Strictly necessary
Keys that keep the site functioning — load balancing, abuse protection and remembering that you already dismissed a notice. These are set without consent because the site cannot be delivered reliably without them.
This policy sets out every cookie and browser-storage key afiled.com is capable of writing to your device, what each one is for, how long it survives, and how to refuse or remove it. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers personal data more broadly. Nothing here feeds an advertising network, because this domain does not run one.
A cookie is a short text record a site asks your browser to keep and hand back on the next request. Local and session storage do a similar job without travelling with every request. We use both sparingly.
Keys that keep the site functioning — load balancing, abuse protection and remembering that you already dismissed a notice. These are set without consent because the site cannot be delivered reliably without them.
Small records of choices you made yourself, such as a language or a collapsed panel. They exist so the interface does not reset every time you move between pages.
Aggregate counts of page views and referrers, used to see which service pages earn attention. Reports are read at the level of a page, never at the level of a named person.
Anything set from this domain is ours. Where a third-party asset is embedded, it is named in the inventory below rather than hidden behind a generic vendor label.
We do not build behavioural profiles, we do not sync identifiers with ad exchanges, and we do not follow you onto other websites. Our client work happens off this domain, not through your browser.
Non-essential storage relies on your consent, which you may withdraw at any time. Withdrawal applies going forward and does not undo processing that was already lawful when it happened.
Categories, purposes and typical lifetimes. Where a lifetime says "session", the record disappears the moment you close the tab.
Strictly necessary. Keeps a single visit coherent across pages and protects form submissions from replay. Lifetime: session.
Strictly necessary. Records that you have already seen and dismissed a policy or consent notice so it is not shown again on every page. Lifetime: up to 12 months.
Preference. Stores display choices you make on the site, held in local storage rather than sent with requests. Lifetime: until you clear site data.
Measurement. Distinguishes a repeat page view from a new one so visit counts are not inflated. No cross-site identifier. Lifetime: up to 13 months.
Third party. Web fonts are requested from a font host, which sees your IP and user agent as part of delivering the file. No cookie is set by us on that request.
Conditional. If a tag container is enabled on this property, it loads only measurement tags listed in this policy. It is never used to inject advertising pixels.
Control sits with you, in the browser, and nothing on this site is gated behind accepting non-essential storage.
Decline non-essential storage on the notice, or configure your browser to block cookies for this domain before you browse further. Strictly necessary keys may still be written, as the law permits.
Every major browser exposes a "clear site data" or "cookies and site data" control under privacy settings. Clearing removes both cookies and local storage for afiled.com immediately.
Withdrawing consent takes effect from the moment you act. Clear the notice-state key and the choice is presented again on your next visit, so a decision made once is never permanent.
If you block everything: the pages still render, the navigation still works and the brief form still submits. You may lose small conveniences — a dismissed notice reappears, a display preference resets — but no content or service is withheld. This policy is reviewed whenever the site's stack changes; the version and effective date at the top of the page tell you which revision you are reading.
Want the live inventory, a processor name or confirmation that a key was cleared? Email hello@afiled.com with "COOKIES" in the subject.