What are cookies?
A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a small text
file that is placed on an internet user's computer or mobile phone
when you first visit a website or page. Cookies are typically made
up of letters and numbers and are stored on your computer by your
internet browser which are then sent back to the originating
website which recognises the cookie.
Why do we use cookies?
Like most websites The Glasgow School of Art uses cookies to
make your visit to our website easier and to improve the quality of
your user experience: by enabling cookies, user's preferences,
information and general statistics can be stored.
These statistics are things such as how many people have visited
our website, what type of browser/technology they are using, as
well as how long they spent on our site. These cookies help us to
continuously measure and improve the performance of our website,
and ultimately the user experience.
Are cookies dangerous?
No, is the simple answer. Cookies cannot be used to circulate
viruses, and they cannot access your computer's hard drive,
although they are stored on the hard drive. They only contain and
transfer to the server as much information as the users themselves
have disclosed to a certain website.
Why do people reject cookies if
they are safe?
A server cannot set a cookie for a domain that it is not a
member of: however users may often discover cookies from websites
that they have not visited in their computer. Cookies like these
are usually used by companies that use internet advertising for
other websites.
It may be possible that the user's information can be passed to
third parties without the user's knowledge through cookies like
these. This is the main reason for people disallowing cookies.
Please note that at the GSA we do not use cookies to collect or
pass any personally identifiable or sensitive information to
advertisers or third parties.
How do I disable cookies on the
GSA website?
Some parts of our website rely on the activation of cookies to
work, so disabling them may affect your user experience of the
site. If you would prefer to opt out you have the ability to turn
these on or off using the cookie control on the bottom left corner
of the screen.
If you are looking for more information on cookies, please see
our further reading section at the bottom of this page.
What cookies does the GSA
use?
We have detailed below all of the cookies which we currently use
on our site and why.
Cookies
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Purpose
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Google Analytics
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These cookies determine the number of unique visitors to the GSA
website using Google Analytics, they help to record the length of
the individual sessions and navigation throughout the site. More
information about Google Analytics cookies can be found here .
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Umbraco
- Contour_5d29d5df-8e03-4427-bca9-5ac77c88db7f
- Contour_20160fee-ec5e-415c-95a6-def4bda17d50
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These cookies are used to enhance the functionality of the
website through remembering visitor's actions, specifically when
filling in online forms. These cookies inevitably help enhance the
user's experience of the site.
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Youtube
- VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
- PREF
- use_hitbox
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Youtube cookies determine which version of the homepage you use
as well as storing user preferences and information when viewing
the page. Further information on Youtube cookies can be found here .
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Addthis.com
- psc
- xtc
- uid
- _atuvc
- uit
- ssh
- sshs
- ssc
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Addthis cookies allow users to share content via Social
Networking websites and email. Addthis provides analytics to help
website owners understand their visitors, but they do not have
access to personally identifiable information. More information on
Addthis cookies can be found here.
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Flickr
- BX
- localization
- fldetectedlang
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These cookies are set on pages with the Flickr widget. They
track user's use of photo galleries embedded from Flickr and find
out where users are based so they can store photos from the most
geographically local server. More information on the cookies Flickr
use can be found here.
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Facebook
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These cookies, provided by Facebook, are set when a visitor is
logged in to or otherwise using their service. This allows a user
to easily comment or share an article with their peers through the
social network. More information on Facebook's cookies can be found
here.
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Twitter
- external_referer
- _twitter_sess
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Twitter uses these cookies in conjunction with social plug-ins
to allow users to follow Twitter accounts easily, share content and
to display latest tweets. More information on Twitter's use of
cookies can be found here.
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Gsa.engageats.co.uk
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This cookie is used to differentiate one user from another in
order to provide core website services: this cookie is erased when
the user closes their browser.
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Vimeo
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The Vimeo cookie holds information about the player and the
visitor interacting with the player to allow them to diagnose any
problems the player might encounter and to improve it. More
information on Vimeo's use of cookies can be found here.
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Eventbrite
- mgref
- eblang
- G
- mgrefby
- csrftoken
- eb_timing_referrer
- eb_timing_t_star
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Eventbrite cookies are used to store personal information such
as names and addresses. This information is never disclosed to a
third party, but rather is used to aid and enhance your experience
of the website. Further information on Eventbrite's use of cookies
can be found here.
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Further information about
cookies
Useful information about cookies can be found at: http//www.allaboutcookies.org
A guide to behavioural advertising and online privacy has been
produced by the Internet Advertising Industry which can be found
at: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu
Information on the ICC (UK) UK cookie guide can be found on the
ICC website section: http://www.international-chamber.co.uk/our-expertise/digitaleconomy