Cookies
Cookies
Last updated: 11 October 2026
The Maktab App uses cookies only to keep you signed in. There are no advertising cookies, no analytics cookies, and no third-party tracking of any kind — which is why you have never been asked to accept anything.
Cookie
maktab_portal_session
What it does
Keeps you signed in to your Maktab's portal. Without it you would have to sign in again on every page.
How long it lasts
Until the session length your Maktab has set expires, or you sign out. Eight hours unless the Maktab has changed it.
Cookie
maktab_platform_session
What it does
The same thing for the separate platform administration site. Most people will never receive this cookie.
How long it lasts
Eight hours, or until sign-out.
| Cookie | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|
| maktab_portal_session | Keeps you signed in to your Maktab's portal. Without it you would have to sign in again on every page. | Until the session length your Maktab has set expires, or you sign out. Eight hours unless the Maktab has changed it. |
| maktab_platform_session | The same thing for the separate platform administration site. Most people will never receive this cookie. | Eight hours, or until sign-out. |
How they are protected
Both cookies are marked HttpOnly, so no script on the page can read them, and Secure, so they are only ever sent over an encrypted connection. They are restricted to our own site.
The portal cookie was renamed in September 2026. A cookie under the old name may still be sitting in your browser until it expires. It is no longer read or used, and signing out removes it.
Things kept in your browser that are not cookies
The app remembers a few preferences on your own device — which class you last opened, whether you prefer the phone or desktop version of a walkthrough, an unfinished booking form, and whether you have dismissed the install prompt. These stay on your device, are never sent to us, and clearing your browser data removes them.
Fonts
Our public pages load two typefaces from Google Fonts. Doing so tells Google the address of the device requesting them. No cookie is set by this, and it does not happen inside the app itself.
Turning them off
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking the session cookie will mean you cannot sign in — there is no way around that, because the cookie is how the app knows it is still you.