1. Classification & Purpose
We categorize our storage mechanisms to ensure transparency and user control. Every cookie serves a specific technical requirement to deliver the platform functionality you have requested.
Cookie Policy & Storage Mechanisms
Effective Date: 1 January 2024
This document explains how mzansiquant utilizes local storage mechanisms to ensure stable navigation, persistent interface settings, and consent management. We deploy a strictly limited set of cookies classified by function and necessity, designed exclusively to maintain session state, preserve your interface preferences, and record your consent decisions.
2. Detailed Storage Schedule
| Cookie Type | Purpose | Duration | Consent Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential_Session | Maintains navigation state and authentication tokens during your active visit. | Until browser closure | No |
| Interface_Preferences | Stores language, density, and accessibility settings to personalize your view. | 12 months | No |
| Performance_Metrics | Tracks load distribution and error occurrence rates to optimize platform stability. | 90 days | Yes |
| Security_Token | Prevents cross-site request forgery attacks and validates form submissions. | Until browser closure | No |
| Interface_Customisation | Enables expanded visual layouts and animated transitions based on your preference. | 12 months | Yes |
3. Necessary Cookies
Essential cookies are required for the basic functionality of our platform. These include session tokens that maintain your authentication state and navigation context, load balancer identifiers that ensure service reliability, and security tokens that prevent cross-site request forgery attacks. These cookies cannot be disabled as they are fundamental to platform operation.
4. Preference and Analytics Cookies
Preference cookies store your language, density, and accessibility settings to provide a personalized experience. Interface customisation cookies enable animations and expanded layouts only when you explicitly opt in. Analytics cookies, when consented, track load distribution and error occurrence rates to improve platform stability. These cookies are never used for behavioral advertising or cross-site tracking.
5. Management Controls
You may manage your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie banner located at the bottom of every page. Our accept and decline controls persist your choices in local storage, ensuring consistency across sessions. You may also configure your browser to block or delete cookies, though this may impact certain platform features.