Cookie Policy #

1. Introduction #

Our website, www.goout.net (hereinafter referred to as "the website"), uses cookies as well as other related technologies. For the sake of simplicity, we will mark all these technologies as "cookies" from here on out.

The administrator of all cookies on the website is: GoOut s.r.o., company ID: 01901613, VAT number: CZ01901613, located on Mánesova 917/28, 120 00 Praha 2, registered in the Commercial Register under the Municipal Court in Prague, Section C, Part 212454. This company will hereafter be referred to as "GoOut".

2. What are Cookies? #

Cookies are small pieces of data (files) sent by websites that are saved to any device that you use to access the website from. Every time you visit the same website again, your browser will then send this data back to the server.

The purpose of Cookies is to enhance user-friendliness of any website you visit frequently. If you repeatedly use the same device and browser to access the Internet, cookies will help them to "recognize" your behavior and default to your preferred settings.

There are two types of cookies:

• Permanent: These remain on the device for as long as it says on the file, or until they are removed manually. Permanent cookies help to identify your device in case you visit any website again. However, they can not identify you as a person. The sole purpose of permanent cookies is to adapt the websites to your user preferences.
• Temporary: These expire after the user leaves the website or closes the browser. Temporary cookies allow your browser to keep your user information while transferring from one website to another, thus getting rid of the need to repeatedly insert some basic data.

3. How to set your Cookies? #

Whenever you open the website for the first time, it will ask you whether you consent to saving your Cookies. You can choose to accept all of them - this is the recommended option as it maximizes the functionality and user-friendliness of the website. You can also opt to disallow some Cookies, or even all of them. The only exception to this are some Cookies that are purely technical in nature and essential for the website to function.

If you already If you already set your Cookies, but wish to change it, you can do so in the Cookies tab in left main menu.

You can also set your Cookies directly in your browser; this works on Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, and other major browsers as well. Those all have a built-in option to set your Cookies. It is possible to manually delete some Cookies, block them, or even disallow them completely, as well as to select your Cookies settings for specific websites. Here are the manuals to set your Cookies in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera. For a more detailed explanation, please visit your browser settings.

4. Why does GoOut use Cookies? #

They ensure that the website runs correctly.

They enable us to anonymously analyze our customers' behavior on the website, thus helping us make GoOut and its content even more user friendly, relevant, and better in general.

We also use Cookies for these purposes:

• Retargeting. This means displaying ads for events you were looking at on the website, as well as other content that is relevant for you.
• Anonymized statistics in web browsers, such as Google, Seznam, etc.
• Retargeting and anonymized statistics on social media sites, such as Instagram, Facebook, etc.

5. Third party Cookies #

There is a possibility that additional Cookies might be saved to your device. These are Cookies of advertising operators that run ads on websites that you visit. The purpose of these Cookies is to optimize content targeting and thus allow the ads to be tailored specifically for you (retargeting). GoOut uses the following retargeting systems:

• Facebook Ireland Limited - online ads;
• Google Ireland Limited - analysis of user behavior on the website, online ads in the Adwords system;
• Seznam.cz, a.s. - online ads in the Sklik system.

GoOut uses this data solely to be able to deliver the most precise advertisement available for its users. For this purpose, we divide users into segments which are created based on several user behavior patterns. Should you wish to opt out and not be a part of either the segment analysis or retargeting, you may shut those Cookies off in your setting (see part 3: How to set your Cookies).

Third party cookies abide by data protection rules that are set by respective companies that run them. For more info, see the following links:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy/cookies/
• Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/privacy
• How to opt out of Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

The purpose of GoOut is to offer complex multi-media content through which each user will be able to get all the information about any event they might need. This is the reason why we sometimes allow third party content to appear on the website - for example YouTube videos. It is important to note that while loading the website, users may be subjected to third party Cookies and analyses run by these third party content providers. Should you wish to opt out of this - not only third party Cookies, but all third party content in general - you can use your browser settings. Visit the pages of respective third party content companies for more info.

Furthermore, it is important to note that these Cookies might also be used by Event Promoters on GoOut, but only within the events run specifically by them.

6. What kinds of Cookies does GoOut use? #

6.1. Technical Cookies #

Technical Cookies ensure that our website works well and your user preferences are being kept for you whenever you decide to visit again. Thanks to these Cookies, you are not required to enter the same data over and over again - for example, if you decide to purchase a ticket but leave the page before payment, your ticket will still be in your basket when you come back. Without these Cookies, our website would basically not work. These are saved automatically for every user who visits GoOut.

6.2. Analytical Cookies #

Analytical Cookies are being used to optimize the website for our customers' comfort. This is how we gather information and statistical data about the various ways in which our customers use the website. Everything is, of course, anonymized. Such data may encompass information about how many users visit the website during each day, how many users buy tickets on the website, etc.

6.3. Marketing Cookies #

Marketing Cookies are files used to create user profiles or show advertisements. If you allow these cookies, it will help us show you content tailored specifically to you - this might mean that we will let you know when your favorite artist has a new presale, when a theater you frequent puts out a new play, etc. This also applies to social media, other websites, and other apps.

6.4. Social Media Cookies #

We have added Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube widgets to the website. You may use them to let other people know about GoOut on your favorite social media - "like" our content or Facebook, share it on Twitter, etc. These widgets work thanks to small pieces of code parsed from these social media sites, and these pieces of code contain Cookies. Thus, our widgets might also save and use some data, allowing these sites to personalize ads that are being shown to you. Should you wish to opt out of this, just refrain from using these widgets. That way, no data will be transferred.

Please take your time to read Privacy Policies of these social media sites in order to be fully aware of what they are using this data for. Regardless, any data that comes from Cookies is still highly anonymized no matter the source.

7. Cookies Overview: #

A complete overview of all cookies that GoOut uses on the website can be found in this document.

8. How does GoOut use Cookies further? #

GoOut uses Cookies to ensure that the website runs correctly and its content is tailored to its users. We make sure to use all Cookies in such a way that there is no possibility to identify individual website users.

These terms and conditions are a fundamental and inseparable part of the GoOut policy.

March 31, 2022, GoOut, s.r.o.