Cookie Policy

MECCA BRANDS PTY LTD

COOKIES POLICY

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps Mecca Brands Pty Ltd Limited (“we”, “us”, “our”) to provide you with the best possible experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They are primarily used to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information may be used to track visitor use of a website, improve the functionality of a website or to compile statistical reports on website activity. For more information about cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org or https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/.

You can modify your web browser not to accept cookies, and the above websites tell you how to decline cookies. However, doing so may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website, as some of our website features may not function as a result. The way in which you adjust your browser security setting varies from browser to browser.

What cookies will this website use and for what purpose?

We use the following cookies:

Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website and cannot be deactivated. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to personalise your privacy preferences, log into secure areas of our website or fill in forms, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to measure and improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with our advertising partners who may display advertisements based on topics that interest you on other sites.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below.

Name of Cookie

Purpose

Provider

Duration

Functionality cookies and strictly necessary cookies

_ab

Used in connection with access to admin.

RWD

Expires after two years

_customer_account_shop_                   sessions

Used in combination with the _secure_account_session_id cookie to track a user's session for new customer accounts.

RWD

Expires after 30 days

_secure_account_session_id

Used to track a user's session for new customer accounts.

RWD

Expires after 30 days

_secure_session_id

Used to track a user's session through the multi-step checkout process and keep their order, payment and shipping details connected.

RWD

Expires after 24 hours

_shopify_country

For shops where pricing currency/country set from GeoIP, that cookie stores the country we've detected. This cookie helps avoid doing GeoIP lookups after the first request.

RWD

Expires after the session

_shopify_m

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

RWD

Expires after one year

_shopify_tm

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

RWD

Expires after 30 minutes

_shopify_tw

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

_storefront_u

Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

RWD

Expires after one minute

_tracking_consent

Used to store a user's preferences if a merchant has set up privacy rules in the visitor's region.

RWD

Expires after one year

_cmp_a

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

RWD

Expires after one day

c

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one year

cart

Used in connection with shopping cart.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

cart_currency

Set after a checkout is completed to ensure that new carts are in the same currency as the last checkout.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

cart_sig

A hash of the contents of a cart. This is used to verify the integrity of the cart and to ensure performance of some cart operations.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

cart_ts

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

cart_ver

Used in connection with shopping cart.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after four weeks

checkout_token

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one year

customer_account_locale

Used in connection with new customer accounts.

RWD

Expires after one year

dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after 30 minutes

hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after session

keep_alive

Used in connection with buyer localization.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

master_device_id

Used in connection with merchant login.

RWD

Expires after two years

previous_step

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one year

discount_code

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after session

remember_me

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one year

secure_customer_sig

Used to identify a user after they sign into a shop as a customer so they do not need to log in again.

RWD

Expires after one year

shopify_pay

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one year

shopify_pay_redirect

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one hour, three weeks or one year, depending on the value at checkout

shop_pay_accelerated

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one year

source_name

Used in combination with mobile apps to provide custom checkout behavior, when viewing a store from within a compatible mobile app.

RWD

Expires after session

storefront_digest

Stores a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants to preview their storefront while it's password protected.

RWD

Expires after two years

tracked_start_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one year

checkout_session_lookup

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after three weeks

checkout_prefill

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after five minutes

checkout_queue_token

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one year

checkout_queue_checkout_token

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one year

checkout_session_token

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after three weeks

checkout_session_token_<<token>>

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after three weeks

order

Used in connection with order status page.

RWD

Expires after three weeks

identity-state

Used in connection with customer authentication.

RWD

Expires after 24 hours

identity-state-<<token>>

Used in connection with customer authentication.

RWD

Expires after 24 hours

identity_customer_account_number

Used in connection with customer authentication.

RWD

Expires after 12 weeks

card_update_verification_id

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after 20 minutes

customer_account_new_login

Used in connection with customer authentication.

RWD

Expires after 20 minutes

customer_account_preview

Used in connection with customer authentication.

RWD

Expires after seven days

customer_payment_method

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after one hour

customer_shop_pay_agreement

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after 20 minutes

pay_update_intent_id

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after 20 minutes

localization

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

profile_preview_token

Used in connection with checkout.

RWD

Expires after five minutes

login_with_shop_finalize

Used in connection with customer authentication.

RWD

Expires after five minutes

preview_theme

Used in connection with the theme editor.

RWD

Expires after session

shopify-editor-unconfirmed-settings

Used in connection with the theme editor.

RWD

Expires after 16 hours

wpm-test-cookie

Used to ensure our systems are working correctly.

RWD

Expires after session

_Brochure_session

Used in connection with browsing through site.

RWD

-

checkout

Used in connection with Pay checkout on shop.app.

RWD

Expires after three weeks

signed_in

Used in connection with Shop login.

RWD

Expires after one year

user

Used in connection with Shop login.

RWD

Expires after one year

bv_segment BVImpl<site>

Used for client-driven A/B tests. <site> is the ID of the current configuration used

Bazaarvoice

Expires after two hours

bvf_<id>

Identifies items for which a user has submitted feedback, such as Helpfulness vote. <id> is the ID of the user-generated content (UGC) that the user left feedback on.

Bazaarvoice

Expires after session

Analytical or performance cookies and targeting cookies

_landing_page

Track landing pages.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

_orig_referrer

Track landing pages.

RWD

Expires after two weeks

_s

Shopify analytics.

RWD

Expires after 30 minutes

_shopify_d

Shopify analytics.

RWD

Expires after session

_shopify_fs

Shopify analytics.

RWD

Expires after 30 minutes

_shopify_s

Shopify analytics.

RWD

Expires after 30 minutes

_shopify_sa_p

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

RWD

Expires after 30 minutes

_shopify_sa_t

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

RWD

Expires after 30 minutes

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

RWD

Expires after one year

_y

Shopify analytics.

RWD

Expires after one year

_shopify_ga

Shopify and Google Analytics.

RWD

Expires after session

customer_auth_provider

Shopify analytics.

RWD

Expires after session

customer_auth_session_created_at

Shopify analytics.

RWD

Expires after session

unique_interaction_id

Shopify analytics.

RWD

Expires after 10 minutes

_landing_page

Tracks landing pages.

RWD

-

_orig_referrer

Tracks landing pages.

RWD

-

_s

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

_session_id

Shopify analytics

RWD

-

_shopify_s

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

_shopify_sa_t

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

RWD

-

_shopify_uniq

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

_y

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

*_assignment

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

ab_test_*

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

cart_sig

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

ki_r

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

ki_t

Shopify analytics.

RWD

-

bv_metrics

Performance diagnostic events for less than 1/1000th of users.

Bazaarvoice

Expires after two hours

BVBRANDID

Allows internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user for interactions within a particular client domain.

Bazaarvoice

Expires after one year

BVBRANDSID

Allows internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user browsing session for interactions within a particular client domain.

Bazaarvoice

Expires after session

NoCookie

Set when a user opts out of tracking or indicates that they are under the age of 13 (COPPA requirement).

Bazaarvoice

Expires after 20 years

NoCookieEU

Set only in the US to indicate whether or not the user is also opted out in the EU. When a user in the US opts out of tracking or indicates that they are under the age of 13 (COPPA requirement), we automatically opt them out in the EU as well. This value is honored as long as the cookie exists.

Bazaarvoice

Expires after 20 years

coppa_

Stores contributor's ID whose age is under 13.

Bazaarvoice

Does not expire

__kla_id

Track and identify site visitors.

Klaviyo

Expires after two years  (seven days if using Safari web browser)

 

Third party cookies

Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control:

  • Cloudflare
  • Facebook Pixel
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Facebook Custom Audiences
  • Google
  • Intercom
  • Facebook Connect
  • Wistia
  • Iovation - Fraud detection
  • Inauth - Fraud detection
  • Magento (opt)
  • Demandware (opt)
  • Marketo (opt)
  • Google Analytics
  • Salesforce DMP (KRUX)
  • Crosswise
  • Mixpanel
  • Mousestats

These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third-party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies. We do not accept any liability for the compliance of these third parties with their legal obligations to you.

You can deactivate the use of these third-party advertising cookies by managing your preferences here: Consent Preferences

 

TERMS & CONDITIONS - WIN A YEAR'S WORTH OF MECCA COSMETICA

  1. This win a years’ worth of MECCA COSMETICA competition (Competition) is promoted by MECCA Brands Pty Ltd (ABN 11 077 859 931) (we, us or our).  
  2. This Competition will be conducted via Facebook and Instagram (Social Media Platforms). 
  3. By entering this Competition, all entrants (you or your) agree to be bound by these terms and conditions (Terms) and our privacy policy. Any breach of these Terms or our privacy policy may result in disqualification from the Competition. 
  4. To the extent of any inconsistency between these Terms and any other reference to this Competition, these Terms prevail. 
  5. The Competition:  
  6. begins at 9am AEST on 22 July 2025; and  
  7. ends at 5pm AEST on 6 August 2025 

(Promotion Period).  

  1. The Competition is open to individuals in the United Kingdom, Australia aged 18 years or over at the time of entry.  
  2. Employees and contractors of MECCA Brands Pty Ltd (ABN 11 077 859 931) (and their Immediate Families), our affiliates and the agencies associated with this Competition are ineligible to enter.   

How to enter 

  1. This Competition is a game of chance. Skill plays no part. 
  2. To enter the Competition, you must, during the Promotion Period, sign up to the MECCA COSMETICA database via our website at https://meccacosmetica.com by providing a valid email address. 
  3. This Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with the Social Media Platforms. 
  4. Entry is limited to 1 per person during the Promotion Period. If you submit multiple entries, you will be disqualified from the Competition. 
  5. We will not accept entries submitted after the end of the Promotion Period.  
  6. The time of each entry will be the time and date of your entry, as displayed on the Social Media Platforms. 
  7. We may, at any time:  
  8. verify the validity of entries and entrants (including your identity, age and place of residence); and  
  9. disqualify any entrant whose entry is not in accordance with these Terms or who otherwise tampers or interferes with the entry process.  
  10. Incomplete, indecipherable or illegible entries will be invalid at our discretion.  
  11. We are not responsible for incorrect, incomplete, lost, late or misdirected entries.  
  12. If there is a dispute as to your identity or details, we reserve the right, acting reasonably, to determine your identity or details and our determination is final.  

Draw 

  1. There will be 1 winner. 
  2. The winner will be randomly drawn. 
  3. We will conduct the draw at: 
  4. 35-43 Wangaratta Street, Richmond, Victoria, 3121; and 
  5. 5pm AEST on 18 August 2025. 
  6. We may draw additional valid reserve entries and record them in case: 
  7. an invalid entry or ineligible entrant is drawn; and  
  8. we elect to draw on the reserve entries. 

Outcome 

  1. Notifying prize recipients 

The winner will be notified at 9am AEST on 19 August 2025 by email to the email address submitted on their entry. 

  1. Announcing prize recipients 

The first initial, surname and, if required by relevant laws, postcode, of the winner and will be announced on the Terms Webpage on 27 August 2025. 

  1. Entries and entrants' social media handles may be published on our websites and social media pages, and in any other promotional material that we consider relevant. By entering the Competition, you consent to us publishing your details, including your social media handle.  
  2. It is your responsibility to notify us in writing if your contact details change. 
  3. Our draw is final. 

Prizes 

  1. The total prize pool value for this Competition is £1,206 (inclusive of GST) and consists of the following MECCA COSMETICA products:  
  2. 4 x To Save Face SPF50+ Brightening Sun Serum 50ml valued at £152; 
  3. 4 x To Save Face SPF50+ Matte Sun Serum 50ml valued at £152; 
  4. 6 x To Save Face SPF50+ Superscreen 75g valued at £210; 
  5. 12 x Lip De-Luscious SPF20 valued at £240; and 
  6. 8 x In A Good Light Illuminating Drops SPF30 (2 in each shade) valued at £272  

(collectively the Prize). 

  1. Prize values are based on the recommended retail prices in Australia on 3 July 2025. We accept no responsibility for any change in prize value on the date the Prize is redeemed. 
  2. We reserve the right to substitute the Prize (or part of the Prize) to a prize of equal or greater value, subject to any legal or regulatory requirements.  

Claiming the Prize 

  1. To claim the Prize, respond to the communication we sent you in accordance with clause 5.1 (which communication notifies you that you have won) with your full name, postcode, mobile number and nominated delivery address in the United Kingdom. 
  2. The Prize must be claimed as offered within 7 days of the winner being notified of the outcome of the draw, subject to product availability. 
  3. Any part of the Prize may be replaced with something of similar value or specification if it is unavailable or out of stock, subject to required regulatory approval.  
  4. A Prize is not transferable, saleable or redeemable as cash, credit or equivalent. 
  5. You should seek independent advice, including financial advice, as implications (such as tax) may arise as a result of claiming the Prize.  
  6. You must comply with all terms and conditions of use of the Prize. 
  7. Redraw 
  8. General 

If the winner does not claim their Prize within the prescribed time, we will conduct a redraw:  

  1. using the same method of draw specified in clause 4(b); 
  2. at 35-43 Wangaratta Street, Richmond, Victoria, 3121; and 
  3. at 9am AEST on 29 August 2025. 

Outcome 

  1. The winner of a redraw will be notified at 5pm AEST on 29 August 2025 email to the email address submitted on their entry. 
  2. The first initial, full surname and, if required by applicable laws, postcode of the winner of a redraw will be announced on the Terms Webpage on 29 August 2025. 

Entries 

  1. We own all entries, including any Intellectual Property Rights comprised in the entries and their content.  
  2. You are responsible for the entry you submit, including its content (such as text, images, photos and videos) and any accompanying comments.  
  3. We are not liable in any way for your entry to the fullest extent permitted by law.  
  4. We may remove or delete any entry without notice for any reason whatsoever.  
  5. You warrant and agree that:  
  6. you will not submit any entry that is unlawful or fraudulent, or that we could reasonably consider to be in breach of any intellectual property, privacy, publicity or other rights, defamatory, obscene, derogatory, pornographic, sexually inappropriate, violent, abusive, harassing, threatening, objectionable with respect to race, religion, origin or gender, not suitable for children aged under 15, or otherwise unsuitable for publication;  
  7. you will obtain prior written consent from any person that appears or is reasonably identifiable in your entry before submitting it;  
  8. you will obtain prior written consent from any person who has jointly created or has rights in your entry to these Terms and our privacy policy;  
  9. your entry does not contain viruses and will not cause injury or harm to any person or entity; and  
  10. you will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including those governing copyright, content, defamation, privacy, publicity and the access or use of others' computer or communication systems. 

Personal Information 

  1. Entries may be entered into a database.  
  2. By entering this Competition, you consent to us:  
  3. using your Personal Information to conduct the Competition and communicate with you if you win a Prize;  
  4. publishing your Personal Information, or disclosing your Personal Information to State and Territory lottery departments, as required by relevant laws; and 
  5. using your name and likeness in any media, worldwide, for an unlimited period for promotional purposes without payment to you, including for the purposes of promoting this Competition and any products manufactured, distributed and/or supplied by us or our affiliates. 
  6. If you wish to access, or for us to update, correct or delete, your Personal Information or information in your entry, contact us using the details below.  

Liability 

To the maximum extent permitted by law: 

  1. we are not liable for any liabilities, claims, actions, and demands of whatsoever kind or nature (including in relation to personal injury, illness, death, loss, damage or expense), either in law or equity, which directly arises or may in the future directly arise, directly resulting from, or directly in relation to, the Competition, other than to the extent caused by use; and 
  2. neither party will be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages of any kinds or loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss of data, loss of goodwill, arising out of or related to the Competition, regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, even if the party had been advised of the possibility of such damages. 

Disruption to Competition 

  1. If, for any reason, this Competition is interfered with in any way or is not capable of being conducted as planned due to a Force Majeure Event, including where such circumstance corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of this Competition, we will, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify you of the Force Majeure Event and take all reasonable steps to minimise disruption and may, to the fullest extent permitted by law:  
  2. disqualify any entrant who tampers or interferes with the entry process; or  
  3. subject to required regulatory approval, cancel, terminate, modify, reschedule or suspend the Competition, as reasonably appropriate. 
  4. Any entrant found to be using a form of software or third party application to enter multiple times (including scripting software) will have all entries invalidated and any claim to a prize will be invalidated. If you have already received a Prize, you must (at your cost) immediately return it to us. We may request any documentation we consider necessary to assist with our assessment.  

General 

  1. Any failure to enforce any of our rights does not constitute a waiver of those rights. 
  2. Any part of these Terms that is illegal, void or unenforceable may be severed, and the remainder will continue in force. 
  3. This Competition and any issues relating to the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Terms will be governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. 
  4. The promoter of this Competition is MECCA Brands Pty Ltd (ABN 11 077 859 931) of 35-43 Wangaratta Street, Richmond, Victoria, 3121, Australia. 
  5. If you have any questions or issues regarding these Terms or how this Competition is conducted, you may contact us at customercare@meccacosmetica.com.
  6. We will determine how any issues will be resolved. 

Force Majeure Event means an event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control, including natural disaster, acts of war, riots, vandalism, failure or shortage of power supplies or other essential utility, pandemic, epidemic, quarantine or other widespread or serious threat to human health (including an outbreak or recurrence), strike, a change in applicable law, government imposed shutdown or closure, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud or technical failures. 

Immediate Families means any of the following (whether natural, step or adopted): spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child, parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew or sibling. 

Intellectual Property Rights means all patents, rights to inventions, copyright, trade marks, trade names and domain names, rights in goodwill, rights in confidential information and any other intellectual property rights, whether registered or unregistered and including all applications for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights and all similar rights which subsist now or in future anywhere in the world. 

Personal Information has the meaning in the UK General Data Protection Regulation. 

Terms Webpage means the webpage of the website at www.mecca.com.au where these Terms may be viewed, which can be found by: 

  1. entering the following URL into an internet browser: www.mecca.com.au/website-terms-and-conditions.html; and 
  2. navigating to the ‘Win a years’ worth of MECCA COSMETICA competition: terms and conditions’ link, which will appear on the left-hand side of the webpage under the heading ‘Terms & Conditions’.