Policies
Cookies and your browser
No advertising cookies, and nothing that follows you to other websites. Here is everything this website can store in your browser, and when.
A cookie is a small file a website stores in your browser. This website sets cookies only for something you do: signing in, sending some forms, joining a course, or opening one of our campaign links.
If you just read the website, it sets no cookies. The one exception is a campaign link: when SIA has campaign links switched on, opening one of our short links (for example from a WhatsApp message or a poster) sets the sia_src cookie, unless your browser asks websites not to track you.
We do not use advertising or social media cookies, and we count visitors without cookies.
Some items below exist only while SIA has the feature they belong to switched on. The tables say which.
Last updated: CONFIRM: date this policy was approved.
CONFIRM: SIA’s legal adviser should review this policy before launch, and SIA should check every detail marked CONFIRM. CONFIRM: that the campaign cookie (sia_src) may be set without asking first, as long as Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control are respected.
Part 1
Cookies
Each cookie is set only when you use the part of the website it belongs to.
If you open one of our campaign links
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
| sia_src | Remembers which campaign link brought you: the campaign’s code, where the link was shared, the name of the website you came from and the first page you opened. A form you send within 30 days is then counted for that campaign. Nothing that identifies you. Never set if your browser asks websites not to track you (Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control). Only when campaign links are switched on. | 30 days |
If you send some forms, or join a course
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
| sia_ml_k, sia_sty_k, sia_pc_k | If a Marketplace enquiry, a story or a photo consent form needs a correction, a random key keeps what you typed for a few minutes, so you do not type it again. Only when that form is switched on. | 10 to 15 minutes |
| sia_campus_want | Remembers the course you chose to join while you create an account or sign in. Only when the SIA Digital Campus is switched on. | 1 day |
If you sign in
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress_logged_in_…, wordpress_sec_… | Keeps you signed in: team members and My SIA account holders. | Until you sign out or close the browser; 14 days if you choose to stay signed in |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Checks that your browser accepts cookies on the sign-in page. | Until you close the browser |
| wp-settings-… | Remembers how a team member set up the website’s dashboard. | 1 year |
| sia_acc_in | Tells the page that you are signed in to My SIA, so it loads your details only then. It holds no information. Only when My SIA accounts are switched on, like the next two. | Until you close the browser |
| sia_acc_su | Lets the browser that created a My SIA account open the account’s confirmation link straight away. | 3 days |
| sia_acc_otp, sia_acc_step, sia_acc_pkc | Carry a My SIA sign-in from one step to the next: the code sent to you on WhatsApp, the two-step check, or a passkey. | 5 to 30 minutes |
| sia_portal | Keeps you signed in on the page where applicants follow their application. Only when the applicant portal is switched on. | 7 days, or until you sign out |
| sia_ld | Recognises a device that signed in before, so we can warn you about sign-ins from a new one. Only when sign-in security is switched on, like the next two. | 1 year |
| sia_2fa_t | Carries your sign-in from the password step to the two-step code. | 10 minutes |
| sia_2fa_rd_… | Skips the two-step code on a device you chose to trust. | 30 days |
| sia_oidc_rq | Keeps your place while you use your SIA account to sign in to another website, such as SENPak. Only when Sign in with SIA is switched on. | 10 minutes |
| sia_spk_rq | Keeps your place while you link your SENPak and SIA accounts. Only when SENPak account linking is switched on. | 10 minutes |
Part 2
Saved in your browser (not cookies)
To remember your choices and to work offline, the website also keeps small notes in your browser’s storage. They stay in your browser, where only this website’s own pages can use them. Forms and alert settings kept there reach us only when you send the form or turn alerts on.
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| sia:aud | The “I am a…” choice, so the home page shows what matters to you. |
| sia:saver | Whether you switched data saver on. |
| sia:quiz | Your answers to the “Find your stage” check, so you can come back to them. |
| sia:askSeen, sia:installSeen | Whether you already saw the tips for the Ask assistant and the app. |
| sia:queue | Forms you sent without a connection, until they can be sent. They are then removed. |
| sia:a11y | Your accessibility options: text size, contrast, spacing, underlined links and motion. Only when accessibility options are switched on. |
| sia:appViews, sia:appSnooze, sia:appInstalled, sia:appOpened, sia:appAlerts; sia:appShown (this visit only) | When to offer you the app or alerts, and whether you said “Not now”. Only when the app invitation is switched on. |
| sia:push; sia:pushSync (this visit only) | The code that lets this device receive the alerts you turned on. Only when push alerts are switched on. |
| sia:fbdraft:…; sia:fbv:… (this visit only) | Your answers to a form with several steps, kept for up to 72 hours so you can finish later (files are never kept), and which steps you have already seen. Only when the form builder is switched on. |
| sia_campus_saved_v1 | Lessons you saved to read offline. Only when the SIA Digital Campus is switched on. |
| sia:resource-gate (this visit only) | The name and email you gave to download a resource, so you do not type them again on this visit. Removed when you close the tab. Only when the resource library is switched on. |
| Saved copies: sia-core-…, sia-pages-…, sia-assets-…, sia-push | Copies of pages you opened (up to 60) and of the website’s files, so pages open faster and work without a connection, and the alert code for push alerts. Pages with personal details are never kept. Only when the installable app and offline feature is switched on. |
Team members: the website’s dashboard also remembers a few screen settings in the browser, such as sia-apps-….
Part 3
Other services
When you open WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Instagram, a payment page or another website from a link here, that service may set its own cookies, under its own policy. Our pages do not load them while you read.
Part 4
Your choices
You can see and delete cookies and stored data in your browser’s settings, usually under “Privacy”. The website still works without them; you only need to sign in again, and your choices on the site are forgotten.
If you switch on Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control in your browser, the campaign cookie (sia_src) is never set.
See the privacy policy for everything else about your information.
