What are cookies
Cookies are small text files that a website, when visited by the user, places on their computer or mobile device via their internet browser. Placing cookies will help the website to recognise your device the next time you visit. We use the term cookies in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way. The cookies used do not collect information that identifies the user. Cookies collect generic information, such as how users arrive at and use the websites or the part of the country/countries through which they access the website, etc. Cookies only retain information related to your preferences. At any time the user can, through their internet browser, decide to be notified about the receipt of cookies and block their entry into their system. The refusal to use cookies on the website may result in the impossibility of accessing some of its areas or receiving personalised information.
What are cookies used for?
Our cookies have different functions:
Essential cookies - Some cookies are essential to access specific areas of our website. They enable you to navigate the site and use its applications, such as accessing secure areas of the site by logging in. Without these cookies, services that require it cannot be provided.
Analytical cookies - We use these cookies to analyse how users use the site and monitor its performance. This allows us to provide a high quality experience by customising our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any problems that arise. For example, we use performance cookies to find out which pages are most popular, which method of linking pages is most effective, or to determine why some pages are receiving error messages. Based on site usage, we may also use these cookies to highlight articles or services on the site that we think may be of interest to users. These cookies are only used for statistical analysis and creation purposes and never collect personal information.
Functionality cookies - We use functional cookies to enable us to remember user preferences. For example, cookies prevent us from typing your name each time you log on to the site. We also use functionality cookies to provide advanced services to the user, such as commenting on an article. In short, functionality cookies store your preferences regarding your use of the site so that you do not need to re-configure the site each time you visit.
Third-party cookies - These are used to measure the success of third-party applications and advertising effectiveness.
Advertising cookies - These serve to target advertising according to the interests of each user, allowing the number of times the advertisement is viewed to be limited. These cookies help measure the effectiveness of advertising. However, they do not identify the user.
The cookies used may be:
Permanent cookies - These are stored at browser level in your access devices (pc, mobile and tablet) and are used every time the user makes a new visit to the website. They are generally used to direct browsing according to the user's interests, allowing us to provide a more personalised service.
Session cookies - These are temporary and remain in your internet browser cookies until you leave the site. The information obtained allows us to identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.
Cookies we use
The following list explains how cookies are used on this website.
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies
· Origin: Own
· Name: ci_session
· Description: Cookie used to develop PHP-based platforms, to maintain user state during the session for greater consistency of user experience.
· Duration: Session
b) Performance Cookies
· Origin: Third party (.google.com)
· Name: _gid
· Description: Cookie generated by Google Analytics and used to distinguish users.
· Duration: 24 hours
· Origin: Third party (.google.com)
· Name: _ga
· Description: Cookie generated by Google Analytics and used to distinguish users.
· Duration: 2 years
· Origin: Third party (.google.com)
· Name: _gat
· Description: Cookie generated by Google Analytics and used to control request rate
· Duration: 10 minutes
Block cookies
As we have explained, cookies help you to get the most out of our websites. Once you have authorised the use of cookies, you can always disable some or all of our cookies by following the instructions corresponding to the browser you are using. We remind you that by disabling cookies, parts of our website may not function properly.
How to disable cookies in your browser:
a) For Google Chrome users: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647?
b) For Internet Explorer users:
https://support.microsoft.com/pt-pt/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies?
c) For Microsoft Edge users:
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy?
d) For Mozilla Firefox users:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences?
e) For Apple Safari users: http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042
More information on cookies
For more information about cookies access the link: www.allaboutcookies.org
