How This Actually Works

The Technical Side

When you visit afeloracenti.com, your browser receives small text files that get stored on your device. These files contain identifiers that help our server recognize you when you return. Think of them as temporary name tags that help our site remember who you are and what you were working on.

Some cookies expire when you close your browser. Others stick around for months or even years, depending on their purpose. A session cookie might keep you logged in while you browse between pages. A persistent cookie might remember that you prefer to view budget forecasts in quarterly rather than monthly views.

What We Track and Why

Here's what we actually collect through these technologies:

• Which pages you visit and how long you spend on them—this tells us if our financial calculators are useful or confusing
• What device and browser you're using—we need to ensure our tools work properly across different setups
• Where you came from (search engine, direct visit, referral link)—helps us understand how people find us
• Which features you interact with most frequently—guides our development priorities
• Error messages or technical issues you encounter—so we can fix problems quickly

We don't track your actual financial data through cookies. The budget figures you enter into our calculators stay separate from this tracking system. We're interested in how you use the tools, not the personal financial details you input.

Data Retention and Storage

Different cookies have different lifespans. Session cookies disappear when you close your browser—they're temporary by design. Persistent cookies stick around longer, but we set expiration dates based on their purpose.

We regularly review and clear out old cookie data. If a cookie isn't serving its purpose anymore, we don't keep it around just because we can.

Third-Party Services

We use several external services that set their own cookies. For example, if we embed a video tutorial about budget planning, the video platform might set cookies to remember your playback preferences or track viewing statistics.

When you see social sharing buttons on our articles, those platforms might place tracking cookies even if you don't click them. This is standard practice across the web, but it's worth knowing about. We try to minimize third-party trackers where possible, but some are necessary for functionality we want to offer.

These third parties have their own privacy policies that govern how they use the data they collect. We can't control their practices, which is why we're selective about which external services we integrate into afeloracenti.com.