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Functionality lost by disabling cookies or not giving consent
If you disable cookies, or don't opt in to receive them from these sections of our site, some functionality will not be available, namely:
- the ability to comment on articles
- the ability to view flickr galleries
Cookies set by us
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| __jid | All pages | Privacy Policy for the University Central Web Site |
Cookies set by third party websites
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Google Analytics | We use Google Analytics to see how people use our website. This helps us improve it. The data we have is anonymised. | Google’s Privacy Policy |
| disqus_unique __qca __utma __utmb __utmc __utmz quantserve.com mc scorecardresearch.com UID scorecardresearch.com UIDR media.cdn.disqus.com testCookie |
Disqus commenting system | We use the Disqus commenting system on our pages to let you leave comments, and engage in discussions around the subjects on our site. The cookies set by Disqus enable login functionality. | Disqus Privacy Policy |
| Picasaweb _rtok | Picasa photo slideshows | Google uses cookies to track usage of photo galleries embedded from Picasa. | Google’s Privacy Policy |
| Flickr localization Yahoo B |
Flickr photo slideshows | Yahoo uses cookies to track usage of photo galleries embedded from Flickr and to find out where you are based to serve up photos from the most geographically local server. | Yahoo’s Privacy Policy |
| __cfduid | Cloudflare | This cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic. It does not correspond to any user id in the web application, nor does the cookie store any personally identifiable information. | Cloudflare's privacy policy |
How to disable cookies
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