Cookie Policy
Understanding how fidecum.it.com uses tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience
Last Updated: January 15, 2025
We at Fidecum AG businessOnline believe in straightforward communication about how we use tracking technologies on fidecum.it.com. This policy explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.
Our website uses various tracking methods to remember your preferences, understand how you interact with our content, and provide a better overall experience. Think of it as a way for the website to recognize you when you return.
What Are These Tracking Technologies?
Tracking technologies are small data files that get stored on your device when you visit websites. They serve different purposes – some remember your language preference, others help us understand which pages people find most useful.
Most modern websites use these technologies. They're not harmful to your device, but we want you to understand what's happening behind the scenes when you browse our site.
Essential Trackers
These keep the website functioning properly. Without them, basic features wouldn't work. They handle things like security, session management, and load balancing across our servers.
Functional Trackers
These remember your choices and preferences. They store information like your preferred language, font size adjustments, or which sections you've already explored during your visit.
Analytics Trackers
We use these to understand how visitors use our website. They tell us which pages get the most traffic, how long people stay, and where they came from. This helps us improve the content and structure.
Marketing Trackers
These track your browsing across different websites to build a profile of your interests. They're used to show you relevant content and measure the effectiveness of our educational outreach efforts.
How We Actually Use These Technologies
Let me give you some concrete examples instead of vague explanations. When you visit our learning resources about budget allocation methods, analytics trackers help us see that this section is popular – which tells us to create more content like it.
Functional trackers remember if you've dismissed a notification banner. Nobody wants to see the same message every single time they visit a page.
Here's something we noticed: Many visitors from Germany access our site during evening hours. This insight (gathered through analytics) helped us schedule our support team availability better and update content when people are actually reading it.
Marketing trackers work differently. If you've been reading our material on financial planning frameworks, we might show you information about related educational programs. But here's the thing – we don't sell this data to third parties. It stays within our educational ecosystem.
What Gets Tracked and Stored
We collect information about your interactions with fidecum.it.com, but let's be specific about what that means. We're not reading your emails or accessing your personal files.
| Information Type | Purpose | Retention Period |
|---|---|---|
| Page views and navigation paths | Understanding content effectiveness | 24 months |
| Device type and browser version | Ensuring compatibility | 12 months |
| Geographic location (country level) | Tailoring content relevance | 18 months |
| Session duration and interactions | Improving user experience | 24 months |
| Referral sources | Measuring outreach effectiveness | 12 months |
Why These Time Periods?
- 12 months allows us to compare year-over-year trends in educational content consumption
- 18 months helps identify seasonal patterns in how people engage with financial education
- 24 months provides enough historical data to make meaningful improvements to our programs
Managing Your Tracking Preferences
You're in control of how these technologies work on your device. Most browsers give you options to block, delete, or receive notifications about tracking files.
Access Browser Settings
Open your browser's settings menu. Usually found in the top-right corner under three dots or lines. Look for "Privacy" or "Security" sections.
Locate Tracking Controls
Find the section that manages website data, tracking files, or site settings. Different browsers call this different things, but it's typically under privacy controls.
Choose Your Preferences
Decide whether to block all tracking, only third-party tracking, or allow everything. You can also delete existing data stored from previous visits.
Save and Test
Apply your changes and revisit our website. You might need to log in again or reset some preferences, as those rely on functional trackers.
Browser-Specific Instructions
A word of caution: Blocking all trackers will affect how our website works. You might lose access to personalized features, need to log in repeatedly, or see content that's less relevant to your interests. Essential trackers need to remain active for basic functionality.
Third-Party Services and Partners
We work with several external services that place their own tracking technologies on fidecum.it.com. These include analytics providers, educational platform integrations, and content delivery networks.
Each of these services has its own privacy policy and tracking practices. We've vetted them for compliance with European data protection standards, but you should know they operate independently of our direct control.
- Analytics services help us measure educational content effectiveness and website performance
- Video hosting platforms enable us to embed instructional content without overloading our servers
- Form processing services manage educational program inquiries and contact submissions
- Content delivery networks speed up page loading by serving files from servers closer to you
Updates and Changes to This Policy
Technology changes quickly. We review this policy every six months and update it whenever we implement new tracking methods or change how we use existing ones.
When we make significant changes, we'll notify you through a banner on fidecum.it.com. For minor updates or clarifications, we'll simply update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.
We recommend checking back occasionally, especially if you have specific privacy concerns about how educational websites handle tracking data.
Questions About Our Tracking Practices?
If something isn't clear or you want more specific information about how we use tracking technologies, our team is available to help. We'd rather answer your questions directly than leave you wondering.