| 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
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| 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. |
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| _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 |
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| 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 | |
