Cookie Policy
UAL Short Courses Cookie Statement
Last updated: Thursday 9 October 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how the University of the Arts London (UAL) Moodle site uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit UAL Short Courses. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
What are cookies
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, the University of the Arts London) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (for example, interactive content, and analytics).
Why do we use cookies
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Moodle to operate, and we refer to these as "essential". Other cookies also enable us to track and monitor the use of Moodle to help us improve technical stability of the platform and also to contribute to improving the overall user experience.
How can I control cookies
We use a tool called Civic Cookie Control to help you manage your cookie preferences while using Moodle. You can access this tool at any time from the button at the bottom left of the page to review and change your cookie settings.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, you can visit About Cookies or All About Cookies.
Please be aware, Moodle is an open-source platform that utilises multiple third-party plug-ins to facilitate the learning and teaching experience. If you choose to switch off certain cookies it may impact on the functionality of the Moodle.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you can use the Google Analytics Opt-out tool.
The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific page you visit or Moodle plugin you are using):
Cookies we use
Essential website cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Name: MoodleSession
Purpose: Essential cookie used by the Moodle application
Provider: UAL Moodle
Service: UAL Moodle View Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: Session
Name: Recite.Preferences
Purpose: Used by Recite Me to store user preferences
Provider: Recite Me
Service: ReciteMe View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 271 days
Name: Recite.Persist
Purpose: Allows the toolbar to persist across subsequent web pages on client site once the toolbar is launched.
Provider: Recite Me
Service: ReciteMe View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 271 days
Name: CookieControl
Purpose: Used to record user preference in terms of cookies across certain UAL applications
Provider: Civic
Service: Civic View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 90 days
Performance and functionality cookies
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
Name: MOODLEID1_
Purpose: Used by Moodle to autofill a username in the log-in box
Provider: UAL Moodle
Service: UAL Moodle View Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 days
Analytics and customisation cookies
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customise our websites for you.
Name: _ga
Purpose: Used to assist application usage and diagnostics
Provider: Google
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 365 days
Name: _pk
Purpose: Used to assist application usage and diagnostics
Provider: Matomo
Service: Matomo View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 365 days
Name: MUID
Purpose: Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes
Provider: Microsoft
Service: MS Clarity View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 390 days
Name: CLID
Purpose: Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity
Provider: Microsoft
Service: MS Clarity View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 365 days
Name: _clsk
Purpose: Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording
Provider: Microsoft
Service: MS Clarity View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 day
Name: _clck
Purpose: Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID
Provider: Microsoft
Service: MS Clarity View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 356 days
Name: dtCookie
Purpose: Tracks a visit across multiple requests.
Provider: Dynatrace
Service: Dynatrace View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: Session
Name: dtPC
Purpose: Required to identify proper endpoints for beacon transmission; includes session ID for correlation.
Provider: Dynatrace
Service: Dynatrace View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: Session
Name: dtSa
Purpose: Serves as an intermediate storage for page-spanning actions. This cookie is used to save user action names, such as Click on Login, across different pages. This is required because page loads result in JavaScript code restart, so all contextual information must be stored in cookies
Provider: Dynatrace
Service: Dynatrace View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: Session
Name: rxVisitor
Purpose: Used by Dynatrace and contains the visitor ID to correlate sessions
Provider: Dynatrace
Service: Dynatrace View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: Session
Managing browser cookie settings
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers: