Cookies Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners. Cookies allow a website to recognise your device and store information about your preferences or actions over time.

Cookies are not programmes and cannot carry viruses. They are simple text files that cannot execute code or access other information on your device beyond what they are designed to store.

There are different types of cookies based on their lifespan:

• Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser. They help the website function during your visit.
• Persistent cookies: These remain on your device after you close your browser until they expire or you delete them. They allow the website to remember your preferences for future visits.

2. How We Use Cookies

Sparkcrplanet uses cookies for the following purposes:

• To store your cookie consent preferences so we do not ask again during the same session or within the defined consent period
• To support the basic technical functioning of our website (session management)
• To collect anonymous, aggregated data about how visitors interact with our website, helping us improve content and structure
• To enable third-party services embedded on our pages (such as Google Maps) to function correctly

We do not use cookies to track you across unrelated websites or to build personal advertising profiles. We do not use cookies to store sensitive personal information such as passwords, payment information, or government identifiers.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They do not store any personally identifiable information and are typically only set in response to actions you take such as setting your cookie preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.

• privacy_accepted: Stores your cookie consent decision. Set when you interact with our cookie consent bar. Duration: 12 months.

3.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site.

3.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly. On our site, these primarily relate to remembering your display or language preferences across sessions.

3.4 Third-Party Embed Cookies

Our website includes an embedded Google Maps element. When you view pages containing this embed, Google may set cookies in accordance with its own privacy and cookies policies. We recommend reviewing Google's policies at google.com/policies/privacy if you have concerns about these cookies.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some pages on our website include content or functionality provided by third parties. These providers may set their own cookies when you view such content. We do not control these third-party cookies and they are governed by the privacy policies of those providers.

Third-party services that may set cookies on our website include:

• Google Maps: Used to display an interactive location map on our Contact and Home pages. Google may set cookies to track map interactions. Please refer to Google's Privacy Policy for full details.
• Google Fonts: Used to load our chosen typefaces. Google Fonts may log the IP address of users who access font files. This data is used only for technical CDN delivery and is governed by Google's Privacy Policy.
• Font Awesome (Cloudflare CDN): Used to serve icon assets. Cloudflare may log access requests for performance and security purposes.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing how cookies are stored on your device:

5.1 Through Our Cookie Consent Bar

When you first visit our website, a cookie consent bar is displayed. You can choose to accept or decline non-essential cookies using the buttons provided. Your choice is stored in a cookie named privacy_accepted for up to 12 months.

5.2 Through Your Browser Settings

Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through their settings. The steps to do this vary by browser. Common browser cookie settings are accessible via:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy and Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions
• Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data

Please note that restricting cookies may impact the functionality of some parts of our website.

6. Your Consent

By clicking "Accept" on our cookie consent bar, you consent to the use of non-essential cookies as described in this policy. By clicking "Decline", only strictly necessary cookies will be set.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by clearing your browser cookies. The next time you visit our website, the cookie consent bar will reappear and you can make a fresh choice.

Your use of this website without interacting with the consent bar (for example, by navigating to a different page) implies continued use, but we encourage you to make an active choice by interacting with the bar directly.

7. Impact of Disabling Cookies

If you choose to decline or disable cookies:

• Your cookie consent preference will not be saved and the consent bar may appear on each visit
• Google Maps embeds may not display or function correctly
• We will be unable to collect anonymous analytics data used to improve our website
• The core content of our website — including all guides, articles, and informational pages — will remain fully accessible

We have designed our website so that all essential content is accessible regardless of your cookie choices.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy periodically to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in applicable regulations. Any updates will be published on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this page from time to time.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about how we use cookies or wish to exercise your rights under applicable privacy law, please contact us:

• Address: 26 Hansen Road, Frankton, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand
• Phone: +64 21 484 635
• Email: welcome@sparkcrplanet.world
• Contact form: Use our Contact page