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Types of cookies used on our website
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How and where we use cookies
First party cookies
Necessary
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| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| user_id | End of browsers sessions | When using search.dundee.ac.uk for course search - contains a 100% anonymized hash representing a unique session. |
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Performance
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| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gat | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate. |
Inspectlet
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| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Details |
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