Note: this page provides additional information about cookies on the
University of Essex website and should be read in conjunction with the
privacy and cookies policy.
| Cookie name |
Description |
Further information |
| General |
ASP.NET_SessionId
.ASPXAUTH |
These cookies facilitate the smooth
operation of our website, and may be used on
every URL ending in .aspx,
throughout the site. The cookies are
created when you enter our website and deleted
when you close your web browser. If you block
these cookies you may experience a loss of some
functionality on our website. |
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__utmb
__utmc
__utmz
__utmv
__utmx |
These cookies are set by a third party
(Google), allowing us to use Google Analytics
software to help us understand how visitors use
our website; they may be used throughout our
site. The cookies send anonymised
information to Google, which is compiled into
analytics reports. These cookies are created
when you enter our website and deleted when you
close your web browser. If you block these
cookies you should experience no loss of functionality on
our website, and the anonymised information
about how you use our website will not be
transmitted to Google or included in any
reports.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics
across all websites, visit
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. |
Google Analytics' privacy policy |
| cuvid |
This cookie is typically written to the
browser upon the first visit to the site from that
web browser. This cookie is used
to determine unique visitors to the site and it
is updated with each page view. The cookie
expires two years after it was first set. |
|
| Blogs |
wordpress_
wordpress_logged_in_
wp-settings-{time}-[UID] |
These cookies are set when
you have logged into our blog service. They
allow you to remain logged in and store some
user preferences. If you block these cookies you
will be able to view our blogs (unless the blog
has been set to require logging in) but you will
be unable to interact by adding comments. These
cookies expire two weeks after they were first
set. |
More information from WordPress |
| comment_author comment_author_email
comment_author_url |
These cookies are set when you post a
comment on one of our blogs. They are for your
convenience so that you do not have to retype
your information if you wish to make further
comments; blocking them removes this facility.
These cookies expire within a year of first
being set. |
More information from WordPress |
| Institutional Repository |
| eprints_session |
This is set when
you log in to the
Institutional Repository, and removed when
you close your browser. If you blocked this
cookie you would still be able to browse
repository content but wouldn’t be able to log
in; that would mean staff users with cookies
blocked couldn’t log in and enter their own
publications into the system. |
|
| Postgraduate application
form |
| ASP.NET_deus_SessionId |
This cookie is
created when you enter this website and deleted
when you close your web browser. |
|
| UoEssex_Application |
Persistent, first party cookie: lasts
for 124 days; contains e-mail address used to
register for Postgraduate application form . Set
voluntarily on the log-in page if the user
checks the "remember me" box. Facilitates faster
subsequent logins to the user's postgraduate
course application(s). |
|
| Student timetables |
| CustomSessionId |
Used to ensure user's session hasn't timed
out. This cookie is
created when you enter this website and deleted
when you close your web browser. |
|
| TestCookie |
This cookie
contains the value "ok" and is used to
ensure that user's browser is capable of
accepting session cookies (without which the
Timetables site doesn't work). It expires in one
minute. |
|
| My Pocket Timetable |
| CustomSessionId |
Used to ensure user's session hasn't timed
out. This cookie is
created when you enter the website and deleted
when you close your web browser. |
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__utmmobile
utmUrl
utmdebug
utmr
utmp
utmac
utmwv
utmn
utmhn
utmcc
utmvid
utmip |
These cookies are set by a third party
(Google), allowing us to use Google Analytics
software to help us understand how visitors use
our website; they may be used throughout our
site. The cookies send anonymised
information to Google, which is compiled into
analytics reports. These cookies are created
when you enter our website and deleted when you
close your web browser. If you block these
cookies you should experience no loss of functionality on
our website, and the anonymised information
about how you use our website will not be
transmitted to Google or included in any
reports.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics
across all websites, visit
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. |
Google Analytics' privacy policy |
| Exam timetables |
| TestCookie |
This cookie
contains the value "ok" and is used to ensure
that user's browser is capable of accepting
session cookies (without which the exam
timetables site doesn't work). It expires in one
minute. |
|
| ASP.NET_examtimetables_SessionId |
Used to ensure user's session hasn't timed
out. This cookie is
created when you enter the website and deleted
when you close your web browser. |
|
| Moodle |
| MoodleSessionEssex |
Essential when using Moodle. You must allow
this cookie into your browser to provide
continuity and maintain your login from page to
page. When you log out or close the browser this
cookie is destroyed. |
|
| MOODLEID_Essex |
For convenience only. Remembers your
username, so when you return to the site the
username field on the login page will already be
filled out for you. It is safe to refuse this
cookie - you will just have to retype your
username every time you log in. |
|
| Webmail |
MstrPgLd1
MstrPgLd2
OutlookSession
PBack
TimeOffset
UserContext
cadata
owacsdc
sessionid
tzid |
These cookies contain information about your
current session, including log-in information,
page preferences and time-zone. These cookies
are essential and if you block cookies from this
site you will be unable to use the University's
webmail service. They are
created when you enter the website and deleted
when you close your web browser. |
|
| Library catalogue
(serlib0.essex.ac.uk) |
III_EXPT_FILE
III_SESSION_ID
SESSION_SCOPE |
These cookies contain information about your
current session, including log-in information
and search history. If these cookies
are blocked, some or all functionality
will be lost; in
particular, you will be unable to view
personalised information. These cookies are
created when you enter the website and deleted
when you close your web browser. |
|
| Shibboleth
authentication |
JSESSIONID
_idp_authn_lc_key |
These cookies are used to demonstrate that
you have signed in via Shibboleth. These cookies
are essential and if you block them you will be
unable to use any services that require
Shibboleth authentication. These cookies are
created when you sign in via Shibboleth and
deleted when you close your web browser. |
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