Cookie Policy

Cookies Policy & Management

What are Cookies?

GoCar CarSharing Limited collects information about your device by using cookies and similar technologies. Cookies and other similar technologies are tracers stored on your device when you visit our website (the “Cookies”).

This policy (the “Cookie Policy”) aims at describing the different types of Cookies used in connection with this website.

This Cookie Policy complements and should be read in conjunction with the Privacy Policy.

1. What kind of Cookies is used by GoCar CarSharing Limited?

GoCar CarSharing Limited uses different kind of cookies for the following purposes:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: Strictly necessary cookies allow core website functionality such as user login and account management. The website cannot be used properly without strictly necessary cookies.
  • Performance: Performance cookies are used to see how visitors use the website, eg. analytics cookies. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor
  • Targeting Cookies: these cookies are used by GoCar CarSharing Limited and our marketing agencies to measure the effectiveness of our media advertising campaigns and allow GoCar CarSharing Limited to analyse how our customers use our website in order to improve the quality of our website and enhance your navigation.
  • Functionality: Functionality cookies are used to remember visitor information on the website, eg. language, timezone, enhanced content.

2 – For what period will GoCar CarSharing Limited retain the Cookies?

GoCar CarSharing Limited is using “persistent” and “session” cookies:

  • Persistent cookies are cookies that remain stored on your device from one visit to another, until they expire or until you request their deletion;
  • Session cookies are cookies temporary stored on your device and automatically deleted

3. Is the information collected through the use of Cookies transferred outside the EU?

GoCar CarSharing Limited would like to draw your attention to the fact that information collected through the use of certain cookies can transfer outside of the EU. This can be explained for the reason that some of our providers maintain servers all around the world for a better service quality.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these providers to further understand the rules applicable to the transfer of your information.

4. Cookies list

Strictly necessary

Name Domain Expiration Description
CookieScriptConsent .gocar.ie 1 month This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.

Performance

Name Domain Expiration Description
_gid .gocar.ie 1 day This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
_gat_UA-29817719-1 .gocar.ie 1 minute This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
_ga .gocar.ie 2 years This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
AnalyticsSyncHistory .linkedin.com 1 month Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries
ubpv www.gocar.ie 6 months 4 days
ubvs www.gocar.ie 6 months
ubvt .gocar.ie 3 days
_gat .gocar.ie 1 minute This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites.
_gac_UA-29817719-1 .gocar.ie 3 months Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.
_ga .giphy.com 2 years This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_gid .giphy.com 1 day This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
_gat .giphy.com 1 minute This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites.
_gat_* .gocar.ie 1 minute
_ga_PSY4ECD0E5 .gocar.ie 2 years

Targeting

Name Domain Expiration Description
YSC .youtube.com Session This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE .youtube.com 6 months This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.
uid .turn.com 6 months This cookie provides a uniquely assigned, machine-generated user ID and gathers data about activity on the website. This data may be sent to a 3rd party for analysis and reporting.
UserMatchHistory .linkedin.com 1 month This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor’s preferences.
lang .ads.linkedin.com Session There are many different types of cookies associated with this name, and a more detailed look at how it is used on a particular website is generally recommended. However, in most cases it will likely be used to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language.
bcookie .linkedin.com 2 years This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.
lidc .linkedin.com 1 day This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website.
_fbp .gocar.ie 3 months Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
lang .linkedin.com Session There are many different types of cookies associated with this name, and a more detailed look at how it is used on a particular website is generally recommended. However, in most cases it will likely be used to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language.
bscookie .www.linkedin.com 2 years Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
IDE .doubleclick.net 1 year This cookie is set by Doubleclick and carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
personalization_id .twitter.com 2 years This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
test_cookie .doubleclick.net 15 minutes This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor’s browser supports cookies.
RUL .doubleclick.net 1 year Used by DoubleClick to determine if the website ad was properly displayed. This is done to make their marketing efforts more efficient.
NID .google.com 6 months 3 days This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.

Functionality

Name Domain Expiration Description
AWSALBCORS widget-mediator.zopim.com 7 days For continued stickiness support with CORS use cases after the Chromium update, we are creating additional stickiness cookies for each of these duration-based stickiness features named AWSALBCORS (ALB).

5. How to manage your cookies?

You can enable or disable the use of Cookies and ask for deletion of info@gocar.ie.

Subject to certain conditions, you can benefit from data protection rights regarding the processing of your personal information, including with respect to Cookies (e.g. a right of access, rectification, suspension). You can easily accept or refuse their use by choosing the appropriate options in the privacy center. You can also withdraw your consent and ask for deletion of this information at any time.

You can have more information on these rights by reading the Privacy Policy.

You can also manage your cookies settings at any time via your web browser or by clicking on the cookie settings center located at the bottom left of the web page.

Should you have any query regarding the use of Cookies by GoCar CarSharing Limited, please contact: info@gocar.ie

7. Changes to this Cookies Policy

This Cookie Policy was last amended on the 19/05/2021.
GoCar CarSharing Limited reserves the right to amend this Cookie Policy at any time.