To help us manage the Hydra site, we sometimes place small data files on your computer. These are known as cookies. Most websites do this. They improve things by:

• remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
• measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs

Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org. Or please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies.

Hull's Hydra website uses cookies in several places – we’ve listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.

Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:

Session information

To help us manage the 'session' in Hydra on your browser we generate a cookie that allows us to keep track of, for instance, your searches. This is completely anonymous information but allows us to provide you with facilities like your 'search history'.

Login information (CAS)

f you log into Hull University systems, including this one, using our Central Authentication Service (CAS) we store information relating to your successful login. This means that for as long as your browser remains open, or until you click a 'logout' button, you will not be asked to provide your login details again.