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Cookies
What are cookies and what are they for?
In order to provide a better user experience, Prodiplás, Lda as well as other entities (e.g. advertisers, advertising network providers) that use its website to collect and/or provide some type of information to the user, may resort to the use of cookies, considered as such, small text files with relevant information that the access device (computer, mobile phone/smartphone or tablet) loads, through the internet browser, when a site is visited by the user.
In order to provide a better user experience, Prodiplás, Lda as well as other entities (e.g. advertisers, advertising network providers) that use its website to collect and/or provide some type of information to the user, may resort to the use of cookies, considered as such, small text files with relevant information that the access device (computer, mobile phone/smartphone or tablet) loads, through the internet browser, when a site is visited by the user.
The use of cookies not only helps the site to recognize the user's device the next time they visit, but may also be essential for its operation. The cookies used on the site by Prodiplás, Lda, do not collect personal information that allows the user to be identified. If the user so authorizes, they only store generic and aggregated information, such as the place/country of access, the way the user uses the site, the preferred language, among others.
Types of Cookies
According to the user's preferences, Prodiplás, Lda, as well as other entities that use its website to collect/provide some type of information, may use different types of cookies for the following purposes:
Strictly necessary cookies:
Some cookies are essential for accessing specific areas of the Prodiplás, Lda website, allowing you to browse and use its applications, as well as accessing secure areas of the website by logging in. Without these cookies, services that require them cannot be provided;
Functionality cookies:
Functionality cookies make it possible to remember the user's preferences when browsing the site, so you don't need to reconfigure and personalize it each time you visit;
Performance cookies:
They are essentially used to analyze how the user uses the site, making it possible to highlight articles or services that may be of interest to them, and to monitor the site's performance, knowing which pages are the most popular, which method of linking between pages is the most effective or to determine why some pages are receiving error messages.
Advertising cookies:
They provide users with advertising information based on their preferences and interests, as well as helping to measure the effectiveness of ads (e.g. how many times they are seen).
Cookies can also be classified according to their validity:
Permanent cookies:
These are cookies that are stored on access devices (computer, cell phone, smartphone or tablet), in the browser, and are used whenever the user visits the Prodiplás, Lda. website again. In general, they are used to direct browsing according to the user's interests, allowing EsmoMat, Lda to provide a more personalized service;
Session cookies:
These are temporary cookies, which are generated and available until the session is closed. The next time the user accesses their browser, the cookies will no longer be stored. The information obtained makes it possible to manage sessions, identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.
And also according to their origin:
Own (or first-party) cookies:
These are sent to the user's computer from a website/domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided (in this case, the Prodiplás, Lda website);
Third-party cookies:
These are sent to the user's computer from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by other entities that process the data obtained through cookies. Given their origin and nature, the use of this type of cookie is the sole responsibility of the entities that use them.
Prodiplás, Lda may also use cookies when opening newsletters/emails, for statistical purposes, which allow us to know if they are opened and to check clicks on links or advertisements within the newsletter. The user always has the possibility to deactivate the sending of newsletters/emails through the specific option in the footer.
User preferences:
As they are essential to the proper functioning of the site, the use of strictly necessary cookies does not require prior consent from the user. All other cookies (functionality, performance and advertising cookies) are only used if the user expressly authorizes their use.
The user can, at any time, consult and modify their choices regarding cookies via: Managing preferences
Alternatively, most web browsers also allow you to control the use of cookies. You can find more specific information on how to manage cookie preferences for the most popular browsers at:
Google Chrome: (https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en)
Microsoft Edge: (https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy)
Mozilla Firefox: (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences)
Microsoft Internet Explorer: (https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies)
Opera: (https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/)
Apple Safari: (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/safari)
Please note, however, that refusing to use cookies may result in you being unable to access some areas of the Prodiplás, Lda. website.
Profiling and automated decisions:
Although the use of cookies allows, in some way, the creation of implicit general profiles, that is, created by inference based on the observation of the individual and collective behavior of users, namely, through the pages they visit, the ads they have viewed and/or clicked on, Prodiplás, Lda does not make any type of exclusively automated decisions, including the definition of profiles, that produce legal effects or that significantly affect the user in a similar way.
Changes to the Privacy and Cookies Policy
Prodiplás, Lda reserves the right to make any changes or corrections to this Policy. Please check this page regularly to review the information and check for any updates.