Cookies
This website makes use of cookies to help provide certain features. You can restrict or block the use of cookies using settings in your web browser. Our use of cookies falls broadly into two categories.
| Personal information | Not personal information |
| GO – We use cookies to track when you login to our site and manage use of certain services. If you delete these cookies or choose not to accept them you will not be able to login to GO. | Google Analytics – We use Google Analytics to track the performance of our website and patterns in use. We do not link statistics collected by Google Analytics to personally identifiable information. Find out more on the Google Analytics privacy policy and how to opt out of tracking. |
| Learning Edge – Users of Learning Edge should be aware that when accessing the virtual learning environment, Blackboard Learn will deliver cookies to your connected device (such as a web browser, smartphone, and more). The system uses this technology to provide secure learning experiences, track usage and manage application performance. If you delete these cookies or choose not to accept them you will not be able to use Learning Edge. | Third Party Social Media Sites – We may embed “widgets” from social media sites like Twitter, Facebook or Google+ into our sites. These sites use cookies to track who is logged in and will know details of which pages on our site use these “widgets”. |
| Think – We use cookies to track when you login to the Think applicant website. If you delete these cookies or choose not to accept them you will not be able to use Think. |
Advertising
This site uses the Facebook pixel to collect data on visitor behaviour, such as:
- which pages are visited
- which device was used to view the website
- what actions were taken
This information may be used to serve Facebook ads in future. You can opt out of collection of information and third party adverts by using the following services:
Managing your privacy
You can block or remove cookies in the browser. Blocking cookies may prevent you from accessing online services from Edge Hill. Removing cookies will log you out of an existing session.
Block cookiesYou can use the incognito or private browsing mode in your web browser to restrict the type of cookies that are set and how they are used to track. This creates a fresh session and you will look like a new user unconnected to other sites, for example social media sites will see you as a signed out user (unless you explicitly login to them) and Google Analytics will see you as a new visitor.
Cookies on edgehill.ac.uk and www.edgehill.ac.uk
| Cookie name | Purpose |
| wurfl_mobile | Used to store preference of mobile or desktop versions of the Edge Hill website. |
| ehu | A unique identifier given to each computer accessing the site and used to store site preferences and authentication status. It is removed when the browser is closed. |
| wordpress_* | Used by WordPress to store authentication status. |
| wp_* | Used by WordPress to store authentication status. |
| Office365Username | Outlook |
Cookies on wiki.edgehill.ac.uk idp.edgehill.ac.uk and learningedge.edgehill.ac.uk
| Cookie name | Purpose |
| eh_go | A unique identifier given to each computer accessing the site and used to store site preferences and authentication status. It is removed when the browser is closed. |
| IPCZQX03a36c6c0a | This cookie value uniquely represents the user that has authenticated to the proxy for the proxy domain. |
| JSESSIONID | This is the standard tomcat session cookie used by Edge Hill’s Single Sign-On system |
| urn:novell:nidp:cluster:member:id UrnNovellNidpClusterMemberId | These cookies are set as part of Edge Hill’s SSO cluster. |
| GALLERYSID | This cookie value uniquely represents the user that has authenticated into Edge Hill’s photo gallery. |
| username | The currently logged in user. |
| session_id s_session_id | Used to track login status by Learning Edge |
| LB-GO |
The following cookies are only ever served over secure connections.
| Cookie name | Purpose |
| Google Analytics | Edge Hill University uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of the site and compile reports for us on activity of the site. Google Analytics is used on the Corporate Website, GO, Think and other websites. Information about Google Analytics’ use of cookies View Google’s privacy policy |