Disclaimer
Disclaimer, copyright, privacy, and the use of cookies
Information about the types of cookies used on the University of Dundee website
Updated on 26 June 2025
Disclaimer
The University of Dundee is not responsible for the accuracy of any information, data, wording or graphics ("Material") on the website and the Material is not provided for any specific or general purpose and any third party to who any such Material is passed should be made aware of this. No reliance should be placed on the Material by the user without specialist advice.
The University reserves the right to make changes to the site without notice.
Copyright
Unless otherwise stated all intellectual property rights (including without limitation copyright, registered and unregistered trademarks, and database rights) are the sole property of the University of Dundee.
Privacy
The University of Dundee takes the privacy of your information very seriously and respects browser settings for privacy control.
Further information regarding our marketing privacy notice
Cookies
Why do we use them?
To help improve this site we may place small data files, known as cookies, onto your computer.
Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just used to make the site work better for you. They do this by:
- remembering how you like things displayed
- measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
- ensuring the website works properly
- improving navigation
Types of cookies used on our website
- First party cookies are cookies our website places on your device.
- Third-party cookies are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting.
- Temporary session cookies track you during a browsing session. The session ends when you close the browser window.
- Persistent cookies will stay on your device after you close your web browser. They remember your preferences when you access our site again.
First party necessary cookies
Enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
| Cookie name | Expiration time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | End of browsers session | Used to track PHP sessions across the site. |
| WPM_Store, CompanyID, ASPSESSIONID | End of browsers session | When using buyat.dundee.ac.uk, it remembers what items are in your shopping basket as you navigate around the site. |
| has_js | End of browsers session | Drupal uses this cookie to indicate whether or not your browser has JavaScript enabled |
Acquia Personalization
These cookies allow us to personalise the content you see on our website based on, for example, pages that you look at or the country you are located in. No personal information is stored.
| Cookie Name | Expiration time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| _vis_opt_exp_{CAMPAIGNID} _combi_choose |
Persists until campaign changes are applied | This cookie stores the chosen combination. It’s a temporary cookie that gets deleted when the campaign changes are applied |
| _vis_opt_exp_{CAMPAIGNID}_ goal_{GOALID} |
100 Days | This cookie is created when a campaign goal is triggered. This cookie, when created, will always have a value of 1 |
| _vis_opt_out | 10 years | This cookie indicates that the visitor should not be made part of any campaign. Its value is 1 |
| _vis_opt_s | 100 days | This cookie tracks session created for a visitor |
| _vis_opt_test_cookie | Expires on browser close | This cookie is created to detect if the cookies are enabled on the visitor’s browser or not. It also helps in tracking the number of browser sessions a visitor has gone through. The value of this cookie is always 1 |
| _vwo | 365 Days | This cookie is a jar of all the cookies. It is currently created only for the Safari browser. In the future, it would replace all the cookies. The actual expiry of a cookie doesn’t matter as it stores the expiry of cookies set in it and keeps on expiring them |
| _vwo_consent | 365 Days | This cookie independently tracks the visitor's consent status for VWO to ensure compliance. |
| _vwo_ds | Depends on the retention period of the account | This cookie stores persistent visitor-level data for VWO Insights |
| _vwo_global_opt_out | 100 days | This cookie is persisted when a visitor opts out of vwo on all websites in a given browser. |
| _vwo_referrer | 15 secs | This cookie stores referral info allowing VWO to identify the original Traffic source |
| _vwo_sn | 30 mins and reset again to 30 mins on visitor activity | This cookie stores session-level information |
| _vwo_uuid | 365 days | This cookie generates a unique id for every visitor |
| _vwo_uuid_v2 | 366 Days | This cookie calculates unique traffic on a website |
First party marketing cookies
Facebook Pixel
We use the Facebook Pixel to track conversions on our marketing campaigns.
Consent for the Facebook Pixel cannot be automatically revoked. Please follow the link below to opt-out.
Google Marketing Platform
We use Google Marketing Platform cookies to track conversions on our marketing campaigns.
Consent for Google Marketing Platform cannot be automatically revoked. Please follow the link below to opt-out.
| Cookie name | Expiration time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| IDE | 90 days | This cookie is used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts via DoubleClick. |
| NID | 90 days | This cookie is used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts via DoubleClick. |
| SID | 90 days | This cookie is used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts via DoubleClick. |
Google analytics
Many organisations use Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It allows us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they’re using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by making sure users are finding what they need easily.
| Cookie name | Expiration time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years | Used to collect information about how visitors use our website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to our website. |
| _gid | 24 hours | Used to collect information about how visitors use our website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to our website. |
| _dc_gtm_UA-2239292-1 | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. |
| _gac_UA-2239292-1 | 90 days | AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie. |
Linkedin Pixel
| Cookie name | Expiration time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| li_gc | 2 years | This cookie stores the user's consent for non-essential cookies. |
| lidc | 24 hours | Determines the appropriate data centre for routing user activity and data |
Quantcast Pixel
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __qca | never | The __qca cookie is associated with Quantcast. This anonymous data helps us to better understand users' needs and customize the website accordingly. |
| mc | 1 year 1 month | Quantserve sets the mc cookie to anonymously track user behaviour on the website. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
SnapChat Pixel
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _scid | 1 year | Set to identify visitor unique to the device and browser. |
| X-AB | 30 mins | Used for reporting on snapchat campaigns, troubleshooting campaign setup and building aggregate pools of audiences for targeting based on behaviour trends. |
TikTok Pixel
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ttp | 13 months | To measure and improve the performance of advertising campaigns and to personalise the customer experience (including ads) on TikTok. |
| ttcsid_, ttcsid_<pixel code> | 13 months | To measure and improve the performance of advertising campaigns and to personalise the customer experience (including ads) on TikTok. |
Third-Party necessary cookies
UniBuddy
Unibuddy is a digital peer-to-peer communication platform that facilitates conversations between prospective university students and current student ambassadors.
| Name of Cookie | Cookie Source | Duration | Description |
| UB_UUID | Unibuddy | permanent | Random identifier to distinguish the source of any software errors. |
| redux:authState | Unibuddy | Until logout | Records information about whether you are logged in to Unibuddy or not. |
| __cfduid | CloudFlare | 2 mins | Device identifier used for security purposes. |
| pusherTransportTLS | Unibuddy | permanent | Identifies the device in order to receive messages during chat. |
| Firebase Device ID | Firebase | Until logout | Identifies a mobile device for the purposes of sending message notifications. |
Third-Party analytics cookies
UniBuddy
Unibuddy is a digital peer-to-peer communication platform that facilitates conversations between prospective university students and current student ambassadors.
| Name of Cookie | Cookie Source | Duration | Description |
| _ga | Unibuddy | 2 years | Google Analytics. GA is used so we can analyse how users navigate through our software so we can improve user experience. No personal information (including IP address) is ever sent to Google. |
| _gid | Unibuddy | 1 day | |
| _gat_UA-98339973-1 | Unibuddy | 30 secs | |
|
mp_e9a59680aa5ae8a8
96c08d61ee24712a_mixpanel |
Unibuddy | 1 year | Identifies Unibuddy to MixPanel. We use MixPanel to analyse how users interact with our software. |
|
ub_campaign
ub_content ub_medium ub_source |
Unibuddy | session | Identifies the initial source of a user’s interactions with Unibuddy, to enrich the data sent to MixPanel. |
First-Party cookies
Chinese language website
| Name of Cookie | Cookie Source | Duration | Description | |
| Hm_lpvt | Baidu | End of browsers session | Used by Baidu Analytics to limit the frequency of requests and records a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Website. Baidu privacy statement | |
| Hm_lvt | Baidu | 7 days | ||
| nitroCachedPage | NitroPack performance plugin | End of browsers session | To provide load balancing functionality | |
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