Cookies Policy
At Goa App, we strive to enhance your experience while using our website. This Cookies Policy explains how we use cookies to manage and improve your site experience while protecting your privacy. Please also review our Privacy Policy for more information.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your browser that contain basic information about your internet usage. They help websites remember your preferences, login details, and browsing activity. Cookies are categorized based on their duration and the party placing them:
- Session Cookies: Expire when your browsing session ends.
- Persistent Cookies: Remain stored for a fixed period.
- First-party Cookies: Set by the website you are visiting.
- Third-party Cookies: Set by external websites, often embedded in the content.
Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize the cookies we use into the following types:
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are required for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like verifying your login details, saving your shopping information, and remembering your language preferences. These cookies help maintain security and prevent fraud. Since they are critical for using the website, you cannot disable them through our settings. However, if you block cookies in your browser, some website features may not work correctly.
Performance and Analysis Cookies
These cookies help us improve our services by gathering information on how you use the website. They track data such as popular pages, traffic sources, and conversion rates, all in an anonymous way. This information allows us to analyze website performance and enhance user experience. If you choose not to accept these cookies, we won’t be able to include your online activity in our analysis.
Ad Tracking Cookies
Ad tracking cookies are used by us or our advertising partners to understand your preferences and show you ads that match your interests. These cookies collect information through unique identifiers linked to your browser or device but do not include personally identifiable details. If you disable these cookies, the ads you see may not be as relevant to your preferences.
Our site uses specific types of cookies and can be individually categorised as ‘Persistent Cookies’ and ‘First Party Cookies’.
Persistent Cookies
These types of cookies are typically used to remember information and settings upon visiting the website.
First Party Cookies
A first party cookie is effectively a cookie set by the website visited by the user. Our use of Google Analytics satisfies the definition of a ‘first party cookie’ as we set this of our own accord for the analysis of web traffic. No personally identifiable information is shared with Google Analytics as this is strictly prohibited, however we may send pseudonymised data in the firm of Unique User IDs. This meaning the data has been altered has exchanged fields with artificial identifiers.
Why Do We Use Cookies?
Cookies help us provide a safe, efficient, and personalized experience by enabling the following functionalities:
- Ensuring the efficient functioning of the website.
- Analyzing how users interact with our website and improving its content.
- Recommending places and promotions that match your interests.
- Enhancing user experience and site performance.
Description of Cookies
| Cookie Name | Expiry | Purpose | Consent |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Cookie is deleted when browser is closed | A session cookie is required to follow your progress through the website. It is essential to ensure that any information you enter or routes you take are remembered by the website. Without this cookie, every page you visited would treat you as a completely new visitor. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | First party |
| ci_session | Cookie is deleted when browser is closed. | A session cookie required to login to the secure area. It only created after validating username/password and not containing any sensitive information like name, email etc. | First party |
| _ga, _gid | The longest lasting cookie expires 2 years after your last visit to the website. Others are deleted 6 months, 30 minutes and the moment you close your browser. | Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ('Google'), to help us see how our website is used. In doing so information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States. The data collected by Google Analytics is used to analyse how frequently the same people revisit the University website, how the website is found (from advertising or referring websites), and which pages are most frequently viewed. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall picture of website use, and is never identified individually or personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Third party https://policies.google.com/privacy |
Google Analytics
We utilise Google Analytics to help us improve and understand how people use our service. We do not use Google Analytics for any form of advertising. This information comprises of the length of time users spend on our website, the time spent on each individual webpage, in which order the pages were visited and which third-party links have been clicked. Analytics in this regard can also help to determine the amount of people visiting the website by tracking if you’ve visited before. Analytics also assists in managing the rate to which page view requests are made.
In order to analyse, improve and understand how people use our service via the use of Google Analytics, we must first obtain your express consent to store specific cookies on your computer or device. We aim to obtain consent by displaying a ‘Cookie Banner’ which will ask for your express consent. If you do not wish to store analytic cookies, you have the option to reject the request by selecting ‘No’ on the banner.
Consent to Cookies
Most cookies require your consent unless they are strictly necessary for the website’s operation. On your first visit, you will see a notification banner requesting your consent. You can manage or disable cookies via your browser settings at any time, but note that this may limit certain functionalities.
More Information on Cookies
For more information on how businesses use cookies and how to manage cookies you can visit the following third-party websites:
Updates to Cookies Policy
Any change to our use of cookies will be updated within this policy. Any updates to the cookie(s) or similar technologies will also be updated within the Policy. Any updates to our exemption under consent will be updated within this Policy and the website to reflect any need to obtain consent to store cookies or similar technologies on your device.