Cookies Policy
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and to provide information to the owners of the website.
Cookies may be set by the website you're visiting (first-party cookies) or by other websites that provide services to that website, such as analytics or advertising (third-party cookies).
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for various purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and account access. You cannot opt out of these cookies.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and your experience.
- Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user.
- Preference Cookies: These cookies enable the website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region you are in.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 1 year |
| sessionId | Maintains your session state across page requests | Session |
3.2 Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
3.3 Marketing Cookies
These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | Google Adsense cookie used to experiment with advertisement efficiency | 3 months |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report user actions after viewing or clicking ads | 1 year |
3.4 Preference Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| language | Remembers your preferred language setting | 1 year |
| theme | Remembers your preferred theme setting (if applicable) | 1 year |
4. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services on our website, which may set cookies on your device when you visit our website:
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please visit Google's developer guides.
- Google Ads: We use Google Ads to display relevant advertisements to users who have previously visited our site and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. For more information about Google Ads cookies, please visit Google's Ads policies.
- Google Maps: We use Google Maps on our website to provide interactive maps. Google Maps may set cookies to enable the map functionality and collect information about how you use the map feature. For more information about Google Maps cookies, please visit Google's cookies policy.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
5.1 Cookie Consent Tool
We provide a cookie consent tool on our website that allows you to choose which types of cookies you accept. You can access this tool by clicking the "Detailed Settings" button in the cookie banner at the bottom of our website.
5.2 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.
5.3 Opt-Out of Third-Party Cookies
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/.
For Google Ads, you can control your ad preferences or opt out of personalized ads by visiting https://www.google.com/.
6. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update our Cookies Policy from time to time. Any changes we make to our Cookies Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you when you next visit our website. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Cookies Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +61438291568
- Address: Victoria Parade, Manly NSW 2095, Australia