Privacy Statement

London South Bank University is committed to protecting your privacy.

Data protection

We do not collect personal information from visitors to our website unless you explicitly and intentionally provide it. Personal information is collected in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Personal information will be held securely and not passed on to others, unless you have given your consent or requested by law.

All our web pages are designed to comply with the JANET Acceptable Use Policy.

Visitor statistics

We collect and analyses statistics relevant to website usage. This information is used to help us improve our website so that you can navigate and perform tasks quickly and simply.

Visitor statistics do not contain any personally identifiable information about you or any of our users. Data is used in aggregate and analysed collectively, rather than on an individual basis. We log IP address information so that we can monitor data such as the number of visitors to the website. However, we do not link your IP address to any personally identifiable information.

Our use of cookies

A "cookie" is a small text file that is placed on your computer by a website you have visited.

The information our website collects by placing a cookie on your computer is used to help us analyse how our website is used so that we can improve its effectiveness and the quality of your web experience. Our cookies are not able to cause damage to your system or extract personal information, and do not read cookie files created by other websites. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can change your browser options to disable the acceptance of cookies. It is important to note that you may not be able to use certain features on our or other websites if you choose not to accept cookies.

Please visit www.allaboutcookies.org for information on how to disable and delete cookies from your computer.

Cookies used on the LSBU domain and sub domains

comScore cookies

comScore sets cookies to help us measure visitor numbers and user behaviour.

Name: ns_cookietest
Typical content: "true" or "false"
Expires: When the user exits the browser
Use: To confirm that your browser is able to accept cookies

Name: ns_session
Typical content: "true" or "false"
Expires: When the user exits the browser
Use: To confirm that your browser is able to accept cookies

Google Analytics cookies

Google Analytics sets cookies to help us measure visitor numbers and user behaviour.

Name: __utma
Typical content: Randomly generated numbers
Expires: 2 years from set/update.
Use: For statistics to determine unique visitors to the site.

Name: __utmb
Typical content: Randomly generated numbers
Expires: 30 minutes from set/update.
Use: For statistics to determine which pages visitors view.

Name: __utmc
Typical content: Randomly generated numbers
Expires: When the user exits the browser.
Use: To determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user.

Name: __utmz
Typical content: Randomly generated numbers and letters
Expires: 6 months from set/update.
Use: To calculate search engine traffic, advertisement campaigns and page navigation within the site.

ASP.NET Cookies

Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Typical content: Randomly generated letters and numbers
Expires: When the user exits the browser
Use: This is a cookie that ASP.NET uses to store a unique identifier for your session.

Name: : ASPXAUTH
Typical content: Randomly generated letters and numbers
Expires: When the user exits the browser
Use: This is the cookie that ASP.NET uses to determine if a user is authenticated.