Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 2026
This policy explains how quarilumex uses tracking technologies on quarilumex.com to improve your experience and provide relevant financial reporting services for Australian investors. We believe in transparency about the data we collect and how it helps us serve you better.
What Are Tracking Technologies?
When you visit our website, small text files called cookies get stored on your device. Think of them as digital bookmarks that remember your preferences and help our site work properly. We also use similar technologies like web beacons and local storage.
These tools aren't inherently good or bad. They're just how modern websites function. Some are absolutely necessary for security and basic functionality. Others help us understand what content matters to investors like you.
How They Actually Work
Here's the straightforward version: your browser saves these small files. When you come back to quarilumex.com, your browser sends that information back to our servers. This lets us recognize you as a returning visitor without making you log in every single time or reset your dashboard preferences.
Some cookies expire when you close your browser. Others stick around for months or even years, depending on their purpose. We've set different lifespans based on what makes sense for each function.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These keep the site running. They handle your login session, remember your language preference, and ensure secure connections when you access your investor dashboard. Without these, you wouldn't be able to navigate between pages while staying logged in. We don't ask permission for these because they're required for basic functionality.
Functional Cookies
These remember your choices and customizations. For example, if you prefer to view financial charts in dark mode or want your portfolio sorted by performance, functional cookies save those settings. They make your experience more personalized without collecting data about your browsing elsewhere.
Analytical Cookies
We use these to understand how investors interact with our content. Which financial reports get downloaded most? Where do people spend time reading? This helps us figure out what's genuinely useful versus what's just taking up space. The data is aggregated, so we see patterns rather than individual behavior.
Marketing Cookies
These track your interests across visits to show you relevant content about investor education programs or new reporting tools. They also help us measure whether our outreach actually reaches the right audience. You can disable these entirely if you prefer not to see personalized content.
Specific Ways We Use Tracking Data
- Maintaining your login status across multiple pages and sessions
- Remembering your dashboard layout and preferred financial metrics
- Analyzing which investor resources get used most often
- Testing different versions of our interface to see what works better
- Preventing fraudulent access attempts to your account
- Understanding peak usage times to optimize server performance
- Measuring the effectiveness of our educational content
- Showing relevant updates about Australian market reporting
- Improving our mobile experience based on device usage patterns
- Providing customer support by reviewing your session history
Not all of these purposes require cookies. Some, like fraud prevention, use multiple technologies working together. The goal is always to balance functionality with your privacy.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| session_id | Maintains your logged-in state and secure connection | Session | Essential |
| user_prefs | Stores your dashboard customization and display settings | 1 year | Functional |
| analytics_token | Tracks page views and interaction patterns anonymously | 2 years | Analytical |
| content_track | Remembers which reports you've accessed previously | 6 months | Functional |
| marketing_id | Delivers personalized content recommendations | 1 year | Marketing |
| performance_monitor | Measures site speed and technical performance | Session | Analytical |
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Every modern browser lets you control cookies. The exact steps vary, but you'll usually find these options in your privacy or security settings. Here's where to look:
What Happens If You Block Cookies
You have every right to disable cookies completely. But here's what that means for your experience on quarilumex.com:
You'll need to log in every time you visit. Your dashboard won't remember your preferred layout or which reports you've already reviewed. Some features might not work properly, particularly around secure document sharing and personalized financial data.
Essential cookies can't be disabled without breaking core functionality. But you can absolutely block analytical and marketing cookies if you prefer a more basic experience. The site will still work, just with fewer conveniences.
How Long We Keep This Data
Different cookies have different lifespans. Session cookies vanish when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stick around until their expiration date or until you manually delete them.
For analytical data, we typically retain aggregated information for up to three years to spot long-term trends in how investors use our platform. Marketing cookie data gets deleted after one year. Essential and functional cookies last as long as they're needed for the service to work properly.
You can clear all cookies at any time through your browser settings. This gives you a completely fresh start with our site.
Your Rights Regarding Tracking Data
Under Australian privacy law and our own policies, you have specific rights about the data we collect through cookies:
Access Your Data
You can request a copy of the personal data we've collected through cookies and tracking. We'll provide this in a readable format within 30 days.
Delete Your Data
Ask us to remove tracking data associated with your account. This won't affect essential cookies needed for site functionality.
Opt Out of Marketing
You can disable marketing cookies specifically without affecting your ability to use analytical or functional features.
Withdraw Consent
Change your mind about cookies you previously accepted. Your preferences apply going forward, though we can't delete data already collected.
Third-Party Tracking
We work with a few external services that place their own cookies. For example, if we embed a financial chart from a data provider, that provider might set cookies to track usage of their widget.
These third parties have their own privacy policies, which you should review. We try to minimize external tracking, but some integrations require it for the service to function. When possible, we use privacy-friendly alternatives that don't track individual users.
We don't sell your cookie data to anyone. Period. The only third parties who receive tracking information are service providers helping us run the platform, and they're contractually required to protect your privacy.
Updates to This Policy
We review this policy annually and update it whenever we make significant changes to how we use tracking technologies. If we start using cookies in substantially different ways, we'll notify you through email or a prominent notice on the site.
Minor clarifications and formatting updates won't trigger notifications. The date at the top of this page shows when we last made changes.
Questions About Our Cookie Practices?
If something in this policy doesn't make sense or you want more details about specific cookies, get in touch. We're happy to explain our approach.