Cookie Policy
GOAL's Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy for GOAL ("GOAL"," we", "ourselves" or "us"), a company registered in the United States of America as a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization the United States of America under EIN Number 13-3492792, having its registered office at 1310 L Street NW Washington, DC, USA. At GOAL ("we", "us" or "our"), we want to ensure that your visit to our website, www.goalus.org, (the "Website") is smooth, reliable and as useful to you as possible. Subject to your consent where required by applicable law, we use cookies and similar technologies (“cookies”) to help us improve the use and functionality of the Website and to better understand how visitors use the Website and the tools and services offered on it.
Please also see our Privacy Statement here for further details about the ways in which we collect and use your personal data.
1. What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small data file implanted by our Website on your device (e.g. your phone or your computer) which collects information (including your personal data) about you. For example, a cookie could allow the Website to recognize your browser, while another could store your preferences and other information to enable you to navigate the Website effectively. Cookies can also help to ensure that advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you do not want to allow cookies or only allow the use of certain types of cookies, please refer to your browser settings which should allow you to accept or deny cookies (please read section 5 below for more details about how to do this). You may be able to control the way in which your devices permit the use of cookies at any time or delete cookies that have already been set on your device. Keep in mind that by disabling certain categories of cookies, you may be prevented from accessing some features of our websites. You should be able to find more in depth information about opting out of cookies on your browser settings menu.
Your browser settings may also allow you to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal when you visit websites. Like many websites, our website is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers. To learn more about “Do Not Track” signals, you can visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com/.
2. Do we use Cookies?
Yes, we use cookies to enhance the visitor experience on our Website.
We may place cookies on partner websites to advertise our activities. These cookies are mainly used to display content tailored to your interests and to evaluate our content (including advertising). Our cookies are also used by third party sites in order to provide advertising that is relevant. This relevance is based on a profile built form your previous visits to our Website, including the services you have visited. Please see our section on third party cookies below.
3. Why do we use Cookies?
We uses cookies to help us remember details of your visits to the Website including, but not limited to technical information about your visit e.g. traffic data, location data, your IP address, the previous website from which you reached us and the type of browser you use.
We also use third-party analytics tools, including Google Analytics and others as set forth in our cookie list below, to collect, monitor and analyze this information in order to improve functionality and user-friendliness, and to better tailor the Services to our visitors' needs. Accordingly, usage data is shared with Google, or other third parties, each of which have their own privacy policy addressing how they handle such information and any choices you may have about their collection and use of information. We recommend that you review these privacy policies for information about their data practices. Please see Section 5 below for more information on managing cookies.
4. Which Cookies do we use?
| Cookie | Description |
|---|---|
| Necessary | |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments. |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | This cookies is set by GDPR Cookie Consent WordPress Plugin. The cookie is used to remember the user consent for the cookies under the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertisement". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| viewed_cookie_policy | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Non Necessary". |
| Non Necessary | |
| test_cookie | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user''s browser supports cookies. |
| Analytics | |
| _ga_TMGR46Q58X | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. |
| _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site''s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages viisted in an anonymous form. |
| vuid | This domain of this cookie is owned by Vimeo. This cookie is used by vimeo to collect tracking information. It sets a unique ID to embed videos to the website. |
| _gcl_au | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website. |
| Advertisement | |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt.innertube::requests | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt-remote-device-id | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| fr | The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
| _fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. |
| NID | This cookie is used to a profile based on user''s interest and display personalized ads to the users. |
| Other | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-other | No description |
| m | No description |
| _gat_UA-25968355-1 | No description |
| CONSENT | No description |
| RUL | No description |
| Performance | |
| YSC | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
| sid | This cookie is very common and is used for session state management. |
| Functional | |
| __cf_bm | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
5. Managing and disabling Cookies
You are always free to decline our cookies. To do this, you can visit our Cookie Consent Manager. The Website Privacy Notice and this Cookie Policy are provided to be transparent about our practices regarding the use of cookies and to allow you the opportunity to make an informed choice.
Where required by applicable laws, we will obtain your consent to use cookies and other tracking technologies which store or access information on your device. Most browsers accept cookies automatically but they can be set up to ask for your prior consent before an individual cookie is set on your device. This will give you control over your cookies, however, please remember that if you decline our cookies or ask for notification each time a cookie is being sent, this may affect your experience of the Website and it may also prevent you from making a donation.
For instructions on blocking and deleting cookies, see the privacy and help documentation of your specific browser’s website. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see Google's help pages and privacy policy. Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on; if you want to opt out of Google Analytics, you can download and install the add-on for your web browser here.
If you use more devices and/or browsers you will need to disable cookies on each device and on each browser separately. Here are the locations of the cookie settings for all major web browsers:
- Microsoft Edge - Settings > Cookies and site permissions.
- Mozilla Firefox - Settings > Privacy & Security.
- Safari Users - Safari > Preferences > Privacy.
- Chrome Users - Settings > Privacy and security > Privacy > Third-party cookies.
6. Changes to Cookies
We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. If we make material changes to the way in which we use cookies, we will let you know either by posting the changes on the Website and in this Cookie Policy. It is important that you review any of these changes. If you do not wish to agree to these changes, then we cannot continue to provide the Website to you, and your only option is to stop accessing the Website. For more information on cookies please visit www.aboutcookies.org.
7. Where can I get more information?
You can find more information about cookies by visiting the following information websites:
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy please email privacy@us.goal.ie.
