Cookie Policy
Information about our use of cookies
The University of Niagara Falls Canada (UNF) website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
How to control cookies
Our cookie pop-up gives you control to opt-in to non-essential cookies. If you want information on how to disable all cookies, you can find information here: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/clear-cookies-installed.html
Disabling cookies may result in some features on our websites, and some of our online services, not functioning correctly or as intended.
Cookies will typically expire automatically after two years, though you can choose to delete your cookies at any point manually or disable cookies on your computer.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
What is a third-party cookie?
Third-party cookies are set by a domain other than the one the user is visiting. This typically occurs when the website incorporates elements from other sites, such as images, social media plugins or advertising. When the browser or other software fetches these elements from the other sites, they can set cookies as well.
We name any third-party cookie and link it to their privacy policy for you in the cookie table below.
Cookies used on this website
We use the classification system developed by the UK International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
It relies on four classifications:
- Strictly necessary cookies
- Performance cookies
- Functionality cookies
- Targeting or advertising cookies
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
Performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
Functionality cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Targeting or advertising cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website, and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
The table below shows you cookie per category:
Strictly Necessary
| Domain | Cookie | Description | Expires | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | cfduid | This cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. | 14/07/2020 | https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ |
| Doubleclick | DSID | This cookie is set to note your specific user identity. It contains a hashed/encrypted unique ID. | 02/03/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB |
| _dc_gtm_UA 107593 32-1 | This cookie is used to load scripts and code into a page. | 17/02/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| Pingdom | __cfduid | This cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. | 22/09/2020 | https://www.solarwinds.com/legal/privacy |
| Third Party Cookie – Cloudflare | __cfduid | This cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. | 14/07/2020 | https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ |
| Third Party Cookie – Doubleclick | DSID | This cookie is set to note your specific user identity. It contains a hashed/encrypted unique ID. | 02/03/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB |
| Wingify | _vis_opt_s | The number of times the browser was closed and reopened. Tracks sessions created for a user. | 13/05/2020 | https://wingify.com/privacy-policy/ |
| Wingify | _vis_opt_test_cookie | Session cookie generated to detect if the cookies are enabled on the browser of the user or not. It also helps in tracking the number of browser sessions a visitor has gone through. | Session | https://wingify.com/privacy-policy/ |
| Wingify | _vwo_ds | This cookie stores persistent user-level data for Track (goals, funnels) and Analyze (heatmaps, recordings, form analytics) | 11/03/2020 | https://wingify.com/privacy-policy/ |
Functionality
| Domain | Cookie | Description | Expires | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google | OGP | This cookie enables the functionality of Google Maps. | 14/03/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB |
| OGPC | This cookie enables the functionality of Google Maps. | 29/03/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB |
Performance
| Domain | Cookie | Description | Expires | More Info |
| Cloudflare | optimizelyEndUserId | Cookie set by the Optimizely website optimisation platform. This cookie is a unique user identifier | 03/07/2027 | https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ |
| _ga | This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. | 16/02/2022 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| _gid | Stores and updates a unique value for each page visited. | 18/02/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| Hotjar | _hjid | This cookie ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | 26/01/2021 | https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/ |
| Hotjar | _hjid | This cookie ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | 26/01/2021 | https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/ |
| Hotjar | _hjIncludedInSample | This cookie is associated with web analytics functionality and services from Hot Jar. It uniquely identifies a visitor during a single browser session and indicates they are included in an audience sample. | Session | https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/ |
| Third Party Cookie – Cloudflare | optimizelyEndUserId | Cookie set by the Optimizely website optimisation platform. This cookie is a unique user identifier | 03/07/2027 | https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ |
| Third Party Cookie – Unibuddy | _ga | This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. | 16/02/2022 | https://unibuddy.com/privacy-policy/ |
| Third Party Cookie – Unibuddy | _gat_UA-98339973-1 | This cookie collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. It is only used to improve how a website works. | 17/02/2020 | https://unibuddy.com/privacy-policy/ |
| Wingify | _vwo_uuid | This cookie ensures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions. | 31/01/2030 | https://wingify.com/privacy-policy/ |
| Wingify | _vwo_uuid_v2 | This cookie ensures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions. | 06/02/2021 | https://wingify.com/privacy-policy/ |
Advertising / Targeting
| Domain | Cookie | Description | Expires | More info |
| Doubleclick | __adal_id | This cookie is used by Adalyser to store which advertising campaign drove a user to visit, tie conversions events to visits, uniquely identify a device. | 20/02/2021 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB |
| Doubleclick | IDE | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 16/02/2021 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB |
| _fbp | Cookie by Facebook to track visits across websites. | 17/05/2020 | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| act | This cookie is used to help track Analytics through session ID. | Session | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| c_user | This cookie is used in conjunction with the xs cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. | 17/05/2020 | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| datr | Identifies browsers for purposes of security and site integrity, including for account recovery, and identification of potentially compromised accounts | 09/11/2021 | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| dpr | 24/02/2020 | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | ||
| fr | Facebook’s primary advertising cookie, used to deliver, measure, and improve the relevancy of ads. | 17/05/2020 | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| presence | Cookie from Facebook, used to analysis and optimise marketing activity. | Session | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| sb | This cookie by facebook stores browser device details | 31/01/2022 | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| spin | Cookie from Facebook, used to analysis and optimise marketing activity. | 17/02/2020 | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| wd | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 24/02/2020 | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| xs | Used in conjunction with the c_user cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. | 17/05/2020 | https://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | This cookie is used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. | 22/01/2022 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| __Secure-3PSID | This cookie is used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. | 13/02/2022 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| __Secure-APISID | This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. | 01/08/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| __Secure-HSID | This cookie is set to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. | 01/08/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| __Secure-SSID | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 01/08/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 03/05/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| 1P_JAR | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 18/03/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| ANID | This cookie is by google to show you more relevant ads. | 16/02/2021 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| APISID | This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. | 22/01/2022 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| CONSENT | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 10/01/2038 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| HSID | This cookie is set to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. | 22/01/2022 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| NID | This cookie is set by DoubleClick to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. | 18/08/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| OTZ | This cookie is used by Google Analytics that provides an aggregate analysis of Website visitors. | 02/03/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| S | This cookie may be used to anonymously measure the effectiveness of PPC (pay per click) and affiliate advertising. | Session | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| SAPISID | This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. | 22/01/2022 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | 21/07/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | ||
| SID | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. | 22/01/2022 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| SIDCC | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 16/02/2021 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| SSID | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 22/01/2022 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| UULE | This cookie is used to collect information about how visitors use our site. | 18/02/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB | |
| Google adservices | AID | Used to link your activity across devices if you’ve previously signed in to your Google Account on another device to coordinate the ads you see across devices and measure conversion events. | 25/03/2020 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB |
| Third Party Cookie – Doubleclick | __adal_id | This cookie is used by Adalyser to store which advertising campaign drove a user to visit, tie conversions events to visits, uniquely identify a device. | 20/02/2021 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB |
| Third Party Cookie – Doubleclick | IDE | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 16/02/2021 | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB |
| Third Party Cookie – Unibuddy | mp_e9a59680aa5ae8a896c08d61ee24712a_mixpanel | 16/02/2021 | https://unibuddy.com/privacy-policy/ | |
| Unibuddy | mp_e9a59680aa5ae8a896c08d61ee24712a_mixpanel | 16/02/2021 | https://unibuddy.com/privacy-policy/ |
If you have any questions about this cookie policy, please contact our DPO on compliance@guscanada.ca