Cookies
1. How to control and delete cookies
Bayes Business School only collects personal information if you submit a form. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by Cass Business School websites, or any other websites, this can be done through your browser settings. The Help function in your browser will tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org. This website has comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
Please be aware that restricting cookies will impact on the functionality of the Bayes Business School and City University London websites.
Bayes Business School uses a number of suppliers who also set cookies on the University's websites on our behalf in order to deliver the services that they are providing. If you would like more information about the cookies used by these suppliers, as well as information on how to opt-out, please see below.
2. Analytics and sharing cookies
Bayes Business School sometimes embeds content from websites such as YouTube within its sites. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. Cass Business School does not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these.
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that Bayes Business School websites now carry embedded 'like' or 'share' buttons to enable users of the site to easily share pages with their friends through a number of popular social networks. These sites may set a cookie when you are also logged in to their service. Bayes Business School does not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party website for more information about these.
Bayes Business School also uses Google Analytics to anonymously track and analyse users and user behaviour at a number of our domains. These services require the use of cookies:
Category: Necessary (12)
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bigipserver# | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| bigipserver# | city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| bigipserver# | forms.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| bigipserver# | s1.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| bigipserver# | webapps.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| cakephp | forms.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | 25 years | Preserves users states across page requests. |
| csrftoken | prezi.com | HTTP Cookie | 1 year | Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. |
| jsessionid | thistle.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Preserves users states across page requests. |
| phpsessid | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Preserves users states across page requests. |
| prezi-auth | prezi.com | HTTP Cookie | 7 days | Identifies the user and allows server authentication. |
| sq_system_session | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Preserves users states across page requests. |
| sq_system_session | city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Preserves users states across page requests. |
Category: Preferences (1)
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nid | google.com | HTTP Cookie | 6 months | Tracking cookie from Google that is used to protect users from known malicious sites. |
Category: Statistics (20)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __qca | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | 18 months | Collects anonymous data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content. |
| __utma | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. |
| __utma | city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. |
| __utma | w.soundcloud.com | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. |
| __utmb | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| __utmb | city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| __utmb | w.soundcloud.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| __utmc | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| __utmc | city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| __utmc | w.soundcloud.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| __utmt | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. |
| __utmt | w.soundcloud.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. |
| __utmz | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | 6 months | Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. |
| __utmz | city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | 6 months | Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. |
| __utmz | w.soundcloud.com | HTTP Cookie | 6 months | Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. |
| _ga | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _ga | city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gat_ua-# | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| d | quantserve.com | HTTP Cookie | 3 months | Collects anonymous data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content. |
| metrics_token | syndication.twitter.com | HTTP Cookie | 35 days | Counts the number of users that have a specific embedded Tweet or timeline. |
Category: Marketing (27)
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __putma | prezi.com | HTTP Cookie | 20 years | Targets ads based on behavioural profiling and geographical location. |
| __stid | sharethis.com | HTTP Cookie | 1 year | Registers a unique ID that identifies the user's device for return visits. |
| __uset | sharethis.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| _ptref | prezi.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Targets ads based on behavioural profiling and geographical location. |
| bcookie | linkedin.com | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| bkdc | bluekai.com | HTTP Cookie | 1 year | BlueKai installs a tracker cookie on your device which collects data on your browsing habits on different websites using the tracker’s unique ID number. We use this data to profile visitors to our website and define detailed market segments, for use in our marketing campaign strategy. |
| bku | bluekai.com | HTTP Cookie | 1 year | BlueKai installs a tracker cookie on your device which collects data on your browsing habits on different websites using the tracker’s unique ID number. We use this data to profile visitors to our website and define detailed market segments, for use in our marketing campaign strategy. |
| bscookie | linkedin.com | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| geup | youtube.com | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. |
| guest_id | twitter.com | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and which pages have been loaded, with the purpose of personalising and improving the Twitter service. |
| id | doubleclick.net | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Used by Google AdSense to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
| iutk | issuu.com | HTTP Cookie | 10 years | Recognises the user's device and what Issuu documents have been read. |
| l1c | linkedin.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Set by LinkedIn when a web page contains an embedded "Follow us" panel. |
| lidc | linkedin.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| mc | quantserve.com | HTTP Cookie | 13 months | Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as what pages have been loaded. The registered data is used for targeted ads. |
| pid | twitter.com | HTTP Cookie | 18 months | Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and which pages have been loaded, with the purpose of personalising and improving the Twitter service. |
| pref | youtube.com | HTTP Cookie | 8 months | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. |
| sess | adnxs.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| test_cookie | doubleclick.net | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| uid | scorecardresearch.com | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Collects information of the user and his/her movement, such as timestamp for visits, most recently loaded pages and IP address. The data is used by the marketing research network, Scorecard Research, to analyse traffic patterns and carry out surveys to help their clients better understand the customer's preferences. |
| uidr | scorecardresearch.com | HTTP Cookie | 2 years | Collects information of the user and his/her movement, such as timestamp for visits, most recently loaded pages and IP address. The data is used by the marketing research network, Scorecard Research, to analyse traffic patterns and carry out surveys to help their clients better understand the customer's preferences. |
| uuid2 | adnxs.com | HTTP Cookie | 3 months | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. |
| visitor_info1_live | youtube.com | HTTP Cookie | 8 months | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
| ysc | youtube.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | HTML Local Storage | Persistent | Unclassified |
| yt-remote-device-id | youtube.com | HTML Local Storage | Persistent | Unclassified |
| yt-remote-online-screens | youtube.com | HTML Local Storage | Persistent | Unclassified |
Category: Unclassified (15)
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _bizo_bzid | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Unclassified |
| _bizo_cksm | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Unclassified |
| _bizo_np_stats | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Unclassified |
| _dc_gtm_ua-# | cass.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Unclassified |
| _dc_gtm_ua-# | city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Unclassified |
| _psllite_session_id | secure.ddprocessing.co.uk | HTTP Cookie | Session | Unclassified |
| bizocustomsegments | ads.linkedin.com | HTTP Cookie | 179 days | Unclassified |
| bizodata | ads.linkedin.com | HTTP Cookie | 6 months | Unclassified |
| bizoid | ads.linkedin.com | HTTP Cookie | 6 months | Unclassified |
| bizousermatchhistory | ads.linkedin.com | HTTP Cookie | 6 months | Unclassified |
| formassembly | forms.city.ac.uk | HTTP Cookie | 25 years | Unclassified |
| lang | cdn.syndication.twimg.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Unclassified |
| lang | syndication.twitter.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Unclassified |
| sc_anonymous_id | soundcloud.com | HTTP Cookie | 10 years | Unclassified |
| widget::local::assignments | w.soundcloud.com | HTML Local Storage | Persistent | Unclassified |