Higher Education Licence FAQs

Find out more about the Higher Education Licence and how it can protect and support your organisation

Can anyone at my HEI copy under the Licence?

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Who can I make copies for?

How much can I copy?

Does it cost anything to use the DCS?

Name

Provider / Domain

Expiration

Description

cla_customer

https://cla.co.uk/

Session

This cookie is used to remember the state of the “CLA Customer” toggle in header. No personal information stored.

cla-form-submitted

https://cla.co.uk/

1 month

This cookie is used to check if a user has access to a restricted page. No personal information stored.

cla_user_licence_id

https://cla.co.uk/

Session

This cookie is used to remember the user selected licence. No personal information stored.

cla-jwt

.cla.co.uk

1 hour

The cla-jwt cookie is a distinctive token utilised within our license permissions system integrated into the website. It ensures seamless operation and access management. This cookie does not store any sensitive information, ensuring user privacy and data security.

jwt-expiry

.cla.co.uk

1 hour

It is employed to store the expiration date of the cla-jwt token. This cookie aids in maintaining accurate session timing and enhancing user experience by managing token validity efficiently. This cookie does not store any sensitive information, ensuring user privacy and data security.

cla-course-login

cla.co.uk

1 month

This cookie is set when a user logs in to our website. It contains a unique user identifier, allowing the user to access courses seamlessly. The cookie does not store any sensitive information and is designed to enhance the user experience by maintaining login sessions. It is set to expire in 30 days, ensuring that users remain logged in without needing to re-authenticate frequently.

CookieScriptConsent

CookieScript

www.cla.co.uk

29 days 23 hours

This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.

cf_clearance

Cloudflare, Inc.

.canva.com

12 months 4 days

This cookie is used by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic and override any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. It is essential for supporting a website's security features and in providing protection against malicious visitors.

ApplicationGatewayAffinity

cla.co.uk

Session

This cookie is used to maintain user session affinity, ensuring that a user's requests within a session are sent to the same server for consistent interaction with the web application.

CookieScriptConsent

CookieScript

cla.co.uk

1 month

This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.

PHPSESSID

PHP.net

www.cla.co.uk

Session

Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages.

ASLBSACORS

www.cla.co.uk

Session

This cookie is likely associated with load balancing to ensure that visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.

ASLBSACORS

cla.co.uk

Session

This cookie is likely associated with load balancing to ensure that visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.

sp_landing

Spotify Inc.

.spotify.com

1 day

Required to ensure the functionality of the integrated Spotify plugin. This does not result in any cross-site functionality.

sp_t

Spotify Inc.

.spotify.com

1 year

Required to ensure the functionality of the integrated Spotify plugin. This does not result in any cross-site functionality.

ApplicationGatewayAffinity

www.cla.co.uk

Session

This cookie is used to maintain user session affinity, ensuring that a user's requests within a session are sent to the same server for consistent interaction with the web application.

__cf_bm

Cloudflare Inc.

.canva.com

24 minutes

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.

ASLBSA

cla.co.uk

Session

This cookie is typically used to ensure a consistent and efficient user experience by managing load balancing on the web server, helping to ensure that user requests are directed to the same server in any browsing session.

PHPSESSID

PHP.net

cla.co.uk

Session

ASLBSA

www.cla.co.uk

Session

Recite.Persist

cla.co.uk

1 year

This cookie is used when the Recite.me Assistive Toolbar is launched and allows the toolbar to persist across subsequent web pages on the website.

Recite.Preferences

cla.co.uk

1 year

This cookie is used when the Recite.me Assistive Toolbar is launched and allows user-selected settings to auto-load on subsequent web pages on the website.

Name

Provider / Domain

Expiration

Description

cf_clearance

Cloudflare, Inc.

cla.co.uk

1 year

This cookie is set by Cloudflare, a service that improves website security. This temporary cookie helps ensure a smooth browsing experience.

_clck

cla.co.uk

1 year

Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie. It anonymously tracks visitor behaviour to enhance the browsing experience and website performance. The cookie gathers data on visitor numbers, source (where they came from), and pages viewed.

_clsk

Microsoft

cla.co.uk

1 day

Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie. It links various page views from a single visitor into one session. This helps analyse how visitors navigate the website. The cookie collects anonymous data.

_vwo_uuid

Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd

https://cla.co.uk/

1 year

The _vwo_uuid cookie generates a unique ID for each visitor. It helps distinguish one visitor from another and is used for report segmentation in VWO. Importantly, it does not contain any personal data.

_vwo_ds

Wingify

https://cla.co.uk/

3 months

This cookie stores persistent user-level data for VWO Insights.

Pardot

https://cla.co.uk/

Session

The pardot cookie is set while the visitor is logged in as a Pardot user. The cookie indicates an active session and is not used for tracking.

_vis_opt_s

Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd

https://cla.co.uk/

3 months 10 days

The _vis_opt_s cookie tracks session creation for a visitor. It counts the number of times the browser was closed and reopened. Used for A/B testing, rollouts, personalization, and insights.

_vwo_uuid_v2

Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd

.cla.co.uk

1 year

This cookie name is associated with the product Visual Website Optimiser, by USA based Wingify. The tool helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages. This cookie ensures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions.

MUID

Microsoft Corporation

.clarity.ms

1 year

This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity. It identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes

_ga_6E28TL5ZLG

.cla.co.uk

1 year 1 month

This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

_uetvid

Microsoft Corporation

.cla.co.uk

1 year

This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.

YSC

Google LLC

.youtube.com

Session

This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.

ASI

www.canva.com

26 minutes

The cookie is necessary for secure log-in and the detection of any spam or abuse of the website.

_ga

Google LLC

.cla.co.uk

1 year 1 month

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.

_uetsid

Microsoft Corporation

.cla.co.uk

1 day

This cookie is used by Bing to track user interactions and conversions on websites. It helps optimize ad campaigns.

.c.clarity.ms

Session

A GUID cookie used by Microsoft Clarity to identify unique web browsers visiting their sites. This cookie is used to synchronize the MUID across Microsoft domains, and is also used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes

CLID

www.clarity.ms

1 year

This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity. It identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity.

Name

Provider / Domain

Expiration

Description

loc

Oracle Corporation

https://cla.co.uk/

1 year

AddThis sets this geolocation cookie to help understand the location of users who share the information.

uvc

Oracle Corporation

https://cla.co.uk/

1 year

addthis.com sets this cookie to determine the usage of addthis.com service.

In_or

.linkedin.com

1 day

LinkedIn sets this cookie to registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website for internal analytics.

UTM and CLAID

https://cla.co.uk/

1 month

UTM and CLAID cookies are used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.

SRM_B

Microsoft Corporation

.c.bing.com

1 year

SRM_B is a Microsoft cookie which identifies unique web browsers. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.

visitor_id699783-hash

cla.co.uk

1 year 1 month

A Pardot cookie security measure that prevents malicious users from faking a visitor and accessing prospect information.

Microsoft Corporation

.c.bing.com

7 days

This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.

MUID

Microsoft Corporation

.bing.com

1 year

This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.

pum_alm_pages_viewed

cla.co.uk

3 months

A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.

_fbp

Meta Platform Inc.

.cla.co.uk

3 months

Used by Meta, the _fbp cookie is used to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website.

pum_alm_pages_viewed

www.cla.co.uk

3 months

A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.

test_cookie

Google LLC

.doubleclick.net

15 minutes

This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.

UTM

cla.co.uk

1 month

This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.

Microsoft Corporation

.c.clarity.ms

7 days

This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.

pum_alm_first_activity

www.cla.co.uk

23 hours 59 minutes

A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.

IDE

Google LLC

.doubleclick.net

1 year

The IDE cookie is used for advertising purposes. It registers and reports user actions after viewing or clicking on ads.

lpv699783

pi.pardot.com

30 minutes

A pi.pardot.com cookie for tracking user activity on website.

pum_alm_last_activity

cla.co.uk

1 day

A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.

visitor_id699783-hash

.pardot.com

1 year 1 month

A Pardot cookie security measure that prevents malicious users from faking a visitor and accessing prospect information. The cookie contains the account ID and stores a unique hash

utm_medium

cla.co.uk

1 month

This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.

pum_alm_popup_open_counts

cla.co.uk

3 months

A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.

visitor_id699783

.pardot.com

1 year 1 month

A Pardot cookie that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The visitor_id699783 cookie tracks user interactions and helps personalize marketing content.

pum_alm_first_activity

cla.co.uk

1 day

A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.

pum_alm_last_activity

www.cla.co.uk

1 day

A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.

visitor_id699783

www.cla.co.uk

1 year 1 month

A Pardot cookie that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The visitor_id699783 cookie tracks user interactions and helps personalize marketing content.

_gcl_au

Google LLC

.cla.co.uk

3 months

Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services

CLAID

cla.co.uk

1 month

This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.

MSPTC

Microsoft

.bing.com

1 year

Microsoft cookie to track user behaviour on websites that display Microsoft ads.

visitor_id699783-hash

www.cla.co.uk

1 year 1 month

A Pardot cookie security measure that prevents malicious users from faking a visitor and accessing prospect information.

ANONCHK

Microsoft Corporation

.c.clarity.ms

10 minutes

Set by Microsoft Bing to stores a user's session ID and verifies clicks from ads on the Bing search engine. It's also used for site analytics, reporting, and personalization.

bcookie

Microsoft Corporation

.linkedin.com

1 year

The bcookie cookie tracks user behavior across LinkedIn services and helps with ad targeting and analytics.

visitor_id699783

cla.co.uk

1 year 1 month

This is a cookie pattern that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years.

VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA

YouTube

.youtube.com

6 months

.youtube.com - This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honoured in future sessions.

Name

Provider / Domain

Expiration

Description

__atuvc

Oracle Corporation

https://cla.co.uk/

1 year

The __atuvc cookie stores performed actions on a website. It helps track user interactions and actions related to sharing content.

__atuvs

Oracle Corporation

https://cla.co.uk/

30 minutes

Similar to __atuvc, the __atuvs cookie also stores performed actions on a website.

_vis_opt_test_cookie

Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd

https://cla.co.uk/

Session

The _vis_opt_test_cookie detects if cookies are enabled in the visitor’s browser. It also tracks the number of browser sessions.

_vwo_sn

Wingify

https://cla.co.uk/

30 minutes

This cookie stores session-level information.

test_cookie

Google LLC

https://cla.co.uk/

15 minutes

This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.

_cfuvid

.canva.com

Session

This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Google LLC

.youtube.com

6 months

This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.

li_gc

LinkedIn Corporation

.linkedin.com

6 months

Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes

lidc

Microsoft Corporation

.linkedin.com

1 day

LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data centre selection.

Name	Provider / Domain	Expiration	Description
cf_clearance	Cloudflare, Inc. cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie is set by Cloudflare, a service that improves website security. This temporary cookie helps ensure a smooth browsing experience.
_clck	cla.co.uk	1 year	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie. It anonymously tracks visitor behaviour to enhance the browsing experience and website performance. The cookie gathers data on visitor numbers, source (where they came from), and pages viewed.
_clsk	Microsoft cla.co.uk	1 day	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie. It links various page views from a single visitor into one session. This helps analyse how visitors navigate the website. The cookie collects anonymous data.
_vwo_uuid	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd https://cla.co.uk/	1 year	The _vwo_uuid cookie generates a unique ID for each visitor. It helps distinguish one visitor from another and is used for report segmentation in VWO. Importantly, it does not contain any personal data.
_vwo_ds	Wingify https://cla.co.uk/	3 months	This cookie stores persistent user-level data for VWO Insights.
Pardot	https://cla.co.uk/	Session	The pardot cookie is set while the visitor is logged in as a Pardot user. The cookie indicates an active session and is not used for tracking.
_vis_opt_s	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd https://cla.co.uk/	3 months 10 days	The _vis_opt_s cookie tracks session creation for a visitor. It counts the number of times the browser was closed and reopened. Used for A/B testing, rollouts, personalization, and insights.
_vwo_uuid_v2	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd .cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie name is associated with the product Visual Website Optimiser, by USA based Wingify. The tool helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages. This cookie ensures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions.
MUID	Microsoft Corporation .clarity.ms	1 year	This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity. It identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes
_ga_6E28TL5ZLG	.cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
_uetvid	Microsoft Corporation .cla.co.uk	1 year	This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.
YSC	Google LLC .youtube.com	Session	This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
ASI	www.canva.com	26 minutes	The cookie is necessary for secure log-in and the detection of any spam or abuse of the website.
_ga	Google LLC .cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_uetsid	Microsoft Corporation .cla.co.uk	1 day	This cookie is used by Bing to track user interactions and conversions on websites. It helps optimize ad campaigns.
SM	.c.clarity.ms	Session	A GUID cookie used by Microsoft Clarity to identify unique web browsers visiting their sites. This cookie is used to synchronize the MUID across Microsoft domains, and is also used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes
CLID	www.clarity.ms	1 year	This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity. It identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity.

Name	Provider / Domain	Expiration	Description
loc	Oracle Corporation https://cla.co.uk/	1 year	AddThis sets this geolocation cookie to help understand the location of users who share the information.
uvc	Oracle Corporation https://cla.co.uk/	1 year	addthis.com sets this cookie to determine the usage of addthis.com service.
In_or	.linkedin.com	1 day	LinkedIn sets this cookie to registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website for internal analytics.
UTM and CLAID	https://cla.co.uk/	1 month	UTM and CLAID cookies are used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.
SRM_B	Microsoft Corporation .c.bing.com	1 year	SRM_B is a Microsoft cookie which identifies unique web browsers. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.
visitor_id699783-hash	cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	A Pardot cookie security measure that prevents malicious users from faking a visitor and accessing prospect information.
MR	Microsoft Corporation .c.bing.com	7 days	This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.
MUID	Microsoft Corporation .bing.com	1 year	This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.
pum_alm_pages_viewed	cla.co.uk	3 months	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
_fbp	Meta Platform Inc. .cla.co.uk	3 months	Used by Meta, the _fbp cookie is used to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website.
pum_alm_pages_viewed	www.cla.co.uk	3 months	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
test_cookie	Google LLC .doubleclick.net	15 minutes	This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.
UTM	cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.
MR	Microsoft Corporation .c.clarity.ms	7 days	This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.
pum_alm_first_activity	www.cla.co.uk	23 hours 59 minutes	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
IDE	Google LLC .doubleclick.net	1 year	The IDE cookie is used for advertising purposes. It registers and reports user actions after viewing or clicking on ads.
lpv699783	pi.pardot.com	30 minutes	A pi.pardot.com cookie for tracking user activity on website.
pum_alm_last_activity	cla.co.uk	1 day	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
visitor_id699783-hash	.pardot.com	1 year 1 month	A Pardot cookie security measure that prevents malicious users from faking a visitor and accessing prospect information. The cookie contains the account ID and stores a unique hash
utm_medium	cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.
pum_alm_popup_open_counts	cla.co.uk	3 months	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
visitor_id699783	.pardot.com	1 year 1 month	A Pardot cookie that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The visitor_id699783 cookie tracks user interactions and helps personalize marketing content.
pum_alm_first_activity	cla.co.uk	1 day	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
pum_alm_last_activity	www.cla.co.uk	1 day	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
visitor_id699783	www.cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	A Pardot cookie that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The visitor_id699783 cookie tracks user interactions and helps personalize marketing content.
_gcl_au	Google LLC .cla.co.uk	3 months	Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services
CLAID	cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.
MSPTC	Microsoft .bing.com	1 year	Microsoft cookie to track user behaviour on websites that display Microsoft ads.
visitor_id699783-hash	www.cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	A Pardot cookie security measure that prevents malicious users from faking a visitor and accessing prospect information.
ANONCHK	Microsoft Corporation .c.clarity.ms	10 minutes	Set by Microsoft Bing to stores a user's session ID and verifies clicks from ads on the Bing search engine. It's also used for site analytics, reporting, and personalization.
bcookie	Microsoft Corporation .linkedin.com	1 year	The bcookie cookie tracks user behavior across LinkedIn services and helps with ad targeting and analytics.
visitor_id699783	cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This is a cookie pattern that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years.
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	YouTube .youtube.com	6 months	.youtube.com - This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honoured in future sessions.