Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site remember your preferences, understand how you use the site, and improve your experience. Some cookies are essential for the site to function, while others help us analyse traffic and personalise content.
How We Use Cookies
Live Wire Games & Good Times uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential functionality: ensuring the website works correctly
- Performance: understanding page load times and site performance
- Analytics: measuring how visitors interact with our site so we can improve it
Cookie Categories
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to your actions, such as setting your cookie preferences or filling in forms.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| lw_cookie_consent | Live Wire | Stores whether you have accepted or declined cookies | Persistent (localStorage) |
| lw_cookie_prefs | Live Wire | Stores your individual cookie category preferences | Persistent (localStorage) |
Performance Cookies
These cookies help us understand how the website performs and identify areas for improvement. They collect anonymised information about page load times and errors.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Stores a unique user ID for session replay and heatmaps | 1 year |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Connects multiple page views into a single session | 1 day |
| CLID | Microsoft Clarity | Identifies returning users for Clarity analytics | 1 year |
Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us understand which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
These cookies are only set if you give your consent via our cookie banner.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Maintains session state across page requests | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Distinguishes users within a 24-hour window | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Throttles request rate to limit data collection on high-traffic sites | 1 minute |
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear asking for your preferences. You can:
- Accept all cookies — enables all cookie categories
- Customise your preferences — choose which categories to allow
You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the website footer.
Browser-Level Controls
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View what cookies are stored and delete them individually
- Block third-party cookies
- Block cookies from specific sites
- Block all cookies
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser
Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites.
Do Not Track
Our website respects the “Do Not Track” (DNT) browser signal. If your browser sends a DNT signal, analytics cookies will not be set unless you explicitly opt in via our cookie banner.
Google Consent Mode
We use Google Consent Mode v2 to ensure that Google services (Analytics, Tag Manager) respect your cookie choices. When analytics cookies are declined:
- No Google Analytics cookies are set
- No personally identifiable data is sent to Google
- Google may still collect anonymised, cookieless pings for basic measurement (as per Google’s policies)
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page regularly to stay informed.
Last updated: April 2026
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:
- Email: info@livewirenz.co.nz