Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy


Unless otherwise specified, the term "we" in this cookie policy refers to one or more members of the AFD IP Group (including AFD China Intellectual Property Law Office and Beijing BHTD Law Firm) or the AFD IP Group itself.


Our use of cookies

We may use third party tools to analyze the cookies generated by your visits on our website for collecting the information such as the duration of each visit and the accessed content. This information will provide us a guidance for further optimizing the content and the layout of our website.

Below is the common knowledge we would like to share with you:


What is a cookie?  
A cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. A cookie contains the information about the website user is browsing.


What's the function of cookies?

Cookies are messages that web servers pass to your web browser when you visit websites. Your browser stores each message in a small file. When you request another page from the server, your browser sends the cookie back to the server


How long will cookies be stored in your computer/device?

Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies have a designated lifespan and remain in a browser until the period elapses or the cookie is manually deleted. Websites that use persistent cookies will remember users even after they close a browser.


Temporary cookies
These cookies only exist when you make your current visit and will be automatically deleted when you exit/close your web browser.


How to manage cookies setting?

You can manage cookies on your computer/device in a variety of ways, for example, you can set up your browser to block cookies or clear cookies that have been generated. If you want to block cookies at any time, you can do so by setting up your browser.

However, please note that blocking cookies may cause the whole or part of the websites (including our websites) dysfunctional.
