Information on data protection and use of cookies

The University of Stavanger comply with regulations on privacy and data protection and the principles outlined by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Published 24. Oct. 2020. Updated on 08. Dec. 2020

We will handle data responsibly and the following principles for privacy and data protection is key:

The University of Stavanger will practice a high level of privacy and data protection and respect the rights of those from we register data from.
We will comply with rules and regulations for storing and securing data.
We will document and deal with any irregularities or breach on security.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to "remember" your actions or preferences over time.

Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like.

Why do we use cookies?

University of Stavanger will not use cookies to gather information unnecessarily. However, we use Google Analytics to measure traffic to our websites. The information collected by cookies is used to improve usability for our online visitors. Information will only be used by us and by partners helping us develop our websites. This information will never be transferred to any third party.

We don't use cookies to map single users nor collect information that may conflict with privacy and data protection policies. To secure this we use Google Analytics IP Anonymization that masks part of a user’s IP address.

You may experience getting ads from us on other websites, based on content and pages you have visited on www.uis.no. For this, we use cookies issued by third parties (such as Facebook and Google) on our behalf and with our permission. The same companies have technology to reach you on several of your digital devices. Other than this, we do not share information with other parties. The information we use to show you customized ads is deleted after six months.

We use the following cookies:

_ga	Statistics: Used to distinguish users via anonymisation
_utma	Statistics: Used to distinguish users and sessions.
_utmz	Statistics: Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site.