Technologies on ALQA’s website
These technologies support sign-in, account security and enquiry delivery. Visitor statistics are described separately below. We do not use advertising cookies or marketing-interest tracking.
| Technology | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wos-session | Maintains a secure sign-in session. | Up to 400 days in the browser, renewed with the session; removed at sign-out. |
| alqa-session-activity | Enforces inactivity and maximum sign-in limits. Background checks do not renew it. | Up to 30 minutes after interaction, with a maximum of 12 hours from sign-in. |
| wos-auth-verifier-* | Verifies the secure return from sign-in. | Up to 10 minutes; removed when the sign-in callback completes. |
| alqa-auth-locale | Remembers the language for sign-in error messages. | Up to 30 minutes. |
| __Host-alqa-registration / __Host-alqa-email-auth | Securely preserves the portfolio selection and verification step during account creation or sign-in. | Up to 10 minutes per step; removed when email-code sign-in completes. |
| alqa-private-session-ended-v1 | A local-storage marker that keeps sign-out consistent across open tabs. | Until replaced at a later sign-out or cleared from browser website data. |
| requestId / proof | A temporary reference in the enquiry form’s memory that prevents duplicate delivery; it is not a cookie. | Held while the page is open. The request proof expires after 24 hours; memory is cleared when the page is reloaded or closed. |