Tracking Technology Disclosure

What Gets Stored Locally

When you access zensthoria.info, your browser accepts small text files we refer to as browser storage units. These work alongside similar technologies that track session activity and remember your preferences between visits.

Different types exist for different reasons. Some disappear when you close your browser — those handle temporary tasks like keeping you logged into your budget approval session. Others stick around longer because they remember settings you've chosen or help us understand which parts of our platform actually get used versus which ones people ignore.

Session Persistence Files

These vanish the moment you shut down your browser window. We use them exclusively for maintaining your active connection to our system while you're reviewing budget requests or configuring approval hierarchies. Without these, you'd get kicked out every time you clicked to a new page.

Persistent Preference Storage

These remain on your device for weeks or months. They remember things like your dashboard layout preferences, which notification settings you've enabled, and whether you prefer the compact or expanded view of pending approvals. Basically, they prevent you from reconfiguring everything every single time you log in.

Technical Categories We Deploy

Why These Technologies Exist

Each tracking mechanism serves a specific operational purpose. We're not collecting data because it's interesting — we're collecting it because our platform literally doesn't function properly without certain pieces of information.

The authentication tokens are mandatory — without them, you can't access your account. Everything else technically falls into the category of "improves your experience but isn't strictly required for basic functionality."

Third-Party Data Collection

We integrate with external services that place their own tracking mechanisms on your browser. This happens when you interact with embedded features or when we use outside tools to analyze platform performance.

Payment processing involves a completely separate system. When you enter billing information, that data never touches our servers — it goes directly to our payment processor, who handles all financial transaction security. They deploy their own tracking to prevent fraud and verify legitimate purchases.

We can't control what these third parties do with the data they collect. We selected partners who claim to follow responsible data practices, but you'd need to review their individual policies to understand their specific approaches.

Impact on Your Experience

These tracking mechanisms affect what you see and how the platform behaves. Some effects are obvious — like staying logged in between sessions. Others operate invisibly in the background.

The analytics tracking influences which features we prioritize for development. If usage data shows everyone abandoning the approval process at a specific step, we investigate why that's happening and potentially redesign that workflow. So indirectly, the data we collect from your usage helps shape what the platform looks like six months from now.

Performance monitoring affects system reliability. When our tracking identifies database queries that slow down page loads, we optimize those queries. You experience faster page loads as a result, though you'd never know it happened.

Security tracking prevents unauthorized access. If someone tries logging into your account from an unusual location using incorrect passwords, our system flags that activity and may require additional verification. This adds friction to your login process but protects against account compromise.

Control Mechanisms Available

You have several options for limiting what data gets collected. Some approaches are straightforward; others require technical knowledge or acceptance of reduced functionality.

Blocking all tracking technologies breaks essential platform functionality. At minimum, you need to allow session authentication or you can't access your account. Everything beyond that involves trade-offs between privacy and convenience.

If you disable preference storage, the platform still works — you just have to reconfigure your dashboard settings every time you log in. If you block analytics tracking, that doesn't affect your personal experience but it prevents us from understanding which features cause problems.

Retention and Deletion

Different data types get retained for different periods based on their purpose. Session data disappears immediately when your browser closes. Analytics information stays around for two years because we compare usage patterns over time to identify trends. Security logs persist for six months to help investigate suspicious activity if problems surface weeks after they occur.

When stored files reach their expiration date, they get automatically purged from our systems. You can also manually delete data by clearing your browser storage or adjusting your account settings within the platform.

If you close your Zensthoria account entirely, we remove all tracking data associated with your user profile within 30 days. Some aggregated, anonymized analytics might persist longer because it's been stripped of identifying information and merged into broader usage statistics.

Changes to These Practices

When we modify our tracking technologies or add new data collection mechanisms, we update this document and note the revision date at the top. For significant changes that materially affect your privacy, we'll send notification to your registered email address.

We don't notify for minor technical adjustments — like changing which analytics provider we use or updating how long we retain performance logs. Those updates appear in this document but don't trigger individual alerts.