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What are cookies?

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What cookies does the Aston University website use?

We use the following cookies:

• Necessary cookies – these are required for the operation and security of our website. These include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website or use a shopping cart. 
• Analytical/performance cookies – these allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and see how visitors move around our website when they are browsing. This helps us improve the way in which our website works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily. 

Cookie	Name	Purpose	Further information
Essential site cookie	wordpress_sec_	This cookie is essential for the operation of our website. This provides security used by our endpoint firewall to log visits.	Wordpress cookies overview
Essential site cookie	wordpress_logged_in_	This cookie enables the interface to recognize you as a logged-in user and determine which account and preferences to use for various features.	WordPress cookies overview
Google  Analytics (Analytics)	_ga _ga_E5P3353JZH	Google Analytics is a tool which uses cookies to provide us with information on how many people use the website. This information helps us analyse the performance of the website so we are able to make improvements.	Google Analytics privacy overview
YouTube cookies (Videos)	Not applicable	The website embeds videos from Youtube channels using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This may set cookies on your computer once you click on YouTube’s video player. YouTube does not store personally identifiable cookie information for playbacks and embedded videos using its privacy-enhanced mode.	YouTube’s privacy enhanced mode for embedded videos