Data collection
It is standard practice for web servers to collect data automatically about all requests for files (web pages, images, etc). As we are processing Data gathered by University of Essex web servers include:
What data is collected?
- Your IP address
- Details about your web browser
- Details about the files requested
- Date and time of requests for each file requested,
- The referring page, if any, from which you may have followed a hyperlink
- Search terms and search results
- The domain from which your request originated
- Your username, if you have authenticated with the webserver
In addition to data collected automatically by the webservers, some of our pages request additional information; for instance, the prospectus request form asks for contact and other details, and the MyEssex portals allow you to record a range of preferences so that you can customise whatyou see. Where this happens you will find further specific information about the data gathered and its use.
Additional data for specialist applications
Specialist applications, including the MyEssex portals and e-learning tools, such as Moodle, Perception and OCS gather user data specific to their intended purpose. Data gathered by these applications includes user identifiers, tracking information, user contributions (e.g. on discussion forums, submitted essay content and assessment answers).
Personalisation
We use cookies to personalise content for you.
When you visit any web site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to.
What we use personalisation for:
- Personalise the content you see on the website so that it is more relevant to you based on your profile or interests
- Display our website in a tailored way, for example, show you course or subject specific content we think you might like
- Enable you to share our content with others using social media or email
- Communicate (and personalise such communication) with you through our newsletters, (but only those you have consented to receive)
- Improve the design and style of the website
- Inform you about courses, services or promotional offers that you might find interesting if you have chosen to receive that type of communication
- Interface personalisation, such as language, or any user-interface customisation (i.e. parameters attached to your device including your screen resolution or font preference), etc
We use functional cookies to enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.
What personal data do we collect from you?
Data related to your use of our website, including:
- Where you came from
- Login details
- Pages you looked at
- Duration of your visit
Technical information:
- Your IP address
- Browser information
- Device information
- Your unique ID which is given to each visitor, and the expiration date of the ID