Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies are used when you visit or interact with the Minimalmug website.

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow certain website functions to operate correctly, remember user preferences, and help improve website performance and user experience.

Cookies may be categorised as:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies – required for core website functions, security, and order processing.
• Preference Cookies – remember choices you make, such as language or regional settings.
• Analytics Cookies – help understand how visitors interact with the website.
• Third-Party Cookies – provided by external service providers supporting website operations and secure payment processing.

2. Consent for Non-Essential Cookies

Visitors located within the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions requiring prior consent will be presented with a cookie banner when accessing the website.

Non-essential cookies are not placed on a visitor’s device unless the visitor provides explicit consent by clicking the “Accept” button displayed on the cookie banner.

Visitors may choose to:

• Accept all optional cookies;
• Reject optional cookies; or
• Adjust cookie preferences at any time via the cookie management settings.

Refusing optional cookies does not prevent access to the website, although certain features may operate differently. Strictly necessary cookies that are essential for website operation, transaction security, and fraud prevention may be used without prior consent where permitted by applicable law.

3. Categories of Cookies Used

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies support essential website functions, including:

• Maintaining shopping cart contents;
• Completing checkout processes;
• Managing session continuity;
• Detecting technical errors and preventing repeated requests.

These cookies cannot be disabled through the cookie banner because they are strictly necessary for secure website operation and processing your transactions.

Preference Cookies

These cookies remember choices made by visitors in order to improve convenience during future visits. Examples include:

• Language preferences;
• Cookie consent selections;
• Regional settings.

These cookies are only activated once explicit consent has been provided where required by law.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help understand website usage patterns, including page visits and navigation behaviour, so that website content and functionality may be reviewed and improved. These cookies are used only where prior consent has been provided in accordance with applicable regulations.

Third-Party Cookies

Certain third-party service providers place cookies on a visitor’s device in connection with payment processing, security, and transaction services. Where payment-related cookies are deployed, those cookies are processed and managed securely by Stripe in accordance with Stripe’s own privacy and cookie practices to ensure secure transmission and prevent unauthorized transactions.

4. Cookie Retention Periods

Cookie retention periods are determined according to their specific purpose and comply with applicable legal requirements in New Zealand and Europe.

The typical retention periods are structured as follows:

Where cookies expire earlier or are deleted by the visitor through browser settings, the corresponding information will no longer be retained. Cookie retention periods are reviewed periodically to ensure they remain proportionate and consistent with applicable legal obligations.

5. Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow visitors to manage, block, or delete cookies through their browser settings. Visitors may:

• Delete existing cookies;
• Block future cookies;
• Configure browser notifications before cookies are stored.

Please note that blocking or disabling certain cookies may directly affect website functionality, and certain checkout or user features may not operate as intended.

6. International Data Handling

Where cookie-related information is processed outside the visitor’s country of residence, such processing is strictly carried out in accordance with applicable data protection requirements governing international transfers of personal information.

7. Updates to This Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect legal, operational, or technical developments. Any revised version becomes effective immediately from the date it is published on the website.

8. Contact Information

For questions relating to this Cookie Policy or cookie usage, please contact:

• Brand: Minimalmug
• Company: GIDON BING CERAMICS LIMITED
• Email: ceramic@minimalmug.com
• Telephone: +64 9 360 1502
• Registered Address: Level 1, 1 Jervois Road, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011, New Zealand
• Warehouse Address: Level 1, 1 Jervois Road, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011, New Zealand