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We use cookies for the following purposes:

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  • Recording user preferences
  • Establishing the technical capabilities of the web browser
  • Logging anonymous website access statistics
  • To show relevant advertising on 3rd party websites
  • To measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns

Further details about each of the cookies are available below.

Cookie Domain Description Duration Type
CookieControl .uos.ac.uk Stores cookie consent choices 3 months Necessary
phpSaml www.uos.ac.uk stores login session information 12 hours Necessary
_shibsession* www.uos.ac.uk stores login session information session Necessary
AWS* www.uos.ac.uk Load balancing cookies 1 week Necessary
saved_courses* www.uos.ac.uk Keeps a record of any courses saved by the user 1 month Necessary
searchcookie www.uos.ac.uk For collection anonymous search statistics 1 hour Analytics
ViewedCourses www.uos.ac.uk Keeps track of recently viewed courses 1 month Personalisation
ms_visitorid www.uos.ac.uk For collection anonymous search statistics 1 week Analytics
_ga_* .uos.ac.uk Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. 1 year 1 month 4 days Analytics
_ga .uos.ac.uk Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. 1 year 1 month 4 days Analytics
_fbp .uos.ac.uk Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. 3 months Analytics
sa-user-id www.uos.ac.uk StackAdapt sets this cookie as a third party advertising cookie to record information about a user's website activity, such as the pages visited and the locations viewed, to enable us to provide users with interest-based content and personalised advertisements on external websites. 1 year Marketing
sa-user-id-v2 www.uos.ac.uk StackAdapt sets this cookie as a third party advertising cookie to record information about a user's website activity, such as the pages visited and the locations viewed, to enable us to provide users with interest-based content and personalised advertisements on external websites. 1 year Marketing
sa-user-id-v3 www.uos.ac.uk StackAdapt sets this cookie as a third party advertising cookie to record information about a user's website activity, such as the pages visited and the locations viewed, to enable us to provide users with interest-based content and personalised advertisements on external websites. 1 year Marketing
wisepops .uos.ac.uk Used by Wisepops pop-ups. Stores persistent data to personalise visitor experience. 2 years Advertisment, Personalisation
wisepops_visits .uos.ac.uk Used by Wisepops pop-ups. Stores the last 10 visit dates. 2 years Analytics, Advertisment, Personalisation
wisepops_props .uos.ac.uk Used by Wisepops pop-ups. Stores custom properties across sessions  2 years Analytics, Advertisment, Personalisation
wisepops_noshow .uos.ac.uk Disables Wisepops when a visitor clicks "Don’t show popups again" 2 years Personalisation
wisepops_session .uos.ac.uk Wisepops session cookie session Analytics, Advertisment, Personalisation
viewedOuibounceModal .uos.ac.uk Used for exit-intent detection session Analytics, Advertisment, Personalisation
wisepops_activity_session .uos.ac.uk Analytics identifier for campaign performance reports session Personalisation
fanplayr_sc uos.ac.uk user session analysis and segmentation, deployment of onsite offers 1 year Analytics, Advertisment, Personalisation
anj .adnxs.com AppNexus sets the anj cookie that contains data stating whether a cookie ID is synced with partners. 3 months Marketing
test_cookie .doubleclick.net doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. 15 minutes Marketing
uuid2 .adnxs.com The uuid2 cookie is set by AppNexus and records information that helps differentiate between devices and browsers. This information is used to pick out ads delivered by the platform and assess the ad performance and its attribute payment. 3 months Marketing
TDCPM .adsrvr.org TDCPM cookie is set by Cloudflare service to store a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device which is then used for targeted advertising. 1 year Marketing
TDID .adsrvr.org TDID cookie is set by Cloudflare service to store a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device which is then used for targeted advertising. 1 year Marketing
__Host-unauth goto.uos.ac.uk Unauthenticated sessions, stores language preference, mobile mode, and some other variables required for when a session becomes authenticated (e.g. which forms are submitted) session Necessary
__Host-user goto.uos.ac.uk Authenticated sessions for users (logged in state) session Necessary