Cookie Policy | Hearthford

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites work correctly, to remember choices you have made, and to give website owners some understanding of how visitors use their pages.

Cookies do not give us access to your device and do not contain any personally identifying information unless you have actively provided it — for example, through a contact form.

Cookies We Use

We use four categories of cookie. Essential cookies are always active; the others require your consent.

Essential Cookies

Always Active

These cookies are necessary for the website to function. Without them, core features such as page navigation and form submission would not work. They cannot be turned off.

Examples: Session state, cookie consent record

Duration: Session or up to 12 months

Analytics Cookies

Optional

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website — which pages are most visited, how long people spend on a page, and where visitors come from. The information is aggregated and does not identify individual visitors. We use it only to improve how the website is organised and written.

Examples: Google Analytics (_ga, _gid)

Duration: Up to 26 months

Marketing Cookies

Optional

These cookies are set by advertising networks. They track visits across websites to build a profile of your interests and present relevant advertisements. We use a small number of these to understand whether our communications reach the right households. We do not use them to target individuals with personal data.

Examples: Google Ads conversion pixel, Meta Pixel (if enabled)

Duration: Up to 90 days

Preference Cookies

Optional

These cookies remember choices you have made — such as your language setting or which sections of the site you last visited — so that the website behaves in a consistent way on return visits.

Examples: Language preference, last-visited section

Duration: Up to 12 months

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services used on this website. These providers have their own privacy policies and may set cookies when you visit a page that includes their tools.

Google Analytics — website usage data (anonymised). Google Privacy Policy
Google Maps — used on our contact page for the embedded map. Google may set cookies when the map is loaded.
Google Fonts & CDN libraries — used to display typefaces and load user interface components. These may set performance-related cookies.

Your Cookie Preferences

Use the controls below to choose which optional cookie categories you accept. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are needed for the website to work.

Essential Cookies

Required for the website to function correctly. Cannot be disabled.

Analytics Cookies

Help us understand how visitors use the website (anonymised data).

Marketing Cookies

Allow advertising networks to show relevant content based on site visits.

Preference Cookies

Remember your settings and choices across visits.

Your preferences have been saved.

Managing Cookies in Your Browser

You can also control cookies directly through your browser settings. Note that blocking all cookies may prevent parts of this website from working correctly.

Google Chrome

1. Open Chrome and click the three-dot menu in the top right.

2. Go to Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data.

3. Choose your preferred option: block all, block third-party, or allow all.

4. To delete existing cookies, select See all site data and permissions and remove as needed.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox and click the menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the top right.

2. Go to Settings → Privacy & Security.

3. Under Enhanced Tracking Protection, choose Standard, Strict, or Custom.

4. To clear cookies, scroll to Cookies and Site Data and select Clear Data.

Apple Safari

1. Open Safari and go to Preferences → Privacy (Mac) or Settings → Privacy & Security (iOS).

2. Enable Prevent cross-site tracking to block third-party cookies.

3. To block all cookies, check Block all cookies — note this will affect many websites.

4. To remove cookies, click Manage Website Data and remove as needed.

Microsoft Edge

1. Open Edge and click the three-dot menu in the top right.

2. Go to Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and data stored.

3. Adjust the settings to block third-party cookies or all cookies as you prefer.

4. To delete cookies, go to Privacy, search, and services → Clear browsing data.

Mobile browsers: On mobile devices, cookie settings are typically found under Settings → Privacy within the browser app. The steps are similar to those above; consult your browser's help pages for exact navigation on your device and operating system.

Your Rights & Contact

You may withdraw consent for optional cookies at any time using the controls on this page. Please note that disabling analytics or marketing cookies will not affect your access to the website content, but some features that remember your preferences may not work as expected.

For questions about how we use cookies, or about your personal data more broadly, contact us:

[email protected] +60 3 2538 7194

For full details of how we handle personal data, read our Privacy Policy.