Cookie & Data Usage Policy

What Are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?

Cookies are small text files that websites store on your device when you visit them. Think of them as digital breadcrumbs that help websites remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience. At xarionvelta, we use various tracking technologies beyond traditional cookies to provide you with a seamless financial modeling platform.

These technologies include web beacons, pixel tags, local storage, and session storage. Each serves a specific purpose in making your experience more personalized and efficient. When you access our financial modeling tools, these technologies work together to remember your dashboard preferences, save your work progress, and provide relevant educational content.

Types of Data Collection on xarionvelta.com

Essential Platform Functionality

Our platform collects data necessary for basic functionality. This includes authentication tokens that keep you logged in, session data that maintains your workspace, and security information that protects your account. Without these essential elements, you wouldn't be able to access your financial modeling projects or maintain progress between sessions.

Learning Analytics and Progress Tracking

We monitor how you interact with our educational content to improve course delivery. This includes tracking which lessons you've completed, time spent on different modules, and areas where students typically struggle. This data helps us refine our curriculum and provide better support resources.

Performance and Technical Data

We collect technical information about how our platform performs on your device. This includes page load times, error reports, browser compatibility data, and usage patterns that help us optimize the platform for different devices and connection speeds.

Cookie Categories and Your Control Options

How We Enhance Your Experience

Our data collection serves specific purposes that directly benefit your learning experience. When you're working through our financial modeling courses, we remember where you left off, which concepts you've mastered, and areas where you might need additional support.

Personalized Learning Paths

Based on your interaction patterns, we can suggest relevant courses and identify knowledge gaps. If you're struggling with DCF models but excelling at financial statement analysis, our system adapts to provide targeted resources and additional practice materials.

Platform Optimization

We use performance data to identify bottlenecks and improve load times. This is particularly important for our complex financial modeling tools that require significant computational resources. By understanding how different devices handle our platform, we can optimize the experience for everyone.

Security and Fraud Prevention

We monitor unusual access patterns to protect your account from unauthorized access. This includes detecting simultaneous logins from different locations, unusual download patterns, or attempts to access restricted content.

Third-Party Services and Data Sharing

xarionvelta works with carefully selected third-party services to enhance our platform capabilities. These partnerships are governed by strict data protection agreements that ensure your information remains secure and is used only for specified purposes.

Educational Technology Partners

We integrate with learning management systems and assessment tools that help deliver our courses more effectively. These services process educational data solely for the purpose of providing you with a better learning experience.

Analytics and Performance Monitoring

We use Google Analytics and similar services to understand how our platform performs and how users interact with our content. This data is aggregated and anonymized, helping us make data-driven improvements to our educational offerings.

Communication Services

Our email communications and support systems are powered by third-party services that help us maintain consistent, professional communication with our students and prospects. These services only process data necessary for communication purposes.

Data Retention and Your Rights

We retain your data only as long as necessary to provide our services and comply with legal requirements. Different types of data have different retention periods based on their purpose and your relationship with our platform.

Account and Educational Data

Your course progress, certificates, and learning achievements are retained for the lifetime of your account. This allows you to access your educational history and demonstrate your completed coursework even years after completion.

Technical and Analytics Data

Performance data and usage analytics are typically retained for 24 months, after which they're either anonymized or deleted. This timeframe allows us to identify long-term trends while respecting your privacy rights.

Your Data Rights

Under UK data protection laws, you have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data. You can also request data portability or object to certain types of processing. Contact our data protection team to exercise these rights or ask questions about your data.

Managing Your Browser Settings

While our preference center provides the most comprehensive control over your data, you can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Each browser offers different options for controlling cookie behavior and managing stored data.

For mobile devices, cookie management is typically found within the browser app's settings menu. Some mobile browsers also offer enhanced privacy modes that automatically limit tracking technologies.