Cookie Policy

1) Scope of This Policy

This Cookie Policy applies to the UniClover website, official web pages used in connection with UniClover features, and official browser-based flows, including sign-in and account-related pages where applicable. It describes how we use cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, maintain security, remember certain choices, support authentication-related processes, and improve reliability and performance.

2) What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are

Cookies are small text files placed on your browser or device when you visit a website. Similar technologies may include browser local storage, session storage, security tokens, SDK storage mechanisms, or similar identifiers that help a website or service recognize a browser session, remember settings, maintain secure flows, or understand technical usage patterns.

For simplicity, this Policy refers to cookies, local storage, session storage, and comparable browser-side technologies collectively as "cookies and similar technologies", unless the context requires a narrower meaning.

3) Types of Technologies We Use

Depending on the page, feature, and user action, UniClover may use:

• Session technologies that remain active only while your browser session is open or until a secure flow ends.
• Persistent technologies that remain for a limited period to remember an action, choice, or notice acknowledgement.
• Local storage or similar browser storage to remember a preference, suppress a repeated notice, or support lightweight user-interface behaviour.
• Security-related state markers used to protect sign-in flows, prevent replay, and maintain integrity of approved redirects and user-initiated transactions.

4) Strictly Necessary Technologies

These technologies may be used to:

• Maintain a secure browser session.
• Support sign-in and sign-out flows.
• Protect forms, redirects, and account-linking actions.
• Remember temporary technical state required to complete a user-requested action.
• Prevent replay, misuse, tampering, or unauthorized manipulation of browser-based flows.
• Keep security and anti-abuse mechanisms working correctly.

If these technologies are blocked or deleted, parts of the website may stop working correctly, and some security-sensitive actions may fail or need to be repeated.

5) Authentication, Security, and Anti-Abuse

UniClover may use cookies and similar technologies as part of authentication and security controls, including official OAuth-related browser flows, temporary state validation, PKCE-associated workflow integrity, secure sign-in continuity, logout handling, and fraud-prevention measures. These technologies may also help us identify inconsistent browser state, reject suspicious or replayed requests, or confirm that a response belongs to the browser session that initiated a sign-in transaction.

Security-related technologies are used for legitimate service protection and are not intended to track users across unrelated third-party services.

6) Preferences and Language Settings

UniClover may use local storage or similar lightweight browser storage to remember user-interface actions or preferences, such as acknowledging a notice or keeping a small website control from repeatedly reappearing. Language choice on the website may be determined by a URL parameter, browser language, or other page-level logic. Preference-related storage is designed to support usability and reduce repetitive prompts, not to build unrelated advertising profiles.

7) Analytics, Performance, and Service Improvement

Where used, analytics or performance-related technologies help us understand technical behaviour of the site, such as page reliability, loading performance, error frequency, feature usage, and interface effectiveness. We may use aggregated or event-based technical information to improve stability, responsiveness, and overall service quality. We do not use website cookies for unrelated behavioural advertising.

Where applicable law requires consent for non-essential analytics or similar technologies, we seek or rely on an appropriate lawful basis before using them.

8) Third-Party Technologies

Some parts of the Service may rely on third-party infrastructure, embedded components, sign-in systems, or support tools. Those providers may set or access cookies or similar technologies where reasonably necessary for the relevant feature, security, infrastructure delivery, or embedded content. Where third-party services apply, their own privacy or cookie notices may also govern certain technical behaviour on their side.

For example, an official third-party sign-in provider or infrastructure provider may use session-related technologies required to complete authentication, secure content delivery, or prevent abuse.

9) Your Choices and Browser Controls

You can usually control cookies through your browser or device settings. Depending on your browser, you may be able to delete existing cookies, block future cookies, clear local storage, or restrict certain site storage functions. However, blocking all cookies or similar storage may affect website performance, security, sign-in reliability, account-linked features, or general functionality.

• You may clear browser cookies and local storage at any time.
• You may configure your browser to block some or all cookies.
• You may use private browsing or similar browser controls, subject to the limits of those tools.
• If consent is required for a non-essential technology, you may withdraw that consent where applicable.

10) Legal Bases and Consent Notes

Where UK, EU, or similar laws apply, UniClover may rely on different lawful bases depending on the purpose of the cookie or similar technology. Strictly necessary technologies may be used because they are required to provide a user-requested service, maintain security, or operate the site. Preferences, analytics, or similar technologies may be used based on consent, legitimate interests, or another lawful basis, depending on applicable law and the nature of the technology.

Nothing in this Policy limits rights that you may have under applicable privacy, consumer, or electronic communications laws.

11) Retention and Expiration

Different cookies and similar technologies remain active for different periods depending on their purpose. Some expire when the browser session ends. Others remain for a limited period so that a site preference, acknowledgement, or technical state does not need to be recreated immediately on every visit. We aim to keep such technologies proportionate to their purpose and not retain them longer than reasonably necessary for the relevant function.

12) Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, security practices, website functionality, or operational needs. The updated version becomes effective when posted, unless a different date is stated.

13) Contact Information