Cookie Policy

Last updated: 14 November 2024

This Policy explains how Forward Maui Inc. (“Forward Maui”, “we” or “us”) uses cookies and other trackers to provide functionality and enhance the user experience for people (“visitors” or “users”) who visit our websites (“Site”). associated with our family of brands, including but not limited to Goya Windsurfing, KT Foiling, KT Surfing, and Quatro.

1. What are cookies and other trackers?

Cookies are text files that are placed on your computer or mobile or handheld device (such as smartphones or tablets) when you visit certain pages on the internet. They are used to “remember” when your computer or device accesses this Site. Cookies are stored in your browser. The cookie will help the Site, or another website, to recognize your device the next time you visit. Most cookies won’t collect information that directly identifies you as a person, and will instead collect more general information such as how visitors arrive at and use our Site. Cookies may, however, be used to create a profile of the visitor’s activities on the Internet.

Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on your device’s hard drive, clear GIFs are embedded invisibly on web pages. We may use clear GIFs (a.k.a. web beacons, web bugs or pixel tags), in connection with our Site to, among other things, track the activities of Site visitors, help us manage content, and compile statistics about Site usage. We and our third party service providers also use clear GIFs in HTML emails to our customers, to help us track email response rates, identify when our emails are viewed, and track whether our emails are forwarded.

2. Types of cookies

Session cookies
Session cookies are stored only temporarily during a browsing session and are deleted from the visitor’s device when the browser is closed.

Persistent cookies
This type of cookie is saved on your device for a fixed pre-defined period of time (usually a couple of months) and is not deleted when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies are used where we need to be able to recognize your device for more than one browsing session. Persistent cookies used on this Site have a maximum lifespan of thirteen months; please see below for further details.

First party cookies
First party cookies are set by the website you are visiting and they can only be read by that site.

Third party cookies
Third party cookies are not set by the owner of the website you are visiting, but by a different organization. For example, advertisers and other third parties may use their own cookies when you click on an advertisement or link on our Site or we might engage a third-party analytics company that will set their own cookie to perform this service. For example, cookies may be set by YouTube when you play a video embedded on our Site.

3. Categories of cookies

The different types of cookies set out above can be categorized as follows:

Strictly necessary cookies:
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Site, such as to ensure security. Other strictly necessary cookies allow us to provide services that you expressly request, such as a default language. These cookies do not require your consent and cannot be switched off (although in some cases you can change your requests). You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of our Site may not work if you block these types of cookies.

Performance cookies:
These allow us to analyze Site usage, namely to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Site works, for example, by ensuring that visitors are finding what they are looking for easily. If you do not consent to these types of cookies we will not be able to improve our Sites based on information from your visit.

Marketing cookies I:
These cookies are used to provide certain functionalities to you by recognizing you when you return to our Site so that we can offer you a better experience on this Site. For instance, this enables us to set a cookie to store your preferences regarding the cookies on our Site.

Marketing cookies II:
These cookies are used to tailor advertisements and content to your interests (“Targeting”), both within and beyond our Sites. These cookies record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Site and the Targeting displayed on it, and the marketing messages we send to you, more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties who provide a service to us for this purpose. These cookies are sometimes also referred to as Targeting cookies. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the Targeting campaign and to monitor from which Targeting source a visitor was directed towards our Site so that we know whether it is worth us investing in that particular Targeting source. For example, these cookies are used by YouTube to track user interactions with embedded videos on our Site.

These cookies may be set through our Site or by our third party Targeting partners. They may be used by those Targeting partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly identifying personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and Internet device. If you do not consent to these types of cookies, you will experience less targeted Targeting (but not less Targeting overall).

4. Social media links

This site contains links to Forward Maui specific social media pages from the following companies:

Instagram; Instagram is operated by Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. Find information on data protection at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

Facebook; Facebook is operated by Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. Find information on data protection at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

Vimeo; Vimeo is operated by Vimeo, 330 West 34th Street 5th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA. Find information on data protection at https://vimeo.com/privacy

YouTube; YouTube is operated by Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Find information on data protection at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

These links are not plug-ins, they are simply links to external Forward Maui social media pages via standard WordPress functionality. No cookies are dropped in relation to these links when browsing the Site. Should you click any of these links you will be directed to the relevant social media page. Each of these social media companies operates their websites separately to Forward Maui including their own cookie policies and privacy policies and settings, please visit the respective social media companies privacy information for further details.

5. Storage periods

The various cookies used by our Site have different storage periods, at the end of which your data will no longer be stored. Session cookies will be deleted once you close your browser. Persistent cookies implemented on our Site will be kept for a period of time. Please refer to the cookies table below to learn about the specific storage periods of the cookies we use.

6. What cookies do we use?

We use different categories of both session and persistent cookies on our Site, which can either be first or third party cookies.

Information on the cookies that we use on our Site (their names and categories, their storage period and whether third parties have access to the cookies) are set out in the table below. Please refer to the next section in order to learn how you can manage your cookie preferences.

Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies, which may be set by us or third-party providers, are necessary for the website to function, and we do not offer an option for them to be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms, or they may be set when you simply load a page.  You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work if you block them.

Strictly Necessary Cookies
Cookie Subgroup, Cookies, Cookies used

Security, _grecaptcha, 3rd Party (google.com)
Security, rc::c, 3rd Party (google.com)
Security, rc::b, 3rd Party (google.com)
Security, rc::a, 3rd Party (google.com)
Security, _js_datr, 3rd Party (facebook.com)

Performance Cookies
These cookies, which may be set by us or third-party providers, mainly allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you block these cookies, we cannot use them to know when you have visited our site, and will be less able to monitor its performance. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and is therefore anonymous.

Performance Cookies
Cookie Subgroup, Cookies, Cookies used

Analytics, _ga, 1st Party
Analytics, ga*, 1st Party

Marketing Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization or in collaboration with our advertising and social media partners. They may be set by us or by third- party providers whose services we have added to our pages. They may be used by those companies mainly to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. If you block these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. They do not store personal information directly but rely on the unique identification of your browser and device.

Marketing Cookies
Cookie Subgroup, Cookies, Cookies used

Site Functionality, wpEmojiSettingsSupports, 1st Party
Compliance, cookie_notice_accepted, 1st Party
Site Performance, Google Fonts API, 3rd Party (google.com)
User Preferences, PREF, 3rd Party (youtube.com)
User Session, fbm*, 3rd Party (facebook.com)
User Session, xs, 3rd Party (facebook.com)
Device Optimization, wd, 3rd Party (facebook.com)
Activity Tracking, act, 3rd Party (facebook.com)
Geolocation, GPS, 3rd Party (youtube.com)
User Experience, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, 3rd Party (youtube.com)
Engagement Tracking, YSC, 3rd Party (youtube.com)
Conversion Tracking, fbc, 1st Party
Advertising & Analytics, fr, 3rd Party (facebook.com)

7. Managing cookies and withdrawing consent

We will obtain your consent to the use of cookies set out in this Policy when you first access the Site and whenever we introduce new cookies (unless they are strictly necessary cookies). If so, when you visit the Site, a pop-up will appear to inform you about our use of such cookies.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by managing your preferences in your browser settings. Blocking cookies may have a negative impact on your experience of using the Site. You can find further information on managing cookies in most browsers also here: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

We will obtain your consent to the use of the cookies set out in this Policy when you first access the Site and if we introduce any new cookies to the Site (unless they are strictly necessary cookies). If so, when you visit the Site, a pop-up will appear to inform you about our use of such cookies.

If you click ‘Accept’ this will accept all non-necessary, first and third party cookies. You can click ‘Preferences’ to open the Complianz Preference Centre to choose the types of cookies you allow. When you enter the Privacy Centre, Performance Cookies, Targeting Cookies, and Functional Cookies will be turned off by default. You can select to turn each of these on individually, ‘Allow All’ or simply click ‘Confirm My Choices’ to select the default setting of all non-necessary cookies being turned off.

If you accept trackers, this will allow us to track your browsing in accordance with the purpose of each tracker.

If you refuse cookies, we will not set those cookies on your device, except strictly necessary cookies and a cookie to remember that you don’t want any cookies set when you visit the Site.

If you want to withdraw your consent, at any time, you can do so through the Complianz Preference Centre or click here.

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including ours. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our Site. You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer. However, deleting cookies might hurt the usability of many websites, including ours. You can find further information on managing cookies in most browsers also here: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

8. Changes to this Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Cookie Policy from time to time. If we make any changes to this Cookie Policy, we will change the “Last Update” date above, post the updated Cookie Policy on this page, and ask you to re-consent to our changed use of cookies.

9. Contacting us

If you have any queries in connection with this Cookie Policy, please contact the following:

Email: privacy@forwardmaui.com
Phone: +1 (808) 575-2200