Commissioned by Kiteworks
Who Controls AI Agents? is the campaign for the short film CTRL: Locust, commissioned by Kiteworks. A.I.R.A., the CTRL Department and Locust are fiction. This page is not.
Your analytics choice
Google Analytics counts visits and the pages read. It runs only if you choose Accept. If you never choose, nothing is tracked.
Google Analytics: off · no choice yet
The short version
- Nothing tracks you until you choose Accept. Until then, and if you choose Decline, Google Analytics does not load and sets no cookies.
- What you type to Locust or into the A.I.R.A. chat and search stays in your browser. It is never sent or saved.
- The CTRL Vault sets no cookies and loads no analytics.
- The trailer plays from YouTube, and nothing loads from YouTube until you press Play.
- We do not sell or rent personal information, and we do not use it for advertising.
Who is responsible
Kiteworks USA, LLC commissioned this campaign and is responsible for the personal data it collects.
Kiteworks USA, LLCAttn: Privacy Compliance
1510 Fashion Island Boulevard, Suite 100
San Mateo, CA 94404, USA
privacy@kiteworks.com
The Kiteworks Privacy Notice describes how Kiteworks handles personal data in general.
What we collect and why
| What | When | Why | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical details every website receives: IP address, browser, the page asked for | Every visit | To deliver the pages and keep them secure (short-lived server logs at our host, Vercel) | Legitimate interest: the site cannot work without it |
| Visit counts and the pages read, with an approximate location from your IP address | Only after you choose Accept | To see which parts of the campaign are read | Your consent |
| Your Accept or Decline | When you choose | To remember it, so the notice is not shown again | Legitimate interest: needed to respect your choice |
| The trailer, played from YouTube | Only when you press Play | To play the trailer you asked for | Your request; YouTube's own terms apply |
Cookies and browser storage
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
aira_cookie_notice | This site | Remembers your Accept or Decline | 6 months |
_ga | Google Analytics, only after Accept | Tells one visitor's visits apart from another's | Up to 2 years |
_ga_JW8TMN020G | Google Analytics, only after Accept | Keeps one visit together | Up to 2 years |
| Session storage | The A.I.R.A. site | Your place in the story, never what you type | Until you close the tab |
| Local storage | The A.I.R.A. site and the Vault | The sound switch, the Vault's graphics level, and whether you have seen its welcome | Until you clear it |
| YouTube storage | youtube-nocookie.com, only after Play | Plays the trailer | YouTube's own terms |
Your browser settings can also block or delete cookies at any time.
What the story keeps
The story on the A.I.R.A. pages is authored, not a live model. It cannot see you, access your device, or control anything outside these pages. Your browser tab keeps a short record of your place in the story and simple counts of pages, clicks and searches, never the words you typed, and it is not sent anywhere.
When the story ends, your browser keeps the case number and the time for 30 minutes, so a new tab opens on the locked page. The link into the Vault carries that case number and time, the page you were reading and how many edits you saw, so the Vault can show the same page. Answers to "Was this page helpful?" are not recorded or sent.
Who else receives data
- Vercel hosts these pages and the Vault, and receives the technical details listed above in order to deliver them.
- Google receives data only if you accept Google Analytics, or when you press Play on the trailer (YouTube).
Both companies are based in the United States, so this data may be processed there. Google participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
Your rights
You can withdraw your consent at any time with the Decline button above; that does not affect anything before you withdrew it. You can also ask to see, correct or delete your data, ask us to limit its use, object to it, and ask for a copy you can take elsewhere. You can complain to your data protection authority.
To use these rights or ask a question, email privacy@kiteworks.com or write to the address above.
Children and changes
This campaign is not intended for children under 18. If this page changes, the date below changes with it.
Last updated October 29, 2026