Cookie and Tracking Policy

1.Our position

We run no advertising network, no third-party ad pixels and no cross-site trackers. The Society's site works with only strictly necessary storage; nothing that requires consent is set before you give it.

2.Strictly necessary storage

sb-*-auth-token (local storage)

Signed-in session — cleared on sign out

__Host session cookies

Session integrity — session or 7 days

acs-application-draft (local storage)

Auto-saves your part-finished application — 30 days

acs-theme (local storage)

Remembers light or dark preference — 1 year

__stripe_mid / __stripe_sid (Stripe)

Payment fraud prevention on checkout pages — 1 year / 30 minutes

3.Optional storage

1. 3.1Aggregate, cookieless page-view counting may be used to understand which articles and certifications are useful; it records no identifier that can single you out.
2. 3.2Any future analytics or embedded media that requires consent will be presented in a consent control with a genuine reject option that is as easy to use as accept.
3. 3.3Embedded maps on the Austin page are loaded from OpenStreetMap only when the page is opened and set no advertising cookie.

4.Controlling storage

1. 4.1You can clear site data at any time in your browser; doing so signs you out and discards any unsent application draft.
2. 4.2We honor Global Privacy Control signals as an opt-out of any non-essential processing.
3. 4.3Blocking strictly necessary storage will prevent sign-in, checkout and examinations from working.