Cookie policy

Last updated: 10 July 2026

1. Introduction

AudioForge AI Studio Inc. ("AudioForge AI," "we," or "us") uses cookies and similar storage technologies on audioforgeai.pro. This policy explains what cookies are, which categories we use, how long they persist, which vendors may be involved, and how to change your choices. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

2. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function, remember preferences, or understand how visitors use pages. Similar technologies include local storage entries — such as the consent record stored when you interact with our cookie banner — and session identifiers with comparable purposes.

3. How we obtain consent

When you first visit our site, a banner offers three choices: Accept all, Reject all, or Customise. Your selection is stored in local storage and a consent cookie for six months, after which we will ask again. Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent because the site cannot operate securely without them. Analytics and marketing cookies are set only if you allow them through Accept all or Customise.

Contact form consent for PIPEDA is separate — it is never pre-checked and does not substitute for cookie consent.

4. Cookie categories

4.1 Strictly necessary

These cookies and storage entries are essential for security, load balancing, and remembering your cookie consent decision. They cannot be disabled through our banner without breaking core functionality.

• af_cookie_consent — stores your banner choice (accept all, reject all, or customised preferences including analytics and marketing flags). Duration: 6 months. Provider: AudioForge AI (first-party, local storage).
• af_cookie_consent_date — records when consent was last updated for audit purposes. Duration: 6 months. Provider: AudioForge AI (first-party, local storage).
• Session identifiers — maintain secure connections during form submission. Duration: session. Provider: hosting infrastructure.

4.2 Analytics (optional)

Analytics cookies help us understand aggregate traffic — which pages are read, how visitors arrive, and whether navigation works on mobile devices. We use this information to improve the site structure and content, not to build individual advertising profiles.

• _af_analytics_id — distinguishes unique visitors in aggregate reports when analytics are enabled. Duration: up to 13 months. Provider: privacy-oriented analytics vendor under contract.
• _af_analytics_session — groups page views into a single visit. Duration: 30 minutes of inactivity. Provider: analytics vendor.

Analytics tools are configured to avoid collecting unnecessary personal identifiers. IP addresses may be truncated before storage where the vendor supports it.

4.3 Marketing (optional)

Marketing cookies may be used to measure the effectiveness of our own campaigns — for example, whether a visitor arrived from a permitted advertising channel. We do not permit third-party ad networks to build cross-site profiles on this website.

• _af_campaign_ref — stores attributed campaign source when you opt in to marketing cookies. Duration: up to 90 days. Provider: AudioForge AI or contracted analytics partner.

5. Third-party vendors

Where optional analytics or marketing measurement are enabled, data may be processed by sub-processors acting on our instructions, including:

• Privacy-oriented web analytics providers (contracted, with data processing agreements);
• Hosting and content delivery providers generating technical server logs;
• Email delivery services when you submit the contact form (transactional, not marketing).

We do not permit advertising partners to set unmanaged third-party tracking cookies on this site. If vendors change, we will update this policy and, where required, re-prompt for consent.

6. Storage durations summary

• Consent record: 6 months
• Session cookies: until browser closes
• Analytics cookies: up to 13 months (if accepted)
• Marketing cookies: up to 90 days (if accepted)

7. How to change or withdraw consent

You can change preferences at any time by:

• Clearing cookies and local storage for audioforgeai.pro in your browser settings and revisiting the site — the banner will reappear;
• Using browser controls to block third-party or all cookies (strictly necessary cookies may still be required for forms to function);
• Emailing [email protected] with your request.

Browser manufacturers publish instructions for cookie management — search your browser name and "delete cookies" for current steps. On mobile devices, settings may appear under privacy or site data menus.

8. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Some browsers send "Do Not Track" or Global Privacy Control signals. There is no uniform industry response to all such signals. We treat an explicit Reject all cookie choice as the authoritative preference for optional cookies on this site.

9. Relationship to PIPEDA

Cookie data that can be linked to an identifiable individual is handled as personal information under PIPEDA. Our privacy contact can answer questions about how analytics data is processed and retained. See our Privacy Policy for access and complaint procedures.

10. Updates

We may revise this Cookie Policy when our tooling, vendors, or legal obligations change. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the current version. Material changes may be highlighted on the website or through an updated consent prompt where required.

11. Contact

AudioForge AI Studio Inc., 76 Ossington Avenue, Suite 103, Toronto, ON M6J 2Y7, Canada
[email protected] · +1 (416) 293-7048