Cookies

To help improve this site we place small files, known as cookies, onto your computer. Some are essential for the site to work properly, others are to improve the experience you have.

You can stop this site using non-essential cookies by updating your browser settings.

You can also decide to stop this or any site from using any cookies. To learn more about cookies and how to manage them visit AboutCookies.org.

How we use cookies

We use cookies for several purposes on this website (openathens.org) – we’ve listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they’ll last.

For details of the cookies we use on the operational parts of our OpenAthens service, visit the cookie page for products and services.

Cookies to improve your experience

You can tell us to stop using these at any time by updating your browser settings.

Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use our site, and rough demographics as to what groups of people are using our site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting your needs and to understand how we could improve it. As well as controlling this above – you can opt out of Google Analytics tracking directly.

Google Analytics stores information about:

• the pages you visit
• how long you spend on each page
• how you got to the site
• what you click on while you’re here

The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:

Measuring website usage (Hotjar)

Hotjar cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. This might include what you are doing on our website and how you are interacting with it. We use this to better understand how people experience our website, so we can improve our features and user experience. For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site. You can opt-out of Hotjar cookies on the Hotjar website.

The following cookies are set by Hotjar:

Essential cookies

Website operation

The system that runs our website sets cookies to allow it to run smoothly.

Other cookies

Google Adwords and Google DoubleClick

Google has the ability to track your activities across multiple websites including their own platforms such as YouTube through cookie technology. We may use these cookies to display ads you when you are on other websites through the use of Google Analytics and Google Adwords or Google DoubleClick. For information about opting-out of Google advertising, visit https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en.

YouTube

SlideShare

Slideshare is used on our conference webpages to share speaker presentation files.

Shareaholic

Shareaholic is a tool we use to allow you share content on our site with other people

Twitter

NB: Cookie guidance wording adapted from gov.uk, shared under the Open Government License.