What Are Cookies and Why This Page Exists
When you visit imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com, small data files called cookies are placed on your device. These files contain short strings of text that help the website recognise your browser, remember your preferences, and understand how you interact with the site across multiple pages and visits.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies Imperial Wins Casino uses, why we use them, and what options you have when it comes to managing them. It applies to all visitors accessing the site from New Zealand and sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers the broader handling of personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020 (NZ) and the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) contained within it.
Reading this page takes a few minutes and is genuinely worth your time if you care about what happens to data collected during your browsing sessions.
How Cookies Work in Practice
A cookie is not software. It cannot carry a virus or execute code. It is a passive text file stored locally on your device by your browser when you visit a website. When you return to that site, the browser sends the relevant cookie back to the web server, allowing the site to recognise you and respond accordingly.
Cookies are either session-based or persistent. Session cookies exist only for the duration of a single browsing session and are deleted automatically when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually.
They can also be categorised by origin. First-party cookies are set directly by imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com. Third-party cookies are set by external services operating on our pages, such as analytics platforms or embedded content providers.
Categories of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the site to function. Without them, core features such as logging into your account, navigating between pages, and using the secure payment flow would not operate correctly. They do not collect information used for marketing and cannot be disabled without disrupting basic functionality.
Examples of what these cookies handle include:
- Maintaining your logged-in session once you have authenticated
- Remembering items in your session during the registration process
- Detecting whether your browser supports the features necessary to render the site correctly
- Applying security tokens that protect form submissions from cross-site request forgery
Because these cookies are essential to the technical delivery of the service, they are placed on your device without requiring prior consent. This is consistent with the approach taken under the Privacy Act 2020, which permits the collection of information where it is directly related to the purpose of providing the service you have requested.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow the site to remember choices you have made and deliver a more tailored experience. They do not track your activity across other websites.
What these cookies might remember:
- Your preferred language or regional display settings
- Whether you have previously dismissed a notification or consent banner
- Your preferred game categories or lobby layout within your account
- Whether you have already seen the welcome bonus offer
These cookies improve your experience but are not strictly required. If you decline them via your browser settings or our consent tool, the site will still work, though some personalisation features will not be retained between visits.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com. The data gathered is aggregated and does not identify individual users by name or account details. We use this information to understand which pages are visited most often, how long users spend on particular sections, where visitors tend to exit the site, and where technical errors occur.
This helps us identify what is working well and what needs attention. Without some form of usage data, it would be difficult to make informed decisions about site improvements.
The analytics services we use may set their own cookies through our pages. These third-party tools operate under their own privacy policies, and we have described them further in the section on third-party services below.
Data collected through performance cookies includes:
- Pages visited and the sequence in which they were accessed
- Time spent on individual pages
- Browser type, operating system, and approximate device category
- Referring URL (the address of the site you visited before arriving here)
- Errors encountered during your session
No financial information, account credentials, or personally identifiable data is collected through analytics cookies.
Marketing and Targeting Cookies
These cookies are used to show advertising that is more relevant to your interests. They work by building a profile of your browsing behaviour over time, both on our site and, through third-party networks, on other websites you visit.
Marketing cookies may be used to:
- Record that you have visited imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com so that related content may appear on partner platforms
- Limit the number of times you see a particular advertisement
- Measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns
- Allow third-party advertising partners to serve relevant promotions based on your interests
We do not sell your personal information to advertisers. Marketing cookies enable ad platforms to present content that is more likely to be relevant to you, but the underlying data remains within the systems of those platforms and is governed by their own privacy policies.
If you decline marketing cookies, you will not receive less advertising overall. You will receive advertising that is less specifically targeted to your browsing behaviour.
Responsible Gambling and Age Verification Cookies
Imperial Wins Casino operates in a regulated environment and is required to implement measures that protect vulnerable users and verify that players meet the legal age requirement of 18 years or older. Certain cookies support these requirements by:
- Retaining confirmation that an age verification check has been completed during a session
- Supporting the functionality of responsible gambling tools such as deposit limit preferences and session reminders
- Ensuring that self-exclusion settings applied to your account are respected consistently across devices where possible
These cookies intersect with both our strictly necessary category and our legal obligations. They are not used for marketing.
Third-Party Services That Set Cookies on Our Site
Imperial Wins Casino uses a number of third-party services that may set cookies on your device when you visit our site. We do not have direct control over the cookies placed by these services, but we have listed the relevant categories and what they are used for.
Analytics Platforms
We use web analytics tools to understand site usage patterns. These platforms set cookies that track page visits, session duration, and user flow through the site. The data is aggregated and used purely for internal reporting. Analytics providers process data in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable data protection law.
Game Providers
The games available on imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com are powered by third-party studios including Play’n Go, Evolution, PG Soft, Pragmatic Play, Spribe, BGAMING, Evoplay, Ezugi, and others. When you load a game, that studio’s software may interact with your browser in ways that involve session-level data. Game providers are independently licensed and operate under their own data handling obligations.
Payment Processors
Deposits and withdrawals processed via Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT involve the systems of those payment providers. When you initiate a transaction, you may be redirected to or interact with an interface controlled by the payment processor. Those environments are governed by the processor’s own terms and privacy practices.
Responsible Gambling Partners
Our site includes links and integrations with Gambling Therapy (gamblingtherapy.org) and BeGambleAware (begambleaware.org). If you interact with those services, they operate under their own cookie and privacy policies.
Your Rights Under the Privacy Act 2020
New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 gives you specific rights in relation to your personal information. While cookies themselves are often not personally identifiable, the data derived from them can be personal information depending on context. Where that is the case, your rights include:
- The right to request access to personal information we hold about you
- The right to request correction of information that is inaccurate or misleading
- The right to ask us to stop using your information in certain ways
- The right to make a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner if you believe your privacy rights have not been respected
If you want to exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com or by post at 300 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021. We will respond within the timeframe required by law, which is 20 working days from receipt of a valid request.
How to Manage and Control Cookies
Browser Settings
Every major browser gives you tools to manage cookies. You can typically access these through your browser’s settings or preferences menu. Depending on the browser, you can:
- View all cookies currently stored on your device
- Delete cookies individually or in bulk
- Block third-party cookies while allowing first-party ones
- Set the browser to notify you before a cookie is placed
- Block all cookies (noting that this will affect the functionality of most websites, including ours)
Instructions for the browsers most commonly used by New Zealand visitors:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari (macOS and iOS): Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data
If you are using a mobile browser, the relevant settings are typically found in your device’s privacy or browser settings rather than in the browser application itself.
Opt-Out Tools for Advertising Networks
If you want to opt out of interest-based advertising served through advertising networks, the following tools provide browser-level controls:
- Your Online Choices (youronlinechoices.com) for European advertising frameworks that may apply to some of our third-party ad partners
- Network Advertising Initiative opt-out tool (optout.networkadvertising.org)
- Google’s advertising settings available through your Google account if you use Google services
Note that opting out through these tools does not block all advertising. It limits the extent to which advertising is personalised based on your browsing profile.
Do Not Track
Some browsers allow you to send a Do Not Track signal to websites you visit. At this time there is no consistent technical standard for how websites should respond to this signal, and we do not alter our practices based on it. If this changes, we will update this policy accordingly.
Cookie Retention Periods
Different cookies remain on your device for different lengths of time depending on their purpose:
- Session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser
- Authentication cookies that keep you logged in typically expire after a fixed period of inactivity, usually between 24 hours and 30 days depending on your account settings
- Functional preference cookies are generally set with an expiry of 12 months
- Analytics cookies vary by provider but typically expire between 6 and 24 months
- Marketing and targeting cookies may persist for up to 12 months depending on the platform
You can delete any cookie at any time through your browser settings regardless of its scheduled expiry date.
Cookies and Responsible Gambling Obligations
Imperial Wins Casino holds licence number OGL/2024/284/0863 and operates in accordance with the terms and conditions of that licence. Part of meeting those obligations involves using technical measures to support responsible gambling tools and age verification processes. Some of the cookies described in this policy serve those compliance functions.
We take our obligations to players seriously. If you have concerns about your gambling behaviour, you can access support at gamblingtherapy.org or contact us directly at support@imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com so that we can help you use the responsible gambling tools available on your account.
Children and Cookie Collection
Imperial Wins Casino is strictly for adults aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data through cookies or any other means from people under the age of 18. If you believe a person under 18 has provided personal information to us, contact us at support@imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com and we will take steps to address it.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in law, or changes in how we operate the site. When we make changes, the updated version will be published at https://imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com/cookie-policy/. Continuing to use the site after a revised policy has been posted means you accept the updated terms.
Contact Us
If you have questions about cookies or how we handle data collected through imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com, you can reach us through any of the following channels:
- Email: support@imperial-wins-casino-new-zealand.com
- Phone: +64 9 361 1269
- Post: 300 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021, New Zealand
For complaints that we are unable to resolve directly, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at privacy.org.nz.