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Cookies Used by the Portal

This is a list of the main cookies set by the Southampton Solent University Staff & Student Portal, as well as other websites in the Solent domain that are linked to from the Portal.  

What happens if I do not accept Portal cookies?

First Party Cookies - These are cookies set by Southampton Solent University.

Website/Application

Cookie Name

Use

portal.solent.ac.uk optInCookie Stores whether you have opted in to the site using cookies.

portal.solent.ac.uk

hideMegaMenu

 

Stores your preference if you have selected to disable the mega menu. Session Cookie.

.solent.ac.uk

portalUsernameCookie

 

Stores your University username if you have asked the Portal to remember your username, by selecting the 'remember username' checkbox on the login screen. Lasts for 100 days.

portal.solent.ac.uk

ASP.NET_SessionId

Stores information about the session that is automatically created when you connect to a website built in ASP.NET. Session Cookie.

.solent.ac.uk

DocManMessage

Stores what group you are (staff or students) in so we know what official documents you are allowed to look at it. Session Cookie.

portal.solent.ac.uk

portal

This is a cookie set by Oracle Portal. Session Cookie.

.solent.ac.uk

portal_url

This is a cookie set by Oracle Portal. Session Cookie.

oid.solent.ac.uk

SSO_ID

This is a session cookie set by Oracle Portal for single sign on purposes.

.solent.ac.uk

Encrypted cookie

Session Cookie.

portal.solent.ac.uk

__utma

Google Analytics Cookie. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to your site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure. Expires 2 years from set/update.

portal.solent.ac.uk

__utmb

Google Analytics Cookie. This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. Each time a user visits a different page on your site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on your site for longer than 30 minutes.

portal.solent.ac.uk

__utmc

Google Analytics Cookie. This cookie is no longer used by the ga.js tracking code to determine session status. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user. For backwards compatibility purposes with sites still using the urchin.js tracking code, this cookie will continue to be written and will expire when the user exits the browser. Session cookie.

portal.solent.ac.uk

__utmz

Google Analytics Cookie. This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach your site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within your own site. The cookie is updated with each page view to your site. Expires 6 months from set/update.

 

Staff Email accessible via the Portal

ssunotes.solent.ac.uk    

Shimmer  

Session Cookie.

ssunotes.solent.ac.uk

ShimmerS                                      

Session Cookie.

ssunotes.solent.ac.uk

DWAMode 

Session Cookie.

ssunotes.solent.ac.uk

DWAShared      

Session Cookie.

.solent.ac.uk

LtpaToken   

IBM Lightweight Third-Party Authentication). Session Cookie.

Student Email accessible via the Portal

webmail.solent.ac.uk    

ASPSESSIONIDCADBDCBB

Session Cookie.

ocsmail.solent.ac.uk

JSESSIONID

Session Cookie.

ocsmail.solent.ac.uk

OHS-ocsmail.solent.ac.uk-443        

Session Cookie.

 

Official Documents upload

ocsapps.solent.ac.uk    

ORA_WX_SESSION

Session Cookie.

ocsapps.solent.ac.uk

JSESSIONID

Session Cookie.

ocsapps.solent.ac.uk

OHS-ocsapps.solent.ac.uk-80          

Session Cookie.

 

Third Party Cookies

To make your experience on the Portal more enriched we embed video and audio content from websites such as BBC, Vimeo, YouTube and SoundCloud. 

As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from these websites you may be presented with cookies from these websites.

Please see the websites individual cookie policy for more information.

 

What happens if I do not accept Portal cookies

If you do not accept cookies then it will not be possible to log you into the Portal.

This is because the Portal needs to know who you are and whether you are a staff or student in order to deliver the correct information to you. We use cookies to store this information so if you do not allow them then we have no way of knowing who you are and what information you are meant to see.

If you do not accept cookies then you will still be able to view all the public pages of the portal.