Conditional Independence Equivalent Definitions

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I do not understand how

P(A|B,C)=P(A|C)

is derived from

P(A∩B|C)=P(A|C)P(B|C)

on this site.

I'm stuck on the statement:

By conditioning on C, we obtain P(A|B,C)=P(A∩B|C)/P(B|C)

Should the left hand side of the equation be P(A|B|C)?

Update

From this site:

Definition

Two events A and B are conditionally independent given an event C with P(C)>0 if

P(A ∩ B | C)=P(A | C) P(B | C) equation (1.8)

Recall that from the definition of conditional probability,

P(A | B) = P(A ∩ B) P(B),

if P(B)>0. By conditioning on C, we obtain

P(A | B , C) = P(A ∩ B | C) P(B | C)

How is this last equation P(A | B , C)= P(A ∩ B | C) P(B | C) derived? What does it mean to condition on C?