Cookies Policy

Introduction

This Cookies Policy explains how Discovery Alert Pty Ltd (“Discovery Alert”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website and digital platforms. Discovery Alert is a subsidiary of AiGentic Group Pty Ltd and is Australia’s largest mining and energy news platform, delivering real-time ASX announcement alerts and analysis to investors.

By using our website, mobile applications, or Services, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They enable our alerting and content delivery systems to function effectively, remember your preferences, and support the real-time delivery of mining and energy sector announcements that defines our Service.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our platform to function properly and cannot be disabled.

Purpose:

Website functionality and security
Subscriber authentication and account access
Real-time alert delivery
Subscription and membership management
Payment processing integration

Duration: Session and persistent cookies (up to 2 years)

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Used to understand how subscribers interact with our content and to optimise our alert and article generation systems.

Technologies used include Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and custom analytics for tracking engagement with mining and energy sector content, including article reading patterns, time spent on company-specific alerts, and click-through rates on discovery alerts.

Duration: Up to 26 months

Functional Cookies

Enable personalised features for our investor-focused platform, including saved company watchlists, sector and commodity alert preferences (e.g. gold, lithium, rare earths, energy), currency display settings, and dark/light mode for extended research sessions.

Duration: Up to 2 years

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Used to deliver relevant content and measure the effectiveness of our investor communications and advertising campaigns. Our advertising and monetisation partners include:

Ezoic Inc. — see the dedicated section below
Google Ads
LinkedIn Ads (professional investor networks)
Meta/Facebook Pixel (retail investor engagement)
Industry-specific retargeting networks

Duration: Up to 2 years · Legal Basis: Consent

Ezoic Services

This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements, and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilise first- and third-party cookies.

A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you are visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimise ad targeting.

Disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website. Rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalised advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them via your browser settings.

The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalised ads:

IP address
Operating system type and version
Device type
Language preferences
Web browser type
Email address (in a hashed or encrypted form)

Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with independently collected information to deliver targeted advertisements across platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to build audience segments for cross-device targeted advertising.

You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy and its list of advertising partners on the Ezoic website for further detail.

Financial Data Provider Cookies

Essential for delivering real-time ASX market data and announcement analysis, including ASX data feed integrations, market data providers, and economic/announcement calendar tracking, to ensure data accuracy for our alerting systems.

Social Media and Content Distribution Cookies

Support our multi-platform content distribution strategy across LinkedIn, X (Twitter), YouTube, and our email newsletter platforms.

Third-Party Cookies and Data Sharing

AiGentic Group Integration

AiGentic Labs Pty Ltd provides technology cookies supporting our alert and article generation workflows. Analytics, user management, and engagement data may be shared across AiGentic Group subsidiaries — including StockWire X Pty Ltd — for marketing, service delivery, and operational purposes.

Payment and Subscription Management

We use secure third-party payment processors and subscription management platforms to handle billing and recurring subscriptions.

Corporate Client Partnerships

Where ASX-listed mining and energy companies engage our promotional services, specific tracking cookies enable campaign performance measurement, investor engagement analytics, and content distribution tracking.

Cookie Management and Your Rights

Browser-Based Controls

You can manage cookies through your browser settings:

Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
Mozilla Firefox: Preferences → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

Advertising Opt-Outs

Google Ads: Google Ad Settings (adssettings.google.com)
LinkedIn: LinkedIn Ad Preferences
Industry-wide opt-out: Digital Advertising Alliance Australia (youronlinechoices.com.au)

Impact of Cookie Restrictions

Disabling certain cookies may affect real-time alert delivery, personalised content recommendations, and subscription access and functionality.

Mobile Applications and Tracking

If you access Discovery Alert via a mobile application, similar tracking technologies apply, including app analytics, push notification delivery for alerts, crash reporting, and mobile advertising identifiers. These can be controlled through your device-level privacy settings and in-app notification preferences.

Australian Privacy Principles (APP) Compliance

We comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles, ensuring transparent data collection practices, secure data handling and storage, individual rights to access and correct personal information, and appropriate consent mechanisms for data use. Some cookie providers operate outside Australia; where this occurs, we seek appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses or reliance on recognised adequacy arrangements.

Data Retention and Security

Session cookies: deleted when the browser closes
Functional cookies: up to 2 years based on user preferences
Analytics data: aggregated and anonymised after 26 months
Marketing cookies: up to 2 years, or until consent is withdrawn

We apply HTTPS encryption for data in transit, conduct regular security reviews of our cookie systems, and apply access controls and data minimisation practices, with secure storage in Australian and approved international data centres.

Updates and Notifications

We may update this Cookies Policy to reflect changes in our technology and data processing, new regulatory requirements, enhanced security measures, or platform feature changes. Material changes will be communicated via email notification to registered users, website banners, and an updated effective date on this page.

Contact Information

Privacy Inquiries: Discovery Alert Pty Ltd, Email: info@discoveryalert.com.au

Data Rights Requests: For access, correction, or deletion of personal data collected through cookies, email info@discoveryalert.com.au. We will respond within 30 days of your verified request.

AiGentic Group Data Protection: For Group-wide privacy matters, email info@aigenticgroup.com.

Last Updated: 2 July 2026