Cookie Policy
Understanding How We Use Tracking Technologies
What Are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit blexarportal.com. These files help us remember your preferences and provide you with a better browsing experience. We also use similar tracking technologies like web beacons, pixels, and local storage to collect information about how you interact with our retirement planning platform.
Think of cookies as digital bookmarks that help our website remember who you are and what you've done during previous visits. They're completely harmless and don't contain any personal information that could identify you outside of our website context.
Beyond traditional cookies, we employ various tracking mechanisms including session storage, local storage, and embedded scripts that work together to enhance your experience on our platform. These technologies allow us to maintain your login status, remember your calculator settings, and provide personalized retirement planning recommendations.
Types of Tracking Technologies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are absolutely necessary for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality like security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies.
Functional Cookies
These enhance your experience by remembering your preferences, language settings, and retirement planning tool configurations. They make your visits more convenient and personalized.
Analytics Cookies
We use these to understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are most popular, and how we can improve our retirement planning resources and tools.
Marketing Cookies
These help us deliver relevant financial education content and retirement planning information that matches your interests and previous interactions with our platform.
How We Use Your Information
The information we collect through cookies and tracking technologies helps us provide you with a superior retirement planning experience. We use this data to understand which retirement calculators are most helpful, which educational content resonates with our South African audience, and how we can improve our platform's usability.
Personalization and User Experience
We analyze your browsing patterns to customize your dashboard, suggest relevant retirement planning articles, and remember your calculator preferences. This means you won't have to re-enter your information every time you visit our retirement planning tools.
Our analytics help us identify popular content about South African retirement regulations, tax implications, and investment strategies. This information guides our content creation and ensures we're addressing the most pressing retirement planning concerns for our users.
We also use tracking data to optimize our website's performance, ensuring fast loading times for our retirement calculators and educational resources. This technical optimization directly benefits your user experience by reducing wait times and improving overall functionality.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have complete control over how cookies are used on your device. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may limit your ability to use certain features of our retirement planning platform.
Chrome Browser
- Click the three dots menu in the top right corner
- Select "Settings" then "Privacy and Security"
- Click "Cookies and other site data"
- Choose your preferred cookie settings
Firefox Browser
- Click the menu button and select "Options"
- Go to "Privacy & Security"
- Under "Cookies and Site Data" adjust your settings
- You can block all cookies or create exceptions
Safari Browser
- Go to Safari menu and select "Preferences"
- Click on "Privacy" tab
- Choose your cookie blocking preferences
- You can also manage website data from here
Remember that blocking essential cookies may prevent you from accessing certain features of our retirement planning tools, including the ability to save your calculations and preferences.
Data Retention and Security
We retain cookie data for varying periods depending on the type of information collected. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies may remain on your device for up to two years unless you manually delete them.
Security Measures
All data collected through our tracking technologies is protected using industry-standard encryption and security protocols. We never share your personal browsing data with third parties without your explicit consent, and we regularly audit our security practices to ensure your information remains protected.
Our cookie data is stored on secure servers located in South Africa, ensuring compliance with local data protection regulations. We implement regular security updates and monitoring to protect against unauthorized access or data breaches.
You can request deletion of your cookie data at any time by contacting our support team or by clearing your browser's cookie storage manually. We also provide tools within your account dashboard to manage your privacy preferences and data retention settings.
Third-Party Cookies and Services
Our website uses select third-party services that may place their own cookies on your device. These include analytics providers that help us understand website performance and user behavior patterns. We carefully vet all third-party services to ensure they meet our privacy and security standards.
Some of our retirement planning calculators integrate with financial data providers that may use cookies to enhance their services. These partnerships allow us to provide more accurate and up-to-date information about South African retirement regulations and investment options.
We maintain strict agreements with all third-party providers regarding data usage and privacy protection. These partners are prohibited from using your data for their own marketing purposes or sharing it with other organizations without your explicit consent.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this cookie policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When we make significant changes, we'll notify you through our website or by email if you've subscribed to our updates.
We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we use cookies and tracking technologies. The most current version will always be available on our website with the revision date clearly displayed.
If you have questions about any changes to our cookie policy or need clarification about how we use tracking technologies, please don't hesitate to contact our support team. We're committed to maintaining transparency about our data practices and helping you understand your privacy options.
Questions About Our Cookie Policy?
Progress Aerodrome Old Cape Rd, Greenbushes, Gqeberha, 6390, South Africa
Phone: +27 84 523 4162
Email: info@blexarportal.com
This Cookie Policy was last updated on January 15, 2025