What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files with relevant information that is stored on your access device (computer, mobile phone/smartphone or tablet) when you browse a website.
Depending on the time the user remains on the page, cookies can be classified as session cookies or permanent cookies. The first type of cookies expires when the user closes the browser. The second type of cookies expires when the purpose of the visit is completed or when they are manually turned off.
The cookies used by AICEP on onlyportugal.pt do not collect personal information to identify the user.
The cookies used on onlyportugal.pt serve the following purposes:
• Analytics – collect information about users' browsing experience on the website, anonymously, although sometimes they also allow a user to be identified, uniquely and unequivocally, to obtain information about the user's interests in the services provided by the website.
• Advertising – persistently active but for a limited period, in order to collect information about users' browsing habits so that displayed advertisements correspond to their needs and interests.
• From third parties – allow the website to remember browsing preferences, language, and region, as well as to collect information from users to direct advertising to their interests.
Onlyportugal.pt uses cookies to collect statistical information, in order to analyse the website's functionality and the users' browsing experience, and to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising and promotional campaigns.
Disabling the use of cookies
All browsers give the user the option to accept, refuse or delete cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in their browser. Thus, users can disable the use of cookies on this website at any time, by modifying their browser settings.
However, it is important to point out that disabling cookies may prevent some web services from working properly, which can affect, partly or totally, the browsing experience.