Cookie policy

Google Analytics

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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 analyse 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
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This cookie is associated with the Ektron web content management system we use for many of our websites.

It is used to collect anonymous visitor information to enable performance measurement and improvement.

These cookies are set by some of the third party content providers listed in the 'Cookies set by a third party content (widgets)' section. On websites that include advertising content, they are used to target marketing content that is relevant and engaging for the user depending on the websites they have visited.

AppNexus's cookie policy is available here:
https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/cookie-policy

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These cookies are used by the Crazy egg analytics tool, which we use on many of our websites.

This collects anonymous visitor information to enable performance measurement and improvement.

Crazy egg's cookie policy is available here:
https://www.crazyegg.com/cookies/

Some parts of our website carry the Facebook tracking code, known as 'pixel'. This is used to collect information from our website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target adverts.

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This website uses Mouseflow: a website analytics tool that provides session replay, heatmaps, funnels, form analytics, feedback campaigns, and similar features/functionality. Mouseflow may record your clicks, mouse movements, scrolling, pages visited and content, time on site, browser, operating system, device type (desktop/tablet/phone), screen resolution, visitor type (first time/returning), referrer, anonymized IP address, location (city/country), language, and similar meta data. Mouseflow does not collect any information on pages where it is not installed, nor does it track or collect information outside your web browser. If you'd like to opt-out, you can do so at https://mouseflow.com/opt-out.

If you'd like to obtain a copy of your data, make a correction, or have it erased, please contact us first or, as a secondary option, contact Mouseflow at privacy@mouseflow.com. For more information, see Mouseflow’s Privacy Policy at http://mouseflow.com/privacy/.

For more information on Mouseflow and GDPR, visit https://mouseflow.com/gdpr/. 

The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables the collection of metadata such as IP address information, timestamp, and events (e.g. page views). All data is encrypted. The LinkedIn browser cookie is stored in a user's browser until a user deletes the cookie or the cookie expires (there’s a rolling six-month expiration from the last time the user’s browser loaded the Insight Tag). Users have full control to block or delete cookies. 

For more information, visit:  https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy

On websites that include advertising content, these cookies are used to target marketing content that is relevant and engaging for the user depending on the websites they have visited.

for more information and details of how to opt out, visit:  https://www.adsrvr.org/

On websites that include advertising content, these cookies are used to target marketing content that is relevant and engaging for the user depending on the websites they have visited.

for more information and details of how to opt out, visit:  https://www.admedo.com/privacy-policy

We use Hotjar to run surveys on our website to help us find out how to improve the site for visitors.

for more information and details of how to opt out, visit:  https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/cookie-information

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Our Kentico web content management system sets some cookies to save information about how you use our website so we can make the content you see more relevant to you.

For more details of Kentico cookies, visit: https://docs.kentico.com/k12/configuring-kentico/data-protection/reference-kentico-cookies

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These cookies store basic information about visitors to ensure security and make sure the site works as expected.

For more details, visit: https://docs.kentico.com/k12/configuring-kentico/data-protection/reference-kentico-cookies