This Cookie Policy explains the types of cookies used during your visit to this website operated by IAOSB, the purposes for which they are used, their retention periods and how you can manage your preferences.
What is a Cookie
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by your browser when you visit a website. Cookies are used to ensure that the site functions correctly, to remember your preferences, to analyze how the site is used and to provide content or advertising tailored to you.
Categories of Cookies Used
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for essential site functions such as session management, form security and remembering your language and cookie preferences; these cannot be disabled.
- Functional Cookies: Enable additional site features such as Google Translate; used only if the relevant feature is enabled from the admin panel and you have given consent.
- Performance/Analytics Cookies: Used to collect visitor statistics and measure site performance; used only if an analytics tool is configured from the admin panel and you have given consent.
- Marketing/Advertising Cookies: Used to show advertisements that may be of interest to you; used only if such a tool is configured from the admin panel and you have given explicit consent.
Cookie Inventory
| Cookie Name | Category | Purpose | Duration | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_consent_level | Strictly Necessary | Stores your cookie preferences (accepted/rejected) | 365 days | First party |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Strictly Necessary | Session state management | Session | First party |
| __RequestVerificationToken | Strictly Necessary | Security (CSRF) protection for form submissions | Session | First party |
| .alglang | Strictly Necessary | Remembers your selected interface language | 1 month | First party |
| Google Translate cookies (e.g. googtrans) | Functional | Enables the page translation feature; loaded only when the feature is enabled and consent is given | Governed by Google's own cookie policy | Google (third party) |
| Google Analytics cookies (e.g. _ga, _ga_*, _gid) | Performance/Analytics | Collects visitor statistics; loaded only when configured from the admin panel and consent is given | Governed by Google's own cookie policy | Google (third party) |
| Advertising/marketing cookies (e.g. Google Ads _gcl_au) | Marketing/Advertising | Measures advertising conversions; loaded only when configured from the admin panel and explicit consent is given | Governed by the relevant provider's cookie policy | Third party |
| mvck_consent_proof | Strictly Necessary | Security proof that helps verify the client received a valid cookie preference page/banner response from the server; carries a random/pseudonymous identifier (HttpOnly, Secure over HTTPS, SameSite=Lax) | 24 hours | First party |
This inventory is kept up to date according to the analytics and advertising integrations actively used on the site; the table is updated whenever a new tracking script is added from the admin panel.
Google Services and Third-Party Sharing
The Montserrat font used on this site is loaded from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com / fonts.gstatic.com); therefore your IP address and browser information may be transmitted to Google on each page visit. You can review the scope of this sharing on Google's Partner Site Technologies page.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You may change your preferences regarding non-essential cookie categories at any time and withdraw any consent given, using the Cookie Settings link at the bottom of the page. When you withdraw consent, known first-party cookies for that category are automatically removed from your browser; third-party cookies are removed or expire according to the relevant provider's own mechanism. You may also delete cookies or configure your browser to block them from the browser settings menu; in that case some parts of the site may not function properly.
Storage of Consent Records
To be able to prove your consent regarding cookie preferences, the unique identifier of the consent record, the category preferences you provided (functional, performance/analytics, advertising/marketing), the date/time of consent, your language preference, the applicable Cookie Policy version, your browser information (User-Agent) and a truncated IP address are recorded. These records are retained for up to 365 days from the date of consent for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with our legal obligations, after which they are deleted or anonymized; they may also be deleted manually by an authorized administrator from the admin panel.
Contact
For questions about our cookie practices, you may contact us at iaosb@iaosb.org.tr.
Storage of Consent Records (addendum)
Your cookie preferences are processed as a ConsentLog record. In addition, an event identifier (EventId) that prevents duplicate rows when the same consent event is retried after a network error, and an integrity digest of the banner/preferences text shown to you at that moment (ConsentNoticeSha256), are stored. This classification is a draft and is subject to approval by the data controller/legal team.
These records are retained for up to 365 days; the period is kept consistent with this Cookie Policy and the retention setting in the admin panel.