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Cookies and local storage
What this page covers
This page lists what Academy stores in your browser, and which other services your browser contacts when you load its pages.
Stored in your browser
| Name | Type | What it is for | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| ap_affiliate_referral | Local storage | Remembers the referral link you arrived through, so the right person is credited. | 60 days |
| academy_referral_context | Local storage | Remembers a referral code, when it was captured and the page. | Until you clear your browser data |
| academy_referral_dashboard_cache | Local storage | Keeps your referral dashboard figures on your device for faster loading. (signed-in students) | Until you clear your browser data |
| academy-assessment:<course>:<lesson>:retry-queue | Local storage | Holds knowledge-check answers that could not be saved yet, for example when your connection drops, until they are sent. (signed-in learners) | Until you clear your browser data |
| academy.filters.open.<page> | Local storage | Remembers whether you left a filter panel open or closed. (signed-in app screens) | Until you clear your browser data |
| academy_view:v2:<account id> | Local storage | Remembers which workspace view you last chose, for accounts that hold more than one role. (signed-in app screens) | Until you clear your browser data |
| academy_views_cache:<account id> | Session storage | Keeps the list of roles your account holds for the open tab, so the right menu shows at once. (signed-in app screens) | Until you close the tab |
| academy_*_metadata (3 keys) | Session storage | Hidden request details, such as which course and page a request came from, held for the open tab. | Until you close the tab |
| base44_* and token (app id, return address, analytics session id, sign-in token) | Local storage | Set by the hosting platform's code: it keeps the app id and the address you came from, an analytics session id, and your sign-in token while you are signed in. | Until you clear your browser data |
| Cookies for the whole accesspatrol.net domain (seen: _ga, _ga_*, _fbp, mp_*_mixpanel, _tccl_visitor, __stripe_mid) | Cookie | Not set by Academy's own code. They were present in a browser that had also used other Access Patrol sites, are scoped to accesspatrol.net, and so are visible on this site too. By their names they look like analytics, social-media advertising and payment-fraud cookies from those other sites or services. Where each one comes from has not been traced yet. (only if you have used other Access Patrol sites) | Set by the other site (about 30 days in the browser checked) |
- Name
- ap_affiliate_referral
- Type
- Local storage
- What it is for
- Remembers the referral link you arrived through, so the right person is credited.
- How long
- 60 days
- Name
- academy_referral_context
- Type
- Local storage
- What it is for
- Remembers a referral code, when it was captured and the page.
- How long
- Until you clear your browser data
- Name
- academy_referral_dashboard_cache
- Type
- Local storage
- What it is for
- Keeps your referral dashboard figures on your device for faster loading. (signed-in students)
- How long
- Until you clear your browser data
- Name
- academy-assessment:<course>:<lesson>:retry-queue
- Type
- Local storage
- What it is for
- Holds knowledge-check answers that could not be saved yet, for example when your connection drops, until they are sent. (signed-in learners)
- How long
- Until you clear your browser data
- Name
- academy.filters.open.<page>
- Type
- Local storage
- What it is for
- Remembers whether you left a filter panel open or closed. (signed-in app screens)
- How long
- Until you clear your browser data
- Name
- academy_view:v2:<account id>
- Type
- Local storage
- What it is for
- Remembers which workspace view you last chose, for accounts that hold more than one role. (signed-in app screens)
- How long
- Until you clear your browser data
- Name
- academy_views_cache:<account id>
- Type
- Session storage
- What it is for
- Keeps the list of roles your account holds for the open tab, so the right menu shows at once. (signed-in app screens)
- How long
- Until you close the tab
- Name
- academy_*_metadata (3 keys)
- Type
- Session storage
- What it is for
- Hidden request details, such as which course and page a request came from, held for the open tab.
- How long
- Until you close the tab
- Name
- base44_* and token (app id, return address, analytics session id, sign-in token)
- Type
- Local storage
- What it is for
- Set by the hosting platform's code: it keeps the app id and the address you came from, an analytics session id, and your sign-in token while you are signed in.
- How long
- Until you clear your browser data
- Name
- Cookies for the whole accesspatrol.net domain (seen: _ga, _ga_*, _fbp, mp_*_mixpanel, _tccl_visitor, __stripe_mid)
- Type
- Cookie
- What it is for
- Not set by Academy's own code. They were present in a browser that had also used other Access Patrol sites, are scoped to accesspatrol.net, and so are visible on this site too. By their names they look like analytics, social-media advertising and payment-fraud cookies from those other sites or services. Where each one comes from has not been traced yet. (only if you have used other Access Patrol sites)
- How long
- Set by the other site (about 30 days in the browser checked)
Other services your browser contacts
When you load these pages, your browser asks the following services for files. They can see your IP address and browser details.
| Service | What for |
|---|---|
| Base44 image hosting (media.base44.com) | Delivers the course, instructor and page images and the Academy logo. |
| Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise | Tells people from automated abuse on the student registration, enrollment and group training forms. |
| Google Fonts | Delivers the typefaces used on the pages. |
| Unsplash image hosting (images.unsplash.com) | Delivers one photo on the About page. |
| QR code image service (api.qrserver.com) | Draws the QR picture on certificate pages (signed-in screens). |
- Service
- Base44 image hosting (media.base44.com)
- What for
- Delivers the course, instructor and page images and the Academy logo.
- Service
- Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise
- What for
- Tells people from automated abuse on the student registration, enrollment and group training forms.
- Service
- Google Fonts
- What for
- Delivers the typefaces used on the pages.
- Service
- Unsplash image hosting (images.unsplash.com)
- What for
- Delivers one photo on the About page.
- Service
- QR code image service (api.qrserver.com)
- What for
- Draws the QR picture on certificate pages (signed-in screens).
Platform analytics
The hosting platform's analytics tracker is switched on in this app. What it records is set by the platform.