Cookie Policy
We use tracking technologies on calyrenphora.org to make your experience better and understand how you interact with our budget deviation analysis tools. This policy explains what these technologies do and how you can control them.
What Are Cookies and How Do They Work?
Cookies are small text files that get stored on your device when you visit our website. Think of them as digital sticky notes that help our site remember things about you — like your preferences or whether you're logged in.
When you visit calyrenphora.org, our server sends these files to your browser. Your browser stores them and sends them back to us during your next visit. This helps us recognise you and provide a smoother experience.
Beyond traditional cookies, we also use similar technologies like web beacons, pixels, and local storage. These work in comparable ways but serve different technical purposes.
Types of Tracking We Use
Essential Cookies Required
These keep the site working properly. Without them, you wouldn't be able to log in, save your budget analyses, or move between pages securely. We don't ask permission for these because the site literally can't function without them.
Functional Cookies Optional
These remember your choices and customise your experience. They're not strictly necessary, but they make using our budget analysis tools much more convenient.
Analytical Cookies Optional
These help us understand how people use calyrenphora.org. We look at which features get used most, where people get stuck, and what we can improve. All this data is aggregated — we're not watching individual users.
Marketing Cookies Optional
These track your activity across websites to show you relevant content about our services. If you've visited our site and later see our ads elsewhere, that's these cookies at work.
How We Use This Information
The data we collect through these technologies serves specific purposes. We're not collecting it just to have it — each piece helps us provide a better service.
For essential functionality, cookies maintain your login session and ensure your financial data stays secure during your visit. When you move between different analysis tools, these cookies verify that you're authorised to access that information.
Functional tracking remembers your customisations. If you've set up your dashboard with specific widgets showing particular metrics, we store those preferences so you don't have to configure everything again next visit.
Our analytical tracking helps us spot issues and opportunities. Maybe people are abandoning a particular report halfway through — that tells us something's confusing and needs work. Or if a feature hardly gets used, we might need to make it more discoverable or rethink whether it's actually useful.
Marketing tracking helps us show information about our courses and tools to people who've expressed interest by visiting our site. Instead of seeing random ads, you might see content about our upcoming budget analysis workshops scheduled for late 2025.
Third-Party Tracking
Some cookies on our site come from third parties. We use external services for analytics and advertising, and they set their own cookies to track activity across multiple websites.
These third parties have their own privacy policies that govern how they use this data. We choose partners carefully, but once they've set a cookie on your device, their policies apply to how that information gets used.
| Service Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics Platform | Site usage statistics and performance monitoring | Up to 24 months |
| Video Hosting | Educational content delivery and viewing analytics | Session to 12 months |
| Advertising Networks | Campaign tracking and audience targeting | Up to 12 months |
Managing Your Preferences
You've got several ways to control cookies on your device. Your browser gives you options to block or delete cookies, though this might affect how our site works for you.
If you block all cookies, you won't be able to log into calyrenphora.org or use most of our budget analysis features. Blocking just third-party cookies is usually a good middle ground — you can still use the site but limit external tracking.
Data Retention
Different cookies stick around for different lengths of time. Session cookies disappear when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain until they expire or you delete them.
Our Retention Approach
Essential cookies last as long as your session or up to 30 days if you've chosen to stay logged in. Functional preferences might stick around for up to 12 months so we can remember your settings. Analytical data typically gets aggregated within 90 days and loses its connection to individual devices. Marketing cookies from third parties usually expire after 12 months.
We regularly review stored data and clear out anything we no longer need. If you delete cookies from your browser, that removes them immediately regardless of their expiration date.
Mobile Apps and Other Platforms
If we develop mobile applications in the future, they'll use similar tracking technologies through mobile advertising identifiers and local storage rather than traditional browser cookies. The principles remain the same — we'd track what's needed for functionality and improvement while giving you control over optional tracking.
Your mobile operating system provides settings to limit ad tracking and reset your advertising identifier. These controls work across all apps on your device.
Updates to This Policy
We update this policy when we change how we use cookies or when legal requirements shift. The date at the top shows when we last revised it.
Major changes get announced through the platform when you log in. For minor updates, the revised policy just appears here. Checking back occasionally keeps you informed about how we're using tracking technologies.
Questions About Our Cookie Use?
If something about our tracking practices isn't clear, or you want more details about specific cookies we use, reach out to us. We're at Shop 4/6 - 14 Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, or you can email help@calyrenphora.org.
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