Cookie Policy

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function properly, remember preferences and understand how visitors use a site. Similar technologies include local storage entries and session identifiers stored in your browser.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which describes how we handle personal information more broadly under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

2. Who is responsible?

ShieldWith AI Inc., located at 1188 Hamilton Street, Suite 105, Vancouver, BC V6B 2S8, Canada, is the data controller for cookies deployed on shieldwithai.life. Privacy enquiries: [email protected].

3. Types of cookies we use

3.1 Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the Website to operate. They enable core functionality you expect when visiting a website. Without them, certain features — such as remembering your cookie preference — would not work.

Examples on our Website include:

• Cookie consent preference (swai_cookie_consent) — stores whether you accepted, rejected or customised analytics cookies. Duration: six months. Purpose: honour your choice and avoid showing the banner on every visit.
• Session integrity — if applicable during form interactions, maintains basic session state to protect against certain cross-site request issues.

3.2 Analytics cookies (consent required)

With your consent, we may use analytics cookies to understand aggregate Website usage: which pages are visited, approximate geographic region (derived from IP address at city or province level), device type and referral source. This helps us improve content and navigation. Analytics data is processed in aggregated form where possible and is not used to build individual marketing profiles.

Analytics cookies are not loaded until you click "Accept all" in the cookie banner. If you click "Reject all," analytics cookies are not set. The "Customise" button directs you to this policy for detailed information.

3.3 Cookies we do not use

We do not use advertising or retargeting cookies. We do not sell cookie-derived data to data brokers. We do not deploy social media tracking pixels on this Website.

4. Cookie banner and consent management

When you first visit shieldwithai.life, a cookie banner appears at the bottom of the page with three options:

• Accept all — enables strictly necessary cookies and analytics cookies;
• Reject all — enables strictly necessary cookies only; analytics cookies are not set;
• Customise — directs you to this Cookie Policy for detailed information about categories.

Your choice is stored in a strictly necessary cookie for six months. After six months, the banner will appear again so you can confirm or change your preference. You may change your mind at any time by clearing cookies in your browser settings and revisiting the Website, or by contacting [email protected].

Contact form consent (consent_pipeda) is separate from cookie consent. The PIPEDA checkbox on our contact form is not pre-checked and must be actively selected before submission.

5. Third-party cookies and connections

Our Website is hosted in Canada. If we enable third-party analytics services in the future, they may set their own cookies subject to their privacy policies. We will update this Cookie Policy and the cookie banner description before enabling any new third-party category.

Fonts loaded from Google Fonts may involve connection to Google servers. Google may process connection metadata under its own terms. If you prefer to avoid this, browser extensions that block third-party requests will prevent font loading; the site remains readable with system fallback fonts defined in our stylesheet.

6. Managing cookies in your browser

Most browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies through settings. Instructions vary by browser:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

Blocking all cookies may affect Website functionality, including the ability to remember your cookie consent preference — the banner may appear on each visit. Blocking only third-party cookies generally preserves core functionality while limiting cross-site tracking.

7. Personal information and PIPEDA

Cookie identifiers and IP addresses may constitute personal information under PIPEDA when they can be linked to an identifiable individual. We collect such information only for the purposes described in this policy and our Privacy Policy. Analytics processing based on cookies requires your consent except for strictly necessary cookies.

You have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to challenge our compliance. Contact [email protected] or see our Privacy Policy for details.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when we change our cookie practices or when legal requirements evolve. The "Last updated" date at the top will change accordingly. Continued use of the Website after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised policy, subject to renewed consent where required for new non-essential cookies.

9. Contact

Questions about cookies or consent:

[email protected]
ShieldWith AI Inc., 1188 Hamilton Street, Suite 105, Vancouver, BC V6B 2S8, Canada

Related: Privacy Policy · Terms of Service