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| Cookie Name | Category | Provider | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cookieconsent_status | Essential | mightymouth.co.nz | Stores your accept/reject decision in the cookie consent banner so we don't show it on every page load. | Persistent | 12 months |
session_id | Essential | mightymouth.co.nz | Maintains your browser session for correct page navigation. No personal data is stored inside the session. | Session | Until browser is closed |
cf_clearance | Essential | Cloudflare | Confirms you have passed Cloudflare's bot-detection check, preventing repeat security prompts during your visit. | Persistent | 30 minutes |
__cf_bm | Essential | Cloudflare | Bot management cookie — distinguishes genuine human visitors from automated scripts attempting to scrape or attack the site. | Persistent | 30 minutes |
_ga | Analytics | Google Analytics | Generates a random anonymous ID used to count unique visitors over time. Does not contain any personal information. | Persistent | 2 years |
_ga_XXXXXXXXXX | Analytics | Google Analytics 4 | Stores the session state for GA4 — which pages were visited in the current session and session duration. The ID is anonymous. | Persistent | 2 years |
_gid | Analytics | Google Analytics | Identifies a unique visitor within a 24-hour window for daily traffic counting. Deleted after 24 hours. | Persistent | 24 hours |
_gat_gtag_UA | Analytics | Google Analytics | Throttles the rate at which requests are sent to Google's analytics servers to prevent overloading. Expires after 1 minute. | Persistent | 1 minute |
lang | Functional | mightymouth.co.nz | Remembers your selected display language (default: English AU) so content is shown in the correct locale on return visits. | Persistent | 12 months |
NID | Functional | Stores user preferences and session information for Google services embedded on our pages (e.g. reCAPTCHA on contact form). | Persistent | 6 months | |
btag | Marketing | Affiliate network | Records that a visit to a casino originated from mightymouth.co.nz. Contains only a technical tracking ID — no personal data. Enables us to receive affiliate commission. | Persistent | 30–90 days |
clickid | Marketing | Affiliate network | Unique click identifier set when you click an affiliate link. Used by the casino's partner network to attribute any subsequent registration or deposit to our referral. | Persistent | 30–60 days |
affid | Marketing | Affiliate network | Affiliate partner ID cookie — confirms which publisher (us) sent a visitor. No personal information is stored in this cookie. | Persistent | 30 days |
_gcl_au | Marketing | Google Ads | Stores conversion information if we run any Google Ads campaigns. If we are not running campaigns at a given time, this cookie has no active function. | Persistent | 90 days |
Google Analytics 4 is our primary analytics tool. It collects anonymised data about how visitors navigate mightymouth.co.nz: page views, scroll depth, session duration, referral source, and device type. IP anonymisation is enabled by default in GA4 — your IP address is truncated before the data is stored on Google's servers. Google LLC is based in the United States; data transfers are governed by Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, and Google participates in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. You can permanently opt out of GA4 tracking using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on. Google's full privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.
Our site uses Cloudflare as a content delivery network (CDN) and DDoS-protection layer. Cloudflare terminates all HTTP connections at its edge network and forwards requests to our origin server, which means Cloudflare's servers see request metadata (IP address, request path, User-Agent) for security purposes. The cf_clearance and __cf_bm cookies it sets are purely technical security tokens — they do not track you across the internet or build advertising profiles. Cloudflare's privacy policy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
When you click a "Claim Bonus" or "Play Now" link on this site, you are redirected through an affiliate tracking URL provided by the casino's partner network. At the point of redirect, the network sets a cookie (typically btag, clickid or affid) containing only a unique click identifier and a timestamp. This cookie allows the casino to confirm that a subsequent registration or deposit was referred by mightymouth.co.nz, enabling us to receive the appropriate commission. The cookie does not contain your name, email, IP address or any other personal identifier. It is automatically deleted after 30–90 days depending on the network. For a full explanation of how affiliate commissions work, see our Affiliate Disclosure.
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Open Chrome → click the three-dot menu → Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data. You can block third-party cookies, allow cookies from specific sites, or clear all existing cookies. Full instructions: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647.
Open Firefox → Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. Firefox offers Standard, Strict and Custom modes. In Custom mode you can specifically block third-party tracking cookies while allowing functional cookies. Instructions: Mozilla Support — Cookies.
On macOS: Safari menu → Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data. On iOS: Settings app → Safari → Privacy & Security → Block All Cookies. Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) already blocks many third-party tracking cookies by default. Instructions: support.apple.com — manage cookies.
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Open Chrome on Android → tap the three-dot menu → Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies. You can block third-party cookies without affecting first-party site cookies.
If you block strictly necessary cookies: the Cloudflare security layer may repeatedly prompt you to confirm you are human, and page-level features may not work as expected.
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