Cookie Policy
Introduction
A cookie is a small piece of information in the form of a text file, sent by a web server and stored on the computer of a visitor to a web site. It can then be read back later by the web server when required. The use of cookies is a convenient way of allowing a computer to remember specific information relating to a web site.
How we use Cookies
The central Aberystwyth University web site* uses cookies in two ways;
- To retain the language choice and user type as defined on the Preferences page
- To collect detailed web site usage data
For more information about the way that web site usage data is collected and analysed, visit the Web Site Data Analysis web page.
Rejecting Cookies
You can choose not to accept cookies and still use the central Aberystwyth University web site, but some non-essential functionality will be lost. For example, user preferences will not be retained if cookies are disabled. The documentation for your web browser will provide you with instructions on how to disable cookies.
On the central Aberystwyth University web site is also possible to set up your preferences to reject those cookies used to collect detailed web site usage data. For further information please visit the Web Site Data Analysis web page.
* Web pages on the central Aberystwyth University web site can be distinguished by URLs that start with http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/ or http://www.aber.ac.uk/cy/. The only exception to this is the language choice page which has the URL http://www.aber.ac.uk/