Trust and legal

Cookies and local storage

Last updated 27 October 2026

The short version

Ferry does not use advertising cookies, and it does not track you across other sites. It keeps a small amount of data in your browser so the app works, and it can count anonymous usage if you allow it.

Your choice

When you first visit, a banner lets you accept everything, keep essential storage only, or choose. Essential storage is needed to send and receive files, so it is not switched off by the banner. The only optional item is anonymous usage counting. You can change your choice at any time.

What Ferry keeps in your browser

Name	Kind	Purpose	Type
Kinde session cookies	Cookie	Keep you signed in to an account.	Essential, only after you sign in
ferry_admin	Cookie	Keeps an administrator signed in to the admin area.	Essential, administrators only
ferry.device and ferry.paired	Local storage	Your device identity and the devices you have paired.	Essential
ferry.room.*	Local storage	Remembers rooms you are in, so a reload does not lose them.	Essential
ferry.log and ferry.history.*	Local storage	Your transfer log and history on this device only.	Essential
ferry.held.keys	Local storage	Keys for held files you sent, so you can open them again. They never leave this browser.	Essential
ferry.autosave, ferry.sound and ferry.app.view	Local storage	Settings you chose, such as saving received files and the dashboard view.	Essential
ferry.consent	Local storage	Your answer to the cookie banner.	Essential
IndexedDB, the Cache API and the service worker	Browser storage	Let Ferry open and receive files when you are offline, and keep received files until you save them.	Essential
Anonymous usage counts	Request, nothing stored	Counts how many transfers happen and which features are used. No identifier, no IP address kept, no cross-site tracking.	Optional, off if you decline

Clearing it

You can remove all of this from your browser settings at any time. Clearing local storage removes your device identity, your history on this device and the keys for held files you sent, so keep a copy of anything you still need first.

Anonymous usage counts

If you allow it, Ferry adds one to a daily total when a transfer completes or a feature is used. The count carries no name, device identifier or file detail. Declining stops these counts from your browser. We also keep a daily total of how many visitors accepted or declined, so we know whether the banner is clear.