What Are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?

Cookies are small text files that get stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us remember your preferences and understand how you interact with our financial management tools. Think of them as digital bookmarks that make your return visits smoother.

Beyond standard cookies, we also use web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage technologies. These work together to provide you with a consistent experience across different sessions. When you're working with complex spreadsheet data, these tools help maintain your workspace settings and recently accessed files.

Types of Tracking We Use

Not all tracking serves the same purpose. Here's how we categorize what happens on silovarienq.com:

How Tracking Enhances Your Experience

Let's be practical about this. When you're managing financial data through spreadsheets, you need things to work consistently. Here's what our tracking enables:

• Your custom formulas and templates stay accessible across different devices and browser sessions
• The system remembers which reports you generate regularly and pre-loads relevant data faster
• We can identify when calculation errors occur and fix them before they affect multiple users
• Your dashboard arrangement stays exactly how you organized it, even after weeks away from the platform
• Security features can detect unusual access patterns that might indicate unauthorized account use

Managing Your Tracking Preferences

You have control over most tracking technologies we use. Your browser gives you several options for managing cookies and similar technologies. Keep in mind that blocking essential cookies will prevent you from using core platform features, but you can certainly limit analytical and marketing tracking.

If you're using silovarienq.com through our mobile apps, you can adjust tracking preferences through your device settings under app permissions. Both iOS and Android give you granular control over what data apps can collect.

Data Retention and Your Control

Different tracking technologies have different lifespans. Session cookies disappear when you close your browser. Persistent cookies might stick around for months or years, depending on their purpose. Here's our general approach:

• Essential cookies last as long as you maintain an active account with us
• Functional preferences typically expire after 12 months of inactivity
• Analytical data gets aggregated and anonymized after 90 days
• Marketing tracking respects opt-out preferences immediately and permanently

You can clear cookies manually at any time through your browser settings. Just know that this will reset your preferences and you'll need to log back in. For financial management software, we actually recommend keeping essential cookies active—constantly re-authenticating disrupts your workflow when you're trying to focus on your data.

Third-Party Tracking

We work with select third-party services that help us provide better financial management tools. These include analytics providers, security services, and infrastructure partners. They may place their own cookies on your device when you use silovarienq.com.

We're selective about who we work with. Any third party handling data through our platform must meet Australian privacy standards and commit to data protection practices that match our own. That said, we can't control their individual policies once data leaves our systems—you should review their privacy documentation if you're concerned about specific services.

Updates to This Policy

We update this policy when we add new tracking technologies or change how we use existing ones. Significant changes get communicated directly to active users via email. Minor updates appear here with a revised date at the top of the page.

If you have an account with silovarienq.com, you'll receive notification of policy changes at least 30 days before they take effect. This gives you time to review modifications and adjust your preferences accordingly.