GOAT updated its privacy policy to clarify how it shares your phone number and other contact information with shipping partners for delivery notifications. The policy now explicitly states that shipping carriers may send you text messages with tracking updates, delivery scheduling, and confirmations directly on GOAT's behalf. The update also specifies that message rates may apply, message frequency varies based on order activity, and you can opt out of delivery texts without affecting security-related messages like authentication codes.
The updated policy establishes clearer disclosure of how GOAT handles phone number sharing with shipping partners. Under the revised terms, your phone number and order information may be shared with shipping carriers so they can send you delivery-related text messages, including tracking updates, delivery scheduling, and confirmations. The policy now specifies that message and data rates may apply and that message frequency varies based on your order activity. You can opt out of delivery-related text messages by replying STOP or clicking unsubscribe links, though this does not affect security-related messages such as multifactor authentication codes.
The updated terms provide clearer disclosure of how GOAT shares phone numbers with shipping partners and how SMS communications from those partners will be sent to users. This change establishes transparent expectations regarding delivery-related text messages and explicitly distinguishes between delivery SMS (which can be declined) and security SMS (which cannot), affecting how users understand and manage their contact information after purchase.
→ Review the updated disclosure regarding phone number sharing with shipping carriers.
→ If you do not wish to receive delivery-related text messages, you can opt out by replying STOP to any delivery SMS or clicking unsubscribe links in messages.
→ Note that opting out of delivery SMS does not prevent security-related messages such as multifactor authentication codes.
→ You will receive delivery-related SMS text messages from GOAT or its shipping partners using your phone number, unless you actively opt out.
→ Message and data rates may apply to SMS communications as stated in the updated policy.
→ The terms will apply as written; no affirmative consent is required if you continue using GOAT services after this policy update.
Policy now explicitly discloses that name, phone number, and order information are shared with shipping carriers for SMS delivery notifications.
Users can opt out of delivery-related text messages by replying STOP, but security-related messages like authentication codes cannot be disabled.
Policy now discloses that message and data rates may apply and that frequency varies based on order activity.
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GOAT added specific language disclosing phone number sharing with shipping carriers for SMS delivery notifications and clarified opt-out mechanics. The change introduces explicit consent framing for delivery SMS separate from security SMS, establishes message rate disclosures, and distinguishes between security-related and non-security-related text communications. This appears to be primarily a transparency and disclosure clarification rather than a material change in data handling practices. Organizations using GOAT for goods purchase should verify whether their own privacy notices and data-processing agreements account for this downstream SMS communications channel.
FTC (unfair or deceptive practices and telemarketing compliance under TCPA); state telemarketing and SMS laws (varies by US jurisdiction); GDPR/EDPB (if processing EU resident data; lawful basis for SMS consent and third-party disclosure)
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