Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how ("we", "us" or "our") uses cookies and similar storage technologies on the website bellqorianessadine.com ("the Website"). It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which sets out how we collect and process personal data more broadly.

By continuing to browse the Website after being presented with our cookie notice, and by selecting your preferences through our consent management tool, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy. Where we rely on your consent to place optional cookies, those technologies remain switched off until you actively accept them.

We are committed to being transparent about the technologies we use, giving you meaningful control over your data, and complying with our obligations under New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020 and any other applicable laws that govern the use of tracking technologies.

2. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone) when you visit a website. Cookies allow the website to recognise your device on return visits and can store information about your preferences or browsing activity.

In addition to traditional cookies, we may use the following related technologies on the Website:

• Session storage: Data stored temporarily in your browser that is deleted as soon as you close the browser tab or window.
• Local storage: Data stored persistently in your browser beyond a single session, but which is not automatically sent to our servers with each request.
• Pixel tags and web beacons: Tiny invisible images embedded in pages or emails that can record whether a page or message has been opened and from which device.
• Fingerprinting scripts: Scripts that collect technical attributes of your browser or device to help distinguish one visitor from another, without placing a file on your device.

For simplicity, we refer to all of these technologies collectively as "cookies" throughout this policy.

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

We classify the cookies on the Website into four functional categories. The table below summarises each category, its purpose, its legal basis and whether it is active by default.

Optional cookie categories (Functional, Analytics and Performance, and Marketing and Targeting) are not loaded, executed or otherwise activated until you grant your consent through the cookie preference centre displayed on the Website. If you do not interact with the consent tool, only strictly necessary cookies will be set.

4. Cookie Duration

Cookies differ in how long they remain on your device. We use two broad duration categories:

4.1 Session Cookies

Session cookies exist only for the duration of your visit. They are automatically deleted from your device as soon as you close your browser. We use session cookies primarily to maintain your navigation state while you move between pages and to support security functions.

4.2 Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device after your browser is closed, for a pre-defined period or until you delete them manually. The duration of individual persistent cookies varies. As a general guide:

• Cookies that store your consent preferences are retained for up to 12 months so that you are not asked to repeat your choices on every visit.
• Functional preference cookies are typically retained for up to 12 months.
• Analytics cookies may be retained for between 1 month and 24 months, depending on the specific technology in use.
• Marketing and targeting cookies are typically retained for between 30 days and 12 months.

You can delete persistent cookies at any time through your browser settings, as described in Section 6 below.

5. Strictly Necessary Cookies in Detail

Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent because they are essential to the operation of the Website. Examples of the functions they support include:

• Maintaining the security of your browsing session and protecting against cross-site request forgery.
• Balancing traffic across our web servers to maintain consistent performance.
• Storing your cookie consent preferences so we do not present the consent banner on every page load.
• Enabling basic navigation features, including the ability to move forward and backward between pages without errors.
• Displaying the Website in the correct format for your device type.

Because these cookies are necessary for the Website to function, you cannot opt out of them through our consent tool. However, you may be able to block them using browser settings, though doing so is likely to impair your ability to use the Website.

6. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:

• View the cookies currently stored on your device.
• Delete individual cookies or all cookies at once.
• Block third-party cookies.
• Block all cookies from specific websites.
• Set your browser to notify you before a cookie is placed.
• Browse in a private or incognito mode, which limits the cookies that are retained after the session ends.

Instructions for managing cookies in the most widely used browsers can be found at the official support pages for those browsers. Please refer to the help documentation provided by your browser provider for specific guidance. Note that restricting cookies may affect the functionality of many websites, not only ours.

In addition to browser controls, some advertising industry bodies offer opt-out tools that allow you to object to interest-based advertising across participating networks. These tools operate separately from our consent management system and are provided by independent third parties; we do not control or guarantee their availability.

7. Your Consent Choices and How to Change Them

When you first visit the Website, a cookie consent banner will appear. Through this banner you can:

• Accept all cookie categories, including optional ones.
• Reject all optional cookie categories while retaining only strictly necessary cookies.
• Open our preference centre to make granular choices for each optional cookie category individually.

Your choices are saved and honoured during your subsequent visits for as long as your consent cookie remains valid (up to 12 months). After this period, or if you clear your cookies, you will be asked to make your choices again.

7.1 Withdrawing Consent

You may withdraw or change your consent at any time by reopening the cookie preference centre. A link to the preference centre is available in the footer of every page on the Website. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any cookie activity that took place before you withdrew it. After withdrawal, optional cookies will be deactivated as soon as is technically practicable.

7.2 Effect of Not Consenting or Withdrawing Consent

If you choose not to consent to optional cookie categories, or if you later withdraw consent, only strictly necessary cookies will remain active. You will still be able to access and use the core functions of the Website. Some features that rely on optional cookies, such as personalised content recommendations or remembered preferences, may not operate as intended.

8. Third-Party Cookies and External Services

Some cookies on the Website may be set by third-party service providers whose tools or content we have integrated. These third parties set cookies under their own domain names rather than under bellqorianessadine.com, and we do not have direct control over those cookies once they are active.

Third-party cookies may only be activated in the categories for which you have given consent. If you do not consent to analytics or marketing cookies, third-party tools within those categories will not be loaded.

We take care to engage only third-party providers who commit to appropriate data protection standards. However, once data is passed to a third party via their cookie, their own privacy and cookie policies govern how that data is handled. We encourage you to review the privacy notices of any third-party services whose cookies you choose to accept.

We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third-party websites that may be linked from the Website. Following a link to another website takes you outside our domain, and this Cookie Policy no longer applies.

9. Visitors Under the Age of 18

The Website is not directed at persons under the age of 18. In line with the minimum age for casino entry at Bellqorianessadine Restaurant, which is 18 years, we do not knowingly collect data through cookies from anyone under that age. If you believe that a person under 18 has provided consent through our Website, please contact us at the address below and we will take steps to remove the relevant data and deactivate any associated cookies promptly.

10. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies we use, changes in applicable law or changes in our business practices. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you through the Website or by other means.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically so that you remain informed about how we use cookies. Your continued use of the Website after any updates to this policy constitutes your acknowledgement of those changes, subject to the requirement to obtain fresh consent where required by law.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns or requests relating to this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us using the details below:

We aim to respond to all enquiries within a reasonable timeframe. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand.