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This website uses cookies. Atlantic Technological University (ATU) fully respects your right to privacy in relation to your interactions with this website. If you submit personal information via our website e.g. by completing a contact form, any such information will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality. ATU is the Data Controller of your personal data and is subject to the Data Protection Acts 1988-2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679.
This website collects and uses personal data about you, including:
- IP address
- Information about your use of this website
Some areas of this website may require you to provide your name, email address, and other contact details.
The purposes for which ATU may process your personal information include:
- Provision of online services.
- Analysis of visitor traffic to and usage of our website.
ATU may use anonymised data from this website for the purposes of analysing, planning and improving the service. This anonymised data will not include any of your personal data.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it is being processed. If you have any questions about our processing of your data via this website, please contact the University’s Data Protection Office. You also have the right to submit a complaint to the Data Protection Commission.
Data Protection Officer, ATU
Email: dataprotection@atu.ie
This website uses cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse website traffic. We share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
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Necessary Cookies
| Name | Description | Retention Period |
|---|---|---|
| SERVERID | Load balancer cookie | 10 minutes |
| wp-wpml_current_language | This cookie is used to track the language preference fo the user | Session |
| CookieControl | Stores user consent preferences for your website. | 3 months |
| CookieControlTC | Stores IAB TCF consent preferences. | 3 months |
| JSESSIONID | JSESSIONID is a cookie generated by Servlet containers and used for session management in J2EE web applications for HTTP protocol. If a Web server is using a cookie for session management, it creates and sends JSESSIONID cookie to the client and then the client sends it back to the server in subsequent HTTP requests. JSESSIONID is a platform session cookie and is used by sites with JavaServer Pages (JSP). The cookie is used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. | Session |
Analytics and Preferences Cookies
| Name | Description | Retention Period |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | ID used to identify users | 1 years |
| _ga_* | Used to identify and track an individual user session. | 2 years |
| _gid | ID used to identify users for 24 hours | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager | 58 seconds |
| _dc_gtm_ | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests | 1 minute |
| AMP_TOKEN | Contains a token code that is used to read out a Client ID from the AMP Client ID Service. By matching this ID with that of Google Analytics, users can be matched when switching between AMP content and non-AMP content. | 1 year |
| _gat_* | Used to set and get tracking data | 1 hour |
| _gac_ | Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together. | 90 days |
| __utma | ID used to identify users and sessions | 2 years |
| __utmt | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 30 minutes |
| __utmc | Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. | session |
| __utmz | Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server | 6 months |
| __utmv | Contains custom information set by the web developer through the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated each time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 2 years |
| __utmx | Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test. | 18 months |
| __utmxx | Used to determine when the A / B or Multivariate test in which the user participates ends | 18 months |
| FPAU | Assigns a specific ID to the visitor. This allows the website to determine the number of specific user-visits for analysis and statistics. | session |
| FPID | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | 1 years |
| FPLC | This FPLC cookie is the cross-domain linker cookie hashed from the FPID cookie. It’s not HttpOnly, which means it can be read with JavaScript. It has a relatively short lifetime, just 20 hours. | 20 hours |
| _clck | This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 1 years |
| _clsk | This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 24 hours |
| SM | This is a Microsoft cookie used to measure the use of the website for internal analytics | Session |
| CLID | The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft Clarity scripts. The purpose of this cookie is for heatmap and session recording. | 1 years |
| MicrosoftApplicationsTelemetryDeviceId | Used to store a unique device ID for tracking behavior and usage of the website | 1 year |
| ASP.NET_Sessio | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. | Session |
| ASP.NET_Sessio_Fallback | Fallback session cookie to support older browsers that haven’t implemented the Secure flag, in modern evergreen browsers this cookie is never set as it haven’t got the Secure flag. | Session |
| .AspNetCore.Antiforgery. | Anti-forgery cookie is a security mechanism to defend against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. | Session |
| __RequestVerificationToken | This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. | Session |
Marketing Cookies
| Name | Description | Retention Period |
|---|---|---|
| _tt_enable_cookie | Tracking cookie used by TikTok to identify a visitor | 1 years |
| _ttp | Tracking cookie used by TikTok to identify a visitor | 1 years |
| MONITOR_WEB_ID | Used by the social networking service, TikTok, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 3 months |
| msToken | Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. | 9 days |
| ttwid | Used by the social networking service, TikTok, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 1 year |
| lu | Used to record whether the person chose to remain logged in | 2 years |
| xs | Used in conjunction with the c_user cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. | 90 days |
| c_user | Used in conjunction with the xs cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. | 90 days |
| m_user | Used to authenticate your identity on Facebook’s mobile website. | 90 days |
| pl | Used to record that a device or browser logged in via Facebook platform. | 90 days |
| dbln | Used to enable device-based logins | 2 years |
| aks | Determines the login state of a person visiting accountkit.com | 30 days |
| aksb | Authenticates logins using Account Kit | 30 minutes |
| sfau | Optimizes recovery flow after failed login attempts | 1 day |
| ick | Stores an encryption key used to encrypt cookies | 2 years |
| csm | Insecure indicator | 90 days |
| s | Facebook browser identification, authentication, marketing, and other Facebook-specific function cookies. | 90 days |
| datr | Used to prevent creation of fake / spammy accounts. Datr cookie is associated with a browser, not individual people. | 2 years |
| sb | Facebook browser identification, authentication, marketing, and other Facebook-specific function cookies. | 2 years |
| fr | Contains a unique browser and user ID, used for targeted advertising. | 90 days |
| oo | Ad optout cookie | 5 years |
| ddid | Used to open a specific location in an advertiser’s app upon installation | 28 days |
| locale | This cookie contains the display locale of the last logged in user on this browser. This cookie appears to only be set after the user logs out. | 7 days |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 3 months |
| _fbc | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 2 years |
| js_ver | Records the age of Facebook javascript files. | 7 days |
| rc | Used to optimize site performance for advertisers | 7 days |
| campaign_click_url | Records the Facebook URL that an individual landed on after clicking on an ad promoting Facebook | 30 days |
| wd | This cookie stores the browser window dimensions and is used by Facebook to optimise the rendering of the page. | Session |
| usida | Collects a combination of the user’s browser and unique identifier, used to tailor advertising to users. | Session |
| presence | The presence cookie is used to contain the user’s chat state. | Session |
| lidc | Used by the social networking service LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 24 hours |
| bcookie | Used by LinkedIn to track the use of embedded services. | 1 years |
| bscookie | Used by LinkedIn to track the use of embedded services. | 1 years |
| trkCode | This cookie is used by LinkedIn to support the functionality of adding a panel invite labeled ‘Follow Us’ | 1 year |
| trkInfo | This cookie is used by LinkedIn to support the functionality of adding a panel invite labeled ‘Follow Us’ | 1 year |
| li_oatml | Collects information about how visitors use our site. | 30 days |
| liap | Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or to allow for the Linkedin follow feature. | 90 days |
| lissc | Pending | 1 year |
| spectroscopyId | These cookies are set by LinkedIn for advertising purposes, including: tracking visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented, allowing users to use the ‘Apply with LinkedIn’ or the ‘Sign-in with LinkedIn’ functions, collecting information about how visitors use the site, etc. | session |
| UserMatchHistory | These cookies are set by LinkedIn for advertising purposes, including: tracking visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented, allowing users to use the ‘Apply with LinkedIn’ or the ‘Sign-in with LinkedIn’ functions, collecting information about how visitors use the site, etc. | 30 days |
| lang | Used to remember a user’s language setting | session |
| li_gc | Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes | 2 years |
| li_rm | Used as part of the LinkedIn Remember Me feature and is set when a user clicks Remember Me on the device to make it easier for him or her to sign in to that device | 1 year |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries | 30 days |
| ln_or | Used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain | 1 day |
| li_sugr | Used to make a probabilistic match of a user’s identity outside the Designated Countries | 3 months |
| iutk | Recognises the user’s device and what Issuu documents have been read. | 6 months |
| cref | Contains data on user navigation, interaction and time spent on the website and its sub-pages – This data is used to optimise the relevance of advertisements and for statistical purposes. | 13 months |
| mc | Tracking of users and measure and improve performance and supports personalisation | 1 years |
| d | Tracking of users and measure and improve performance and supports personalisation | 3 months |
| __qca | This cookie is set by Quantcast, who present targeted advertising. Stores browser and HTTP request information. | 1 years |
| GPS | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | 1 day |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Also used for marketing | 6 months |
| PREF | This cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. | 10 years |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
| DEVICE_INFO | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. | 180 days |
| LOGIN_INFO | This cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website. | 2 years |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Youtube visitor privacy metadata cookie | 6 months |
| MR | Used to collect information for analytics purposes. | 7 days |
| MUID | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 years |
| MUIDB | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year |
| MC1 | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year |
| MSFPC | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year |
| _uetsid | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. | 24 hours |
| _uetvid | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. | 1 years |
| ANON | Contains the A, a unique identifier derived from your Microsoft account, which is used for advertising, personalization, and operational purposes. It is also used to preserve your choice to opt out of interest-based advertising from Microsoft if you have chosen to associate the opt-out with your Microsoft account. | 1 year |
| ANONCHK | Used to store session ID for a users session to ensure that clicks from adverts on the Bing search engine are verified for reporting purposes and for personalisation | 10 minutes |
| CC | Contains a country code as determined from your IP address. | 1 year |
| PPAuth | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| MSPAuth | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| MSNRPSAuth | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| KievRPSAuth | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| WLSSC | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| MSPProf | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| MC0 | Detects whether cookies are enabled in the browser. | session |
| MS0 | Identifies a specific session. | session |
| NAP | Contains an encrypted version of your country, postal code, age, gender, language and occupation, if known, based on your Microsoft account profile. | 1 year |
| MH | Appears on co-branded sites where Microsoft is partnering with an advertiser. This cookie identifies the advertiser, so the right ad is selected. | session |
| childinfo | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
| kcdob | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
| kcrelid | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
| kcru | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
| pcfm | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
| x-ms-gateway-slice | Identifies a gateway for load balancing. | Session |
| ToptOut | Records your decision not to receive interest-based advertising delivered by Microsoft. | 1 year |
| ACH01 | Maintains information about which ad and where the user clicked on the ad. | session |
| AADSSO | Microsoft Microsoft Online Authentication Cookie | session |
| brcap | Microsoft Microsoft Online Authentication Cookie | 1 years |
| SRM_B | Collected user data is specifically adapted to the user or device. The usercan also be followed outside of the loaded website, creating a picture of the visitor’s behavior. | 1 years |
| _RwBf | This cookie helps us to track the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on the Bing advertising network. | 1 year |
| _HPVN | Analysis service that connects data from the Bing advertising network with actions performed on the website. | 1 year |
| _UR | This cookie is used by the Bing advertising network for advertising tracking purposes. | 1 year |
| OID | This cookie is used by the Bing advertising network for advertising tracking purposes. | 3 months |
| OIDI | This cookie is used by the Bing advertising network for advertising tracking purposes. | 3 months |
| OIDR | This cookie is used by the Bing advertising network for advertising tracking purposes. | 3 months |
| BCP | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year |
| BFBUSR | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year |
| BFB | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year |
| ACL | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 3 months |
| ACLUSR | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year |
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