This cookies list is for the University of Cambridge alumni and development websites and all their subdomains (‘our/the site’) at:
- alumni.cam.ac.uk
- philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
- my.darwin.cam.ac.uk
- my.homerton.cam.ac.uk
- giving.jbs.cam.ac.uk
- cantab.org
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
The information and tables below describe the cookies that our site may use depending on active services and actions by you, the site visitor.
Essential cookies
|
NAME |
PURPOSE |
DURATION |
|---|---|---|
|
SSESS* |
Session ID, required by the website to track your session. |
Until end of session |
|
has_js |
Records whether or not your browser has JavaScript enabled. |
Until end of session |
| X-Mapping-* | Used by our website's load balancer | Until end of session |
|
alumni-cookie-choices |
Indicates your cookie preferences |
1 year |
|
alumni-cookie-choices-version |
Indicates which version of the cookie choices policy you have been shown. You will always be shown the latest version |
1 year |
| alumni-exit-intent-seen | Prevents the exit intent survey for popping up repeatedly | 5 days |
Google reCAPTHCA
The Google reCAPTCHA service helps prevent malicious and fraudulent activity using forms on our website. The service works by collecting hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sending these data to Google for analysis. The information collected in connection with this is used by Google for general security services, and improving reCAPTCHA. It will not be used for personalised advertising by Google. Where Google identifies a form submission as high-risk, the form submission will be blocked.
The _GRECAPTCHA key is stored in your browser's local storage, for this purpose.
You can find out more about how Google processes your data in the Google Privacy and Terms notice.
Stripe payment gateway
The Stripe payment gateway is used on some of our event registration and online donation pages. Our website stores cookies when you visit one of our Stripe enabled webforms:
|
Name |
PURPOSE | DURATION |
|---|---|---|
| __stripe_mid | Set for fraud prevention purposes and helps Stripe assess the risk associated with an attempted transaction. | Persistent for 1 year |
| __stripe_sid | Set for fraud prevention purposes and helps Stripe assess the risk associated with an attempted transaction. | Persistent for 30 minutes |
|
__cf_bm (.hcatpcha.com) |
Stripe uses CAPTCHA technology to ensure bot protection is in place. This cookie is necessary for bot solutions to function properly. | Persistent for 30 minutes |
|
m (m.stripe.com) |
For fraud detection. Helps Stripe assess the risk associated with an attempted transaction on the your website. |
Persistent for 2 years |
For more information, please see Stripe's Cookie Policy.
To manage your Stripe cookie preferences, please see Stripe's Cookie Settings.
Statistical and analytics cookies
Google Analytics
If you have accepted all cookies this site will run Google Analytics, which uses four cookies for tracking visitors to the site.
- These cookies store information about what time the current visit occurred, whether you have been to the site before, and what site referred you to the web page.
- With the values gained from these cookies Google Analytics can interpret journeys through our website content, give us information about how people use our site and so allow us to improve it.
- Due to shortcomings in Google Analytics the cookies for www.cam.ac.uk are returned to any web site in .cam.ac.uk. We believe that the Google Analytics code on these other sites will ignore these extra cookies.
- Google Analytics information about privacy and cookies may be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/tos.html and https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.
- As a user you may opt out of the process Google Analytics uses to collect traffic log data (should your web browser be compatible). Google provides a browser add-on that enables a user to opt out of receiving Google Analytics cookies - http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
|
Name |
DURATION |
|---|---|
| _ga | Persistent for 2 years |
| _ga_* | Persistent for 2 years |
| _gat | Persistent for 10 minutes |
| _gat_camTracker | Persistent for 10 minutes |
| _gid | Persistent for 1 day |
Dotdigital
Optional analytics cookies that help us to analyse website usage patterns in our applications. This helps us to make our websites and communications better for you.
|
Name |
DURATION |
|---|---|
| recordID | Persistent for 1 year |
| dmSessionID |
Persistent for 20 minutes |
Shorthand
Shorthand is an embedded service that helps to enhance the look and feel of our content. They can set Google Analytics cookies depending on the preferences of visitors to our site.
Please refer to Shorthand's cookie information for more information.
Third party cookies and embedded services
Soundcloud
We will occasionally embed audio in the website, using the Soundcloud service, to provide a more engaging user experience. On pages with a Soundcloud media embed, the following cookies will be set:
| NAME |
Domain |
PURPOSE | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| UID | scorecardresearch.com | Stores a unique identifier related to analytics for Soundcloud | Approximately 2 years |
| UIDR | scorecardresearch.com | Stores a unique identifier related to analytics for Soundcloud | Approximately 2 years |
| __utma | w.soundcloud.com | Related to Google Analytics for Soundcloud | Approximately 2 years |
| __utmb | w.soundcloud.com | Related to Google Analytics for Soundcloud | Approximately 30 minutes |
| __utmc | w.soundcloud.com | Related to Google Analytics for Soundcloud | End of session |
| __utmt | w.soundcloud.com | Related to Google Analytics for Soundcloud | Approximately 5 minutes |
| __utmz | w.soundcloud.com | Related to Google Analytics for Soundcloud | Approximately 6 months |
| sc_anonymous_id | soundcloud.com | Related to the Soundcloud service | Approximately 10 years |
The Soundcloud service also utilizes web storage to store additional information.
Please refer to Soundcloud's cookie information page for more information.
Spotify
We will occasionally embed content from Spotify, including playlists, in the website. This is to provide a richer user experience on our website, usually in articles associated with the Graduation Yearbook and CAM (Cambridge Alumni Magazine).
Depending on your user preferences, Spotify sets the following cookies:
| NAME |
Domain |
PURPOSE | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| sp_landing | .spotify.com | Stores our website URL and a description of the device you are using for Spotify | Approximately 1 day |
| sp_t | .spotify.com | Stores an identifier used by Spotify | Approximately 1 year |
Additionally, any cookies that may be set by the Spotify website will be accessible by the Spotify embed.
For more information, please see Spotify's cookie information.
X
This site may occasionally use X feeds, which use cookies. You can find out information about X's privacy policy here: https://x.com/en/privacy
YouTube
We will occasionally embed YouTube videos in the website to provide a more engaging user experience. Where possible we will use a 'privacy enhanced' embed which will not set any cookies until the media is played. When the media is played, web storage is used to set certain information about your visit. Please refer to information on Google's website for a list of cookies that may be set:
Vimeo
We sometimes embed Vimeo videos to make the website more engaging. Vimeo will store a functional cookie called '__cf_bm'. This cookie is part of CloudFlare's bot management service and is not used for tracking your data. It has an expiration period of 30 minutes. You can read more about the cookie here: https://cookiedatabase.org/cookie/cloudflare/__cf_bm/
