Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that are placed on to your computer by websites that you visit. They are used to make websites work, to improve efficiency of websites, to improve the user’s experience and to provide usage information on websites. This information should make your website visits more productive by storing and using information on your website preferences and habits.

Your web browser can choose whether or not to accept cookies. Most web browser software is initially set up to accept them.

We may offer cookies to you and you should ensure that your web browser is set up to not accept cookies if you do not wish to receive them. Please note that if you disable cookies, some services or website functionality may not be available. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to aboutcookies.org. We use the following cookies:

  • Essential cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, and to use online forms.
  • Analytical cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • Marketing cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences. These cookies also record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website, the advertising displayed on it and communications sent more relevant to your interests.

By continuing to use this site, you are accepting our use of these cookies that make advertising and communications more relevant to you and your interests, and further help us to improve the site.

Provider/Full Tag (cookie) Name  Cookie Name Session Duration Full Description (i.e. what it does)  Essential / Analytics / Marketing
 Intrusiveness / Justification
Google Analytics _utma
_utmb
_utmc
_utmz		 Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about our website visitors.

The data collected by Google Analytics is used to analyse how frequently the same people revisit the University website, how th website is found (from advertising or referring websites), and which pages are most frequently viewed. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall picture of website use, and is never identified individually or personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you.

Google’s privacy policy

Opt out of Google Analytics (not recommended)

 Analytics LOW //

3rd party cookie which does not personal store user data
Google Maps SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, HSID, NID, PREF Various unique identifiers, except for PREF which stores your options such as preferred zoom level.

Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Google Maps users.

Google’s privacy policy

  Analytics LOW
YouTube SID, LOGIN_INFO, use_hotbox, PREF, SSID, HSID, watched_video_id_list, __utma, __utmz, demographics, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Various unique identifiers, as well as login information that may relate to a Google account.

Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Youtube video. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Youtube users, including information that links your visits to our website with your Google account if you are signed in to one. Information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States.This cookie does not identify you personally unless you are logged into Google, in which case it is linked to your Google account

Google’s Privacy Policy

Opt out of Google Analytics (not recommended)
Klipspringer.com wow.session  Session IIS Session Code Essential ZERO //
Standard session cookie served by the web server.
Klipspringer.com wow.anonymousid  2 year  Anonymous Visitor ID  Analytics LOW //
Does not store user data, only stores active menu nodekover post-back
Klipspringer.com wow.schedule  Session Load Balance Session Queue Essential ZERO //
Standard session cookie served by the web server.
Klipspringer.com wow.utmvalues  Session  Stores the UTM values for the session  Analytics LOW //
Does not store user data, only stores active menu node over post-back
wow.trackingdata  Session  CommuniGator encrypted identifier for the session  Marketing  MEDIUM //
1st party cookie which is only used by GatorMail integration so GatorLeads (previously known as WOW Analytics) knows email contacts visiting website
wow.data  2 years Encrypted GatorMail identification Analytics  MEDIUM //
1st party cookie which is only used by GatorMail integration so GatorLeads (previously known as WOW Analytics) knows email contacts visiting website
ASPXAUTH  Session CommuniGator Product Authentication Essential ZERO //
Authentication cookie served by the CommuniGator product
ASP.NET_SessionId  Session IIS Session cookie Essential ZERO //
Standard session cookie served by the web server
 _hjClosedSurveyInvites  365 days  Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal popup. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown.
 _hjDonePolls  365 days  Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor completes a poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in.
 _hjMinimizedPolls 365 days  Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site.
 _hjDoneTestersWidgets  365 days  Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in.
 _hjMinimizedTestersWidgets  365 days  Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site.
 Klipspringer.com  _hjIncludedInSample  365 days Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels.
 PHPSESSID  23 days Preserves user session state across page requests  Essential
 livechatinc.com  _livechat  3 years Used to hide to user’s personal customisation of Livechat
 livechatinc.com  _livechat_lastvisit  3 years Stores when the user last used LiveChat
 livechatinc.com  3rd party  Session Used to hide user’s personal customisation of LiveChat
 livechatinc.com  main_window_timestamp#  Session Used to hide user’s personal customisation of LiveChat
 livechatinc.com  recent_window  Session  Used to hide user’s personal customisation of LiveChat
 Google Analytics  _ga  2 years  Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website  Analytics
 Google Analytics  _gat  Session  Used by Google Analytics to throttle request reate  Analytics
 Google Analytics  _gid  Session  Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website  Analytics
 Klipspringer.com  _omappvp  11 years  Used by lead generation platform OptinMonster to determine if the visitor is returning and has visited the website before
 Klipspringer.com  _omappvs  Session  Used by lead generation platform Optinmonster to determine if the visitor is visiting the website for the first time
 Google  ads/ga-audiences  Session  Used by Google Adwords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitors online behaviour across websites
 Google Analytics  collect  Session  Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitors device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels
 Facebook  fr  3 months  Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
 Facebook  impression.php/#  Session  Used by Facebook to register impressions on pages with the Facebook login button
 Klipspringer.com  om-sessions-pageviews  Session  Used by lead generation platform OptinMonster to count the number of pages viewed by the visitor
 Klipspringer.com  om-session-start  Session  Used by lead generation platform OptinMonster to register the amount of time the visitor has spend on the website
 Twitter  personalization_id  2 years
 Facebook  tr  Session
 Klipspringer.com  _lc.visitor_id.7455211  999 days
 accounts.livechatinc.com  _lc.mcid  3 years
 accounts.livechatinc.com  _lc_mcst  3 years
 livechatinc.com  _lc_vv  Session
 Klipspringer.com  autoinvite_callback  Session
 t.co  i/adsct  Session
 Klipspringer.com  lc_invitation_opened  Session
 Klipspringer.com  lc_sso7455211  999 days
 Klipspringer.com  lc_window_state  Session
 livechatinc.com  message_text  Session
 livechatinc.com  notification[personal_invitation]  Session
 livechatinc.com  notification[status_ping]  Session
Hot Jar  _hjClosedSurveyInvites 365 days Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal popup. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown.  Analytical
Hot Jar _hjDonePolls  365 days  Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor completes a poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in.  Analytical
Hot Jar  _hjMinimizedPolls  365 days Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site.  Analytical
Hot Jar  _hjDoneTestersWidgets  365 days  Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in.  Analytical
 Hot Jar  _hjIncludedInSample  365 days  Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels.  Analytical
 Hot Jar  _hjShownFeedbackMessage  365 days  This cookie is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if they navigate to another page where it is set to show.  Analytical
 Hot Jar  _hjid  365 days  Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.  Analytical
 Hot Jar  _hjRecordingLastActivity  Session  This should be found in sessionStorage (as opposed to cookies). This gets updated when a visitor recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket (the visitor performs an action that Hotjar records).  Analytical
 Hot Jar  hjTLDTest  Session  When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the
_hjTLDTest
cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.		  Analytical
 Hot Jar  _hjUserAttributesHash  Session  User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API are cached for the duration of the session in order to know when an attribute has changed and needs to be updated.  Analytical
 Hot Jar  _hjCachedUserAttributes  Session  This cookie stores User Attributes which are sent through the Hotjar Identify API, whenever the user is not in the sample. These attributes will only be saved if the user interacts with a Hotjar Feedback tool.  Analytical

Version No. 002, Issue Date 07-07-2021