Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website or use an online service. They can be used to keep a user signed in, maintain secure sessions, remember preferences, and help a platform function correctly.

2. How we use cookies

ER Democracy Bologna uses cookies and related browser storage only where necessary to operate core platform features, especially secure authentication and session continuity. These cookies help the platform protect user accounts, maintain signed-in sessions, and support secure access to authenticated areas.

3. Essential cookies

The platform uses essential cookies required for the operation of secure login and session handling. These may include refresh token cookies or equivalent authentication-related cookies used to keep users signed in and to support secure token refresh flows.

These cookies are necessary for the service to function and do not require optional marketing-style consent where they are used solely for authentication, security, and core platform operation.

4. Security-related use

Cookies and related technologies may be used together with backend security mechanisms such as refresh token rotation, account lock protections, failed login tracking, request validation, and other safeguards designed to protect the platform and its users.

5. Analytics and tracking

At this time, the platform is intended to rely on essential cookies for authentication and platform operation. If non-essential analytics, advertising, or third-party tracking technologies are introduced in the future, this Cookie Policy should be updated and any legally required consent mechanisms should be implemented before those technologies are activated.

6. Third-party services

The platform may use third-party service providers for hosting, database infrastructure, email delivery, and related operational support. Where such providers are involved, they may process data necessary for service delivery and security, but they are not intended to place non-essential tracking cookies through the core platform without appropriate notice and, where required, consent.

7. Browser controls

Most browsers allow users to control cookies through browser settings. However, blocking or deleting essential authentication cookies may prevent login, session continuity, and access to secure parts of the platform.

8. Related policies

For more information about how personal data is processed, please review the Privacy Policy. For rules governing use of the platform, please review the Terms of Service.

9. Updates to this policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, or platform functionality. The most recent version will be published on this page.

10. Contact

For questions about cookie use or related privacy matters, please use the platform contact page or the designated privacy contact channel made available by ER Democracy Bologna.