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When you visit our website, the things you do while you’re here are called a session. A cookie is set on your device so that the website can remember information you’ve given us as you move from page to page. Without session cookies, multi-page forms (for example) would not work.
Our website also sets cookies that are not essential for it to function but are very useful either for website visitors or the University itself.
As you use our website, data about the pages visited is sent to Google Analytics so that we know how many people are using it. This includes the individual pages visited, an anonymised IP address, the device, browser and the website you came from. It may be held outside of the EU but Google is certified compliant with the EU-US Privacy Shield. The data is stored for 26 months in accordance with Google’s privacy policy. To request this data or ask for it to be deleted contact web@Advanced.ac.uk
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On parts of our website, we use code provided by Google, Facebook or Snapchat to serve adverts based on someone’s past visit (retargeting) and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. This code sets cookies which allow us to match our advertising to the right people on Facebook, Google and Snapchat and tells us which advert was the most successful.
You can opt-out of these cookies via the Facebook Your Information, Google’s Ads Settings and Snapchat Support pages or visit Your Online Choices and switch off behavioural advertising from a large number of companies.
The maps on the Advanced University website use the Google Maps API in accordance with Google’s privacy policy. By using these maps you agree to be bound by the Google Maps/Google Earth additional terms of service.
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