The LSE website is a large and complex service comprising various sub-sites. Various cookies are in use across the LSE website, with the cookies in use subject to changes as the website develops. The following table details the cookies used on the LSE website following our latest audit (May 2018).
Session cookie
These are created temporarily in your browser’s subfolder while you are visiting the website. Session cookies allow you to proceed from webpage to webpage quickly and easily so you don’t get asked for the same information you’ve already given to the site. The cookie is then automatically deleted when you leave the website.
Persistent cookie
These remain in your browser’s subfolder and are activated again when you re-visit the website. It helps us to remember your information and settings when you visit the website again, resulting in a faster online experience for you.
Functional cookie
These enable additional functionality to improve your experience on the website. For example, recording settings for future visits so as to save users having to repeat making the same choices.
Instagram
csrftoken
mid
rur
urlgen
Used to enable sharing on social media.
Strictly necessary cookie
These are technically essential to the provision of the LSE website. For example, some cookies are used to enable secure login to restricted areas.
LSE
cb-enabled
This cookie is associated with a free script which shows the cookie alert notice on the website. It is used to record when the user has dismissed the notice to prevent it re-appearing on return visits.
Contensis
ASP.NET_SessionId
Used to enable state for interactive services, such as forms, and to enable authorisation to access restricted areas of the LSE website.
LSE
JSESSIONID
Used to facilitate authorisation to access restricted areas of the LSE website.
WordPress
PHPSESSID
Used to enable state for interactive services, such as forms, and to enable authorisation to access restricted areas of the LSE website.
Performance cookie
These monitor and assess the LSE website and its use. For example, recording visits to reveal how a website is used and which parts are most popular.
Google Analytics
__ga
__gat
__gid
__utma
__utmb
__utmc
__utmt
__utmz
Used to monitor usage of the LSE website. This information allows LSE to assess how the LSE website is used. Anonymous data about usage (eg number of visitors, visitors' country, number of times each page is visited) is collected and aggregated to produce website performance reports.
Baidu
HMACCOUNT
Hm_lpvt
Hm_lvt
Used to monitor usage of the LSE website. This information allows LSE to assess how the LSE website is used.
Google Tag Manager
_dc_gtm
Used to help identify website visitors in Google Analytics by DoubleClick.
Bing
_uetsid
MUID
MUIDB
Used to help identify website visitors. Provided by Microsoft Inc.
Funnelback
user-id
Used to track user search experience across the website.
Hotjar
_hjClosedSurveyInvites
_hjDonePolls
_hjMinimizedPolls
_hjShownFeedbackMessage
_hjid
_hjRecordingLastActivity
_hjTLDTest
_hjUserAttributesHash
_hjCachedUserAttributes
_hjLocalStorageTest
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample
_hjIncludedInSessionSample
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
_hjFirstSeen
hjViewportId
_hjRecordingEnabled
We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback.
Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.
For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site.
Advertising/targeting cookies
These use an identification number to monitor personal preferences for the purposes of personalising pages and gathering further information. For example, presenting adverts or promotions for products similar to those previously viewed or purchased.
These include
- Facebook Pixel
- LinkedIn InsightTag
- Google/Doubleclick
Google / Doubleclick
1P_JAR
CONSENT
NID
DV
UULE
IDE
Used to remember preferences and gather website statistics.
Sharing information via social media platforms
LSE websites and applications may have links embedded into pages on various social media platforms. Cookies generated by those sites are outside of the School’s control and may change without notice. When you share a page or link those sites may set cookies on your device or browser and may also make information about you publicly available or stored elsewhere. For more information about privacy and the cookies used by these services, as well as information on how to opt-out, please visit the respective social media platforms.