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We use 'Advertising' cookies on www.sunderland.ac.uk to:
- Link to social networks like Facebook, who may subsequently use information about your visit to target advertising to you on other websites.
- Used to identify that you have visited the Sunderland University website, so that we can show you relevant adverts.
- Provide advertising networks with information on your visit so that they can present you with adverts that you may be interested in.
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.
Google advertising services
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Bing
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Facebook
Parts of this website use Facebook cookies and pixels. Pixels are small blocks of code on webpages that do things like allow another server to measure viewing of a webpage and often are used in connection with cookies. Cookies and pixels are used to understand and deliver ads and make them more relevant to you. The user ID collected relates to your Facebook account and the data collected is used to advertise across Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. These pixels are also used to attribute website conversions back to advertising sources.The same privacy restrictions as AdWords Remarketing (above) apply.
Further information can be found on the Facebook website.
Tiktok
Tiktok cookies allow us to serve adverts on social media platforms and to understand user actions made on our site once they have viewed or clicked an advert. We use it to improve our content, retargeting and user experience.
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- To track website visits, social media clicks, and banner clicks
- To enable the pre-fill feature for known contacts, log when a contact opens a marketing page, and enable contacts to sign in and register for events
- Marketing forms use three different types of cookies, including a short-term, single-visit cookie, and a session cookie for the event website.
Live Chat
Some of the pages on our website include an option for you to chat with one of our advisers. If you choose to chat with us, cookies are set by LiveChat.
Google Maps
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Rapidspike
We use Rapidspike to monitor the uptime and performance of our webpages. We also use Real User Monitoring to monitor performance for users outside the UK. We do not capture any personal identifying individual data.
YouTube
Some of the pages on our website contain videos from our YouTube channel which are embedded on the page. When a page containing a YouTube video is accessed, cookies are set by YouTube.
Twitter
Cookies are set by Twitter when you load any of our pages that include a list of ‘Latest Tweets’. Further information can be found on the Twitter website.
Vimeo
Vimeo sets a number of cookies on any page that embeds a Vimeo video. While we have no control over these cookies, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Vimeo viewers, to hold information about current viewing video settings as well as a personal identification token, if you are logged into Vimeo. Furthermore, a set of cookies regarding Google AdSense advertising campaigns might be set, which contain identifiers that record user browsing behaviour.
AddToAny
We use AddToAny to allow visitors to share our news content to social media. AddToAny does not store personal data. Its technology vendors are compliant, and may temporarily store an IP address and set a client cookie for security purposes as regulations allow.
Cookies we use to track visits to our site
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to generate reports on the number of visits to pages on our websites. The resulting statistics help us to plan improvements to our websites. Google Analytics is also used by third party widgets implemented on our website.
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Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager to manage Google Analytics and other tracking cookies which may be used for marketing purposes or evaluating the effectiveness of our website.
Google Optimise
We use Google Optimise cookies, to test and analyse how audiences interact with the Sunderland University website. We do this to make informed decisions about how to provide a better experience for visitors to our website.
Hotjar
We use Hotjar. Hotjar is an analysis tool that records the online behaviour of a website's visitors. Hotjar sets persistent cookies (up to 365 days). Hotjar also records visitor information including mouse clicks and movements, scrolling activity and user input on our website (for example on a contact form) - this information is anonymous. Recordings are automatically destroyed after 365 days. You can opt out of Hotjar collecting your information at any time by following these instructions.