The pages with the election and services
These pages set no cookies and keep nothing in your browser.
The web version, after you log in
These are the only cookies StoaSquare sets. None of them is used for ads or to follow you around the web.
- __Host-stoa_rt keeps you logged in. It is hidden from scripts, is sent only to our own address, and lasts until you log out (or 60 days when you chose to stay logged in).
- __Host-stoa_dev is a random code that lets us tell your browser from another one, so we can send you a warning email when someone logs in from a new browser. It lasts 400 days.
- stoa_in is the letter 1. It tells our server, before the page loads, that you have logged in on this browser, so the front page opens on Home instead of the sign-up page. It is removed when you log out and lasts at most 60 days.
- __Host-stoa_tsd is set only when you turn on two-step sign-in and tick "Remember this device for 30 days". It is a random code that lets this browser skip the six-digit code. It lasts 30 days, and it stops working when you sign this device out, change your password or turn two-step sign-in off.
What the web version keeps in your browser
Your text size and your choice of light or dark are saved in your browser's own storage, so the page looks the way you left it. So are your recent searches, and a draft of what you are writing until you post it or throw it away. Logging out removes the drafts and the searches.
While you sign up, the tab keeps your email address and a one-time token from our server for up to 30 minutes (never your password or the six-digit code), so reloading the page does not start you over. While you change your email address, it keeps only the hidden form of the new one.
None of this leaves your device. Clearing your browser's site data removes it.
What we do not use
No advertising cookies, no analytics services and no tracking pixels. We count things on our own server (how many neighbors joined this week, for example) and never follow a person from one site to another.
Cloudflare
Cloudflare protects StoaSquare from attacks and speeds it up. It may set a security cookie of its own for that purpose. It is not used to track you.
Your choices
Because these cookies are needed for logging in and for keeping the front page right, we do not ask you to accept them. You can block cookies in your browser's settings; you can still read the pages above, but you will not be able to log in.