Our use of cookies

The list provided on these pages lists the cookies that are set by the Cardiff University website and the third-party services we use.

Sub-Domains and Related domains.

Cookies set by Cardiff University and third party cookies set on our sites may exist on the following domains:

• cardiff.ac.uk
• cf.ac.uk
• caerdydd.ac.uk

as well as sub-domains of the above; for example, 'events.cardiff.ac.uk'

The list provided here lists all of the cookies that are set by our website and where possible the third-party services we use.

Cookies for improving service (third party cookies)

In order to understand what you want to use and to ensure that the website is available when you want it, Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage.

Name	Typical Content	Expires
_utma	randomly generated number	2 years
_utmb	randomly generated number	30 minutes
_utmc	randomly generated number	when you close your browser
_utmz	randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search)	6 months

For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Code website.

Cookies for sharing links to our website (third party cookies)

Sharing links to our website with others is made easier through the use of Twitter and Facebook Like Button services. These third-party services place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. To view and find out how to manage these cookies you can visit these websites directly: Twitter and Facebook.

Name	Typical Content	Third Party	Expires
pid		Twitter	2 years
k		Twitter	7 days
guest_id		Twitter	2 years
datr		Facebook	2 years
lsd		Facebook	when you close your browser
reg_ext_ref		Facebook	when you close your browser
reg_fb_gate		Facebook	when you close your browser
reg_fb_ref		Facebook	when you close your browser

Additional Third Party Cookies

The cookies listed below may be utilised by individual Schools or Divisions of the University for the improvement of services and should not contain personal identifying information.

Name	Typical Content	Third Party	Expires
khcookie	These cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google maps on them.	Google	When you close the browser
NID		Google	6 months
SNID		Google	6 months
PREF		Google	2 years
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Random string	Youtube	240 days
PREF	Youtube preferences including the version number of Flash plugin installed for your browser - e.g. fv=10.1.102	Youtube	10 years

 

Other Non-Essential Cookies (first party cookies)

Name	Typical Content	Site	Expires
cu-homepage-tabselect	The name of the selected tab e.g. 'postgraduate'	cardiff.ac.uk and caerdydd.ac.uk	1 year
cf_aztab	numerical value (0-29)	cardiff.ac.uk/az/	when you close the browser
style	'Light on dark' or 'Dark on light' - stylesheet preference	cardiff.ac.uk/learning	1 year
has_js	1 or 0	business.cardiff.ac.uk	when you close the browser
hash	random string	earth.cardiff	40 days
97af62efbc9ab49a 3fe910b7fbd82f08	random string	Engin	when you close the browser
a9b4a98fc2e75763 4a054e96c83c09db	random string	Engin	when you close the browser
4b91de63119da440 606f48d0a91280a7	random string	Engin	when you close the browser
SESS39fd744c556a 296317d1d8d9c1302fc7	random string	concerts.cardiff	3 weeks
jfcookie[lang]	'en' or 'cy'	walesdeanery.org	1 day
RokMicroNews	Content selection to be displayed	walesdeanery.org	30 days
f7a0641cb1249cfd deb0acfea145265c	random string	walesdeanery.org	when you close the browser

Cookies not listed above

Cookies set from our domains but not listed above can be reported to us at web@cardiff.ac.uk

Essential Cookies (first party cookies)

These cookies are essential for the operation of the Cardiff University website. They are set upon your arrival to our website and deleted when you close or quit your web browser. These cookies will be recreated the next time you load one of our web pages provided that you simply deleted the cookies by closing your web browser and not blocking them by managing your cookie settings.

Name	Typical Content	Expires	Notes
JSESSIONID	randomly generated number	when you close your browser
ASP.NET_SessionId	randomly generated number	when you close your browser
NSC_vojxfc-hspvq	randomly generated number	2 minutes
tg_session	randomly generated string	when you close your browser	Necessary to use the jobs site
tg_session_30011_5460	randomly generated string	when you close your browser	Necessary to use the jobs site

Cookie and Privacy Information for Blackboard Learn

Additional Cookies

Cookies may be set by individual web services operated by the University and are strictly necessary for the operation of those services for the benefit of our Staff and/or Students.

Mobile Applications

Mobile applications/websites produced by Cardiff University may also use Google Analytics cookies to help us improve their performance.

• m.cardiff.ac.uk
• ps.cardiff.ac.uk

Name	Typical Content	Expires
_utma	randomly generated number	2 years
_utmb	randomly generated number	30 minutes
_utmc	randomly generated number	when you close your browser
_utmz	randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search)	6 months

Site Data — Application Cache

The application may store information, graphics and scripts locally on your device to save bandwidth and to improve the performance of the app. This may be referred to in your cookie management control panel as 'Application Cache'. Deleting this information will force the application to re-load the data when it is next opened, some settings and information stored in this data will also be removed.