Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit them. Think of them as digital notes that help websites remember information about your visit. At Bravena Surva, we use various tracking technologies to enhance your experience on bravenasurva.com and provide you with personalized content related to business scaling and financial growth.

Beyond traditional cookies, we also employ web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage technologies. These tools work together to understand how visitors interact with our platform, which pages are most valuable, and how we can improve our educational resources for South African businesses.

Types of Tracking We Use

Our tracking technologies fall into several categories, each serving specific purposes to improve your experience with our business scaling platform. Here's how we categorize and use different types of tracking:

How Tracking Enhances Your Experience

Our tracking technologies work behind the scenes to create a more useful and personalized experience. When you return to bravenasurva.com, we can remember where you left off in our learning programs, suggest relevant business scaling strategies based on your interests, and streamline your navigation through our resources.

• Remembering your progress through our educational content and learning modules
• Suggesting relevant articles and resources based on your previous reading history
• Personalizing the dashboard to highlight tools most relevant to your business stage
• Optimizing page loading speeds by understanding your device and connection preferences
• Providing continuity across different devices when you access your account
• Customizing our communication frequency and content based on your engagement patterns
• Ensuring our contact forms and interactive tools remember your preferences

For example, if you frequently read content about scaling manufacturing businesses, our system will prioritize showing you case studies and strategies relevant to that industry. This personalization saves you time and makes your learning experience more efficient.

Data Retention and Storage

Different types of tracking data have different retention periods based on their purpose and legal requirements. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies may remain for up to two years to maintain your preferences and improve long-term user experience.

Analytics data is typically retained for 26 months to help us understand long-term trends in how our educational content performs and how user needs evolve. Personal preferences and account-related tracking data is kept as long as your account remains active, plus an additional period as required by South African data protection regulations.

Managing Your Tracking Preferences

You have complete control over how tracking technologies interact with your device. Most web browsers allow you to manage cookie preferences through their settings menus. You can choose to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or be prompted to approve each cookie individually.

Keep in mind that disabling certain tracking technologies may limit some functionality on our platform. Essential cookies are necessary for basic operation, while disabling analytics cookies won't affect your ability to access content but may reduce our ability to improve the user experience over time.

You can also use private or incognito browsing modes, which automatically limit tracking and delete cookies when you close your browser session. Additionally, many browsers offer "Do Not Track" settings that send signals to websites requesting limited tracking.

Third-Party Tracking

Some tracking technologies on our site are provided by third-party services that help us deliver better functionality and insights. These include analytics providers, content delivery networks, and educational platform integrations that enhance our learning management system.

We carefully select third-party partners who meet our privacy standards and comply with applicable data protection regulations. However, these services may have their own privacy policies and tracking practices. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party services you interact with through our platform.

Updates to This Policy

As technology evolves and our platform grows, we may update this cookie policy to reflect new tracking technologies or changes in how we use data to improve user experience. We'll notify active users of any significant changes through email or prominent notices on our website.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically, especially if you have concerns about privacy or want to understand how new features might affect data collection. The "last updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when the most recent changes were made.

Your continued use of bravenasurva.com after policy updates constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. If you disagree with changes, you can adjust your browser settings or contact us to discuss your concerns about specific tracking practices.