Cookie Notice
This website uses cookies to remember your preferences and make navigating easier. These cookies allow us to analyze visitor behavior and improve our website. Additionally, third parties such as Google Analytics also place cookies for data collection to enhance the website. Below, you can read more about what cookies are and which cookies we use.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files. These small text files remember your browsing behavior and are stored on your computer. You can find the cookies in the temporary internet files folder. Your browser checks whether these files exist when visiting a website and, if so, what your settings are. Cookies provide The Goat with insight into how you use our website. This helps us improve our site and ensure that you see more relevant information. We also use cookies for marketing purposes.
The cookies we collect can be used for the following purposes:
- Analytical purposes: To analyze and improve the use of The Goat website.
- Social media purposes: To share information that matches your interests via various social media channels.
- Promotional purposes: To offer relevant promotions outside The Goat website (https://the-goat.nl). The offers relate to The Goat’s services and are personalized based on your behavior on our website, such as viewed pages.
If cookies are disabled, the experience and functionality of The Goat website may be negatively affected.
Which cookies does https://the-goat.nl use?
At The Goat, we use the following cookies:
Necessary cookies / Functional cookies
| Name | Placed by | Expires after | Purpose |
|---|
| jugoo_gdpr_notice | the-goat.nl | 6 months | Stores whether the cookie notification has been displayed. |
| jugoo_gdpr_functional | the-goat.nl | 6 months | Stores whether you accept functional cookies. |
| jugoo_gdpr_performance | the-goat.nl | 6 months | Stores whether you accept performance/analytical cookies. |
| jugoo_gdpr_marketing | the-goat.nl | 6 months | Stores whether you accept marketing cookies. |
| ci_session | the-goat.nl | End of session | Tracks user statuses regarding page visits. |
| hide_notification | the-goat.nl | 6 hours | Ensures that the notification is not visible after being dismissed. |
| PHPSESSID | the-goat.nl | End of session | Tracks user statuses during the current session. |
Analytical cookies
| Name | Placed by | Expires after | Purpose |
|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | 2 years | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gid | Google Analytics | 24 hours | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gat | Google Analytics | 1 minute | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rates. |
| _hjid | the-goat.nl | 1 year | Improves website usability and helps identify errors. |
| _hjRecordingEnabled | the-goat.nl | End of session | Tracks visitor navigation to optimize the website. |
| _hjIncludedInSample | the-goat.nl | End of session | Determines if user navigation should be recorded in a temporary statistical dataset. |
| _hjRecordingLastActivity | the-goat.nl | End of session | Updates when visitor recording starts and when data is sent via WebSocket (visitor performs an action recorded by Hotjar). |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | the-goat.nl | 30 minutes | Detects a user’s first-page view session. |
| _hjFirstSeen | the-goat.nl | End of session | Identifies a new user’s first session. |
Marketing cookies / Tracking cookies
| Name | Placed by | Expires after | Purpose |
|---|
| NID | Google Analytics | 6 months | Registers a unique ID identifying a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted advertisements. |
| adsga-audiences | Google Analytics | End of session | Used by Google Ads to re-engage visitors who may convert to customers based on their online behavior across different websites. |
| collect | Google Analytics | End of session | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
Deleting and refusing cookies
Through your browser settings, you can delete previously placed cookies. You can also refuse the placement of new cookies. The method varies by browser. If necessary, you can consult your browser’s help function. Disabling cookies affects the specific computer and browser in which you set this preference.Statement changes
The Goat reserves the right to make changes to this statement. We recommend checking this statement regularly so that you are always aware of its content. This statement was last updated on 29-04-2025.
