Cookie Policy
Understanding how SmartFlow Forces uses cookies and tracking technologies to enhance your experience
Last updated: March 15, 2025
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit them. They help websites remember your preferences, login status, and browsing patterns. At smartflowforces.com, we use various types of cookies to provide you with a better experience when managing your rolling budget techniques.
These files are completely safe and cannot harm your device. They contain only text information that helps our website function properly and remember your choices during future visits.
Types of Cookies We Use
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Essential Cookies
Required for basic website functionality, including login authentication, form submissions, and maintaining your session while navigating between pages. These cannot be disabled as they're necessary for the website to work.
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Functional Cookies
Remember your preferences such as language settings, dashboard layouts, and customized budget category arrangements to enhance your user experience.
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Analytics Cookies
Help us understand how visitors interact with our platform by collecting anonymous information about page views, time spent on pages, and navigation patterns.
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Marketing Cookies
Track your activity across websites to provide relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
How We Use Tracking Information
The information collected through cookies helps us improve smartflowforces.com in several ways. We analyze user behavior patterns to identify which features are most valuable for budget management and which areas of our platform might need improvement.
For instance, if we notice that many users spend time looking for specific budgeting tools, we might reorganize our navigation to make those tools more accessible. We also use this data to personalize your experience by remembering your preferred dashboard settings and frequently used budget categories.
Marketing cookies allow us to show you relevant content about financial planning and budgeting techniques that align with your interests, rather than generic advertisements that might not be useful to you.
Data Retention and Storage
Different types of cookies have different lifespans. Session cookies are temporary and disappear when you close your browser, while persistent cookies can remain on your device for varying periods, typically ranging from 30 days to 2 years.
Essential cookies for login and security purposes are kept for the duration of your session plus 30 days. Preference cookies that remember your dashboard settings are stored for up to one year. Analytics cookies are retained for up to 26 months to help us understand long-term usage trends.
We regularly review and clean up stored cookie data to ensure we're not keeping information longer than necessary for its intended purpose.
Cookie Preferences
You have control over which cookies we can set on your device. While essential cookies are required for the website to function properly, you can opt out of all non-essential tracking cookies.
Essential cookies for website functionality will remain active regardless of this setting.
Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Browser Cookie Controls
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. 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 > Cookies and site data
Keep in mind that disabling all cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our platform, particularly those related to personalized budget tracking and user preferences.
Third-Party Services
Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services that we use to enhance functionality. These might include analytics providers, customer support tools, or content delivery networks that help our website load faster.
These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie practices. When you reject non-essential cookies through our preference center, we also signal these third-party services to respect your choice where technically possible.
We carefully evaluate all third-party services to ensure they meet our standards for user privacy and data protection. We only work with providers who offer transparent cookie policies and respect user preferences.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When we make significant changes, we'll notify users through our platform and update the "last modified" date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and what choices you have regarding their use on smartflowforces.com.