1. Purpose of this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how the Veriquella Pure House website may use cookies, local storage and similar browser technologies. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy. The site is operated by Veriquella Pure House Limited , 10 Papanui Road, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand . This local project build is designed not to download front-end resources from advertising networks, third-party font services or public content-delivery networks.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text records that a website may ask a browser to store on a device. Cookies can help a site remember a session, preference or security state, and can also be used for analytics or advertising depending on how a website is configured. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage and other browser APIs that can retain limited data. Not every website feature requires a cookie, and this policy distinguishes essential uses from optional uses.
3. Strictly necessary technologies
Strictly necessary cookies or storage may be used when required for a feature that the user has requested, for security, or to preserve essential interface state. Examples can include retaining a consent preference, protecting a form from abuse, maintaining a secure session or remembering a short-lived navigation state. Because these technologies are necessary for the requested service or security, consent may not be required in jurisdictions that recognise a strictly necessary exemption, although transparent information should still be provided.
4. Preference technologies
Preference storage can remember non-essential choices such as display or interface settings. If we introduce preference cookies that are not strictly necessary, we will use them only in accordance with applicable consent rules. You can generally remove stored preferences through your browser controls, although doing so may cause the site to forget your selected settings.
5. Analytics technologies
We may in future use privacy-conscious analytics to understand aggregated website usage, such as which pages are visited and whether errors occur. Where analytics cookies or identifiers are not strictly necessary, we will seek consent when required by applicable law before placing or reading them. The current local build does not intentionally include third-party analytics scripts or advertising pixels.
6. Advertising and cross-site tracking
The current website build does not intentionally use third-party advertising cookies, behavioural advertising pixels, social-media tracking scripts or cross-site profiling technologies. If that changes, this policy and any consent controls will be updated before optional tracking is activated where law requires prior consent.
7. First-party and third-party cookies
A first-party cookie is associated with the domain you are visiting. A third-party cookie is generally set or read in connection with a service provided from another domain. The project has been configured so essential front-end assets such as styles, scripts and images are local. This reduces unnecessary third-party network requests, but a future business integration may still require separate disclosure and consent before non-essential third-party technologies are enabled.
8. Legal basis and GDPR consent
Where the GDPR and related European ePrivacy rules apply, non-essential cookies normally require valid consent before they are stored or accessed on a device. Consent should be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous, and it should be as easy to withdraw as to give. Strictly necessary technologies may be used without consent when they are genuinely required to provide a service explicitly requested by the user or to carry out essential communications. Any personal information generated through cookie use is also subject to the lawful-basis, transparency and rights requirements described in our Privacy Policy.
9. New Zealand privacy considerations
New Zealand law does not use exactly the same cookie-consent model as the European Union, but information collected through cookies or similar identifiers can still be personal information where an individual is identifiable. Where the Privacy Act 2020 applies, we handle such information in line with the Information Privacy Principles, including fair collection, security, use and disclosure limitations, retention controls and access or correction rights where relevant.
10. Managing cookies in your browser
Most browsers allow you to view, delete or block cookies and site data. You can usually clear cookies for a particular site, block third-party cookies, prevent all cookies, or configure deletion when the browser closes. The exact steps depend on your browser and device. Blocking every cookie can affect functionality on websites that rely on necessary session or preference storage. Browser controls apply independently from any consent control displayed by a website.
11. Do Not Track and similar signals
Browsers and privacy tools may transmit signals such as Do Not Track or other preference indicators. There is not a single universally applicable technical standard for every signal in every jurisdiction. Where a legally recognised browser-based opt-out or consent signal becomes applicable to our processing, we will assess and implement the required handling. The current site does not intentionally conduct cross-site behavioural advertising.
12. Retention
The lifetime of a cookie depends on its purpose. Session cookies are ordinarily deleted when the browser session ends, while persistent cookies may remain for a defined period or until the user deletes them. If we introduce non-essential cookies, we will aim to set retention periods proportionate to their purpose and avoid keeping identifiers longer than reasonably necessary. Information derived from cookies is retained in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable law.
13. Consent changes and withdrawal
Where optional cookies require consent, you may withdraw or change that consent at any time through the consent mechanism provided on the site, if one is active, or by deleting or blocking cookies in your browser. Withdrawal does not make prior processing unlawful where it was based on valid consent at the time. If all optional cookie categories are disabled, essential site functions should remain available to the extent technically possible.
14. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy if we add or remove website technologies, change service providers, or need to reflect legal or regulatory developments. We will revise the effective date when material changes are made. If a change would require fresh consent under applicable law, we will seek that consent before using the affected optional technology.
15. Contact
Questions about cookies or similar technologies may be directed to Veriquella Pure House Limited , 10 Papanui Road, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand . Email: info@veriquellapurehouse.com. Phone: +64 3 595 2871.