Cookie Policy
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your web browser when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences, authentication status, and browsing behavior. This Cookie Policy explains how ABDflow uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (including pixels, web beacons, and local storage) on our platform.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies: Required for the platform to function properly, including authentication, security, session management, and load balancing. These cannot be disabled and do not require consent. Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how users interact with our platform, which pages are visited most, and how users navigate our site. We use this data to improve functionality and user experience. Data is anonymized where possible. Functional Cookies: Remember your preferences, language settings, and region to provide a personalized experience. Marketing Cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness. These are only set with your explicit consent. Third-Party Cookies: May be set by our analytics and advertising partners (including Google Analytics and Google AdSense) to track usage across websites. These are subject to the respective third-party privacy policies.
3. Cookies We Set
Session cookies (expire when you close your browser): __session_id, __csrf_token. Persistent cookies: abdflow-cookie-consent (1 year, records your consent preference), user-preferences (1 year, stores your UI preferences), _ga / _gid (2 years / 24 hours, Google Analytics), _gat (1 minute, Google Analytics rate limiting), NID (6 months, Google preferences). We do not use cookies to track you across non-ABDflow websites for purposes other than analytics and advertising.
4. Your Cookie Choices
When you first visit our site, you will see a cookie consent banner. You may: Accept All Cookies: Consents to all categories; Decline All: Only essential cookies are set; Customize: Choose which cookie categories to allow. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings at any time. Blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect platform functionality. Instructions for common browsers: Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data. Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data. Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data. Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions.
5. Our Cookie Notice Under Indian Law
Under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 and the DPDP Act 2023, we provide this notice as part of our transparent data handling practices. Our use of cookies for analytics and personalization constitutes "processing" of personal data, for which we have obtained your consent via our cookie banner. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
6. GDPR Cookie Compliance
For users in the European Economic Area, we comply with the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR requirements: we obtain prior explicit consent for non-essential cookies; we provide granular control over cookie categories; we maintain records of consent; and you can withdraw consent as easily as it was given. Our cookie banner is shown on each visit until consent is recorded.
7. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our practices. Changes will be posted here with an updated effective date. Material changes will be communicated via email or website notice.
8. Contact
For questions about our cookie practices, contact us at: Email: privacy@abdflow.com. Address: ABDflow, UAE & India.
Last updated: May 2026