Cookie Statement
This statement explains how we use cookies on the Oxford Lifelong Learning web pages (i.e. those on www.lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk ). For information about what types of personal information will be gathered when you visit the website, and how this information will be used, please see our privacy policy.
How we use cookies
All of our web pages use “cookies”. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we place on your computer or mobile device if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and enables us to improve our website.
Types of cookies we use
- Strictly necessary cookies – these are essential to enable you to move around the websites and use their features. Without these cookies the services you have asked for, such as registering for an account, cannot be provided.
- Performance cookies – these cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often. We use this information to improve our websites and to aid us in investigating problems raised by visitors. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor.
- Functionality cookies – these cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide more personal features. For instance, a functional cookie can be used to remember the volume level you prefer to use when watching videos on our websites. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting cookies – these cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They collect information about your browsing habits. Targeting cookies are linked to services provided by third parties, such as ‘like’ and ‘share’ buttons and advertisements. We use targeting cookies to send third parties information on your visit so that they can make their advertising more relevant to you when you visit their websites.
You can accept or reject the site’s cookies when you first visit, and most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
Specific cookies we use
Cookies may be set either by www.lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk (“first party cookies”), or by a third party website (“third party cookies”). The tables below identify the cookies we use and explain the purposes for which they are used.
However, we continue to collect information about third-party cookies and the tables below are based on the work completed to date. Accordingly, we may update the information contained in this section from time to time. Additionally, some cookies may be set from time to time by feeds from third party websites that we make available on our sites.
Changes to our Cookie Statement
Any changes we may make to our Cookie Statement in the future will be posted on this page.
First Party Cookies
| Provider | Cookie name | Purpose | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk | cookies | This cookie is used to remember whether you wish to view the cookie notice or not. | |
| www.lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk | session_id_www | A session ID is a unique number that a web site’s server assigns a specific user for the duration of that user’s visit (session). | |
| Google Analytics | _ga | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Overview of Google Analytics privacy |
| Google Analytics | _gid | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Overview of Google Analytics privacy |
| Google Analytics | _gat_UA-12345-12 | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Overview of Google Analytics privacy |
| Google Analytics | _gat_UA-1978737-2 | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Overview of Google Analytics privacy |
| Google Ads | _gcl | These cookies are used to make advertising more engaging to users and more specifically to improve reporting on campaign performace. The conversion cookies (e.g., cookies named ‘__gcl’), whose main purpose is to help advertisers determine how many times people who click on their ads end up taking an action on their site (e.g., making a purchase). Conversion cookies are not used by Google for personalized ad targeting and persist for a limited time only. | Overview of Google privacy & Terms |
Third Party Cookies
| Provider | Cookie name | Purpose | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | use_hitbox | YouTube may still set cookies on the user’s computer once the visitor clicks on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. | http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/ http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/types/ |
| YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube may still set cookies on the user’s computer once the visitor clicks on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. | http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/ http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/types/ |
| id | Targeted advertising cookies from Doubleclick (a business owned by Google) used for maps related to events. | Doubleclick tracking trackers cookies web monitoring | |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | Cookies from LinkedIn. | LinkedIn cookie table | |
| bcookie | Cookies from LinkedIn. | LinkedIn cookie table | |
| bscookie | Cookies from LinkedIn. | LinkedIn cookie table | |
| lang | Cookies from LinkedIn. | LinkedIn cookie table | |
| li_sugr | Cookies from LinkedIn. | LinkedIn cookie table | |
| lidc | Cookies from LinkedIn. | LinkedIn cookie table | |
| U | Cookies from LinkedIn. | LinkedIn cookie table | |
| UserMatchHistory | Cookies from LinkedIn. | LinkedIn cookie table | |
| _fbp | To store and track visits across websites, to provide ad delivery or retargeting. | Mets cookie policy | |
| fr | To store and track visits across websites, to provide ad delivery or retargeting. | Mets cookie policy |
Contact
Any queries or concerns about the use of cookies on this website should be sent by email to webmaster@conted.ox.ac.uk or addressed to the Oxford Lifelong Learning, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA.