Cookies

The core pages of cam.ac.uk are managed by the University’s Office of External Affairs and Communications, and from time to time will set cookies on your computer (either because they are necessary to make the site work and keep it secure, or if you give your consent). The core pages mostly begin www.cam.ac.uk but also include:

www.festival.cam.ac.uk (Cambridge Festival)
www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk (Open Cambridge)
www.zero.cam.ac.uk (Cambridge Zero)

Cookies are small text files that sit on your computer and record specific interactions between you and this website, and in some cases, other websites. This information is shared within the University of Cambridge, and in limited cases, with third parties. Below is more detail about the cookies we use, what they record and with whom the information is shared.

List of cookies

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies maintain the security of our website’s connection to you. They also make our site work. They always need to be on.

Name

has_js

Used by

University of Cambridge

Description

This cookie checks to see whether your system has JavaScript turned on or off. It expires as soon as your web session on our site ends.

More information

Name

X-Mapping-iejmlgke

Used by

University of Cambridge

Description

This cookie is used to route data and page requests correctly. It is associated with the Stingray Traffic Manager platform from Riverbed. This cookie expires as soon as your web session on our site ends.

More information

Riverbed's privacy policy

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_cfduid

Used by

Cloudflare (web connection security service)

Crazy Egg (website reporting and testing service)

Description

Used to establish the security of a connection with an individual device. It is used to establish a secure connection to the Crazy Egg website testing tool, allowing us to see where visitors are experiencing navigation problems so that we can fix them. This cookie does not correspond to any user ID and does not store personally identifiable information.

More information

Cloudflare’s privacy policy

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uoc_cookie_choices

Used by

University of Cambridge

Description

Remembers the cookie choices that you have made on your device for 366 days. Once this cookie expires, you will be asked to reconfirm your choices.

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Site usage measurement cookies

As a university, our focus is on learning. Site usage measurement cookies allow us to analyse anonymised navigation patterns, to learn how people use our website and to make it better. Our site will not load Google Analytics’ cookies if you have the ‘Do not track’ setting enabled in your browser.

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_ga*

_gat*

_gid

Used by

University of Cambridge

Google Inc

(Google Analytics service)

Description

We use Google Analytics to understand how users are navigating our website, see how often content we publish is used and to test changes to improve the user experience. Your IP address is anonymised.

More information

Google’s privacy policy

Personalisation settings

Personalisation setting cookies allow you to tailor your experience on our website. Unless you opt-in to receive this type of cookie, we will not set these cookies on your device and you may not be able to use the functionality described.

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_dc

_qst

Used by

University of Cambridge

Qualtrics (experience research service)

Description

We use Qualtrics to ask users questions about what they want to do with our website. We use these answers to improve how we build and develop it. Your IP address is collected and any answers you give.

More information

Qualtric's browser compatibility and cookies notice

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cean experimentation_subject_id

ce2ab

_cfduid

_session

Used by

University of Cambridge

Crazy Egg (experience research service)

Description

We use the Crazy Egg website optimisation tool to assess whether our website is working well and to test new ideas for parts that may not currently be effective for you, our users. Where a test is running, these cookies store experiment details, user session information and A/B page variant rules. This information is anonymised before we analyse browsing behaviour.

More information

Crazy Egg's privacy policy

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csrftoken

Used by

University of Cambridge

Disqus Inc (comment service)

Description

We We use the Disqus commenting system on some of our pages to let you leave comments and engage in discussions around the subjects on our site. This cookie lets you view the latest discussions about the University’s research whilst remaining on our site.

More information

Disqus' privacy policy

Social marketing preferences

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disqus_unique

sessionid

disqusauth

disqusauths

disqus_unique

_ga

_gat

_gid

_jid

Used by

Disqus Inc (comment service)

Zeta Interactive Corp

Description

We use the Disqus commenting system on some of our pages. If you sign-in and use the Disqus feature to comment on an article, Disqus will set cookies to allow you to log in to their community and share your comments. Disqus shares web browsing data with its parent company, Zeta Global. It also shares usage data with third-party partners, unless you choose to opt-out.

More information

Disqus' privacy policy

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csrftoken

ig_cb

mid

Used by

Instagram Inc, part of Facebook Inc

Description

Photography from the University's official Instagram account may appear on selected web pages. Where an Instagram post does feature on our website, Instagram uses cookies to: show you related and relevant content, improve your experience, and help protect Instagram and its users.

More information

Instagram’s privacy policy

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_qca

cref

iutk

Used by

Issuu Inc

Quantcast Corp

Description

Issuu is a 'magazine-like' digital reading service. We use it on selected pages to allow you to read content from printed publications on-screen. You can identify it by the small thumbnail of the magazine's cover. When you open a page containing the embedded Issuu reader, Issuu and Quantcast set initial cookies ('_qca', ‘cref’ and 'iutk'). When you click or tap the embedded reader, an additional cookie ('mc') is set. 'iutk' helps Issuu improve the services it provides to its users. The purpose of the other cookies is to enable web publishers and advertisers to select audiences that are appropriate for their products or services.

More information

Issuu’s privacy policy

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_stid

_utmb

_utmc

_utmt

_utmz

ServiceHistory

STPC

Used by

ShareThis Inc

Description

ShareThis provides the 'Share' functionality on our news articles. The cookies whose names begin with an underscore are set when you view a page containing this functionality. If you use the service by sharing a link using the buttons, the ServiceHistory and STPC cookies are set. Device ID and IP address are collected as information via technical cookies, pixel tags and browser identifiers.

More information

ShareThis’ privacy notice

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_ga

guest_id

lang

personalization_id

eu_cn

Used by

Twitter Inc

Description

Embedded Twitter feeds may appear on selected web pages. Where a feed is present, Twitter uses both session cookies and persistent cookies to understand how you interact with its services, to monitor aggregate usage patterns, and to personalise and otherwise operate its services. Its use of cookies is also for the provision of account security, personalisation of the content it shows you including advertisements, and to remember your language preferences.

More information

Twitter’s privacy notice

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CONSENT

IDE

GPS

YSC

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

1P_JAR

Used by

YouTube LLC, part of Google Inc

Description

YouTube embedded video may appear on selected web pages. Where it is present, Google uses cookies: to deliver the service (YouTube), to ensure that its services are working as intended, and to make improvements to its services.

More information

Google’s privacy policy
and
YouTube's terms of service

How to disable cookies

Your web browser will have an option you may select that will block cookies. Below are links to information about popular web browsers and how to block cookies using them.

Other web browsers – see the Information Commissioner’s Office’s website

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