Cookie Policy
Last updated: June 15, 2024
We use cookies and similar technologies such as pixels and web beacons (all referred to as Cookie) to improve the user experience and benefit our website in the most efficient way. We have prepared this Cookie Policy to inform you about the use of cookies and their intended purposes. For more information on how we process your personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.
1. What cookies are and why we use them
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or network server through browsers by the websites you visit. We may use cookies to collect personal information, or to collect information that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information. The purpose of using cookies on our website is to improve the services offered to you by increasing the functionality and performance of our website, to offer new features and customize features according to your preferences and to ensure the security of our website, your website and the legal and commercial website.
2. What data do cookies collect
Through cookies, data is collected by automated methods (without human intervention). The following data is collected and processed through cookies: the browser and operating system you use, IP address, user ID, date and time of your visit, interaction status, the use of website features, the search phrases you enter, how often you visit our website, your language preferences, user transaction logs, including scrolling movements and information about the tabs you access.
3. Who uses cookies
Cookies set by the website owner or service provider (in this case, website) are called “first-party” cookies. Cookies set by third parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website or service you are using (such as advertising, interactive content and analytics). The third parties that set these third-party cookies may recognize your computer when it visits certain other websites or services.
4. Types of cookies
Session cookies: Session cookies are used during our visitors’ visit to a website and are temporary cookies that are deleted after the browser is closed. The main purpose of using these cookies is to ensure the proper functioning of the website during your visit. For example, you can fill in online forms consisting of several pages.
Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are used to increase the functionality of the website, providing a better and faster service to our visitors. These types of cookies are used to remember your preferences and are stored on your device via browsers. These can be used to offer you special suggestions, taking into account issues such as your purpose for using the website. In favor of persistent cookies, if you visit our website again with the same device, it is checked whether your device has a cookie created by our website.
5. Categories of cookies used on our website
When you visit our website for the first time, you will be presented with a screen at the bottom about your cookie preferences. According to the cookies you agree to be used on this screen, the relevant cookies are stored on your browser or device. Types of cookies we use on our website:
Technical cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website service and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Since these cookies are strictly necessary to provide website services, you cannot refuse them without affecting the way our websites work. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, as described under the heading “How can I control cookies” in this Policy.
Analytical/performance cookies: These cookies collect information on how users use the website. These cookies are used to show the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns or to help us personalize our services and applications for you in order to improve your experience. These cookies may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Marketing/Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to display advertisements/campaigns according to users’ interests and to measure the effectiveness of marketing activities.
For some of the cookies mentioned above, Google Analytics (a web analysis service provided by Google) and Google Ads Services are used. For comprehensive information on the processing of your personal data within the framework of the services provided by Google Inc: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US
Another third-party cookie provider is Facebook (Meta). For comprehensive information on the processing of your personal data within the framework of the services provided by Facebook (Meta): https://www.facebook.com/policy/cookies/
6. Cookies served through the Service
Use of the website by members
We use Google Analytics and Facebook to better understand the needs of our members and optimize our service and the end user experience. Google Analytics cookies are third-party cookies to record a member’s activities on the website.
Forms created by members
We automatically place cookies on all forms created by our members. These are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website service and contain unique identifiers that allow us and our members to recognize when your recipients have responded to your forms or clicked on certain links. These cookies record each recipient’s IP address, website user ID (not valid for anonymous responses), operating system name, operating system version, device model, device type, device brand name, browser name and version, date and time with each response and click on a form. We use this data to create reports for our members on how a form was executed and what actions the recipients took.
7. How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies
Website cookie preference tool: You can exercise preferences over which cookies are served on our website by visiting our cookie settings preference center, available.
Browser controls: You can set or change the controls on your web browser to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you can still use our website, although your access to some features of any areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies via your browser controls vary from browser to browser, you can find them below:
Google Chrome – http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
Internet Explorer – Microsoft Edge https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
MozillaFirefox – http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies
Opera – http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
Safari – https://support.apple.com/tr-tr/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
8. Manage my cookie preferences
9. Where can I get more information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at
faroriamar@dsseguros.pt