Cookie Policy (Australia)

This cookie policy was last updated on May 20, 2026 and applies to visitors from Australia.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://mariediez.com (the « Website »), uses cookies and other related technologies (for simplicity, all these technologies are referred to as « cookies »). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below, we inform you about the use of cookies on our Website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small, simple file that is sent along with pages of this Website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored in cookies may be sent back to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of code used to make our Website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website used to monitor traffic on a website. To do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the Website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our Website. This way, you don’t need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our Website. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Statistics cookies

We use statistics cookies to optimise the Website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies, we get insights into the usage of our Website.

5.3 Marketing/tracking cookies

Marketing/tracking cookies are cookies, or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this Website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

5.4 Social media

On our Website, we have included content from Instagram to promote web pages (e.g. « like », « pin ») or share them on social networks. This content is embedded with code from Instagram and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalised advertising.

Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which may be updated regularly) to understand what they do with your (personal) data processed using these cookies. The data retrieved is anonymised as much as possible. Instagram is located in the United States.

6. Cookies placed

  • WooCommerce – Functional
  • Divi (Elegant Themes) – Functional
  • Google Fonts – Marketing
  • Google Maps – Marketing
  • Miscellaneous – Purpose pending investigation

7. Consent

When you visit our Website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on « Accept », you consent to our use of all cookies and plug-ins as described in the pop-up and this cookie policy. You can disable the use of cookies through your browser, but please note that our Website may no longer work properly.

8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.

Please note that our Website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our Website again.

9. Your rights regarding personal information

Under the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), you have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right to be informed: you have the right to know why your personal information is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained.
  • Right to access: you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
  • Right to correction: you have the right to request the correction of your personal information if it’s inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading.
  • Right to withdraw consent: where we rely on your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
  • Right to complain: if you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we’d like to hear from you. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) via www.oaic.gov.au.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details at the bottom of this cookie policy.

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us using the following details:

MD&Co Sydney, NSW, Australia Website: https://mariediez.com Email: hello@mariediez.com

This cookie policy was last updated on May 20, 2026.