What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers stored (with your consent) on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. Cookies allow Advance HE (“we”, “us”, “our” “Advance HE”) and our suppliers, who partner with us to help deliver a high quality online experience, to identify you (or, more accurately, your computer) when you visit the online community space (the “Community Space”). Knowing how often people are visiting each page helps us work out how and where to improve the Community Space.
Which cookies and cookie-enabled services does Advance HE use?
Details about the cookies we use on the Community Space are set out in the table below.
Service name |
Cookies name |
Purpose |
Add to calendar |
addevent_track_cookie |
For the button “Add to calendar” an event |
Hivebrite |
remember_user_token |
Allows to keep the user session active and not ask the user to connect again |
user_ID |
In order to identify the connected user |
|
first_user_experience |
To identify if it is the first connexion of the user |
|
cookie_consent |
To know if the user accepted the Cookies policies |
|
search_path |
Used for the user search |
|
admin_id |
To identify which admin he/she is |
|
Stripe |
__stripe_sid,__stripe_mid, __stripe_orig_props |
For the online payments if Stripe is used |
Paypal |
cookie_check, rmuc, ts, tsrce, ui_experience, x-pp-s, PYPF, enforce_policy, id_token, login_email |
For the online payments if Stripe is used |
|
last_linkedin_sync |
Last LinkedIn synchronization date, to ask the user to synchronize his/her Linkedin profile |
Google analytics |
_ga, _gid, _ga_thivebriteTracker |
For tracking the traffic |
If you wish, you can block cookies by changing the settings on your browser – we have set out below links to the 'Help' pages of some major browsers which explain how you can do this. Blocking the cookies we use may have an adverse impact upon the presentation of some or all of our website.
Links to the ‘Help’ pages of major browsers:
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
It is possible to opt out of Crazy Egg tracking on all websites you visit. For more information please visit: http://www.crazyegg.com/opt-out.
Changes to this Cookies Policy
This statement may change. We will display the new statement in all places where it can usually be found, such as on our website, on the Community Space, and at our offices.
Contact details
Questions about this cookies policy can be sent to us at Networks@advance-he.ac.uk or by telephone on 01904 717500 or by mail at:
Advance HE
Innovation Way
York Science Park
Heslington
York, YO10 5BR
