Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They enable the website to remember certain information about your visit to improve functionality and user experience.

As a not-for-profit educational organisation, we use cookies only for the following limited purposes:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to enable core website functions, such as page navigation and security. The website cannot function properly without them. They do not collect personal data for marketing purposes.

Analytics Cookies

We use anonymised analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to understand how visitors use our website — for example, which pages are most visited and how long visitors spend on the site. This information is used solely to improve our website and educational content. No personally identifiable information is collected through analytics cookies without your consent.

Preference Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember your settings and preferences (such as language or display options) to provide a more personalised experience during your visit.

We do not use cookies for commercial advertising, targeted marketing, or the sale of your data to third parties. This is consistent with our charitable and non-commercial purpose.

Certain third-party services embedded in our website (such as Google Analytics or embedded video content) may set their own cookies. These are governed by the respective third parties' own privacy and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review.

You can control and manage cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View and delete existing cookies;
• Block cookies from specific websites;
• Block all cookies from being set;
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser.

Please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website. For guidance on managing cookies in your specific browser, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

For questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at: iching@taoacademy.com.au