Effective Date: 12 August 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how the Moana Taka Partnership, jointly managed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Swire Shipping Pte. Ltd. (Swire Shipping) (collectively referred to as “we”, “our” or “us”), uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit moanatakapartnership.com (“Website”).

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Data Protection and Privacy Policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies allow websites to recognise your device, remember certain information about your visit and support functions such as website navigation, preferences, performance monitoring and website analytics.

We may also use similar technologies that perform comparable functions.

2. How We Use Cookies

We may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• enable the Website and its essential functions to operate;
• maintain the security and reliability of the Website;
• remember your preferences and settings;
• understand how visitors interact with the Website;
• analyse Website traffic and usage;
• identify and resolve technical or performance issues; and
• improve the content, functionality and overall user experience of the Website.

Information collected through cookies may include technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, pages visited, time spent on the Website and other usage information.

Where required by applicable law, cookies that are not strictly necessary will only be placed after you have provided your consent.

3. Types of Cookies We May Use

Necessary Cookies

Necessary cookies are required for the Website to function properly and cannot generally be disabled through our cookie preference settings.

They may support functions such as Website security, navigation, account sessions, form submissions and remembering your cookie consent preferences.

Preference Cookies

Preference cookies allow the Website to remember information that changes how the Website behaves or appears, such as certain preferences or settings you have selected.

Statistics and Analytics Cookies

Statistics and analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website.

These cookies may collect information such as the pages visited, how visitors navigate between pages and how visitors interact with Website features.

We use this information to analyse Website traffic, identify areas for improvement and improve the performance and usability of the Website.

Where possible, information used for statistical analysis may be aggregated.

Marketing Cookies

Where applicable, marketing cookies may be used to understand visitor activity across websites or to support the delivery and measurement of relevant communications or content.

Such cookies will only be used where they are implemented on the Website and, where required, after you have provided your consent.

4. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

Cookies may be:

First-party cookies, which are set directly by the Moana Taka Partnership Website; or

Third-party cookies, which are set by third-party services or technologies incorporated into the Website.

Third-party services may process information in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies. Where third-party cookies are used, further details will be available through our cookie preference tool.

5. Cookie Settings and Consent

We use Cookiebot to manage cookie preferences on the Website.

When you first visit the Website, you may be presented with a cookie consent notice allowing you to accept or manage different categories of cookies.

You can review or change your preferences at any time by selecting Cookie Settings on the Website.

Your choices will not prevent cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation and security of the Website from being used.

6. Current Cookies Used on the Website

The cookies and similar technologies used on the Website may change from time to time as Website features and third-party services are added, removed or updated.

For the most current information regarding:

• the name of each cookie;
• the cookie provider;
• its purpose;
• its expiry period; and
• its cookie category,

please refer to the Cookie Settings tool available on the Website.

The information displayed through the Cookie Settings tool forms part of this Cookie Policy.

7. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

In addition to using our Cookie Settings tool, most web browsers allow you to control cookies through your browser settings.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

• view cookies stored on your device;
• delete existing cookies;
• block some or all cookies; or
• configure how websites are permitted to use cookies.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of the Website.

8. Personal Data and Cookies

Some information collected through cookies may constitute personal data under applicable data protection laws.

Where this occurs, we will process such information in accordance with our Data Protection and Privacy Policy and applicable Personal Data Protection Laws.

Our Data Protection and Privacy Policy provides further information regarding how we collect, use, disclose, store and protect personal data and the rights that may be available to you.

9. International Processing

Some third-party services used by the Website may process information in countries or jurisdictions different from the country in which you are located.

Where personal data is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that such transfers are handled in accordance with applicable Personal Data Protection Laws.

10. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect:

• changes to the cookies or technologies used on the Website;
• changes to our Website functionality;
• changes to our service providers; or
• changes in applicable legal or regulatory requirements.

Any updated version will be published on this Website with an updated effective date.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our use of cookies, this Cookie Policy or the handling of your personal data, please contact:

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Email: sprep@sprep.org

For further information about how we handle personal data, please refer to our Data Protection and Privacy Policy.