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There are two main kinds of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiry date.
When you first visit the SETU website, you will be given an option to accept or change your cookie preference. Once you accept or amend, you won’t be shown this message again from that browser. However, you can amend your preferences at any time.
Queries and Concerns
Any queries or concerns you may have about the processing of personal information on this website should be addressed to:
Ms. Paula Butler
Data Compliance Officer
South East Technological University
Tel.: +353 51 302608
Email: [email protected]
Our online sites use cookies to enhance the experience for members / users, as follows:
Expression Engine Cookies
| exp_tracker | This cookie only keeps track of the last 5 pages you visited on SETU.ie. This information allows SETU.ie to redirect you to the page you were on |
| exp_last_activity | This cookie contains the date of your last activity on SETU.ie. If you haven’t been active on the site before, your last activity will be set to the current time |
| exp_last_visit | This cookie is only relevant to registered users. If you’re browsing SETU.ie as a guest, this cookie will be set to a date in the past. The cookies exp_last_activity and exp_last_visit allow SETU.ie to show you which content has been updated since your last visit. |
| bb2_screener | This is generated by an ExpressionEngine bad behaviour plugin which is a spam prevention tool |
| exp_csrf_token | A security cookie used to identify the user and prevent Cross Site Request Forgery attacks |
Google Analytics
SETU does not capture personal data through Google Analytics cookies.
| _ga | Used to distinguish users |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users |
| _gat | Used to throttle (limit) request rate |
| __utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics |
| __utmt | Used to throttle (limit) request rate |
| __utmb | Used to determine new sessions/visits |
| __utmc | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit |
| __utmz | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics |
| __utmv | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data |
YouTube cookies list
| SSID CONSENT SID HSID VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE PREF endscreen-metadataeditor-gh SAPISID LOGIN_INFO YSC APISID | YouTube sets cookies on the user's computer once the visitor clicks on the YouTube video player embed on SETU.ie. Youtube cookies do not contain personally identifiable information if the user is not signed into their google account |
Other Cookies
| PHPSESSID | This cookie is used to store a logged in user's username and a 128bit encrypted key. This information is required to allow a user to stay logged in to a website without needing to submit their username and password for each page visited |
| pubble_trigger | Customer support app cookie created by Pubble messenger tool www.pubble.io. |
| _cfduid | The Cloudflare _cfduid cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. This cookie is strictly necessary for Cloudflare's security features and cannot be turned off. More info here |
| __auc & __asc | Cookies created by Flipsnack embeds to display flipbooks. Info here. |
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