Cookie Policy

What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that are stored on the electronic device through which you access our website, specifically through the browser used for this purpose, and which collect information about your habits when using our website. Their main function is to facilitate and accommodate the use of the site, enhancing and optimizing its functionalities, but, not being the only reason for their use, they will also serve other purposes, namely statistical and commercial.

Types of Cookies:
It is important to differentiate between temporary (session) cookies and long-lasting (persistent) cookies.

The former are used only for the duration of the visit to the site, after which they are deleted, and are intended to ensure that the user does not have to log in to the site when changing pages.

Seconds are stored on the user’s device after they stop using our site and for the period indicated on them as the ‘expiry date’ and are intended to enable the user to return to our site by resuming their browsing according to the settings initially set by them, for example by saving their language settings.

What if I don’t allow cookies?
The use of these technologies is not obligatory, but deleting or blocking a cookie may mean that some of our site’s functions become obsolete.

However, our privacy policies aim to collect data in these terms with your express prior authorization.

Cookies and other third-party data collection technologies?
The cookies used may be ours or may be set by third parties. These entities may use cookies that collect personal data from our users only if we believe that they provide the necessary security for your data. Only then will we ask for your consent to use these cookies.

On the other hand, third-party cookies may use other services associated with our site that operate on the basis of similar technologies such as Plug-ins.

There are several reasons why we may allow third-party technologies of this kind on our site:

Because such entities are contracted to provide certain services that justify it, such as GOOGLE ANALYTICS services aimed at statistical analysis, which can help us provide you with a more personalized service and a better browsing experience.
Because our website connects to the servers of these entities for the purpose of reproducing content (for example, for playing videos from YOUTUBE).
Because there is sharing of content from our site with these entities (for example, through comments or sharing of news made on social networks, associating the respective accounts on these networks such as FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM. These entities can now place or read their own cookies on your device and collect information about your use of our website.

Cross-border data transfer?
Because third-party cookies are used, there is a possibility that the data stored will be transferred to the countries where these entities are located, which are not necessarily in the European Union. It is not possible for us to control this flow, so you should check the settings that allow you to opt out of the use of cookies by checking the respective cookie policies of these entities.

Types of Cookies used:
Cookies can be differentiated and categorized according to the various purposes that can be associated with them, regardless of whether they are third-party or own cookies:

• Necessary: These are always active even if you do not accept our Policy, as they are for the system’s operability. In other words, to allow access to basic navigation functions and secure areas of our site.
• Login, Authentication: When you log in to our site with your account, these cookies store the associated ID number and login time in encrypted form on your device, allowing you to browse the site or other web pages open in your browser without having to log in again each time you return to the website. It tends to be a temporary cookie.
• Preferences: This type of cookie stores preference settings, such as language or privacy settings, so that they do not have to be reset each time you return to our site. By their nature, they are long-lasting cookies.
• Information provided: This concerns information that the user wishes to provide while using our site, such as when adding products to a shopping cart. Cookies store these indications of the products you want, so that you can complete your purchase easily and smoothly. Since you can log out of our site, in order to be able to return to these options when you log in again, information will tend to be stored using long-lasting cookies.
  Targeted advertising: Collects information on the use made of the site (articles viewed, clicks made, advertisements viewed), making it possible to identify the user’s interests so that the advertising aimed at them is in their best interests. This type of cookie can be used to help our sellers present advertisements of interest, with the aim of giving the user a personalized experience when visiting our website. These cookies tend to be long-lasting, as they are stored so that they can be read the next time you visit our site.
• Statistics: They collect information capable of measuring the efficiency of the services provided and the commercial activity carried out, for example by collecting the IP address of visitors to the site and controlling their number of visits, all with a view to developing statistics on the operations available to the user. They are therefore long-lasting cookies.
  Security: These tend to be long-lasting cookies as they are intended to prevent risks to the security of the site, namely acts of identity theft in general. They can even be used to help determine the need to implement new security measures.
• Performance, Analysis: They seek to understand whether the resources necessary for the proper use of our site are available to the user, and whether the tools accessible are the most appropriate for this purpose, in order to continuously improve performance.

Updates to this Cookie Policy
The Portuguese Society of Orthodontics may update this Cookie Policy at any time, so please review it frequently.

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at the following address:

Email: geral@sportodontia.com