Cookie Policy
Understanding how Boralent uses tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience
Last Updated: February 2025 | Effective Date: January 1, 2025
When you visit boralent.pro, we use various tracking technologies to make your experience smoother and more personalized. Think of these as helpful tools that remember your preferences and help us understand how people use our website.
This policy explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and how you can control them. We believe in transparency—you should know exactly what's happening when you browse our site.
What Are Cookies Anyway?
Cookies are tiny text files that websites store on your device. They're not programs and can't carry viruses. Instead, they work like digital sticky notes that help websites remember information about your visit.
When you return to boralent.pro, these files tell us things like your language preference or whether you've logged in before. Some cookies disappear when you close your browser (we call these session cookies), while others stick around for longer periods (persistent cookies).
We also use similar technologies like web beacons and pixels—small transparent images that help us track how emails are opened or which parts of our website get the most attention.
Types of Tracking We Use
Essential Cookies
These are the basics we need to keep the website functioning. They handle security, load balancing, and form submissions. Without these, boralent.pro simply wouldn't work properly. You can't opt out of these because they're fundamental to the service.
Functional Cookies
These remember your choices and preferences—things like whether you prefer dark mode, your language selection, or regional settings. They make your experience more comfortable by saving you from adjusting settings every time you visit.
Analytics Cookies
We use these to understand how visitors interact with our content. Which articles get read most? Where do people spend their time? This helps us improve the website and create content that actually matters to our audience.
Marketing Cookies
These track your journey across different websites to build a profile of your interests. They help us show you relevant content and measure how effective our communications are. You have control over these.
How Boralent Uses These Technologies
We're not just collecting data for the sake of it. Everything we track serves a specific purpose tied to improving your experience with our investment education platform.
- Keeping you logged in securely as you navigate between pages
- Remembering your progress through educational modules and articles
- Personalizing content recommendations based on topics you've explored
- Understanding which investment patience strategies resonate with our Irish audience
- Testing different layouts to see which ones help people learn better
- Preventing fraudulent activity and protecting your account
- Analyzing traffic patterns to ensure our servers can handle peak times
- Measuring how effective our educational content is at helping people understand long-term investing
For example, when someone reads three articles about dividend reinvestment, our analytics cookies help us understand that this topic matters. We might then create more in-depth resources about it.
| Cookie Category | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Session Management | Until browser closes | Maintains your login state and form data during your visit |
| User Preferences | 1 year | Stores settings like display mode, language, and notification preferences |
| Analytics Data | 2 years | Tracks usage patterns and helps us improve content structure |
| Marketing Attribution | 90 days | Measures effectiveness of our educational outreach efforts |
| Security Tokens | 24 hours | Prevents unauthorized access and protects against attacks |
Taking Control of Your Data
You're not stuck with our default settings. Every major browser gives you tools to manage cookies and tracking technologies. You can block them entirely, delete existing ones, or set up rules for specific websites.
Keep in mind that blocking certain cookies might affect how well boralent.pro works. For instance, if you disable functional cookies, you'll need to reset your preferences every time you visit.
How Long We Keep Cookie Data
Different cookies serve different purposes, so they stick around for different lengths of time. Session cookies vanish the moment you close your browser—they're temporary by design.
Persistent cookies have expiration dates ranging from a few days to a couple of years. We regularly review these timeframes to make sure we're not holding onto data longer than necessary.
Analytics data gets anonymized after six months. This means we can still see general trends without connecting them to individual users. Marketing cookies typically expire after 90 days unless you interact with our content again.
Third-Party Technologies
We work with trusted partners who help us analyze website performance and deliver relevant content. These companies might place their own cookies on your device when you visit boralent.pro.
Our analytics provider helps us understand traffic patterns without compromising your privacy. We've configured their tools to anonymize IP addresses and respect "Do Not Track" signals where possible.
Any third party we work with must meet strict data protection standards. They're contractually obligated to use data only for the specific purposes we've agreed upon.
You can learn about their practices by visiting their respective privacy policies. We don't have control over their cookies, but we carefully vet who we work with.
Updates to This Policy
Technology changes, regulations evolve, and we occasionally adjust how we use tracking technologies. When we make significant changes to this policy, we'll update the date at the top and notify you through a banner on the website.
For minor clarifications or updates that don't affect your rights, we might just update the policy without specific notification. We recommend checking back periodically if you're interested in staying current.
If new regulations require us to change our practices—like updates to Irish or European data protection laws—we'll make those adjustments promptly and transparently.
Questions About Our Cookie Policy?
We know this stuff can get complicated. If anything in this policy doesn't make sense, or if you have specific concerns about how we're using tracking technologies, we're here to help.