Cookies and local storage
Updated on 7 October 2026
No cookies, no trackers
The site sets no cookies. It loads no third-party script, and no analytics, advertising or social media tools.
What is kept in your browser
The site uses your browser's storage only for features you ask for. Nothing is written until you use the feature concerned.
| Storage | Content | When | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
localStorage: normalex.theme | Theme choice (light or dark) | When you choose a theme | Until you clear it or go back to the system theme |
localStorage: normalex.licence | Licence token | After unlocking | Until you clear it; the licence expires after 12 months |
localStorage: normalex.pref | Preference token for Avlex's registry | After unlocking | Until you clear it |
localStorage: normalex.firm | Firm profile: name, address, bar, contact details, logo | After unlocking, when you save the profile | Until you delete it |
IndexedDB: normalex-vault | Encrypted vault: the registers you save in it (AML file notes, AI tools register, conflict register and check log, CPD entries, GDPR record of processing) | After unlocking, when you create the vault and save a register in it | Until you delete it |
localStorage: normalex.vault.backup | The date of the vault's last export, with no content | When you export a backup of the vault | Until you clear it |
| The tab's history | A mark showing that an unlock has just succeeded, with no personal data | When you return from the confirmation link | As long as that history entry exists |
The vault's content is encrypted in your browser before it is stored, with a key derived from your passphrase. The data you enter in a tool stays in your browser. None of it is sent to a server. The privacy notice explains how to check this yourself.
Why there is no consent banner
Article 10/2 of the Belgian Act of 30 July 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data transposes Article 5(3) of Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive). It requires your consent to store information on your device or to access it. There is an exception where the storage is strictly necessary to provide a service you have explicitly requested.
Every item in the table falls under that exception: it is only created when you use the feature concerned, and it serves only that feature. The theme choice saved at your request falls under it too (Article 29 Working Party, Opinion 04/2012 on Cookie Consent Exemption). Nothing is stored for analytics or advertising. No banner is therefore needed. This page tells you what is kept.
How to clear this data
- On the site: the E-mail preferences page lets you remove the licence from this browser, and the Firm profile page lets you delete the profile. In the vault, the "Delete all local data" command erases the vault from this browser.
- In your browser: open the site information (the icon to the left of the address) and delete the site data, or clear this site's browsing data in the settings.
- In the developer tools: the Application panel (Chrome, Edge) or Storage panel (Firefox), then Clear site data.
Clearing the site data removes your licence, your firm profile and your vault. The vault's content can then only be restored from an encrypted backup (a .normalexvault file) that you exported, with its passphrase. To use the firm features again, you will need to confirm your e-mail address again.
Some browsers also clear this data on their own, for example in a private window or after a long period without a visit. Export a backup of your vault regularly.