7. Cookie Policy

Last updated: 19 July 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Avanara Melbourne uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with avanaramelbourne.com.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, store and share personal information.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device when you visit them.

Cookies allow websites to recognise your browser or device and may help websites:

Operate correctly
Keep products in your shopping cart
Remember your preferences
Support account and checkout functionality
Improve security
Understand how visitors use the website
Measure website performance
Personalise content and advertising

Cookies may collect or store information such as browser type, device information, IP address, website activity, preferences and unique identifiers.

Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, our website and third-party services may use similar technologies, including:

Pixels
Tags
Web beacons
Software development kits
Local storage
Scripts
Device identifiers

In this policy, references to “cookies” generally include these similar technologies unless stated otherwise.

Types of Cookies We May Use

The cookies used on our website may fall into the following categories.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the website and its essential features to operate.

They may be used to:

Keep the website secure
Maintain your shopping cart
Support checkout
Process payments
Remember privacy and cookie preferences
Detect fraudulent or suspicious activity
Provide account and login functionality

Because these cookies are necessary for the website to function, they generally cannot be disabled through our website’s cookie settings.

You may be able to block them through your browser, but doing so may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies help provide additional website features and remember choices you make.

They may be used to remember:

Your preferred currency
Your region or language
Products you recently viewed
Account preferences
Other website selections

Disabling functional cookies may affect the availability or performance of certain website features.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website.

They may collect information about:

The pages you visit
How long you spend on the website
Products you view
Links and buttons you select
Products added to your shopping cart
Checkout activity
Website errors
The website or advertisement that directed you to us
General device, browser and location information

We may use this information to understand website traffic, improve website performance and provide a better shopping experience.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Marketing and advertising cookies may be used to understand the effectiveness of advertising and to show you content or advertisements that may be more relevant to your interests.

They may help us or our advertising partners:

Measure advertising campaigns
Understand whether an advertisement resulted in a website visit or purchase
Limit how often an advertisement is shown
Create advertising audiences
Personalise advertisements
Display advertisements on third-party websites or social media platforms
Understand customer interactions across websites and devices

Where required by applicable law, these cookies will only be used after you have provided the necessary consent.

Session and Persistent Cookies

Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies.

Session Cookies

Session cookies generally remain active only while your browser is open and are usually removed when you close it.

They may be used to support temporary website functions such as maintaining your shopping cart during a browsing session.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.

They may be used to remember preferences, recognise returning visitors and support analytics or advertising.

The duration of a cookie depends on its purpose and the provider that places it.

How We Use Cookies

Avanara Melbourne may use cookies and similar technologies to:

Operate and secure our website
Maintain your shopping cart
Support customer accounts
Enable checkout and payment processing
Remember your preferences
Process and fulfil orders
Prevent fraudulent transactions
Improve website performance and usability
Diagnose technical problems
Understand how customers use our website
Measure website traffic and sales
Analyse the effectiveness of promotions and advertisements
Personalise website content
Support marketing and advertising activities
Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

Shopify Cookies

Our online store is hosted by Shopify.

Shopify provides the ecommerce platform that enables us to operate our website, display products, maintain shopping carts, process checkout activity and manage orders.

Shopify may place or use cookies and similar technologies to support:

Essential store functionality
Checkout
Payments
Security
Fraud prevention
Customer accounts
Preferences
Analytics
Website performance
Marketing and advertising features

The specific Shopify cookies used may depend on the features, services and privacy settings enabled on our store.

Shopify may process information collected through cookies in accordance with its own privacy and cookie policies.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies and similar technologies may be placed or operated by third-party service providers.

Depending on the services enabled on our website, these third parties may include:

Shopify
Payment providers
Analytics providers
Advertising platforms
Social media platforms
Customer support providers
Email marketing services
Fraud-prevention services
Website performance and security providers
Applications installed on our Shopify store

Third-party providers may use information collected through cookies in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.

Avanara Melbourne does not directly control how third-party providers operate their cookies or process information independently.

Analytics Tools

We may use analytics tools to understand website traffic, visitor behaviour and store performance.

Depending on the services enabled, analytics may be provided by Shopify or other providers such as Google.

These tools may collect information including:

Your IP address
Browser and device type
Approximate location
Referring website
Pages viewed
Session duration
Website interactions
Products viewed or purchased

We use this information to improve our website, products, customer experience and marketing.

Advertising and Social Media Platforms

We may use advertising or social media services to promote Avanara Melbourne and measure the performance of our campaigns.

Depending on the services enabled, these providers may include platforms such as Meta, Google, TikTok or Pinterest.

These services may use cookies, pixels or similar technologies to understand whether you:

Viewed or selected an advertisement
Visited our website
Viewed a product
Added a product to your cart
Began checkout
Completed a purchase

These providers may combine information collected through our website with information they have collected through their own services, subject to their privacy practices and your account settings.

Cookie Consent and Preferences

Where available or required, our website may display a cookie banner or privacy preference tool.

This tool may allow you to:

Accept cookies
Reject certain non-essential cookies
Select the categories of cookies you wish to permit
Review or change your preferences

Strictly necessary cookies may continue to operate because they are required for essential website functions.

Your cookie preferences may apply only to the browser and device on which you selected them. You may need to update your preferences separately when using another browser or device.

Deleting cookies from your browser may also remove your saved preferences.

Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most browsers allow you to view, manage, block or delete cookies through their settings.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

Delete stored cookies
Block all cookies
Block third-party cookies
Receive a warning before a cookie is stored
Clear website data
Use private or incognito browsing

The steps required depend on the browser and device you use.

Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect:

Your shopping cart
Account login
Checkout
Payment functionality
Saved preferences
Website performance
Other essential website features

Managing Third-Party Advertising Preferences

Some advertising and social media providers allow you to manage personalised advertising through your account or privacy settings.

Changing your settings with a third-party provider does not necessarily prevent all advertisements from being displayed. It may instead make the advertisements less personalised.

Your choices may need to be managed separately with each provider.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers allow users to send a “Do Not Track” signal.

There is currently no universally accepted standard governing how all websites and online services must respond to these signals.

We may not automatically respond to every Do Not Track signal. You can manage cookies through our available privacy settings, your browser settings and the settings provided by relevant third parties.

International Visitors

Privacy and cookie requirements may differ depending on your location.

Where required by applicable law, we may adjust our cookie banner, consent options or use of non-essential cookies based on your location.

Customers and visitors are also responsible for reviewing the privacy and cookie controls available through their browser and device.

Updates to the Cookies Used

The cookies and technologies used on our website may change when we:

Update our Shopify store
Install or remove applications
Change payment providers
Introduce new website features
Change analytics or advertising services
Update our privacy settings
Improve website performance or security

For this reason, the specific cookies operating on the website may change from time to time.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes to:

Our website
Our use of cookies
Shopify features
Third-party services
Our business practices
Applicable privacy requirements

Any updated policy will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically.

Contact Us

For questions about cookies, tracking technologies or your privacy preferences, please contact:

Avanara Melbourne
Website: avanaramelbourne.com
Email: info@avanaramelbourne.com