Cookie Policy

1. Contact and responsibility

The website is operated by Whitevelour Works Pty Ltd, located at 47 Chapel Street, Prahran VIC 3181, Australia.

2. What cookies and similar technologies are

Cookies are small text records that a website may ask a browser to store on a device. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, scripts and identifiers that store or retrieve information. They can support basic operation, remember preferences, measure use, prevent abuse or personalise content.

A first-party technology is set by the website being visited. A third-party technology is set by another provider whose service is included on the website. Session technologies normally expire when the browser session ends, while persistent technologies remain until their expiry date or deletion.

3. Current use on this website

The current version of this website is designed to operate without third-party advertising, behavioural profiling or external analytics scripts. It does not intentionally load remote tracking pixels, advertising tags, social-media widgets or third-party font services.

The website may use strictly necessary browser storage to support local interface behaviour, security, accessibility or a user-requested function. For example, when a newsletter form is completed, the email preference may be stored only in the browser’s local storage on that device so the interface can remember the action. This local record is not automatically transmitted to an advertising network.

4. Categories of storage

Strictly necessary

These technologies are required for a service requested by the user or for essential security, network, accessibility and interface functions. Consent is generally not required where the technology is genuinely necessary, but clear information should still be provided.

Preferences

Preference storage remembers choices such as interface state or a locally saved form preference. Where it is not strictly necessary, it should be used only with a valid legal basis and, where required, consent.

Analytics

Analytics technologies measure visits and interaction. The current site does not intentionally deploy external analytics cookies. If analytics are introduced later, this policy and any consent interface will be updated before non-essential analytics are activated where consent is required.

Advertising and profiling

Advertising technologies track activity to select, measure or personalise advertising. The current site does not intentionally deploy advertising or cross-site profiling cookies. Such technologies would not be activated for users who require prior consent unless valid consent had first been obtained.

5. Legal basis and consent

Under GDPR-aligned standards and relevant electronic-communications rules, non-essential storage or access technologies generally require consent that is freely given, specific, informed and demonstrated by a clear positive action. Refusing non-essential technologies should be as straightforward as accepting them, and consent should be capable of withdrawal.

Strictly necessary technologies may be used without consent where they are limited to what is essential for a user-requested service or security function. Any personal information generated through browser storage is also handled under the Privacy Policy and applicable Australian privacy obligations.

6. Duration

Session storage may be deleted when the browser or tab closes. Local storage remains until the website removes it, the browser clears it or the user deletes it. Any locally saved newsletter preference used by this site has no fixed server-side retention period because it remains on the user’s device unless the browser environment synchronises it independently.

If additional cookies are introduced, their purposes and approximate durations will be documented in an updated notice or preference interface.

7. Managing browser storage

You can use browser settings to view, block or delete cookies and site data. Controls are usually available under privacy, security or site-data settings. Blocking all storage may affect forms, saved preferences, authentication or other website functions. You can also use private-browsing modes, clear data for this site or configure the browser to delete data when it closes.

Because browsers differ, consult the help information built into your browser or device. Clearing storage on one browser or device does not automatically clear it on another.

8. Do Not Track and privacy signals

Browsers may send Do Not Track, Global Privacy Control or similar signals. Legal treatment and technical implementation of these signals vary. Because the current site does not intentionally use behavioural advertising or external analytics, there is ordinarily no non-essential tracking profile to disable. We will review recognised mandatory signals if our practices change.

9. Embedded and third-party content

The current site is intended to use locally hosted images, styles, scripts and icons and does not intentionally embed remote social feeds, videos, maps or advertising content. If a future version introduces a third-party feature, that provider may use its own storage technologies. We will assess the feature, update disclosures and implement consent controls where required before activation.

10. Security and minimisation

We aim to minimise browser storage and avoid collecting information that is not necessary for a defined purpose. Storage values should not contain payment-card information, detailed health information or unnecessary sensitive content. Security measures are used proportionate to the nature of the technology and the information involved.

11. Updates to this policy

We may update this policy if website functions, technologies or legal requirements change. The effective date will be revised, and material changes may be highlighted through an on-site notice or consent interface. Non-essential technologies that require consent will not be treated as authorised merely because this policy has changed.

12. Questions and requests

For questions about cookies, browser storage or privacy, contact Whitevelour Works Pty Ltd at 47 Chapel Street, Prahran VIC 3181, Australia, by email at info@whitevelourworks.com or by telephone at +61 3 9123 4567.