Privacy policy
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Controlling and deleting cookies
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.aboutcookies.org which gives step-by- step guidance on how
to control and delete cookies for your browser type. You can then adjust your browser settings to your preferred level of
protection. www.allaboutcookies.org is also a useful website.
First Party Cookies
Cookies for managing your current visit.
We use a number of cookies to remember your selections or preferences that you've made when looking at the information on this site.
The cookies (CFID and CFTOKEN) described below provide session functionality this is used by/for; member log in, page redirect after member logs in, store member details after logged in, store forum details, store event booking details, store course booking details, store shopping cart details, store blog details, store content management system edit mode details.
The session cookies (last five items listed) only apply if you have logged in to the website as a member.
| Name | Purpose | Content | Expire | Classification |
| CFTOKEN | Used to provide transaction support across multiple page requests commonly called a session. | A randomly generated alpha-numeric piece of text. | Persistent (until user deletes it). | Strictly necessary, minimal intrusion. |
| CFID | Used to provide transaction support across multiple page requests commonly called a session. | A randomly generated number. | Persistent (until user deletes it). | Strictly necessary, minimal intrusion. |
| __atuvs | Enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. | A randomly generated alpha-numeric piece of text. | 1 hours. | |
| __atuvc | Enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. | A randomly generated alpha-numeric piece of text. | 30mins. | |
| JSESSIONID | A ID generated by Servlet container like Tomcat or Jetty and used for session management in J2EE web application for http protocol. | A randomly generated alphanumeric piece of text. | Session. | The cookie is only valid during current browser session and it will be deleted when you close browser. |
| _ga | Google analytics. | A randomly generated number (Non personal data). | 2 years. | Necessary to improve the user experience, minimal intrusion. |
| VID | A randomly generated alphanumeric piece of text. | 10956 days. |
Third Party Cookies
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to better understand how our customers navigate to and through our websites, how long customers spend visiting our content items and how often they return to visit our websites. Google Analytics also helps us track the effectiveness of the money we spend on our digital marketing campaigns. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
| Name | Purpose | Expire | Content | Classification |
| _utma | Google analytics | 2 years | A random generated number (Non personal data) | Necessary to improve the user experience, minimal intrusion |
| _utmb | Google analytics | 30 minutes | A random generated number (Non personal data) | Necessary to improve the user experience, minimal intrusion |
| _utmc | Google analytics | Session cookie | A random generated number (Non personal data) | Necessary to improve the user experience, minimal intrusion |
| _utmz | Google analytics | 6 months | A randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search) | Necessary to improve the user experience, minimal intrusion |
Add This
Add This provides the social networking widget found in many of our pages. This widget gives you the tools to bookmark our websites, blog, share, tweet and email our content to a friend.
| Name | Purpose | Expire | Content | Classification |
| Uit | AddThis | 2 years | Numeric Value | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| loc | AddThis | 3 months | A randomly generated alpha-numericpiece of text | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| dt | AddThis | 1 month | Text value | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| di | AddThis | 2 years | A randomly generated number | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| Uid | AddThis | 2 years | A randomly generated alpha-numeric piece of text | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| Uvc | AddThis | 2 years | A randomly generated number (non personal data) | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| Psc | AddThis | 2 years | Numeric value | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| ssh | AddThis | 2 years | A randomly generated alpha-numeric piece of text | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| Sshs | AddThis | 2 years | Text value | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| Ssc | AddThis | 2 years | Text value | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
| __atuvc | AddThis | 2 years | Numberic value | Necessary to improve the user experience, moderate intrusion |
Video Cloud Player Analytics Cookies (Brightcove)
If you play one of the College videos the following cookies will be installed.
| Name | Purpose | Expire | Content | Classification |
| BC_BANDWIDTH | Detects initial bandwidth capability for progressive download deliveries | Session cookie | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| clientLastHTimes | Stores the epoch times of the Heartbeat beacon | Session cookie | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| clientLastPTimes | Stores the epoch times of the Play beacon | Session cookie | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| AkamaiAnalytics_BrowserSessionId | Stores the ID for a visit | Session cookie | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_visitStartTime | Stores visit start time | Session cookie | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitCookie | Stores information about the number of tabs currently open |
Session cookie | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitIsPlaying | Stores information about streams playing in any tabs | Session cookie |
Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_bitRateBucketsCsv | Stores required information to compute bitrate data for the visit | Session cookie | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_visitMetricsCs | Stores visit-related metrics as a CSV | Session cookie | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitLastCloseTime | Stores the time when the browser was last closed | Session cookie | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
| tubemogul.com _tmid | Identifies unique viewers and new viewers | 10 year | Numeric value | Minimal intrusion |
Google Maps
| Name | Purpose | Expire | Content | Classification |
| Nid | Used by Google maps to store user preferences and information when viewing pages | 6 months | Alphanumeric piece of text | Non intrusive |
| Pref | Used by Google maps to store user preferences and information when viewing pages | 1 year | Alphanumeric piece of text | Non intrusive |