Types of cookies we use
We use the following types of cookies:
- strictly necessary cookies - these are essential in to enable you to move around the websites and use their features. Without these cookies the services you have asked for, such as registering for an account, cannot be provided.
- performance cookies - these cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often. We use this information to improve our websites and to aid us in investigating problems raised by visitors. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor.
- functionality cookies - these cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide more personal features. For instance, a functional cookie can be used to remember the volume level you prefer to use when watching videos on our websites. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
Specific cookies we use
Cookies may be set either by the www.qeh.ox.ac.uk website ('first party cookies'), or by a third party website ('third party cookies'). The tables below identify the cookies we use and explain the purposes for which they are used.
However, we continue to collect information about third-party cookies and the tables below are based on the work completed to date. Accordingly, we may update the information contained in this section from time to time. Additionally, some cookies may be set from time to time by feeds from third party websites that we make available on our sites.
First Party Cookies
| Provider | Cookie name | Purpose | Further information |
| www.qeh.ox.ac.uk | cookie-agreed | This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies. | |
| www.qeh.ox.ac.uk | has_js | This cookie is used to determine whether you will see the javascipt menus or not. | |
| Google Analytics | _ga _gid _gat | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Overview of Google Analytics privacy |
Third Party Cookies
| Provider | Cookie name | Purpose | Further information |
| .twitter.com | _twitter_sess personalization_id guest_id external_referer ct0 | We have the Twitter Share widget in place on the site which makes use of cookies. May include targeted advertising cookies. | https://dev.twitter.com/web/overview/privacy https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514 |
| YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube may still set cookies on the user's computer once the visitor clicks on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. | http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/ http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/types/ |
| Google maps | NID PREF khcookie | These cookies are used by Google to track how many people are using their maps | Overview of Google privacy |
Changes to our Cookie Statement
Any changes we may make to our Cookie Statement in the future will be posted on this page.
Contact
Any queries or concerns about the use of cookies on this website should be sent by email to qeh@qeh.ox.ac.uk or addressed to the Communications Officer, Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB.