How are cookies used?

Os “cookies” são pacotes de dados que um sítio Web envia para o seu computador enquanto está a visitar esse sítio Web. Estes ficheiros de dados incluem informações que lhe permitem armazenar dados importantes que tornarão a sua navegação mais eficiente e útil. This website uses cookies for various purposes, namely to obtain non-personal data from online visitors. Visitors to this website use different computers and web browsers.

To make your visits as simple as possible, a record is automatically kept of the type of browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome) and operating system (e.g. Windows, Macintosh) used and the domain name of your Internet service provider.

What Cookies are for

Cookies are used to help determine the usefulness, interest and number of uses of its websites, allowing for faster and more efficient browsing, eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.

What kind of cookies do we use?

Permanent cookies: these are cookies that are stored at browser level on your access devices (PC, mobile and tablet) and are used whenever you visit one of our websites again. They are generally used to direct browsing to the user’s interests, allowing us to provide a more personalized service.

Session cookies: these are temporary cookies that remain in your browser’s cookie file until you leave the website. The information obtained by these cookies is used to analyze web traffic patterns, allowing us to identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.

What do we use cookies for?

Strictly necessary cookies: They allow you to browse the website and use its applications, as well as access secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided.

Analytical Cookies: These are used anonymously to create and analyze statistics in order to improve the functioning of the website;

Functionality Cookies: These store the user’s preferences regarding the use of the site, so that it is not necessary to configure the site again each time you visit it.

Third-party cookies: Measure the success of applications and the effectiveness of third-party advertising. They can also be used to personalize a widget with user data.

Advertising Cookies: They target advertising according to the interests of each user, in order to direct advertising campaigns taking into account the tastes of users, and also limit the number of times you see the ad, helping to measure the effectiveness of advertising and the success of the website organization.

How can you manage cookies?

All browsers allow the user to accept, refuse or delete cookies, namely by selecting the appropriate settings in their browser. You can configure cookies in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.
Please note, however, that disabling cookies may prevent some web services from working properly, affecting, partially or totally, navigation on the website.
For more information on cookies and how to prevent them from being installed or how to delete existing cookies from your hard drive, you can visit the following website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
You can find information about cookie control depending on your internet browser at the following addresses:

Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835

Chrome https://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en-GB/more/privacy.html

Firefoxhttp://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History

Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042

Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/