Cookie Policy
Understanding Cookies and Their Purpose
Cookies are fundamental to the modern internet, helping to deliver a more personal and convenient online experience. They are the primary tools used to automatically collect information that makes your interaction with our Services smoother, more secure, and more relevant. Their main purpose is to improve the functionality of our platform and to gather data that helps us enhance our services for all users.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a small text file, composed of letters and numbers, that a web server places on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. It acts as a form of identification, allowing a website to recognise a user upon their return. Think of a cookie as a name tag that our website gives your browser.
When you come back, our site reads the tag and remembers your previously set preferences, such as your chosen language or login details. This simple mechanism is essential for efficient navigation and a user-friendly experience. Cookies are passive files and cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your device.
Other Related Tools We Use
Alongside cookies, we may use other similar tools to support the functionality of our website and gather important information. These are not cookies but work in conjunction with them to help us deliver a better service.
- Web Beacons and Pixel Tags: These are tiny, transparent graphic images embedded in a webpage or email. When you access a page containing a web beacon, it makes a call to a server to indicate that the page has been viewed. They are used to track user activity, such as whether an email has been opened, which helps us measure the effectiveness of our communication and marketing campaigns.
- Scripts: These are small pieces of computer code that run on our website to enable dynamic and interactive features. For example, scripts are used to ensure the website displays correctly on your device, to run our casino games smoothly, and to provide real-time updates without you having to reload the page.
How We Classify Cookies
To provide greater transparency, it is helpful to understand that cookies can be classified in several ways. The primary classifications are based on their origin (who places them on your device) and their lifespan (how long they are stored on your device). Understanding these distinctions can help you make more informed choices about your privacy.
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Cookies are categorised as either “first-party” or “third-party” depending on the domain that places them. This distinction is crucial for understanding how information is handled.
- First-Party Cookies: These are set and managed directly by us when you are using our Services. They are essential for the core functionality of our website, such as keeping you logged in to your account, remembering your language preferences, and processing transactions securely.
- Third-Party Cookies: These are set by companies other than us, whose services we use to enhance our platform. For example, we use analytics partners like Google Analytics to help us understand how players use our site. We also work with advertising partners who may place cookies to deliver advertisements that are relevant to your interests. We do not control the placement of these cookies, but we ensure all our partners adhere to strict privacy standards.
Session and Persistent Cookies
Cookies can also be classified based on how long they remain on your device after you leave our website. This is determined by the cookie’s pre-programmed lifespan.
- Session Cookies: These are temporary and exist only for the duration of your visit to our website. They are automatically deleted from your device as soon as you close your web browser. Their main purpose is to manage your active session, for example, by ensuring you remain logged in as you navigate between different pages.
- Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a pre-defined period even after you have closed your browser. They are activated each time you revisit the site that created them. Persistent cookies are used to remember your preferences and settings for future visits, making your experience faster and more convenient. For example, a persistent cookie might remember your username so you do not have to type it in every time you log in.
The Types of Cookies We Use and Why
We use several different types of cookies, each with a specific function. The following table provides a detailed breakdown of these categories, explaining why we use them and what they do. This information is designed to give you a clear understanding of how data is used to operate and improve our Services.
| Cookie Category | Primary Purpose | Examples of Use | Type (First/Third-Party) |
| Strictly Necessary | Essential for website operation, security, and core features. | Keeping you logged in; processing transactions securely; detecting policy violations; ensuring fair play. | Primarily First-Party |
| Functionality | Remembering user choices and providing enhanced, personalized features. | Storing your preferred language or region; remembering your username for the next visit; customising site layout. | Primarily First–Party |
| Performance & Analytics | Collecting data on user activity to analyze and improve service performance. | Measuring page load times; tracking user navigation paths to identify popular features; compiling aggregated statistical reports. | First and Third-Party |
| Marketing & Advertising | Delivering tailored advertisements and offers based on user interests. | Showing ads for games you might like; limiting the number of times you see the same ad; measuring ad campaign effectiveness. | Primarily Third-Party |
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are indispensable for the proper and secure functioning of our website. They enable core features you request, such as logging in and accessing secure areas, and are used for critical security purposes like fraud detection. Because these cookies are essential to deliver our Services to you, your consent is not required for their use.
Functionality Cookies
To enhance your user experience, functionality cookies remember the choices you make. These cookies allow our website to recall your preferences for a more personalised and convenient visit, such as your username or preferred language. This saves you from having to re-enter this information on each visit to kiwistreasure.net.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
Performance and analytics cookies gather aggregated and anonymous information about how users interact with our Services. They track data like page visits and session duration, which is vital for understanding platform performance. The insights gained from these cookies help us conduct research, fix technical issues, and improve our website’s design.
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
The primary purpose of marketing and advertising cookies is to make the advertising you see more relevant. Typically placed by our third-party partners, they track browsing activity to build an interest profile, allowing for tailored offers on our Services and elsewhere. These cookies also help measure ad campaign effectiveness and limit ad repetition. Our site’s social media features are governed by the privacy policies of their respective companies.
Your Choices and How to Manage Cookies
We provide you with control over your cookie preferences directly on our website. When you first visit, a consent banner will allow you to accept, reject, or customize your cookie settings by category. You can update these choices at any time through the “Cookie Settings” link in our website’s footer. In addition, most browsers provide tools to manage cookies in their “Settings” or “Options” menu, allowing you to view, delete, or block them.
For more specific control over advertising, you can also use industry tools like the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) to opt out of interest-based ads from member companies. This offers a centralized way to manage your advertising preferences across many networks.