Cookie notice
Cookie Notice
This Cookie Notice explains how the IQSK Elections Portal uses cookies and similar technologies to support secure access, session management, form protection, election functionality, fraud prevention, auditability, and system security.
Strictly necessary and security cookies
The Portal uses cookies and similar technologies necessary to maintain secure sessions, protect forms against unauthorised submissions, support authentication and access control, preserve ballot session integrity, and reduce spam or automated abuse.
Because these technologies are necessary for the Portal to function securely, they cannot ordinarily be switched off through the Portal itself.
Analytics and non-essential cookies
The draft legal position for this Portal is that analytics cookies should not be used during live elections unless they are necessary, proportionate, and approved by IQSK or the Commission.
Where non-essential analytics are used, users should be given appropriate choices to accept, reject, or manage those cookies.
The Portal does not use marketing cookies and should not use cookies for advertising, behavioural profiling, or unrelated commercial tracking.
Indicative cookie table
| Cookie or technology | Purpose | Type | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session cookie | Maintains secure user session | Strictly necessary | Session or short period |
| CSRF cookie | Protects forms from unauthorised submissions | Strictly necessary | Session or short period |
| Authentication cookie | Supports secure access to restricted areas | Strictly necessary | Session or short period |
| Security or rate-limit identifier | Helps detect abuse or repeated suspicious attempts | Security | Short period |
| Analytics cookie, if enabled | Measures general use of the Portal | Optional analytics | Defined period |
Browser settings may allow users to manage or delete cookies, but disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent the Portal from working properly and may affect access to secure election services.