Cookie & Data Usage Policy

Understanding how Areta Online uses tracking technologies to enhance your financial learning experience

Last Updated: December 2024

How We Use Tracking Technologies

At Areta Online, we believe transparency matters — especially when it comes to your personal data. While we're passionate about helping you master budgeting skills, we also want you to understand exactly how our website collects and uses information about your visit.

Think of cookies and tracking technologies as helpful assistants that remember your preferences and help us create a smoother experience. But unlike a human assistant, these digital tools work behind the scenes, collecting specific types of information that we'll break down for you below.

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Essential Cookies

These are the cookies that keep our website functioning properly. Without them, you wouldn't be able to navigate between pages, log into your account, or access our learning materials. They're like the foundation of a house — invisible but absolutely necessary.

What they track:

Session identifiers, login status, language preferences, security tokens, and basic site functionality. These cookies typically expire when you close your browser or after a short period of inactivity.

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Functional Enhancement Cookies

These cookies remember your choices and personalize your experience. They're the reason our website "remembers" that you prefer viewing your budget in euros rather than dollars, or that you've already completed certain learning modules.

What they remember:

Display preferences, completed courses, bookmarked content, form data (to save you from re-entering information), and customized dashboard layouts. These usually persist for several months.

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Performance & Analytics Cookies

We use these to understand how people interact with our content. This helps us identify which budgeting techniques are most popular, where users might be getting stuck, and which parts of our platform need improvement.

Information collected:

Page views, time spent on different sections, click patterns, search terms within our site, device and browser information, and general location data (country/city level). Individual users cannot be identified from this data.

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Marketing & Communication Cookies

These help us show you relevant information about new courses or features that might interest you based on your learning progress. We don't share this data with external advertisers, but we do use it to communicate more effectively with our community.

How we use this data:

Course recommendations, email campaign effectiveness, content personalization, and measuring engagement with our educational materials. This helps us avoid sending you information about basic budgeting if you've already mastered advanced investment strategies.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have complete control over how cookies are used on your device. Most browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies through their settings. Here's how to access these controls in popular browsers:

Chrome

Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data. You can block all cookies, allow only first-party cookies, or create exceptions for specific sites.

Firefox

Preferences → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. Firefox offers enhanced tracking protection and easy cookie management options.

Safari

Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data. Safari includes intelligent tracking prevention and allows granular control over cross-site tracking.

Edge

Settings → Site permissions → Cookies and site data. Microsoft Edge provides tracking prevention levels and detailed cookie controls.

How Long We Keep Your Data

Different types of information are stored for different periods, depending on their purpose and legal requirements:

Session Data

Automatically deleted when you close your browser or after 24 hours of inactivity

Learning Progress

Stored for up to 3 years or until you request deletion of your account

Analytics Data

Aggregated and anonymized data kept for up to 2 years for improvement purposes

Marketing Preferences

Maintained until you change them or close your account

Questions About Our Cookie Policy?

We're committed to transparency and are happy to explain any aspect of our data practices in more detail.

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