What Are Tracking Technologies?

Tracking technologies are small data files or code snippets that help websites remember information about your visit. Think of them like bookmarks that keep track of where you've been and what preferences you've set.

When you visit romesilore.world, your browser receives these small files. Some disappear when you close your browser, while others stick around longer to remember things like your preferred dashboard layout or whether you've logged in recently.

Most websites today use these technologies because they make the web actually work the way you expect it to. Without them, you'd have to re-enter your preferences every single time you visited a page.

Types of Tracking We Use

Essential Tracking

These are the non-negotiable ones that keep romesilore.world functioning properly. They handle things like keeping you logged in, remembering which scenario you were working on, and making sure your financial models save correctly.

Without essential tracking, our platform would be basically unusable. You couldn't save your work, switch between pages, or maintain your session. We can't turn these off because they're fundamental to how the website operates.

Functional Tracking

These remember your preferences and choices. If you've customized your dashboard layout, selected default currencies, or set specific parameters for your modeling scenarios, functional tracking is what remembers all that.

They make romesilore.world feel personalized to you. Without them, you'd start from scratch every time you visited, which gets old fast when you're working on complex financial scenarios.

Analytics Tracking

This is how we figure out what's working and what isn't. Analytics tracking shows us which features people actually use, where they get stuck, and which parts of the platform need improvement.

For example, if we notice that most users abandon a particular modeling feature halfway through, that tells us something's confusing or broken. We can then fix it. The data is aggregated, so we're looking at patterns, not watching individual users.

Marketing Tracking

These help us understand how people found romesilore.world and whether our educational content is reaching the right audience. If you clicked an ad about scenario modeling, marketing tracking helps us know that ad was relevant to you.

We also use this to avoid showing you the same promotional content repeatedly. If you've already signed up for our modeling workshop in September 2025, you won't keep seeing invitations for it.

Specific Tracking Methods

How Tracking Enhances Your Experience

Here's what this actually looks like in practice. When you're building a financial scenario on romesilore.world, tracking remembers your progress so you can pick up exactly where you left off, even if you close your browser or switch devices.

If you're comparing multiple scenarios, we remember which ones you've marked as favorites or which parameters you use most frequently. This saves you from recreating the same baseline assumptions every time.

Analytics tracking helps us identify which modeling features are most valuable to Canadian financial professionals. When we saw that tax scenario modeling was getting heavy use in early 2025, we invested more development time in expanding those capabilities.

We also use this data to catch bugs before they affect everyone. If a particular browser version is causing issues with chart rendering, we can spot that pattern and fix it quickly.

Data Retention and Control

Different types of tracking data stick around for different lengths of time. Session data disappears when you close your browser. Preference data might last a year because that's how long we think your preferences stay relevant.

Analytics data is aggregated and anonymized after 90 days. We keep the patterns but remove the identifying information. Marketing tracking expires after three months unless you interact with new campaigns.

You can clear all non-essential tracking at any time by using the rejection controls on this page. Essential tracking will remain because it's required for the website to function, but everything else can be removed if you prefer.

Browser-Level Controls

Beyond our controls, you can manage tracking directly through your browser settings. Every major browser lets you block or delete these files, though doing so might break some website functionality.

• Chrome users can manage tracking through Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies
• Firefox offers Enhanced Tracking Protection in Settings → Privacy & Security
• Safari provides Intelligent Tracking Prevention in Preferences → Privacy
• Edge allows control through Settings → Privacy, Search, and Services

Keep in mind that blocking all tracking will likely prevent you from staying logged in, saving preferences, or using some interactive features on romesilore.world. Essential functionality requires some data storage.

Third-Party Services

We work with a few external services that help us run romesilore.world effectively. Our analytics platform helps us understand usage patterns. Our infrastructure provider handles secure data storage. Our email service manages course notifications for programs starting in autumn 2025.

These services have their own tracking policies, and we've chosen partners who meet Canadian privacy standards. But when you're on romesilore.world, you might be interacting with their tracking technologies too.

We don't share your personal modeling data with marketing platforms. Financial scenarios you create stay within our secure environment. Third-party tracking is limited to general usage patterns and anonymous technical information.

Updates to This Policy

We update this policy when we add new tracking technologies or change how we use existing ones. The date at the top shows when we last revised it.

Major changes get announced through email to active users and a notice on the dashboard. Minor clarifications might happen without notification, but you can always check back here to see the current state.

If you signed up for our scenario modeling courses scheduled for September 2025, you'll receive any relevant tracking policy updates as part of the regular course communications.