Cookies
This website (pages with addresses located under https://archives.soas.ac.uk/) provides an online search and discovery portal for the collections held by SOAS University of London. It is powered by Epexio, hosted and developed by Metadatis Ltd.
What are cookies
Epexio puts small files (known as 'cookies') onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site. Cookies are used to:
- measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
- remember the notifications you've seen so that we don't show them to you again
When we offer 'signed-in' experiences, we also use cookies to manage your active session. These are personal to you (and therefore can, and must, identify you) but are not used to track you across websites. These are considered 'Essential Cookies', and are only set if you choose to access our sign-in pages.
How cookies are used on Epexio
Essential cookies
These cookies are necessary for core functionality, such as security and network management. They always need to be on. Depending on the services you access, you may or may not have these cookies set.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| aws-waf-token | Used to by our firewall to filter out non-human users (i.e. Bots) | Usually a few days |
| epexio-security-connect-v2 | Used as part of our firewall and authentication system | Up to 24 hours |
| epexio-connect-session-v2 | Used as part of our firewall and authentication system | Up to 24 hours |
| epexio-security-token | Used as part of our firewall and authentication system | Up to 24 hours |
| epexio-session | Used as part of our firewall and authentication system | Up to 24 hours |
| epexio-market-session | Used to manage state when purchasing material | A few hours |
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use Epexio. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- the pages you visit on Epexio - how long you spend on each Epexio page
- how you got to the site
- what you click on while you're visiting the site
We don't allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users (but not personally identify them) | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users (but not personally identify them) | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies
Our introductory message
You may see a pop-up welcome message when you first visit Epexio. We'll store a cookie so that your computer knows you've seen it and knows not to show it again. These cookies are considered "Essential" although if you ignore the popup, no cookies should be set.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| epexio-seen-cookie-message | Saves a message to let us know that you have seen our cookie message | 1 month |
| epexio-cookies-consent | Records your preference about cookies | 1 month |
| epexio-session | Used for internal administration | when you close your browser |