1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to website operators. We also use similar tracking technologies, including:
- Pixels (web beacons): small graphics, often invisible, that allow us to track whether and when you have visited a page or opened an email
- Local storage: information stored in your browser that persists between sessions (similar to cookies but with greater capacity)
- Session storage: information stored temporarily for the duration of your browser session
- Software development kits (SDKs): in our mobile applications, code components that collect information about app usage
- Server logs: records of requests made to our servers, including IP addresses and timestamps
For simplicity, we refer to all of these technologies collectively as "cookies" in this Policy.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation of our website and cannot be disabled. They enable basic functions like page navigation, secure areas, donation processing, and form submission. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.
2.2 Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your language preference, displaying content in your selected region, or pre-filling forms with information you have previously provided.
2.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information about pages visited, time spent on pages, and any error messages encountered. We use this information to improve the website's performance and user experience. We use privacy-respecting analytics that do not transmit personally identifiable information to third parties.
2.4 Marketing and Targeting Cookies
The Foundation does not currently use marketing or advertising cookies, and we do not engage in cross-context behavioral advertising. If our practices change, we will update this Policy and provide appropriate notice and consent mechanisms.
3. Specific Cookies We Use
The table below provides specific information about the cookies on our website. Cookie durations are approximate; actual durations may vary based on your browser settings.
| Cookie / Identifier | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
gof_session | Strictly necessary | Maintains your session and remembers that you are logged in | Session |
gof_csrf | Strictly necessary | Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks on forms | Session |
gof_lang | Functional | Remembers your selected language preference | 1 year |
gof_consent | Strictly necessary | Records your cookie consent preferences | 1 year |
gof_giving | Functional | Pre-fills your donation form with previous selections (monthly vs. one-time, suggested amount) | 30 days |
_plausible_* or_pa_* | Analytics | Privacy-respecting analytics (Plausible Analytics or Fathom Analytics) that count unique visits without using personal identifiers or cross-site tracking | 1 day |
__stripe_mid__stripe_sid | Strictly necessary (payment) | Fraud prevention by our payment processor (Stripe) when processing donations | 1 year / 30 min |
| Hubspot/Salesforce CRM cookies (only when you authenticate) | Functional | Maintain your authenticated session in the member portal | Session to 90 days |
This list is updated as our practices change. The current list at any time supersedes prior versions.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third parties on our behalf or in connection with services we use. We require third parties to maintain appropriate safeguards and use information only for the purposes for which we engage them. Third parties whose cookies may be set on our website include:
- Stripe for donation and payment processing (stripe.com/privacy)
- Plausible Analytics or Fathom Analytics for privacy-respecting analytics
- Google Fonts for typography (no personal data is collected by us via Google Fonts; Google may log IP address)
- YouTube or Vimeo for embedded video content (only when you play a video)
- HubSpot or Salesforce for customer relationship management (only when you authenticate to the member portal or fill in a form)
For information about how these third parties use cookies, please refer to their respective privacy policies.
5. Consent and Legal Basis
We do not require consent to use strictly necessary cookies, which are essential for providing the Services. For functional cookies, our legal basis is your consent or our legitimate interest in providing enhanced functionality. For analytics cookies, our legal basis is your consent in jurisdictions requiring it (including the European Economic Area and United Kingdom) and our legitimate interest in improving our Services in other jurisdictions.
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another jurisdiction requiring prior consent for non-essential cookies, our cookie consent banner will appear on your first visit. You may accept all cookies, reject all non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences. You may revisit your cookie preferences at any time by clicking "Cookie Preferences" in the footer of any page.
6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
6.1 Our Cookie Preference Center
You may manage your cookie preferences at any time by clicking Cookie Preferences in our website footer or here.
6.2 Browser Controls
Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or be notified when a cookie is sent. The procedures vary by browser:
If you disable cookies entirely, some features of our website (including the member portal, donation processing, and language preferences) may not function properly.
6.3 Opt-Out Tools
To opt out of analytics tracking by Google Analytics where applicable, install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On. For US-based interest-based advertising opt-outs, visit the Network Advertising Initiative and Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out pages.
7. Global Privacy Control
We respect Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals transmitted by your browser as an opt-out preference signal under the California Consumer Privacy Act and analogous U.S. state laws. When we detect a GPC signal, we treat it as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information (although we do not engage in either practice). For more information, visit globalprivacycontrol.org.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. For material changes, we will provide additional notice through a cookie consent banner or other prominent notice.
9. Contact
Privacy Officer
Global Opportunity Foundation Inc.
50 N Laura Street, Suite 2500
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Email: privacy@globalopportunityfoundation.org