About cookies on ruc.dk
Roskilde University gathers information about visits to the university's website, https://ruc.dk. The information is gathered using cookies. We use the information about your use of ruc.dk in order to compile statistics about visits to the website.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer (or other browser device) to recognize your computer in case of repeated visits. Cookies are used to store information about your visits to the site, usually for statistics, advertising, etc. and are used by virtually all websites.
How do I avoid cookies?
You can avoid some cookies by rejecting them in the cookie administration of websites. You can also avoid cookies by blocking them in your browser and deleting existing cookies from your hard drive. Check out the browser providers’ websites for how to do it.
Roskilde University's policy for collecting data in connection with your use of ruc.dk
This policy applies to the website ruc.dk. If you cannot accept and agree to the policy, please do not visit ruc.dk. By using ruc.dk, including navigating through the web pages, you accept the policy.
Roskilde University’s data collection policy, including personal data, applies to data collected by the four cookies set by ruc.dk.
Personal data collected by third-party services (third party cookies) is not covered by this policy, but is instead covered by the holder of the third-party service’s data and personal data policy. These policies can be found on the third-party owners' websites. Refer to the section on third-party cookies for further details.
What cookies are set when you visit ruc.dk?
The first time you visit ruc.dk you will be asked to manage your cookie settings in a consent box. You can choose between:
- accept all cookies
- accept a subset of cookies
- reject all cookies (except necessary cookies)
You can change your cookie settings again at any time. See a list of all our cookies below.
What data does Roskilde University save and for how long?
Necessary cookies
If you reject all cookies, only Roskilde University’s own cookie will be set. It is an essential cookie that remembers your cookie settings so you don’t have to deal with the consent box on every page. If you first accept statistical cookies and later change your mind, we will set an additional cookie to manage the change.
Roskilde University's cookies only store data about your cookie selection. The lifetime of cookies is described in our cookie statement below, unless you clear your cookies yourself before they expire.
We also save session data in our log files for security reasons. If there is an attack (attempt) on the site, we will use this data to investigate where the attack came from and possibly to block access. This data is stored for 52 weeks. We save the following data in the log files:
- IP-address
- Date and time of your visit
- HTTP Request
- HTTP status code
- Response size
- Landing page (URL)
- Client operating system and version
- Browser type and version
Statistics cookies
If you say yes to our statistics cookies, we set four additional cookies. These four cookies collect data about your movements on ruc.dk, e.g. about your browser, which country you are in, which pages you visit. This information will only be used for anonymised statistical purposes, such as to see how ruc.dk is being used, so that we can improve the website. You can see details about these cookies in the cookie statement below. We use two tools for statistics - Matomo and Siteimprove Analytics. For Matomo we host our data ourselves. For Siteimprove the data is hosted in Siteimprove's data centres in EU.
Third-party cookies
Ruc.dk uses third-party services on the website - we use:
- YouTube for embedding videos
This third-party service places cookies on your computer. Third-party cookies mean that the owner of the third-party service receives data about your visit to ruc.dk, for example about your browser, the length of your visit, which pages you visit, which country you are in, etc.
The company behind YouTube is Google. If you are logged in to either YouTube or your Google Account when you visit ruc.dk, Google may link your behaviour on ruc.dk with these profiles. Roskilde University has no ability to control these cookies or the data processing conducted by third-party service providers, and this is therefore purely a matter between you and the third-party service owner.
Cookie declaration
The cookie declaration shows which cookies are set when you use ruc.dk, what the purpose is and when each cookie expires.
Name: CookieInformationConsent
Domain: ruc.dk
Purpose: Save the user's consent to save cookies.
Expiry: 14 days
Name: nmstat
Domain: ruc.dk
Purpose: This cookie is used to help record the visitor’s use of the website.
It is used to collect statistics about site usage such as when the visitor last visited the site. This information is then used to improve the user experience on the website. The cookie contains no personal information and is used only for web analytics.
Expiry: 1000 days
Name: AWSELB / AWSELBCOR
Domain: 11184.global.siteimproveanalytics.io
Purpose: The AWSELB cookie ensures that all page views for the same visit (user session) are sent to the same endpoint.
Expiry: Session
Name: sz-feedback-should-hide
Domain: ruc.dk
Purpose: This cookie is used to hide/close a feedback widget on ruc.dk. The cookie contains no personal information and is used only for web analytics. This is only set if ruc.dk has an active Analytics Feedback feature.
Expiry: Session
Name: mtm_consent_removed
Domain: ruc.dk
Purpose: Removes the user’s consent to store statistics cookies from Matomo if the user has initially said yes to these cookies and subsequently changes his/her choice to no thanks
Expiry: 29 years and 360 days
Name: _pk_id
Domain: ruc.dk
Purpose: Used by our Matomo visit-statistics to recognise returning users
Expiry: 1 year
Name: _pk_ses
Domain: ruc.dk
Purpose: Used by our Matomo visit-statistics to produce statistics about the individual visit
Expiry: 30 minutes
Name: NID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Used to remember your preferences in Google’s context.
Expiry: 6 months
Name: IDE
Provider: doubleclick.net
Purpose: Used to control which advertisements you see on e.g. YouTube.
Expiry: Approx. 13 months
Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose: Used to save your preferences on YouTube.
Expiry: Approx. 8 months
Name: YSC
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose: Used to save your preferences on YouTube.
Expiry: Session