Cookie Policy

Cookies and Web Beacons
This Website uses "cookies" to enable you to sign in to our services and to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a piece of text that is placed on your computer's hard drive. Depending on the settings you have selected, your browser adds the text to your device as a small file. You can change the browser settings as described below; many browsers are set to accept cookies by default. We use cookies to store your preferences and other information on your computer in order to save you time by eliminating the need to enter the same information repeatedly.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Many web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use other interactive features of This Website and services that depend on cookies. The Help portion of your web browser, most likely found on the toolbar, typically tells you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.

We may offer cookies to you and you should ensure that your web browser is set up to not accept cookies if you do not wish to receive them. Please note that if you disable cookies, some services or website functionality may not be available. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to aboutcookies.org . We use the following cookies:

Essential cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, and to use online forms.

Analytical cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Marketing cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences. These cookies also record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website, the advertising displayed on it and communications sent more relevant to your interests.

By continuing to use this site, you are accepting our use of these cookies that make advertising and communications more relevant to you and your interests and further help us to improve the site.

Full Tag (cookie) Name	Lifespan e.g. session, persistent	Full Description (i.e. what it does)	Essential / Analytics / Marketing	Intrusiveness / Justification
wow.session	Session	IIS Session Code	Essential	ZERO / Standard session cookie served by the web server
wow.anonymousid	2 year	Anonymous Visitor ID	Analytics	LOW / Does not store user data, only stores active menu node over post-back
wow.schedule	Session	Load Balance Session Queue	Essential	ZERO / Standard session cookie served by the web server
wow.utmvalues	Session	Stores the UTM values for the session	Analytics	LOW / Does not store user data, only stores active menu node over post-back
wow.trackingdata	Session	CommuniGator encrypted identifier for the session	Marketing	MEDIUM / 3rd party cookie which is only used by marketing automation integration so GatorLeads (previously known as WOW Analytics) knows email contacts visiting website
wow.data	2 years	Encrypted GatorMail identification	Analytics	MEDIUM / 3rd party cookie which is only used by marketing automation integration so GatorLeads (previously known as WOW Analytics) knows email contacts visiting website
Google Analytics	_utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz	Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about our website visitors. The data collected by Google Analytics is used to analyse how frequently the same people revisit the University website, how the website is found (from advertising or referring websites), and which pages are most frequently viewed. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall picture of website use, and is never identified individually or personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. Google’s privacy policy https://policies.google.com/privacy. Opt out of Google Analytics https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout	Analytics	LOW / 3rd party cookie which does not personal store user data