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Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
Personalization:
Tailoring content or ads based on your previous activity
Tracking & Analytics:
Monitoring browsing behavior for analytics or marketing purposes
Types of Cookies:
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Used for things like keeping you logged in during a single session
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First-Party Cookies:
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Authentication cookies are a special type of web cookie used to identify and verify a user after they log in to a website or web application.
What They Do:
Once you log in to a site, the server creates an authentication cookie and sends it to your browser. This cookie:
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Prevents you from having to log in again on every page you visit
Can persist across sessions if you select "Remember me"
What's Inside an Authentication Cookie?
Typically, it contains:
A unique session ID (not your actual password)
Optional metadata (e.g., expiration time, security flags)
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How users navigate the site
Which pages are most/least visited
How long users stay on each page
What device, browser, or location the user is from
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Page views and time spent on pages
Click paths (how users move from page to page)
Bounce rate (users who leave without interacting)
User demographics (location, language, device)
Referring websites (how users arrived at the site)
Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
1. Google Chrome
Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Choose your preferred option:
Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
2. Mozilla Firefox
Open Firefox and click the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy & Security.
Under the Enhanced Tracking Protection section, choose Strict to block most cookies or Custom to manually choose which cookies to block.
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Go to Preferences > Privacy.
Check Block all cookies to stop all cookies, or select options to block third-party cookies.
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Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.
Select your cookie settings from there, including blocking all cookies or blocking third-party cookies.
5. On Mobile (iOS/Android)
For Safari on iOS: Go to Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security > Block All Cookies.
For Chrome on Android: Open the app, tap the three dots, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies.
Be Aware:
Disabling cookies can make your online experience more difficult. Some websites may not load properly, or you may be logged out frequently. Also, certain features may not work as expected.
How to Protect Lives, Property & Resources in the Face of Climate Change
November 6, 2015
The first in what is expected to be a series of workshops exploring how sea level rise and climate adaptation efforts may be addressed through legal concepts like the Public Trust Doctrine and regulatory processes like permitting and how climate adaptation may change how we look at those concepts and processes.
(Click the titles, linked in red, to view the available presentations.)
A review of the Public Trust Doctrine and submerged land ownership in relation to sea level rise, extreme storm events, and owner initiated changes, as related to potential issues of building and rebuilding.
Presented by Atty. Marjorie Shansky, Marjorie Shansky, Attorney at Law
9:55-10:35
WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT CAN BE BUILT, WHERE, AND HOW, AND ON WHAT BASIS?
Part 1
State Authorities
A review of the Coastal Area Management Act and how it operates at the State level, the new Coastal Jurisdiction Line, and state flood management standards and policies.
Presented by Atty. David Wrinn, CT Assistant Attorney General
Asst. AG Wrinn’s presentation is not available at this time. It will be added when approval has been received.
Municipal Authorities
A review of Coastal Site Plan Review (CSPR) as applied through local planning and zoning authorities and mandatory and voluntary referral to Connecticut DEEP.
Presented by Eric Knapp, Clinton ZEO
10:35-10:45
Break
10:45-11:45
WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT CAN BE BUILT, WHERE, AND HOW, AND ON WHAT BASIS?
Part 2
Deconstructing Sams: a narrative, real world illustration of the application of CAM and State and Municipal enforcement efforts regarding an unauthorized flood and erosion control structure.
(David Sams et al. v. CT Department of Environmental Protection)
Presented by AAG Wrinn and Mr. Knapp
A PowerPoint presentation was not used for this session.
11:45-12:30
Lunch
12:30-1:00
WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT CAN BE BUILT, WHERE, AND HOW, AND ON WHAT BASIS?
Climate Adaptation Academy