you completely disable cookies, but many of the third-party cookies can be safely blocked. For further information check your browsers help section for guidance on how to disabled cookies.
Which cookies does our Website use?
Table outlining the cookies used and their purpose on UWSUNION.org.uk
| Cookie |
Purpose |
Expiry |
| ASP.NET_SessionID |
Stores a temporary unique identifier for your session - no other information is stored. this cookie is removed when you close your browser |
Expires on exit of browser |
| ASPXAUTH |
When you are logged in, this cookie stores a value that identifies you to your site. This value is encrypted and can only be read by the server. If you use the Remember Me function, this cookie will remain on your computer for three months. |
Expires on exit of browser or 3 months (optional) |
| _AntiXsrfToken |
Implements a preventative mechanism against cross-site request forgery attacks. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_forgery for further details) |
Expires on exit of browser |
| NREUM |
Used by New Relice (performance monitoring) as a work around for browsers that do not support the navigation timing API. |
Expires on exit of browser |
The session cookie and aspxauth are strictly nessecary for the functioning of the logged-in site. We do not offer a way of disabling these and you should not disable them if you want a logged-in browser experience.
There are also some other essential performance monitoring cookies:
UWS Union uses google analytics on our site, which will drop the following cookies:
Summary of the google analytics cookies that UWS Union uses
| Cookie |
Purpose |
Expiry |
| _UTMA |
Used by google analystics to capture and determine unique visitors and the frequency of views. _utma is written to the browser on your first visite to the site from the browser being used. |
Expires after 2 years |
| _UTMB |
Used by google analytics to establish and continue your session on the site. Each time you visit a page it is update to expire in 30 minutes. It expires if you spend more than 30 minutes on a single page. |
Expires after 30 minutes. |
| _UTMC |
Previously used by google analytics javascript to define a session status |
Expires after 6 months |
| _utmz |
_utmz is used by google analytics to store the type of referral used to reach the site: e.g direct, link, web search etc. |
Expires on exit of browser. |
Following the switch to https, all sites' cookie settings are now set to "http only" and "SSL only". This prevents system cookies from being read by scripts and from being trasmitted along with non-ssl requests.
Futher information
If you require further information on our cookies, please email uwsunion@uws.ac.uk