Cookie Policy
Last Updated: June 1, 2023
This Cookie Policy explains how Aussie Wanderlust Pty Ltd ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at www.aussiewanderlust.com.au ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases, we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Aussie Wanderlust) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
2. Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the Website. The Website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | aussiewanderlust.com.au | Preserves user session state across page requests | Session |
| cookie_consent | aussiewanderlust.com.au | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 1 year |
3.2 Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website | 2 years | |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website | 24 hours | |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
3.3 Marketing Cookies
These cookies track your browsing habits to enable us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to you. These cookies use information about your browsing history to group you with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, third-party advertisers can place cookies to enable them to show advertisements which we think will be relevant to your interests while you are on third-party websites.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers | 3 months | |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user | 1 year |
4. How You Can Control Cookies
4.1 Cookie Preferences
You can choose to accept or decline cookies when you first visit our Website through our cookie consent banner. You can also manage your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our Website.
4.2 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may impact your overall user experience. Below are links to instructions on how to manage cookies in common web browsers:
4.3 Do Not Track
Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites that you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. No industry standard has been adopted as to what, if anything, websites should do when they receive these signals. If you would like to learn more about "Do Not Track" signals, you can visit www.allaboutdnt.com.
5. Other Tracking Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies on our Website, such as:
5.1 Web Beacons
Web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs") are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns.
5.2 Local Storage Objects
We may use Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our Website or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity may also use LSOs to collect and store information.
6. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at:
Aussie Wanderlust123 Harbor View Road
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +61 2 9876 5432