This Cookie Policy explains how Guardforce AI ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at www.guardforceai.com. This policy is designed to provide clear, comprehensive information about the data we collect via cookies, why we collect it, and the rights you have to control our use of them.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies set by the website owner are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies".
2. How We Use Cookies
Our website utilizes a limited number of first-party cookies primarily aimed at ensuring the fundamental operation, security, and performance of our platform. Based on our current infrastructure (hosted via Wix), we deploy cookies for the following operational categories:
A. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site and maintaining session routing. Without these cookies, basic website functionality and security cannot be provided. As these are strictly necessary, they do not require user consent under standard global privacy regulations.
| Cookie Name | Domain | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| hs | First-party | Session | Provides core platform security and protection mechanisms. |
| server-session-bind | First-party | Session | Maintains server connection routing stability to ensure uninterrupted browsing. |
| XSRF-TOKEN | First-party | Session | Prevents Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, ensuring secure data transmission. |
| ssr-caching | First-party | Seconds/Minutes | Content Delivery Network (CDN) cache utilized to optimize web page loading speeds. |
B. Functional Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your consent preferences regarding cookie placement) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
| Cookie Name | Domain | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| consent-policy | First-party | 12 Months | Records your preferences regarding cookie policy consent to prevent repetitive banner prompts. |
C. Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized.
| Cookie Name | Domain | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| svSession | First-party | 12 Months | Identifies unique visitors and tracks a single visitor's browsing session across the website. |
3. Third-Party Cookies and Advertising
Currently, our core configuration does not automatically deploy third-party advertising or cross-site tracking cookies (such as Meta Pixel or Google Analytics tracking scripts) without your explicit opt-in. Any future inclusion of third-party tracking networks will be reflected in an update to this policy and managed through our consent management platform.
4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences when you first visit our site via the cookie consent banner.
Additionally, you can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. Because the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
5. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
