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COOKIES POLICY

Cookie Policy – shopicecap.com

 

Effective Date: June 1, 2025

 

This Cookie Policy explains how Ice Cap Australia ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website www.shopicecap.com (the "Website") and in connection with the IceCap Cooling System product. This policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, which provides more details on how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

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By continuing to use our Website, you are consenting to our use of cookies and similar technologies as described in this Cookie Policy.

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1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.

Cookies can be "session cookies" (which are deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent cookies" (which remain on your device for a longer period or until you delete them).

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2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for various purposes, including:

2.1 Essential / Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are fundamental to the operation of our Website and enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas, adding items to your shopping cart, and making purchases. Without these cookies, certain services you have asked for cannot be provided.

  • Purpose: Website functionality, security, user authentication.

  • Example: Remembering items in your shopping cart.

2.2 Performance / Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our Website, such as which pages you visit most often, how long you stay on pages, and if you encounter any errors. This information helps us understand and improve the performance of our Website and the user experience. These cookies typically collect aggregated and anonymous information.

  • Purpose: Website improvement, understanding user behaviour, identifying popular content.

  • Tools Used: Google Analytics (see Section 6).

2.3 Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customise.

  • Purpose: Personalising user experience, remembering preferences.

  • Example: Remembering your login details for your account.

2.4 Targeting / Advertising Cookies (if applicable): These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are often placed by third-party advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information may be shared with other organisations, such as advertisers. This means that after you have been to our Website, you may see advertisements about our products elsewhere on the internet.

  • Purpose: Delivering relevant advertising, tracking campaign effectiveness.

  • Tools Used: Google Ads, Facebook Pixel (if applicable).

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3. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies for reporting usage statistics, delivering advertisements, and so on. These third-party cookies are set by domains other than our Website. We do not control the practices of these third-party services. You should refer to their respective privacy and cookie policies for more information.

4. Consent to Cookies under Australian Law

While Australian law does not explicitly require prior consent for all cookies in the same way as GDPR, the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) still apply to the collection of personal information. If information collected via cookies could identify you or is linked to identifiable information, then it falls under the scope of the APPs.

By continuing to use our Website, you acknowledge and agree that we may place cookies on your device for the purposes outlined in this policy. For any cookies that collect personal information for purposes beyond what is strictly necessary for the Website's functionality or where the collection might be reasonably unexpected, we aim to provide clear information and options for you to manage your preferences.

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5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, if you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our Website or other websites you visit.

How to manage cookies in your browser:

  • Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.

  • Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.

  • Microsoft Edge: Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Clear Browse data / Cookies and site permissions.

  • Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy.

You can also use online tools to manage cookies from various third parties, such as:

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6. Analytics and Advertising Specifics

6.1 Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors engage with our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymous information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and the pages you visit on our Website. This information is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to compile reports on website activity for us. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

6.2 Google Ads / Facebook Pixel (if applicable): If we use Google Ads or Facebook Pixel, these services use cookies to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and to show you relevant advertisements on other websites. You can opt-out of personalised ads from Google by visiting Google's Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. For Facebook, you can adjust your ad preferences within your Facebook account settings.

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7. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The updated policy will be posted on our Website with a revised "Effective Date." We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically. Your continued use of our Website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

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8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at: info@shopicecap.com

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