Cookie policy – dogracingnz.com

Reading about greyhound racing on dogracingnz.com involves a small number of technical tools, listed on this page together with their purpose and the ways to refuse or alter them. Cookies are small text files kept by a browser on a device; local and session storage entries and counting pixels behave in a similar way.

The applicable law

Where cookies and comparable tools collect personal information, the Privacy Act 2020 applies through its information privacy principles (section 22). The purpose of collection must be lawful and linked to running the site (IPP 1), and people are told what is collected and why (IPP 3). The information is protected by reasonable security safeguards (IPP 5), is not kept longer than needed (IPP 9) and goes outside New Zealand only on the terms of IPP 12. A choice made in the banner can be changed whenever wanted.

Necessary files

These are needed for the site to run dependably: they hold a session open, spread load across servers, shield forms from abuse and store the cookie choice itself. No separate choice is offered. Session files expire as the browser closes, and the stored choice remains for twelve months at most.

Functional and analytics files

Settings such as the comparison tables opened last are remembered by functional files, and analytics files count page views to show which pages get read, so content can be improved. Neither group is set before a choice is made in the banner. Analysis works with shortened IP addresses, and no profile tracks behaviour from one site to another.

Third parties

Embedded services such as videos or maps can set files of their own, in which case that provider’s privacy rules also apply and an objection is made to that provider. Advertising cookies building personalised-ad profiles are not set by dogracingnz.com unless the banner clearly allows it.

Refusal and change

The “Cookie settings” link in the footer is the route for changing or withdrawing a choice, and withdrawal takes effect for the future. Browsers also let a user block and delete cookies in their privacy settings. Once the necessary files are deleted the banner returns, and a feature may briefly stop working.

Complaints

A complaint about how personal information is handled goes to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. How the site handles it is described in the privacy policy.

Last updated: 31 October 2026.

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