Cookie policy

Source: https://www.accom.ed.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions/cookie-policy/ Parent: https://www.accom.ed.ac.uk/our-accommodation/

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored on your device.

The cookies set may obtain information about you, your computer, your use of our website and your general internet usage.

We use several types of cookies for a range of reasons across the University website. Some are essential, while others you can opt-out of or block.

Opting out or blocking some cookies may affect the functionality of the website.

Some of the cookies we use are essential to the performance of the website, while others are not.

We want to be open in the way we use cookies, and to help you make informed choices about the information you provide to us and third parties when you visit our website.

"A cookie is a small file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded on to a device when the user accesses certain websites. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user's device." - From the Information Commissioner's Office guidance on the use of cookies