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Cookie Policy
Introduction
GoYOLO is committed to protecting your privacy and aims to provide you with clear information about our data practices and keep technical jargon to a minimum.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, what types of cookies are placed on your device when you visit our website and how we use them.
This Cookie Policy does not address how we deal with your personal information. For information relating to this please see our Privacy Policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are sent to or accessed from your web browser. A typical cookie contains the name of the domain from which the cookie originated, when it expires and a random identifier. A cookie also may contain information about your device, such as settings, history and activity conducted while using our services.
Are there different types of cookies?
First-party and third-party cookies
There are first-party cookies and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are placed on your device directly by us (we use first party cookies when you ask us to remember your login details, for analytics and our site identification to our CDN provider Cloudflare). Third-party cookies are placed on your device by our partners and service providers (our ad provider Google may place doubleclick cookies).
Session and persistent cookies
There are session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies only last until you close your browser. We use session cookies for a variety of reasons to help you to use our website more efficiently. Persistent cookies have a longer lifespan and aren't automatically deleted when you close your browser. These types of cookies are primarily used to help you quickly sign-in to our website again and for analytical purposes.
What do we use cookies for?
Like most providers of online services, we use cookies to provide, secure and improve our services, including by remembering your preferences, recognizing you when you visit our website and personalizing and tailoring ads to your interests. To accomplish these purposes, we also may link information from cookies with other personal information we hold about you. When you visit our website, some or all of the following types of cookies may be set on your device.
Cookie | Description |
Essential | These are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. |
Analytics | These help us understand how our website is being used and help us customize and improve our websites for you. |
Advertising | These are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, selecting advertisements that are based on your interests and measuring the number of ads displayed and their performance, such as how many people clicked on a given ad. |
How can you control cookies?
There are several cookie management options available to you. Please note that changes you make to your cookie preferences may affect the use of our website. In some cases, you may even find yourself unable to use all or part of our site.
Browser and devices controls
Some web browsers provide settings that allow you to control or reject cookies or to alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer. The procedure for managing cookies is different for each internet browser. You can check the specific steps in your particular browser help menu.
You also may be able to reset device identifiers by activating the appropriate setting on your mobile device. The procedure for managing device identifiers is different for each device. You can check the specific steps in the help or settings menu of your particular device.
Interest-based advertising tools
You can opt out of seeing online interest-based advertising from participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance, or the Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
Opting out does not mean you will not see advertising - it means you won't see personalized advertising from the companies that participate in the opt-out programs. Also, if you delete cookies on your device after you opted out, you will need to opt-out again.
Google Cookies
Google Maps Cookies
Some features of our website and some GoYOLO services rely on the use of Google Maps Cookies. Such cookies will be stored on your device.
When browsing this website and using the services relying on Google Maps cookies, you consent to the storage, collection of such cookies on your device and to the access, usage and sharing by Google of the data collected thereby.
Google manages the information and your choices pertaining to Google Maps Cookies via an interface separate from that supplied by your browser. For more information, please see https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect information about your use of the website and services.
You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting www.google.com/settings/ads or by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.