We do not place any advertising cookies on your computer or device.

 We use cookies for the following reasons:

• to make the website function properly for you and to enable you to make use of the services we provide
• to remember your preferences and make the site easier for you to use
• to collect information about how you use our website which is then anonymised and used to help us improve our services - cookies for this purpose are often described as analytical cookies

Some of the cookies we place on your computer or device are ours - that is they are 'first party cookies' placed on your machine by our own website or domain.

Other cookies may be provided by other parties - that is they are 'third party cookies' set by other websites or domains. You will find information about where the cookies come from in our tables of cookies below.

Some of the cookies we provide will last until you close your web browser. These temporary 'session' cookies help us to ensure the website functions properly for you.

Other cookies will stay on your device after your browser session has ended. These 'persistent' cookies can help us remember your preferences when you access our site again.

You will find details of whether the cookies are session cookies or are persistent in our tables below.

These cookies are required for certain features on our websites. If you do not wish to accept these cookies the features will not be available to you.

 

Cookie	Name / duration	Domain	Details
Open day registration	__ac (session)	brookes.ac.uk	Our open day registration website requires a cookie to process and remember your log in / session information. In order to register for our university-wide open days you will be asked to consent to this cookie. If you do not want to accept this cookie but would like to register for an open day please email us on webdev@brookes.ac.uk.
International Student VIP page and 'Ask Brookes a Question' feature (Hobsons Plc)	See http://www. hobsons.com /europe/cookies.php Combination of session and persistent cookies.	brookes.hobsons.co.uk	Oxford Brookes University has a relationship with Hobsons Plc (Hobsons) and the pages listed below are hosted by Hobsons as part of this relationship. These pages require cookies in order to process and remember your log in / session information: International Student VIP page:  https://brookes.hobsons.co.uk/ emtinterestpage.aspx?ip=international International Student Ask Brookes a Question feature:  https://brookes.hobsons.co.uk/ask.aspx A list of the cookies used by Hobsons for the processing of information on these pages can be found herehttp://www.hobsons.com /europe/cookies.php
Brookes online shop (powered by WPM)	WPM_Store CompanyID ASPSESSIONID Site_Val All session cookies.	shop.brookes.ac.uk	These cookies are used to track the user's session and are essential to the functioning of our online shopping facilities

 

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our websites, for instance which pages they go to most often, and if they get error messages.

These cookies don't collect any information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Cookie	Name / duration	Domain	Details
Google Analytics	__utmz (6 months) __utma (2 years) __utmc (session) __utmb (session)	brookes.ac.uk	Various of our university websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers that could be outside the European Economic Area. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Google's terms of service and privacy policy are available here: http://www.google.com/intl /en_uk/analytics/tos.html
Quantcast	_qca (6 months)	unipodadvice.com	This cookie is set only by our 'Unipod advice' website, which is available atwww.unipodadvice.com It is used to gather anonymous information about the pages you visit on the Unipod advice website.

 

These cookies are used to remember choices you make when you use our website.

 

Cookie	Name / duration	Domain	Details
Cookie information displayed	obucookieinfoshown (until 17 May 2013)	brookes.ac.uk	This cookie is set when you close the 'This website uses cookies' box by clicking the 'x' or the 'Cookie policy' button. It is used to remember that you have seen the cookie information so that you do not see it again.

 

Various of our university websites use session cookies. These are temporary cookies that follow your journey through the site and are deleted when you close your browser.

Our session cookies are not used to gather personal information about you. This table lists the session cookies used by our main public-facing websites.

More information about session cookies is available here:http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
cookies/session-cookies-used-for.html (this is not part of our website and Oxford Brookes University is not responsible for its content).

Cookies	Domain
exp_last_visit exp_last_activity exp_tracker	arts.brookes.ac.uk publishing.brookes.ac.uk imedia.brookes.ac.uk
ASPSESSIONIDSACQCCSS	business.brookes.ac.uk
dbd9c33246dfb588ab4efb300701728f	hls.brookes.ac.uk chc.brookes.ac.uk psychology.brookes.ac.uk swph.brookes.ac.uk shs.brookes.ac.uk
ASPSESSIONIDQABSDDSS	hospitality.brookes.ac.uk
ASP.NET_SessionId NSC_QH-4114	brookesalumni.co.uk

 

These cookies are set by 'widgets' that we embed within pages of our websites, but are provided by a third party. A typical example is a video from the University's YouTube channel that we have embedded within a page on our website.

The table below contains details of these cookies as of 23 May 2012. We will review these widgets every six months or whenever notified of a change, but Oxford Brookes University does not control the dissemination of these cookies so they may not be exactly as listed.

Cookie	Name / duration	Domain	Details
ZMags	ARPT_STATS (session) JSESSIONID (session) zmagStatsLastVisit342109 (the numeric part may vary) (3 months)	stats.zmags.com	We use a platform called ZMags to embed digital magazines onto our website. ZMags uses cookies to record anonymous information about how visitors use our digital magazines, which help us improve them for the future. ZMags privacy policy is available here:  http://www2.zmags.com/privacy
YouTube	VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE (8 months) PREF (10 years) use_hitbox (session)	youtube.com	We embed YouTube videos on various pages on our websites. The first two cookies (see left) are set when you view pages that contain embedded YouTube videos. The third cookie is set when you view the video. YouTube's privacy policy is available here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Twitter	k (7 days) guest_id (2 years)	api.twitter.com www.twitter.com	We embed Twitter feeds on various pages on our websites. These feeds set two cookies, which twitter use to improve their services and, in combination with other technologies, tailor content on Twitter to you if you use other of their services. Twitter's privacy policy is available here:  http://twitter.com/privacy
Vimeo	aka_debug (session) __utmz (6 months) __utma (2 years) __utmc (session) __utmb (session)	av.vimeo.com player.vimeo.com	We embed Vimeo videos on various pages on our websites. The embedded videos set cookies to monitor performance and gather statistics about video usage. Vimeo's privacy policy is available here: http://vimeo.com/privacy
Google maps	PREF (2 years) khcookie (session) NID (session)	google.co.uk	We embed Google maps on various pages on our websites. The cookies set by embedded Google maps appear to detect your preferences and record usage of Google's maps. Google's privacy policy is available here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

You can use the information on this page to find the name and domain of the cookies we set, so you can use your browser to delete and/or stop them being set in the future.

By doing so, you will not be able to access all of the features our websites offer (see 'Cookies that are necessary for site functioning' above).

For the use of cookies required by our open day registration process, we will ask for your prior consent to place the cookies on your computer or device. If you do not provide consent you will not be able to register online.

If you are purchasing products from our online shop some cookies placed on your computer or device will be essential for you to complete the purchase. If you block or reject these cookies, your transaction may not be completed successfully.

Instructions on refusing and deleting cookies for some popular browsers are linked below. These links take you to the browser vendor's own websites and Oxford Brookes University is not responsible for their content.

• Internet Explorer 9
• Google Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari 5.0 (Mac)

Instructions on how to delete and refuse cookies for other web browsers are available at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/. This is not part of our website and Oxford Brookes University is not responsible for its content.

We fully review this page every 6 months.

And as we add new features to our websites we include details of any new cookies they incorporate.

This page was last reviewed on 22 May 2012.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or about refusing them, please get in touch.

Creative Services Web Team

Oxford Brookes University
Headington Campus
Gipsy Lane
Oxford
OX3 0BP

webdev@brookes.ac.uk

Information Compliance Officer

Oxford Brookes University
Headington Campus
Gipsy Lane
Oxford 
OX3 0BP

info.sec@brookes.ac.uk

See also: University privacy policy.