Cookie Policy

Cookie and Similar Technologies Policy for the Website of "Golden Goose Ads" Ltd

Effective Date: 20 October 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how "Golden Goose Ads" LTD, UIC (EIK) 208869184, having its registered office and business address at: village of Ablanitsa, postal code 2932, 28 Vasil Levski Str., Republic of Bulgaria; telephone: +359 89 4299307; email: dg.digitalm@gmail.com (hereinafter referred to as the "Company", "we", "us", or "our"), uses cookies and similar technologies on its website www.goldengooseads.com (the "Site" / "Website").

This Policy is intended to inform you in a clear, transparent, and comprehensive manner about what these technologies are, what categories we use, for what purposes and on what legal bases they are activated, what their storage retention periods are, and how you may at any time manage, modify, or withdraw your consent. This Policy applies jointly with our Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy.

1. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?

Cookies are small text files or data packets stored on your computer, laptop, tablet, or mobile device via your web browser when you visit a website. They enable the website to recognize your device upon subsequent visits, remember your language and display preferences, ensure the secure and reliable operation of the system, and, subject to your consent, collect statistical data regarding website usage or facilitate the delivery of targeted advertising messages aligned with your interests.

Similar technologies: In addition to traditional HTTP cookies, this Policy also governs similar local storage and tracking technologies, including Local Storage, Session Storage, tracking pixels and tags (such as Meta Pixel and Google Ads Tag), tracking scripts, and unique online identifiers. Where applicable law requires prior consent for accessing or storing information on the terminal equipment, the same rules and legal safeguards apply to these technologies as to cookies.

2. Legal Basis and Do Cookies Process Personal Data?

• (1) The use of cookies and similar technologies is carried out in strict compliance with Art. 4a of the Bulgarian Electronic Commerce Act (ECA), Art. 5(3) of Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy Directive), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), and the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Act (LPPD).
• (2) Most cookies do not contain information directly identifying an individual by name. However, online identifiers stored in cookies, when combined with your device's IP address, browser technical parameters, and browsing history, may constitute personal data within the meaning of Art. 4, item 1 of the GDPR. In such cases, processing is conducted on the following legal bases:
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) / necessity for providing an explicitly requested service (Art. 4a(4) of the ECA) – applicable solely to strictly necessary cookies, without which the website cannot function securely and properly;
• Explicit prior consent (Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and Art. 4a(1) of the ECA) – applicable to all non-essential cookies (functional, analytics, statistical, marketing, and advertising). These technologies are deployed and process personal data only after the user has given freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent via the cookie consent banner.

3. What Types of Cookies and Similar Technologies Do We Use?

Our website uses the following categories of cookies according to their purpose:

• Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies: These cookies are essential for the proper and secure operation of the website. They enable core functions such as page navigation, network security, protection against automated bot/spam attacks, load balancing, and remembering your cookie consent choices. Your prior consent is not required for their deployment, and they cannot be disabled via the cookie consent banner.
• Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to remember choices you make (such as preferred language, font size, or form input settings) and provide enhanced, personalized features. Where not strictly necessary for an explicitly requested service, they are activated only upon your consent.
• Analytics and Statistical Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting aggregated statistical information regarding visited pages, session duration, traffic sources, devices/browsers used, and other engagement metrics (e.g., via Google Analytics). We use this data to analyze site performance, troubleshoot technical errors, and optimize website structure and content. They are activated only upon your explicit prior consent.
• Marketing and Advertising Cookies and Pixels: These cookies and tracking tags are used to track user interactions across the Website and promotional messages to display relevant advertisements tailored to your interests (retargeting/remarketing), build advertising audiences, and measure conversion performance across digital advertising networks such as Google, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), TikTok, or LinkedIn. They are activated strictly upon your prior explicit consent.

4. Classification by Retention Period and Origin

• Session Cookies: temporary files that remain active only during your active browsing session and are automatically deleted from your device when you close your browser or leave the website.
• Persistent Cookies: remain stored on your device for a predetermined lifespan (ranging from several days up to 2 years) or until manually deleted by you via your browser settings or consent management tool.
• First-Party Cookies: set directly by our domain www.goldengooseads.com and managed by the Company.
• Third-Party Cookies and Technologies: set and managed by external service providers (e.g., Google LLC, Meta Platforms, Inc.) in connection with embedded analytics or advertising tools. These providers may process data collected via cookies in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

5. List of Principal Cookies Used

The table below sets out the primary cookies and tracking technologies that may be deployed on our Website:

The specific inventory of cookies may change upon software updates or the integration of new digital tools. An up-to-date, comprehensive dynamic list of active technologies is always accessible via the "Cookie Settings" management panel.

6. Managing Your Consent and Settings Panel

Upon your first visit to our website (or upon expiration of your previous consent lifespan), an informational cookie consent banner will appear, allowing you to:

• Accept all non-essential cookies;
• Reject all cookies except strictly necessary cookies;
• Customize individual preferences and grant consent only for specific categories (e.g., granting consent for analytics but declining advertising cookies).

Your consent is collected through an affirmative action (clicking a button) with no pre-ticked checkboxes (opt-in). Continued browsing, scrolling, closing the banner, or navigating to another page DOES NOT constitute valid consent. In such cases, non-essential cookies remain blocked and inactive.

How you can modify or withdraw consent at any time: You may modify your preferences or withdraw your consent at any time, free of charge and as easily as it was granted (pursuant to Art. 7(3) of the GDPR), via the Cookie settings link in the footer of every page. Withdrawing consent operates prospectively and does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out prior to withdrawal.

7. Consent Signals and Google Consent Mode (Applicable Upon Activation)

Where Google analytics or advertising services are utilized on the Website, the Site communicates standardized technical consent signals (Google Consent Mode v2) reflecting the user's choices. These signals ensure that functionalities for ad storage (ad_storage), analytics storage (analytics_storage), ad personalization (ad_personalization), and user data sharing (ad_user_data) operate strictly in compliance with user consent and are blocked in the absence thereof.

8. Third-Party Cookies and Data Transfers Outside the EEA

We use services provided by third parties such as Google LLC and Meta Platforms, Inc. (and potentially TikTok or LinkedIn during active advertising campaigns). These companies may place cookies on your device and act as independent or joint data controllers. The use of these services may entail data transfers to servers located outside the European Union and the European Economic Area (e.g., in the United States). In such cases, transfers are performed in compliance with statutory transfer safeguards under Chapter V of the GDPR – pursuant to the European Commission Adequacy Decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses (SCCs) adopted by the European Commission. We advise reviewing their respective privacy policies.

9. Managing Cookies Through Browser Settings

As an additional option, you may manage and delete cookies via your web browser settings. Most browsers permit viewing, deleting, and blocking cookies from specific or all websites (including blocking third-party cookies only). Please note that blocking all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) may impair website functionality or prevent certain pages from rendering correctly.

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies;
• Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data;
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies;
• Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data.

10. Your Rights as a Data Subject

Where personal data is processed through cookies, you enjoy the full catalogue of data subject rights under the GDPR and the Bulgarian LPPD: right of access, right to rectification, right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"), right to restriction of processing, right to data portability, right to object (including unconditional objection to direct marketing and profiling), right to withdraw consent, and the right to lodge a complaint with the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) – 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592, website: www.cpdp.bg. A detailed description of the procedure for exercising these rights is available in our Privacy Policy.

11. Amendments to This Policy

The Company reserves the right to update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect technological changes, new platform features, or regulatory amendments. The current version will be published on the Site with an updated effective date. Where changes require renewed consent, the cookie banner will prompt you to make a new selection.

12. Additional Information and Contact Details

For further information regarding the processing of your personal data and your rights, please consult our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or comments regarding the use of cookies on the Site, you may contact us by email at dg.digitalm@gmail.com or by post at the Company's registered address.