- What is a cookie?
- How does UK HE International Unit (IU) use
cookies?
- Site performance cookies
- Anonymous analytics cookies
- Registration cookies
- Third party cookies
- The cookies we use
- Removing cookies
- Useful links
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored by your browser
(e.g. Internet Explorer or Safari) on your device (e.g. computer or
phone). They enable websites to store user information such as
preferences and settings. Cookies basically allow websites to
remember users and their preferred settings for that particular
site, enabling the site to respond accordingly.
2. How does UK HE International
Unit (IU) use cookies?
Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse the
profile of our visitors and help us to provide you with a better
user experience.
3. Site performance cookies
Site performance cookies remember preferences set by the user
for tools found on UK HE International Unit (IU) websites, meaning
you don't have to reset them on each visit, e.g. Video Player
settings.
4. Anonymous analytics
cookies
Anonymous analytics cookies can tell us whether or not you have
visited the site before.
Every time a user visits our website, web analytics software
provided by a third party generates a cookie.
Your browser will let us know if you have these cookies or not,
if you do not we will generate new ones. This allows us to track
individual unique users and how often they are visiting UK HE
International Unit (IU) websites.
These cookies cannot be used to identify individuals unless they
are signed in to the UK HE International Unit (IU) website. If the
user is not signed in then the cookies are used for statistical
purposes only. If you are signed in we will know the details
supplied for this purpose such as username and email address.
5. Registration cookies
Registration cookies signal to us whether the user is signed in
or not, once registered with UK HE International Unit (IU)
websites.
We use these cookies to determine which account you are signed
in with and which services you are allowed access to. It also
allows us to link comments and posts with the correct username.
As long as you have not selected 'keep me signed in' the cookies
will be deleted when you logout, close your browser or shut down
your computer.
6. Third party cookies
Please note that during your visits to UK HE International Unit
(IU) websites you may notice some cookies that are not related to
UK HE International Unit (IU) or its contractors. When you visit a
page with content embedded from YouTube or Flickr, you may be
presented with cookies from these websites. UK HE International
Unit (IU) do not control these cookies. You should check the
relevant third party websites for more information regarding these
cookies.
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the UK HE
International Unit (IU) website now carries embedded 'share'
buttons to enable users of the site to easily share articles with
their friends through a number of popular social networks. These
sites may set a cookie when you are also logged in to their
service. UK HE International Unit (IU) do not control the
dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant
third party website for more information about these.
7. The cookies we use
| NAME |
EXPIRES |
Source |
| ASP.NET_SessionId |
At End Of Session |
System - Session state cookie |
3rd party cookies
| Source site |
Names |
Reason |
| Google Analytics |
utma, utmb, utmc, utmz |
Used for site statistics |
| Share This |
stid, uset |
Used in social sharing |
| NAME |
EXPIRES |
Source |
| ASP.NET_SessionId |
At End Of Session |
System - Session state cookie |
3rd party cookies
| Source site |
Name |
Reason |
| Google Analytics |
utma, utmb, utmc, utmz |
Used for site statistics |
| Share This |
stid, uset |
Used in social sharing |
| NAME |
EXPIRES |
Source |
| yourAuthCookie |
At End Of Session |
System - Session state cookie |
3rd party cookies
| Source site |
Names |
Reason |
| Google Analytics |
utma, utmb, utmc, utmz |
Used for site statistics |
| Share This |
stid, uset |
Used in social sharing |
| You Tube |
PREF, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Used in social sharing |
8. Removing cookies
UK HE International Unit (IU) will not use cookies to collect
personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish
to restrict or block the cookies which are set by UK HE
International Unit (IU) websites, or any other website, you can do
this through your browser settings. The Help function within your
browser should tell you how, or you can use one of the following
links:
Cookie settings
in Internet Explorer
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955)
Cookie
settings in Firefox
(http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Cookies)
Cookie settings in Chrome
(http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647)
Cookie settings in
Safari web (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042) and iOS
(http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677)
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which
contains comprehensive information on browsers (as above), how to
delete cookies from your computer and more general information. For
information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone
you will need to refer to your handset manual.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the
functionality of the UK HE International Unit (IU).
UK HE International Unit (IU) use a number of suppliers who also
set cookies on our websites on our behalf in order to deliver the
services that they are providing.
9. Useful links
For further information regarding cookies, you may find the
following links of interest:
Microsoft
Cookies guide (www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx)
All About Cookies
(http://www.allaboutcookies.org/)
For further legal information regarding privacy issues, you may
find the following links on interest:
Data
Protection Act 1998
(http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/contents)
The Information Commissioner's
Office (http://www.ico.gov.uk/)