What Are Cookies ?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
How We Use Cookies?
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Account related cookies
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
Login related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
Email newsletters related cookies
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
Orders processing related cookies
This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
Cookies relacionados com inquéritos
Ocasionalmente, oferecemos questionários e inquéritos para lhe proporcionar informações úteis, ferramentas ou para compreender melhor a nossa base de utilizadores. Estes inquéritos podem utilizar cookies para recordar quem já participou ou para lhe apresentar resultados precisos quando navega entre páginas.
Surveys related cookies
From time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
Forms related cookies
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Site preferences cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you may encounter on this site.
This website uses Google Analytics, one of the best-known and most reliable web analytics solutions, which helps us understand how you use the site and how we can improve your experience. These cookies may record information such as how long you spend on the site and the pages you visit, allowing us to create more relevant content. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please visit the official Google Analytics page.
Third-party analytics services are used to monitor and measure website usage, helping us to continue producing interesting content. These cookies may record how long you spend on the site or the pages you visit, helping us to improve your experience.
Sometimes we test new features and make small changes to how the site is presented. During these tests, cookies may be used to ensure you receive a consistent experience while we analyze which optimizations are most appreciated by users.
Since we sell products, it's important to understand statistics about how many visitors make a purchase. These cookies help us collect that data, allowing us to make accurate business predictions and adjust advertising and product costs to offer you the best possible price.
The Google AdSense service we use to display advertising uses the DoubleClick cookie to show more relevant ads and limit the number of times the same ad is displayed. For more information, please see the Google AdSense Privacy FAQ.
We use advertising to help cover the costs of maintaining the site and funding its ongoing development. The behavioral advertising cookies used on this site are intended to ensure that you are shown the most relevant advertisements by anonymously tracking your interests and displaying similar content.
Some of our partners advertise on our behalf, and affiliate cookies allow us to know if our visitors arrived at the site through a partner, so that we can correctly allocate commissions and, where applicable, allow the partner to offer you a bonus for making a purchase.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this website, which allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these features to operate, social networks (such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, among others) may set cookies through our website. These cookies may be used to enhance your profile on their respective platforms or contribute to the data these networks hold, in accordance with their privacy policies.
More Information
We hope this explanation has cleared up any doubts you may have. As mentioned earlier, if you are unsure whether or not you need cookies, it is generally safer to leave them enabled, in case they interact with a feature you use on our website.
This policy has been effective since January 2022.