Cookie Policy

Last updated: June 17, 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive. They help us improve our website and deliver a better, more personalised service by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns
  • Store information about your preferences
  • Customise our website according to your individual interests
  • Speed up your searches
  • Recognise you when you return to our website

2. How We Use Cookies

Affalascon uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, which we have grouped into the following categories:

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable you to navigate around the site and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

Examples:

  • Remembering your cookie preferences
  • Maintaining secure areas of the website
  • Form submission functionality
  • Basic website functionality

Legal basis: These cookies are necessary for the legitimate operation of our website.

2.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are most popular and if visitors receive error messages. This information helps us improve how our website works.

Examples:

  • Google Analytics cookies that track visitor behaviour
  • Cookies that measure website performance
  • Heat mapping and user experience analysis
  • Error reporting and diagnostics

Legal basis: We use these cookies based on our legitimate interest in improving our website performance and user experience.

2.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features.

Examples:

  • Remembering your preferred language or region
  • Storing your form preferences
  • Personalising content based on your interests
  • Remembering accessibility settings

Legal basis: We use these cookies to enhance your user experience based on your implied consent through continued use of our website.

2.4 Marketing and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Examples:

  • Social media platform cookies (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter)
  • Advertising network cookies
  • Retargeting and remarketing cookies
  • Conversion tracking cookies

Legal basis: We only use marketing cookies with your explicit consent.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Session Cookies

These are temporary cookies that remain in your browser until you leave the website. They are deleted when you close your browser.

3.2 Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They help us recognise you as a returning visitor.

3.3 First-Party Cookies

These are cookies set directly by our website (affalascon.com).

3.4 Third-Party Cookies

These are cookies set by other websites or services, such as:

  • Google Analytics
  • Social media platforms
  • Advertising networks
  • Content delivery networks

4. Specific Cookies We Use

Cookie Name Purpose Type Duration
affalascon_consent Stores your cookie consent preferences Necessary 1 year
_ga Google Analytics - distinguishes users Analytics 2 years
_ga_* Google Analytics - session data Analytics 2 years
_gid Google Analytics - distinguishes users Analytics 24 hours

5. Social Media Cookies

Our website includes social media features and widgets, such as the Facebook "Like" button and LinkedIn "Share" button. These features may collect information about your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly.

Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.

6. Your Cookie Choices

6.1 Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, we will ask for your consent to use cookies through our cookie banner. You can choose to:

  • Accept All: Allow all cookies including marketing cookies
  • Necessary Only: Only allow essential cookies
  • Customise: Choose specific cookie categories

6.2 Managing Cookie Preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:

  • Clicking the "Manage Cookie Preferences" button at the top of this page
  • Looking for the cookie settings option in our website footer
  • Contacting us directly using the information provided below

6.3 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, limiting cookies may impact your experience of our website. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

  • Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
  • Firefox: Preferences > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data
  • Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data

7. Third-Party Cookie Policies

For more information about third-party cookies used on our site, please refer to the relevant privacy policies:

8. Cookies and Personal Data

Some cookies may collect personal data or become personal data when combined with other information. All personal data collected through cookies is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable New Zealand privacy laws.

9. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of any material changes by:

  • Posting the updated policy on our website
  • Updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy
  • Requesting fresh consent where required by law

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Affalascon
Level 3, 123 Queen Street
Auckland 1010
New Zealand

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +64 9 555 0123

11. Useful Resources

For more information about cookies and online privacy, you may find these resources helpful: