At Sithovaronix, we believe in straightforward communication about how we collect information through cookies and similar tracking technologies. This policy explains what happens when you visit sithovaronix.com, what data gets stored on your device, and how you can manage these preferences.
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer or mobile device when you visit. They're widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide useful information to site owners. We use them to remember your preferences, understand how you interact with our budgeting tools, and improve your overall experience.
What Tracking Technologies We Use
When you access our departmental budgeting platform, several types of tracking technologies come into play. Some are absolutely necessary for the site to function properly. Others help us understand usage patterns or remember your preferences between visits.
Essential Cookies Required
These cookies keep the platform running. They handle your login session, remember which department budget you're currently viewing, and ensure secure data transmission. Without them, you wouldn't be able to access your account or save budget changes. These cannot be disabled as they're fundamental to site functionality.
Functional Cookies
These remember choices you make to give you a more personalized experience. For instance, they recall your preferred currency display format, which budget categories you've expanded, or whether you prefer dark mode when reviewing financial reports late at night.
Analytics Cookies
We use these to understand how people navigate through our budgeting tools. They tell us which features get used most often, where users encounter difficulties, and which resources in our learning centre actually help people. This information guides our development priorities and helps us create better financial planning tools.
Marketing Cookies
These track your journey across different pages to understand which aspects of departmental budgeting interest you most. They help us show relevant content about features you might find useful and measure whether our educational materials reach the right audience. They also prevent you from seeing the same promotional message repeatedly.
How Cookies Enhance Your Experience
Let's talk about practical examples. When you're building a departmental budget forecast, functional cookies remember which fiscal year you're working on. If you set up custom budget categories specific to your organisation, those preferences persist between sessions thanks to local storage.
Analytics cookies help us spot patterns. Last year, we noticed through cookie data that many users were struggling with our variance analysis feature. The click patterns showed confusion around a particular button placement. We redesigned that entire section based on what the data revealed about actual user behaviour.
Session Management
Essential cookies maintain your authenticated session. When you log into Sithovaronix, a session cookie confirms your identity as you move between budget reviews, report generation, and forecast adjustments. This cookie expires when you close your browser or after 60 minutes of inactivity for security purposes.
Preference Storage
Your display preferences, notification settings, and interface customisations get stored locally. This means when you return to sithovaronix.com next week to review your quarterly budget, everything appears exactly as you left it. These preferences remain stored unless you clear your browser data or reject non-essential cookies.
Performance Monitoring
We track page load times and feature responsiveness through performance cookies. When our budget calculation engine takes longer than expected, we know about it. This data feeds directly into our technical team's optimisation work.
Data Retention and Storage
Different cookies have different lifespans based on their purpose. Session cookies vanish when you close your browser. Preference cookies might stick around for up to twelve months so your settings persist. Analytics cookies typically expire after two years, though we regularly review and clean up older data.
The actual information stored in cookies is quite minimal. A typical session cookie contains an encrypted identifier that links to your account on our servers. A preference cookie might store a simple flag like "darkMode=true" or "currencyFormat=AUD". Marketing cookies track page views and timestamps rather than personal details.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on sithovaronix.com come from external services we integrate with. Our analytics provider places cookies to measure traffic patterns. If you watch an embedded tutorial video, the video platform might set its own cookies. We carefully vet all third-party services and only work with providers who meet Australian privacy standards.
These third parties have their own cookie policies which govern how they handle data. While we ensure they operate within acceptable parameters, we don't directly control their cookie management practices.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Every modern browser gives you control over cookie acceptance. You can block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or delete existing cookies whenever you choose. Keep in mind that blocking essential cookies will prevent you from accessing your Sithovaronix account.
Here's how to access cookie settings in popular browsers:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
When you reject non-essential cookies through the button above, we store that preference in local storage. Your choice persists across sessions until you clear your browser data or change the setting.
Changes to This Policy
We update this cookie policy occasionally as our platform evolves or regulations change. When significant changes occur, we'll notify active users through email and display a prominent notice on the dashboard. The "Last Updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.
If we introduce new types of tracking technologies or significantly change how we use existing cookies, we'll seek fresh consent where required by Australian privacy law. You'll always have the opportunity to review changes before they affect your account.
Questions About Our Cookie Practices?
If you're curious about specific cookies, want clarification about how we use tracking data, or have concerns about privacy practices, we're here to help.
Email: contact@sithovaronix.com
Phone: +61 3 9629 2677
Address: 20 Spencer St, Five Dock NSW 2046, Australia