Cookie and Tracking Policy
Understanding how bermionavexa.com uses data collection technologies to enhance your budgeting and forecasting experience
What This Policy Covers
When you visit bermionavexa.com, we use various tracking technologies to make your financial planning experience smoother and more personalised. This isn't about surveillance—it's about remembering your preferences and helping you navigate our platform efficiently.
We collect data through cookies, local storage, and similar technologies. Some of these are essential for basic functionality (like keeping you logged in), while others help us understand how people actually use our budgeting tools so we can make them better.
You've got control here. This policy explains what we track, why we track it, and how you can adjust these settings to match your comfort level with data sharing.
Essential Tracking
These technologies keep the site working properly. Without them, you wouldn't be able to log in, save forecasts, or navigate between pages while maintaining your session.
- Authentication tokens that verify your identity
- Session data that remembers your current workspace
- Security measures that protect against unauthorised access
- Load balancing that ensures consistent performance
Functional Tracking
These remember your choices and preferences, making repeat visits more convenient. They're optional but recommended for a better experience.
- Display preferences for charts and graphs
- Currency format and regional settings
- Dashboard layout customisation
- Notification preferences and frequency
Analytical Tracking
We use these to understand how people interact with our forecasting tools. This data helps us identify confusing features or underused capabilities.
- Feature usage patterns and frequency
- Navigation paths through the platform
- Time spent on different sections
- Error rates and technical issues encountered
Marketing Tracking
These help us show you relevant information about new features or educational resources. You can disable these without affecting core functionality.
- Campaign effectiveness measurement
- Content recommendation personalisation
- Educational resource suggestions
- Feature announcement targeting
How Tracking Technologies Work
When you first visit bermionavexa.com, your browser receives small text files (cookies) that get stored on your device. These files contain identifiers that our servers recognise when you return.
Cookie Types We Deploy
Session cookies exist only while you're actively using the platform. Once you close your browser, they disappear. These handle things like maintaining your login state while you move between budget pages and forecast reports.
Persistent cookies stick around longer—sometimes months or even a year. They remember your language preference, chart display settings, and other choices you've made to customise your experience.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| domain_session | Maintains your logged-in state across pages | Session | Essential |
| domain_prefs | Stores dashboard layout and display preferences | 12 months | Functional |
| domain_analytics | Tracks feature usage for improvement purposes | 24 months | Analytical |
| domain_locale | Remembers your currency and date format settings | 12 months | Functional |
| domain_campaign | Measures effectiveness of feature announcements | 6 months | Marketing |
Local Storage and Session Storage
Beyond cookies, we also use browser storage APIs. Local storage keeps draft budgets and unsaved work, so if your browser crashes mid-edit, you won't lose everything. Session storage handles temporary calculation data that doesn't need to persist after you leave.
The main difference? Local storage sticks around until you explicitly clear it, while session storage vanishes when you close the tab—similar to session cookies but with more capacity for complex data structures.
Third-Party Tracking Elements
We use a limited number of external services that set their own tracking elements. Our analytics provider helps us understand aggregate usage patterns. These services operate under their own privacy policies, though we've configured them to respect your privacy choices where possible.
Managing Your Tracking Preferences
Most modern browsers give you straightforward control over cookies and tracking technologies. The exact location of these settings varies, but the functionality is similar across all major browsers.
Chrome
Navigate to Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data. Here you can block third-party cookies, clear existing data, or manage exceptions for specific sites like bermionavexa.com.
Firefox
Go to Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. Firefox offers enhanced tracking protection with standard, strict, or custom levels that you can adjust based on your preferences.
Safari
Access Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data. Safari includes intelligent tracking prevention by default, blocking many third-party trackers while allowing functional cookies.
Edge
Visit Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data. Edge provides tracking prevention with three levels: basic, balanced, and strict.
Opera
Check Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and other site data. Opera includes built-in ad blocking and tracker protection that you can enable alongside cookie controls.
Brave
Brave blocks most trackers by default. Fine-tune settings at Preferences → Shields → Cookies and Site data. You can adjust protection levels per site or globally.
Be aware that blocking essential cookies will prevent you from logging into bermionavexa.com or using core platform features. You can usually create exceptions for specific sites while maintaining strict defaults elsewhere.
Data Retention Periods
We don't keep tracking data indefinitely. Different types of information have different retention schedules based on their purpose and legal requirements.
- Session Data: Deleted immediately when you log out or your session expires (typically 24 hours of inactivity)
- Functional Preferences: Retained for 12 months from your last visit, then automatically purged
- Analytics Data: Aggregated and anonymised after 26 months, with identifying details stripped earlier
- Marketing Data: Cleared after 6 months or immediately if you opt out of marketing tracking
- Security Logs: Maintained for 90 days for fraud prevention and security analysis
When you close your account with bermionavexa.com, we initiate immediate deletion of all associated tracking data. Some information may persist in backup systems for up to 30 days before complete removal.
Your Rights and Choices
Access Your Data
Request a complete export of tracking data we've collected about your account. This includes cookie identifiers, browsing patterns, and preference settings. We'll provide this in a readable format within 30 days.
Opt Out of Non-Essential Tracking
While logged in, visit your account settings to disable analytical and marketing tracking. This won't affect core functionality but will limit our ability to personalise your experience.
Request Data Deletion
Ask us to remove all tracking data associated with your account. We'll complete this within 14 days, though we may need to retain certain information for legal compliance purposes.
Update Your Preferences
Change tracking settings at any time through your account dashboard. Adjustments take effect immediately and apply to all future browsing sessions on bermionavexa.com.
Under Australian privacy legislation, you have additional rights regarding personal data collection and usage. If you believe we've mishandled your information or you want to exercise these rights, contact our privacy team directly.
Questions About This Policy?
Privacy policies can be confusing, and we'd rather you ask questions than remain uncertain about how we handle your data. Reach out to our support team—they're actual humans who can explain things in plain language.