Data Usage and Cookie Policy
Understanding how xirelathane collects and manages information to enhance your financial analysis experience
Tracking Technologies Overview
At xirelathane, we employ various tracking technologies to deliver personalized budget variance analysis tools and improve your overall experience on xirelathane.com. These technologies include cookies, web beacons, local storage, and session identifiers that help us understand how you interact with our platform.
When you visit our platform, these technologies automatically collect certain information about your device, browser preferences, and navigation patterns. This data helps us customize your dashboard, remember your analysis preferences, and provide relevant financial insights based on your usage patterns.
Types of Tracking Methods
Essential Cookies
Required for core platform functionality including secure login, session management, and basic navigation. These cannot be disabled as they're necessary for xirelathane's budget analysis tools to function properly.
Functional Cookies
Remember your preferences such as dashboard layout, preferred currency formats, and customized variance thresholds. These enhance your experience by personalizing the interface to your workflow needs.
Analytics Cookies
Track usage patterns to help us understand which features are most valuable and identify areas for improvement in our variance analysis algorithms and reporting tools.
Marketing Cookies
Deliver relevant content about new features and educational resources related to financial analysis. These help us show you information that matches your professional interests.
Cookie Preferences
You have complete control over non-essential cookies on xirelathane. Click the button below to decline all tracking cookies while maintaining access to our core budget analysis features.
Essential Cookies We Use
These cookies are necessary for xirelathane's budget variance analysis platform to function. They cannot be disabled through this interface as doing so would break core functionality.
- domain_session: Maintains your login session and prevents unauthorized access to your financial data
- csrf_token: Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks on your account
- preference_data: Stores your dashboard configuration and analysis settings locally
- security_hash: Verifies the integrity of data transfers between your browser and our servers
How Tracking Enhances Your Experience
Our tracking technologies work behind the scenes to make your budget analysis workflow more efficient. For example, when you frequently access variance reports for specific departments, our system learns this pattern and prioritizes loading those data sets faster.
The platform remembers your preferred chart types, color schemes for variance indicators, and typical reporting periods. This means less time configuring settings and more time analyzing your financial data effectively.
We also use aggregated tracking data to identify common pain points in the user journey. This research has led to improvements like our predictive variance alerts and streamlined export functions that many users find valuable.
Data Retention and Control
Most tracking cookies expire automatically after 12 months, though session cookies are cleared when you close your browser. You can manually clear all cookies through your browser settings at any time without affecting your stored financial data or account access.
For marketing and analytics cookies that you've accepted, we retain the data for a maximum of 24 months before automatic deletion. Essential cookies persist only as long as needed for security and functionality purposes.
You maintain complete control over your tracking preferences and can update them at any time by returning to this page. Changes take effect immediately and don't require logging out or refreshing your current analysis work.
Browser Configuration Options
Beyond our preference controls, you can manage cookies directly through your browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to block third-party cookies while still permitting first-party cookies necessary for site functionality.
Chrome users can access cookie settings through Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies. Firefox users will find similar controls under Options > Privacy & Security. Safari users can configure tracking prevention through Preferences > Privacy.
Keep in mind that blocking all cookies may impact your ability to stay logged in or use advanced features of xirelathane's variance analysis tools. We recommend using our preference controls above for the best balance of privacy and functionality.
Questions About Our Data Usage?
Our privacy team is available to discuss any concerns about how xirelathane collects or uses tracking data.
Email us at info@xirelathane.com or call +61 3 5441 3812
Postal inquiries: 225 Barnard St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
Last updated: January 2025