About Cookies

A cookie is a small text file which is automatically saved on your computer when you visit our website and is used to help track activity across a website. University of Washington Continuum College uses cookies on our websites for the following purposes:

Website Functionality and Performance

We use the following cookies to improve the experience of visitors to our website.

NameDescriptionExpiration
seen-cookie-messageUsed to indicate you have seen the cookie message.30 days
hasConsentRemembers the user's consent to the use of cookies on the website1 year 25 days
ASP.NET_SessionIdStores a temporary unique identifier for your session – no other information is stored. This cookie is removed when you close your browser.Expires on exit of browser
CMSPreferredCultureStores the visitor's preferred content culture.1 year
CMSUserPageStores the IDs (DocumentID, NodeID) of the last visited page. Used for logging landing and exit page web analytics and activities.20 minutes
CMSLandingPageLoadedIndicates that the landing page has already been visited and the Landing page activity is not logged again for the current visitor. Expires after 20 minutes and the expiration period of the key is renewed every time the website is accessed again.20 minutes
CMSCsrfCookieStores a security token (identification feature) that the system uses to validate all form data submitted via POST requests. Helps protect against cross site request forgery.Expires on exit of browser
VisitorStatusIndicates if the visitor is new or returning. Used for tracking the visitors statistic in Web analytics.10 years
ai_session, ai_user

Tracks users as they navigate the website; this data is used predominately for infrastructure performance insights.

1 day

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to track the behavior of site visitors, to better understand our audience, to improve user experience, and to identify potential website performance optimization opportunities. 

NameDescriptionExpiration
_gaUsed to distinguish users.26 months
_gatUsed to throttle request rate30 minutes
_gat_UA-###These cookies allow us to count user visits and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the site performance using Google Analytics services.1 year
_gidUsed to distinguish users.1 day

Twitter

NameProviderDescriptionExpiration
metrics_tokentwitter.comThese cookies are used by Twitter to provide embedded content that is displayed in the site.36 days

Advertising and Social SHARING Cookies

We use the following cookies to facilitate sharing of our content social media and for the purpose of showing ads to site visitors based on pages they may have visited on our website. Information on the use of advertising cookies and tracking technologies is available at www.youronlinechoices.eu (for visitors located in Europe) or at www.youradchoices.com

Google

Learn more about how Google Ads work and manage your Google Ad Settings

NameProviderDescriptionExpiration
1P_JARwww.google.com

Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes

1 week
DV, NIDwww.google.comGoogle advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes2 years
IDE.doubleclick.netGoogle advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes 2 years
UULEwww.google.comGoogle advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes1 day

LinkedIn

Read more about LinkedIn cookies and how they are used. 

NameProviderDescriptionExpiration
lang.linkedin.com, ads.linkedin.comRemembers the user's selected language version of a websiteExpires on exit of browser
lidc.linkedin.comUsed for routing, share buttons and advertising.1 day
UserMatchHistory.ads.linkedin.comUsed for LinkedIn Ad analytics179 Days
BizoData, BizID, BizoUserMatchHistory.ads.linkedin.comLinkedIn insights and ads tags, LinkedIn Ad analytics6 months
bcookie.linkedin.comBrowser ID cookie Share buttons and ad tags1 year

Facebook

For more information, see Facebook's cookie policy.

NameProviderDescriptionExpiration
datr.facebook.comFacebook cookies link the website with Facebook and count the number of likes or detect if the user is logged on.90 days
fr.facebook.comCookie set by Facebook that tracks the browser ID and user ID.90 days

YouTube

NameProviderDescriptionExpiration
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVEyoutube.comTries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.179 days
YSCyoutube.comRegisters a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.Expires on exit of browser

Managing Cookies

To learn more about cookies, including how to remove cookies from your browser, please visit All About Cookies.