What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small text-based file placed on your device after you visit a website.
We use different types of cookies to:
- Help us learn more about how people use our websites, so we can make our sites more useful
- Deliver content that is meaningful to your while you are on our website.
- Deliver advertising about Ohio State to your after you leave our website.
- Discover if the links provided in our emails are useful to you.
- Transfer information you’ve selected from one page to another on our site.
- Operate the functionality of our website as planned.
- Conduct other similar or related activities.
Cookie Origins
First party cookies are cookies that Ohio State sets when you visit our website. We use these to make your experience on our website better and to ensure our website functions as expected. Only Ohio State can access this data.
Third party cookies are cookies from third parties that we place on our website. We use these to track our advertising effectiveness, improve advertising we may deliver to you after you leave our site and support your experience on our site. The third parties do have access to this data, often the pages you visited on our website and your location.
Cookie Duration
A session cookie is temporarily stored in your browser on your computer, phone or other device. It is deleted after you leave the website or when you close the browser.
A persistent cookie is stored in your browser on your computer, phone or other device. It is active until you delete it or it expires.
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