Last Updated: January 1, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Global Good Dog LLC ("Global Good Dog," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website at globalgooddog.com, what types of cookies we use and why, and how you can control or manage your cookie preferences. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides additional information about how we collect and use your personal data.
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used across the internet to make websites work more efficiently, to provide a better browsing experience, and to supply information to the owners of the website. Cookies are stored by your web browser and can be read by the website that created them when you return to that site in the future.
Cookies serve many different functions. Some are essential for a website to operate properly, while others remember your preferences, track how you use a site to help improve it, or enable personalized content and advertising. Cookies can be "persistent" cookies, which remain on your device for a set period of time or until you manually delete them, or "session" cookies, which are temporary and are deleted automatically when you close your browser. Cookies can also be "first-party" cookies, set by the website you are visiting, or "third-party" cookies, set by a different domain than the one you are visiting.
How We Use Cookies
Global Good Dog uses cookies for a limited number of purposes, all aimed at providing you with a functional and useful website experience. We categorize our cookie use into the following types:
Essential and Functional Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for our website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set in response to actions you take on our site, such as setting your privacy preferences, filling in forms, or using our interactive tools. Essential cookies do not collect information that identifies you personally for marketing purposes. Without these cookies, certain features of our website would not be available to you. Examples of essential functions these cookies support include:
- Remembering your cookie consent preferences so we do not ask you repeatedly
- Maintaining session state while you navigate between pages
- Enabling security features that protect our website from malicious activity
- Preserving inputs and selections you make in our interactive tools, such as the Training Cost Calculator, Exercise Needs Calculator, and Puppy Readiness Quiz, so that your data is not lost if you navigate away and return
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information about page views, session duration, traffic sources, and user navigation patterns. All information collected by analytics cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. We use this data to improve how our website works, identify which content is most valuable to our visitors, diagnose technical issues, and make informed decisions about site improvements. Analytics cookies help us answer questions such as which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors spend reading our blog articles, which interactive tools receive the most engagement, and where visitors tend to leave our site.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies allow our website to remember choices you have made in the past, such as your preferred language, the region you are located in, or customized settings for our interactive tools. These cookies enable us to provide you with a more personalized experience so you do not have to re-enter information or reconfigure settings each time you visit. Preference cookies are not essential for the website to function, but they enhance usability and convenience.
Specific Cookies We Use
The following table describes the specific cookies currently used on the Global Good Dog website:
- ggd_cookie_consent — Type: Essential, first-party. Duration: 365 days. Purpose: Stores your cookie consent preference (accepted or declined) so that our cookie consent banner is not displayed on every page visit after you have made your choice. This cookie contains only a simple value indicating your preference and does not store any personal information.
- _ga — Type: Analytics, third-party (Google). Duration: 2 years. Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated identifier. This cookie helps us count how many people visit our website and understand general usage patterns. It does not contain any personally identifiable information.
- _ga_[container-id] — Type: Analytics, third-party (Google). Duration: 2 years. Purpose: Used by Google Analytics 4 to maintain session state and track session-level interactions across pages. Helps us understand how users navigate through our website during a single visit.
- _gid — Type: Analytics, third-party (Google). Duration: 24 hours. Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users within a 24-hour period. This cookie helps us measure daily traffic volume and understand day-over-day trends in website usage.
- _gat — Type: Analytics, third-party (Google). Duration: 1 minute. Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate to their servers, limiting data collection on high-traffic pages. This cookie does not store any user-specific information.
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to the cookies we set directly, certain third-party services integrated into our website may set their own cookies on your device. We do not control these third-party cookies, and their use is governed by the respective privacy policies of those third parties.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to help us understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about your website activity, including pages visited, time on site, and your general geographic location based on your IP address. Google may use this data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network, though we do not run Google ads on our website. You can learn more about how Google uses your data at Google's Privacy Policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Future Advertising Cookies
Global Good Dog does not currently display third-party advertisements on our website. However, we may in the future integrate advertising services such as Google AdSense or similar platforms to support our free educational content and interactive tools. If and when we implement advertising cookies, we will update this Cookie Policy to reflect those changes and provide you with appropriate notice and consent mechanisms before any advertising cookies are placed on your device. Any future advertising partners will be required to comply with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
Managing Your Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or refuse cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:
Through Our Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner is displayed at the bottom of the page. You can click "Accept" to consent to all cookies or "Decline" to refuse non-essential cookies. Your choice is stored in the ggd_cookie_consent cookie so that the banner does not reappear on subsequent visits. If you wish to change your preference after making your initial choice, you can clear your browser cookies for our website and the banner will appear again on your next visit.
Through Your Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. The process varies by browser, so below are instructions for the most commonly used browsers:
Google Chrome: Click the three-dot menu in the upper right corner, select "Settings," then navigate to "Privacy and security" and click "Cookies and other site data." From here you can block all cookies, block third-party cookies, clear existing cookies, or add specific sites to an allow or block list. You can also access cookie settings by typing chrome://settings/cookies in your address bar.
Mozilla Firefox: Click the three-line menu button, select "Settings," then navigate to "Privacy & Security." Under the "Cookies and Site Data" section, you can manage cookie permissions, clear stored cookies, and choose your preferred level of cookie blocking. Firefox also offers Enhanced Tracking Protection with Standard, Strict, and Custom levels that control how third-party cookies are handled.
Apple Safari: On macOS, open Safari and click "Safari" in the menu bar, then select "Settings" (or "Preferences" in older versions). Navigate to the "Privacy" tab where you can manage cookie settings including blocking all cookies, preventing cross-site tracking, and managing stored website data. On iOS, go to Settings, scroll down to Safari, and find the Privacy & Security section to manage cookie preferences.
Microsoft Edge: Click the three-dot menu in the upper right corner, select "Settings," then navigate to "Cookies and site permissions" followed by "Manage and delete cookies and site data." From here you can allow or block all cookies, block third-party cookies, clear cookies on browser close, and add specific site exceptions. You can also reach these settings by typing edge://settings/content/cookies in your address bar.
Please be aware that if you choose to block or delete cookies, some features of our website may not function properly. Essential cookies, such as our cookie consent preference cookie, are required for basic website functionality. Blocking all cookies may prevent our interactive tools from saving your inputs and may affect your overall browsing experience on our site.
Cookie Consent
Global Good Dog is committed to respecting your right to privacy and giving you control over your cookie preferences. Our cookie consent mechanism works as follows: when you visit our website for the first time, or when you visit after clearing your cookies, a consent banner appears at the bottom of the page informing you that we use cookies and providing links to this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy. You are given two options: "Accept" to consent to all cookies described in this policy, or "Decline" to refuse non-essential cookies. If you click "Accept," all categories of cookies described above will be activated. If you click "Decline," only strictly essential cookies required for our website to function will be set. Your preference is stored in the ggd_cookie_consent cookie for 365 days. After that period, or if you clear your cookies manually, the consent banner will appear again so you can make a fresh choice. We do not use cookie walls that block access to content based on your cookie preferences. All pages and content on our website are accessible regardless of your cookie consent decision.
Do Not Track Signals
Some web browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that sends a signal to websites you visit indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. There is currently no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals, and the technology and policy landscape around DNT continues to evolve. At this time, our website does not respond differently to DNT signals from your browser. However, you can still control tracking through the cookie management methods described above, including declining cookies through our consent banner, adjusting your browser settings, or installing the Google Analytics opt-out add-on. We will continue to monitor developments in DNT standards and update our practices accordingly if a clear consensus emerges.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in technology, changes in applicable laws or regulations, or changes in our business practices. When we make material changes to this policy, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. If we add new categories of cookies or significantly change how we use existing cookies, we will reset your cookie consent preference so that the consent banner reappears, giving you the opportunity to review and accept or decline the updated cookie practices. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, this Cookie Policy, or your cookie preferences, please do not hesitate to contact us:
- Email: legal@globalgooddog.com
- Phone: (512) 804-9473
- Mail: Global Good Dog LLC, 4712 South Congress Avenue, Suite 210, Austin, TX 78745
You may also contact us at hello@globalgooddog.com for general inquiries.