1. What is a cookie?
Most web sites use cookies to remember information about you and your preferences, either for the duration of your visit or for repeat visits. A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a web site, and that web site can then retrieve the contents of that cookie.
If we didn't use cookies, our web site would think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site. For example, if you were to enter your login details and then move to another page, our site wouldn't be able to remember that you'd previously signed in.
Cookies may be set by the web site you are visiting ('first party cookies') or by other web sites which provide content on the page you are viewing ('third party cookies').
2. What cookies does the BBAS web site use?
Necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the operation of our web site, for example those that determine whether you're signed in and who you are.
| Cookie name | Cookie purpose | Cookie duration |
| SESSxxxxID | For editors of the BBAS system, this cookie is used for authentication sessions to prevent having to login multiple times in one browser session. | 1 week |
| jas_js | This helps the website understand browser Javascript functionality This helps the website understand browser Javascript functionality. | On site exit |
Performance cookies
These cookies allow us to track the performance and usage of the Warwick web site with anonymised "statistics". We use cookies to track your route around the Warwick web site and use the statistics that these create to tailor the web site's performance.
| Cookie name | Cookie purpose | Cookie duration |
| _utm* | These cookies allow us to gather analytics using Google Analytics | Various; up to two years |
| QSI_* | We use a series of cookies for presenting surveys and feedback forms to provide us with information that helps us demonstrate the impact of research projects. They will track metrics about your visit to this site only, but no personal information. They will prevent you being asked repeatedly. | Various; up to three years. |
We also sometimes embed photos and video content from third party web sites such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. As a result, when you visit one of our pages containing such content, you may be presented with cookies from these web sites. We don't control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party's web site for more information.
Some web sites also use cookies to help them target their advertising or marketing messages, based for example on your location or your browsing habits. We don't use any cookies in that way.
We don’t sell the information collected by cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies).
3. What to do if you don't want cookies to be set
If you don’t want web sites to store cookies on your computer, tablet or phone, you can modify your browser so that it asks for your permission when a web site wants to set a cookie, or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have already been set. If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies on your device then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, the site www.aboutcookies.org contains comprehensive information on how to remove cookies on a wide variety of desktop browsers.
For Google Analytics cookies, Google provide a tool which allows you to specify that you don't want to accept their cookies, not just for our site, but for all sites which use Google Analytics. You can obtain the Google Analytics opt-out tool here.