Cookie Policy
1. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files that a website may place on your device so the site can recognise your browser on later visits. Similar technologies: including localStorage, sessionStorage, and certain pixel-like tags: can serve comparable functions such as remembering preferences or measuring aggregated traffic. Throughout this policy, references to “cookies” include those similar tools where the context allows.
2. How We Use Cookies
On JoyPlay Corners we use cookies and local storage primarily to keep the site working as expected and to remember whether you have already responded to our cookie notice. If optional analytics tools are enabled in a future update, they will be used to understand how pages are navigated in aggregate so we can improve clarity and structure for visitors in New Zealand.
We do not use cookies on this site to sell personal information or to build advertising profiles for third-party marketers.
3. Categories We May Use
Strictly Necessary / Technical
These tools are required for core functions such as storing your cookie banner decision and supporting secure navigation. Because they are necessary for the service you request, they do not rely on optional marketing consent. Disabling them through browser settings may cause the banner to reappear or may affect other basic behaviours.
Preference Storage
We use browser localStorage under the key cookie_consent to remember whether you accepted or closed the cookie notice. Saving this preference prevents repeated interruptions on subsequent visits from the same browser profile.
Analytics (Only If Enabled)
If we configure analytics, those tools help us see which pages attract attention, how visitors move between guides, and whether technical errors occur. Analytics are reviewed in aggregated form. Optional analytics will not run without an appropriate consent mechanism where consent is required.
4. Third-Party Cookies
When you follow a link from JoyPlay Corners to an external game platform, map provider, or other third-party site, that destination may set its own cookies under its own policies. We do not control those cookies. Review the destination’s notices before continuing, especially before signing in or making purchases.
The embedded map on our Contact Us page is provided by OpenStreetMap-related services and may involve third-party network requests subject to that provider’s practices.
5. Managing Your Preferences
You can manage cookies in several ways:
- Use the on-site cookie banner on your first visit to accept or close the notice;
- Clear site data for joyplaycorners.com in your browser settings to reset the stored consent value;
- Block or delete cookies globally through your browser’s privacy controls;
- Use any opt-out controls offered by analytics providers if analytics are later enabled.
Please note that blocking necessary storage can reduce usability. For example, the cookie banner may appear again on every visit if localStorage is unavailable.
6. Legal Basis
Necessary cookies and preference storage support the delivery of a functional website and our legitimate interest in remembering a choice you already made. Optional analytics or non-essential technologies, if introduced, rely on consent that you can withdraw by clearing stored preferences or contacting us.
7. Retention and Duration
Session cookies expire when you close the browser. Persistent cookies and localStorage entries remain until they expire, are overwritten, or you delete them manually. The cookie_consent value remains until you clear it or we change the storage model and publish an update here.
8. Relationship with the Privacy Policy
Cookies can involve personal information when they are linked to an identifier. Broader details about collection, rights, and security appear in our Privacy Policy. This Cookie Policy focuses on the technologies themselves and the choices available to you.
9. Contact
If you have questions about our use of cookies or local storage, email hello@joyplaycorners.com or use the Contact Us form.
10. Updates
We may revise this Cookie Policy as our tooling, hosting stack, or legal requirements change. Updates will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date. We encourage periodic review so you remain informed about how the site remembers preferences and measures performance.