Cookies and browser storage

The microsite distinguishes two categories of browser storage. Essential storage is always on and is required for the site to function. Optional analytics storage is off by default and is only loaded after you explicitly accept it in the consent banner.

Essential storage includes navigation state, the admin authentication session for ISMAI staff and the record of your own cookie preference (so the consent banner is not shown again on every visit). This category cannot be disabled without breaking core site functionality.

When configured, the microsite can load Google Analytics 4 and Plausible Analytics. Both are treated as non-essential and are only loaded after you select Accept analytics in the consent banner. Until you accept, no GA4 or Plausible script is injected into the page and no analytics request is sent.

You can change your decision at any time using the Cookie preferences button in the footer, or directly here:

Manage cookie preferences

If you previously accepted analytics and later reject, no further analytics scripts will be injected. Scripts already loaded into the current page are cleared on the next full page reload.

When ISMAI runs advertising campaigns, the microsite can load the Meta Pixel (Meta Platforms, Inc.), the LinkedIn Insight Tag (LinkedIn Corporation) and Google advertising measurement alongside Google Analytics 4. These services allow ISMAI to measure the effectiveness of its campaigns (for example, whether a visit followed an advert and led to a registration) and to show relevant adverts to previous visitors on those platforms (remarketing).

The Meta Pixel and the LinkedIn Insight Tag are treated as non-essential. They are never injected before you select Accept analytics in the consent banner, and they are not loaded at all on your next visit if you reject or later withdraw consent. Page views and conversion events (such as starting or completing a registration) are reported to these platforms only after consent.

Meta, LinkedIn and Google act as independent controllers of the data they receive through these tags and process it under their own privacy policies and terms, including for their own advertising purposes. ISMAI does not receive or store the advertising identifiers these platforms assign to your browser.

The microsite uses Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors interact with pages, for example through aggregated heatmaps and session replays, in order to improve usability. Clarity is configured to mask sensitive content and does not receive the contents of registration or payment fields. Clarity is provided by Microsoft Corporation under its own privacy statement.

Campaign parameters, referral codes, the first referring hostname and landing page are retained for the visit in session storage and recorded with a submitted registration and its order. If you accept analytics, a first-touch copy is also retained in local storage for up to 90 days, without replacing an existing first touch. Rejecting or withdrawing analytics consent removes that persistent copy. No third-party service receives these values through this first-party storage.

Public submission forms may use an anti-spam challenge such as Cloudflare Turnstile. This is essential to protect the secretariat from automated abuse and is not gated by the analytics preference.

Paid registration is processed by Stripe Checkout. When a delegate proceeds to payment, the browser is redirected to a payment page hosted by Stripe. Stripe may set its own cookies and use its own storage on those pages. ISMAI does not control or read Stripe-hosted cookies once the delegate is redirected. Stripe's own cookie and privacy notices apply during that step.

Operational email related to registration is sent server-side from the configured email service. This does not set cookies in the delegate's browser.

External pages linked from the microsite, such as host institution pages, partner organisations and ISMAI where used for any onsite or operational arrangements, are subject to the cookie policies of those third parties.

Cookies and local storage can also be managed in the settings of any modern browser. Clearing site data will reset your analytics preference and the consent banner will be shown again on your next visit.