Cookie Policy

Unfortunately, we are not talking about the kind of cookies with chocolate and go well with milk. Our cookies are digital and help make your experience with our website a positive one.< This website operates separately to the Arden University website (arden.ac.uk). If you would like to read more about the Universities cookie policy click the button below to learn more.

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What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your device (such as phone, computer, or tablet) when you visit a website. These files are then used, and recognised, by a website to improve the experience you have whilst on that website.

Information from cookies may include information relating to the use of our website; pages you visited; or information about your device such as Internet (IP) address; browser type (such as Microsoft Edge, Safari, or Google Chrome).

Cookies are stored on your device, but you should note that cookies cannot read data off your devices hard drive.

Why we use cookies?

We use cookies to support the functions of our website and improve the experience you have whilst using the website. We also use them to help analyse the performance of the website or help to personalise the information you see.

Arden University Students’ Association does not use cookies to identify a person, nor to store personal information about a user.

You can choose at any time to delete, or disable, cookies manually. However, some cookies we use are necessary for the website to function well. If you do delete, or disable, a cookie the website may not appear, or operate, in the way we intend, and you may not be able to use all functions on the website.

What types of cookies are there?

There are different types of cookies that you will encounter on our website. We want to be as clear with you as possible about these cookies so we have included information on the categories of cookies we use.

The cookies we use fulfil one, or more, of the following purposes:

Strictly necessary cookies: these are essential for the operation of our website. These support functions such as logging into secure areas, adding items to the shipping cart of other functions.
Analytical/performance cookies: these allow us to monitor the performance of the website. This includes the number of visitors to our website or how you move around and use the website. These helps inform our decisions to improve the way our website works.
Functionality cookies: these help the website recognise when you return to the website and supports personalisation of our website. This includes any location preferences where you have selected your campus or are a distance learner.
Targeting cookies: these record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. This information helps used to make the content and advertisements displayed more relevant to your interests.

Depending on the content on our website associated cookies may be limited to our website or form part of content from other websites. When listing owner, we mean:

First party cookies: are set by the website you are visiting, and they can only be read by that website.

Third party cookies: are set by a different organisation to the owner of the website you are visiting. These may be cookies linked to analytical companies that track website performance or content embedded on webpages from other websites, like YouTube, that have their own cookies.

This is how long the cookie will appear on your device:

Session Cookies: are linked to a single browser session. These can help with form filling, remembering information when navigating between pages of the website. These are destroyed when the browser window is closed. Put simple they are on your device when you are on our website and when you leave the website, they leave your device.

Persistent Cookies: are saved of your device for more that a browser session. These will be on your device for a fixed time period and is not deleted when you close your browser. You can still disable and delete these cookies manually on your devices. These are used where we need to know if you have visited the website before and what your preferences were. For example, you select your campus of study so they website shows you more specific information every time you visit the website until the cookie is deleted or disabled.

Want to find out more?

If you want further information about cookies including how to disable them, you can visit: allaboutcookies.org.

What cookies do we use?

Cookie	Purpose	Owner	Storage Period	Notes
_AntiXsrfToken	Strictly Necessary	First Party	Session	This cookie is a security mechanism that helps prevent cross-site request forgery attacks. It is a session cookie so is removed from your device when you close your browser.
_ga	Analytical	Third Party	Persistent	This is linked to Google Analytics and helps us to monitor the performance and usage of the website. This cookie is stay on your device for 24 months after your last interaction with the website.
_ga_[Session ID]	Analytical	Third Party	Persistent	This is linked to Google Analytics and helps us to monitor the performance and usage of the website. This cookie is stay on your device for 24 months after your last interaction with the website.
.ASPXAUTH	Strictly Necessary	First Party	Session	This cookes is stored when you log in to the website. It stores an encrypted identifier that identified your account to the site. This is a session cookies and removed once your close your browser.
ASP.NET_[Session ID]	Strictly Necessary	First Party	Session	This cookie contains a unique session identifier and nothing else. This is removed from your device when you close your browser.
cookieconset_dismissed	Functional	First Party	Persistent	This cookie records whether you have read and closed the websites cookie message. This stays on your device for 12 months and means that message does not appear every time you access the website.