Basic probability: conditioning equations

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I'm quite new to probability and I'm quite confused by a certain "operation" that is performed in my lecture notes. It's the operation of conditioning both sides of an equation on a certain event. For example, in my notes I have:

$$P(A\cap B)=P(A)P(B).$$

By conditioning on $C$ we obtain:

$$P(A\cap B\mid C)=P(A\mid C)P(B\mid C).$$

But how do we know that we can use this kind of conditioning on a particular equation? I can think of many examples when such conditioning would lead to errors. For example, rolling a die:

If we define:

$A$ as getting either $1$ or $2$,
$B$ as getting either $5$ or $6,$
and $C$ as getting $4$ of more, then it's true that:

$$P(A)=P(B).$$

But:

$$P(A\mid C)\neq P(B\mid C).$$

Could anyone help me understand this problem? Thank you in advance.