Cookie Policy

Purpose of this notice

Websites commonly store small amounts of information on a visitor's device. That storage can be used for very different purposes, ranging from remembering a simple preference to tracking people across unrelated websites for advertising. This notice explains which of those categories apply here.

Please read this notice together with the privacy policy, which covers the personal details you may submit through the contact form once you press send.

Terminology in plain terms

The heading says cookies because that is the familiar word, but the technique used here is browser local storage. The practical distinction is small and worth stating.

• Cookies are small files a site can set, which the browser sends back to the server with each request.
• Local storage keeps a value on your device but does not automatically transmit it to the server with every page request. This site relies on local storage.
• Both are cleared through the same browser controls, usually described as clearing site data or browsing data.

What this site stores locally

Cookie notice preference

When you click Accept on the cookie notice, the site stores a simple local value recording that you dismissed the notice. On return visits, the site reads that value so the notice does not appear again. The value is a lightweight yes-style marker. It does not record who you are, what pages you read or which equipment categories you looked at.

• Stored only after you actively click Accept.
• Held on your device, not attached to an inquiry record.
• Specific to the browser and device used; another browser will show the notice again.
• Removed when you clear site data, after which the notice may reappear.

Form-support and security values

A small number of additional values support ordinary contact-form behaviour and short-lived security checks. These are functional rather than promotional.

• A timing value recorded when the form is opened, used to distinguish an ordinary human submission from an automated script that fills and sends a form instantly.
• A record of which page the inquiry started from, so that a reply can reference the right product context.
• Lightweight technical preferences related to form behaviour on your device.

These values exist to keep the form usable and to reduce automated abuse. They are not used to profile visitors or to measure advertising performance.

What we do not use

• No third-party advertising cookies are used on this site at present.
• No cross-site tracking for unrelated marketing purposes.
• No remarketing tags intended to follow you across other websites.
• No social media pixels embedded in the pages.
• We do not store the text of your inquiry message locally before you press submit; any such behaviour would come from a browser feature operating independently of this site.

Advertising and measurement tools

Court Gear may promote this website through Google Ads or similar advertising platforms. At the time of publication, this website itself does not place Google advertising cookies, remarketing tags or third-party analytics scripts in its pages. Visits that arrive from an advertisement are still handled under this Cookie Policy and the Privacy Policy.

If Google Ads conversion tags, Google Analytics or similar measurement tools are added later, this Cookie Policy will be updated before or at the time those tools are introduced, including what they store, why they are used and how you can control them in your browser or through available opt-out tools. We will not introduce advertising or analytics storage under an unchanged notice.

Relationship to the privacy policy

The two notices cover different stages. This Cookie Policy is about values kept on your device while you browse. The privacy policy is about the details you deliberately send us and what happens to them afterwards.

• Contact-form fields such as name, email, phone, product category, playing level, equipment interest, subject and message are covered primarily in the privacy policy.
• Notice acceptance and related preference keys are covered primarily here.
• Server-side handling of submitted inquiries, including storage and retention, is described in the privacy policy.
• Reading both pages gives a complete picture of how browsing and inquiries are handled.

Your browser controls

You remain in control of local storage. Most browsers let you remove data for a single site, block storage entirely, or clear everything at once.

• Clearing site data removes the acceptance value, so the cookie notice may appear again.
• Blocking all storage may cause the notice to reappear on every visit.
• Private or incognito windows typically discard these values when the window closes.
• Because the values used here are functional rather than tracking, blocking them does not prevent you from reading pages or sending an inquiry.

How long local values remain

The cookie notice preference stays on your device until you clear site data, switch browser, or use a private window that discards storage when it closes. Form timing and origin-page values are created when the contact form is opened and are used when you send the form.

Clearing cookies or site data for this website removes the acceptance marker. The cookie notice may then appear again on the next visit. That is expected. It does not delete an inquiry you have already sent.

Cookie notice and form consent are different

Clicking Accept on the cookie notice only records that you have seen the notice about essential browser storage. It is not the same as ticking the privacy checkbox on the contact form. The checkbox is required before an inquiry can be sent, and it records that you agree Court Gear may use the form details to reply. You can read pages without accepting the cookie notice and without sending a form. You cannot complete a valid inquiry without the form consent checkbox.

What this site does not place on your device

This website does not set advertising cookies, social media pixels, remarketing tags or cross-site trackers. It does not use a third-party analytics script that follows you from page to page for marketing. If a browser extension, password manager or autofill tool stores information locally, that behaviour belongs to the tool, not to Court Gear.

Embedded maps, payment widgets and live-chat tools are not part of this site’s current pages. If that changes, this Cookie Policy will be updated to describe the new storage before or at the time it is introduced.

Managing storage in your browser

Most desktop and mobile browsers let you remove data for a single site, block storage, or clear everything. Look under privacy, cookies, site settings or browsing data. Blocking essential storage does not prevent you from reading product pages. It may only affect whether the cookie notice stays hidden.

Changes to storage practices

If we later add a service that introduces additional storage, such as an analytics tool, this notice will be updated to describe it before or at the time the change takes effect. We would not quietly introduce advertising trackers under an unchanged notice.

Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to [email protected], by calling +64 9 623 8731, or through the contact form. For a tennis equipment inquiry, use the same form.