Cookie Policy

1What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. Cookies allow websites to recognize a device, remember preferences, maintain secure sessions, understand how visitors interact with the website, and support certain advertising or measurement activities.

We may also use technologies that perform functions similar to cookies, including:

• Pixels and tracking tags;
• Web beacons;
• Local storage;
• Software development kits;
• Device identifiers;
• Session storage; and
• Embedded scripts.

References to “cookies” in this Policy include these similar technologies unless otherwise stated.

2How We Use Cookies

Annual Corporate Filings may use cookies to:

• Operate and secure the Website;
• Maintain filing, application, and checkout sessions;
• Remember information entered into forms;
• Authenticate users and prevent unauthorized access;
• Detect fraud, abuse, bots, and security threats;
• Process payments and confirm transactions;
• Remember cookie and privacy preferences;
• Measure Website traffic and performance;
• Understand how visitors use our pages and services;
• Diagnose technical errors;
• Improve Website functionality and user experience;
• Measure the effectiveness of communications or advertising; and
• Provide relevant advertising where permitted by law and by your preferences.

3Types of Cookies We May Use

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the Website to function properly. They may support:

• Website security;
• Fraud prevention;
• User authentication;
• Load balancing;
• Form completion;
• Shopping cart or checkout functionality;
• Payment processing;
• Session management; and
• Storage of cookie-consent selections.

Because these cookies are necessary to provide requested Website functions, they generally cannot be disabled through our cookie-preference tool. You may be able to block them through your browser, but portions of the Website may no longer function correctly.

B. Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow the Website to remember selections and provide enhanced features. These cookies may remember:

• Language preferences;
• Form information;
• Location or state selections;
• Accessibility settings;
• Previously selected services; and
• Other Website preferences.

Disabling functional cookies may cause certain Website features to operate differently or become unavailable.

C. Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how people use the Website. They may collect information regarding:

• Pages visited;
• Links or buttons selected;
• Time spent on a page;
• Referring websites;
• General device and browser information;
• Approximate geographic location;
• Website errors; and
• Filing or checkout steps completed or abandoned.

We use this information to evaluate Website performance, identify technical problems, improve navigation, and understand which services are of interest to visitors.

Where legally required, analytics cookies will not be placed until you provide consent.

D. Advertising and Marketing Cookies

We or our advertising partners may use advertising cookies, tracking pixels, or similar technologies to:

• Measure advertising performance;
• Determine whether a visitor arrived through an advertisement;
• Limit how frequently an advertisement is shown;
• Build or measure marketing audiences;
• Attribute inquiries, purchases, or form submissions to a campaign; and
• Display advertisements that may be more relevant to a visitor’s interests.

Information collected through these technologies may be combined with information held by advertising platforms or other third parties.

Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before placing advertising or marketing cookies.

E. Payment and Transaction Cookies

Our payment providers may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Secure payment transactions;
• Detect fraudulent activity;
• Authenticate payment methods;
• Process purchases;
• Remember transaction status; and
• Comply with financial, security, and legal obligations.

Annual Corporate Filings does not control all cookies placed directly by payment providers. Their use of information is governed by their respective privacy and cookie notices.

Current cookie inventory

The technologies currently in use on the Website are listed below. This inventory is reviewed as tools change.

4First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

First-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are placed directly by AnnualCorporateFilings.com. They may be used for Website security, session management, forms, preferences, and other operational purposes.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are placed or controlled by service providers whose tools appear on or support the Website. These providers may include:

• Website hosting providers;
• Content-delivery and cybersecurity providers;
• Analytics providers;
• Payment processors;
• Customer-support providers;
• Form and document-processing providers;
• Advertising platforms;
• Email or communications providers; and
• Fraud-prevention services.

Third parties may collect information according to their own privacy policies. Annual Corporate Filings does not control how all third-party cookies operate once information is received by those providers.

5Information Collected Through Cookies

Depending on the cookie and your interaction with the Website, cookies may collect or generate:

• Internet Protocol address;
• Browser type and version;
• Device type;
• Operating system;
• Device or advertising identifiers;
• Referring and exit pages;
• Pages viewed;
• Links and buttons selected;
• Date and time of visits;
• Approximate geographic location;
• Session and authentication identifiers;
• Cookie preferences;
• Transaction or checkout status;
• General interaction data;
• Advertising attribution information; and
• Information concerning errors, crashes, or Website performance.

Cookie data may be linked to information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, contact information, business information, filing request, or transaction details, where permitted by law.

6Cookie Duration

Session Cookies

Session cookies generally expire when you close your browser or end your Website session.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. Their duration depends on their purpose and the service provider that placed them.

We seek to retain cookie information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

7Your Cookie Choices

Cookie-Preference Tool

Where available, you may use the Cookie Settings, Privacy Choices, or similar link on the Website to accept, reject, or adjust categories of nonessential cookies.

Your choice will generally apply to the browser and device you are currently using. You may need to make a new selection when you:

• Use another browser or device;
• Clear browser cookies;
• Use private browsing mode; or
• Reset your browser settings.

Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled through the preference tool because they are required to operate and secure the Website.

Browser Controls

Most browsers allow you to:

• View stored cookies;
• Delete cookies;
• Block all or certain cookies;
• Receive a warning before a cookie is placed; or
• Restrict third-party cookies.

Blocking cookies may prevent Website forms, checkout pages, filing workflows, authentication features, or other services from functioning properly.

Mobile Device Controls

Your mobile device may provide settings that allow you to limit advertising identifiers, personalized advertisements, location access, or tracking across applications.

8Global Privacy Control and Opt-Out Preference Signals

Where required by applicable law, we will recognize qualifying browser-based opt-out preference signals, including Global Privacy Control, as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information associated with that browser or device.

Because these signals are generally device- and browser-specific, you may need to activate the signal separately on each browser or device you use.

You may also use any Your Privacy Choices, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, or similar link made available in the Website footer.

9Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

Annual Corporate Filings does not sell personal information for money.

However, certain uses of advertising cookies, pixels, or similar technologies may be considered “selling,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some state privacy laws, even where no money is exchanged.

Where applicable, you may opt out by:

• Rejecting advertising cookies through our cookie-preference tool;
• Using the Your Privacy Choices or Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information link;
• Enabling a legally recognized opt-out preference signal, such as Global Privacy Control; or
• Contacting us using the information below.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

10Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is not currently a universally accepted standard governing how websites must respond to all Do Not Track signals, our Website may not respond to traditional Do Not Track settings.

Where required by law, we will process recognized opt-out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control.

11International Visitors

Privacy and cookie requirements differ by location.

Where applicable law requires consent, we will seek permission before placing nonessential analytics, functional, advertising, or marketing cookies. You may withdraw that consent at any time through our cookie-preference tool.

Withdrawing consent will not affect processing that occurred before your preference was changed.

12Children’s Privacy

The Website and our corporate filing services are intended for business owners, authorized company representatives, and adults. They are not directed toward children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly use cookies to collect personal information from children under 13 for behavioral advertising purposes. Please contact us if you believe a child has submitted personal information through the Website.

13Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect:

• Changes to our Website;
• New service providers or technologies;
• Changes to our cookie practices;
• Changes to applicable laws; or
• Operational, security, or business developments.

When we update this Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top. Material changes may also be communicated through the Website or cookie-preference tool where appropriate.

14Contact Us

Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies may be directed to:

Annual Corporate Filings is an independent third-party filing service and is not affiliated with any federal, state, or local government agency.