1. What are Cookies & Local Storage?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device by your browser when you visit websites. Along with cookies, we utilize HTML5 Local Storage files to cache specific interface states and session variables to speed up page loads and user transitions.
2. How We Use Cookies & Local Storage
EvalAI utilizes these tracking files exclusively to perform critical operations, including:
- • User Authentication: To verify your active credentials and keep you logged into the grading dashboard securely.
- • Preferences Cache: To save dashboard layout options, workspace filters, and sorting choices.
- • Performance Metrics: To monitor system loading latencies and API response rates anonymized.
3. Types of Files We Deploy
- • Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for accessing the platform. Disabling these will break dashboard navigation, file uploads, and token deductions.
- • Functional Cookies: Retain UI choices (such as dark mode settings or recent job filters).
- • Performance & Analytics Local Storage: Anonymously records document page lengths and processing speeds to help us optimize server resources.
4. How to Manage Cookies
Most modern web browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through browser settings. Please note that if you reject or block essential cookies, key operations on our grading console (such as uploading papers and accessing evaluations) will fail to load properly.