Cookies Policy
1. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small computer file stored by a website on your computer or mobile device to allow your identification in future accesses, remember your actions and preferences, and improve your browsing experience. The cookies themselves do not identify the individual user, but only the computer or mobile device used.
2. Types of cookies used
MF_AC uses the following types of cookies:
a) Session cookies – These are temporary cookies that remain in your internet browser until you leave the website. The information they maintain allows you to safely manage the various operations performed by you during a session in our website.
b) Permanent cookies – These are cookies that are stored in the internet browser of your computer or mobile device and are accessed and used whenever you re–visit the website.
The cookies used by MF_AC have different functions:
a) Essential cookies – Some cookies are essential to access specific areas of our website. They allow website navigation and usage of your applications, such as accessing secure areas of the website through login. Without these cookies, certain services cannot be provided. In general, you do not need the consent of the user to install essential cookies on your device when it accesses the website.
b) Analytical cookies – They are used anonymously for the purpose of creating and analyzing statistics, in order to improve the functioning of the website.
c) Functionality cookies – They save user preferences regarding website usage, so you do not need to reconfigure the website each time you visit.
The cookies used by MF_AC may have two types of origin:
a) First party cookies – These are cookies placed and managed by MF_AC.
b) Third party cookies – These are cookies placed and managed by third parties. By being controlled by third parties, it is not possible to guarantee that the list below is unchanged. You may, in any case, control or prevent access to these cookies in the terms indicated below.
Below, you can obtain information about the cookies MF_AC uses through its website:
PHPSESSID
Purpose: enable or optimize the features offered by the website and enhance the browsing experience of the user
Duration: session cookie
Type of cookie:essential
xms_user
Purpose: enable or optimize the features offered by the website and improve the browsing experience of the user
Duration: persistent cookie, deleted within 5 days
Type of cookie: essential
viewed_cookie_policy
Purpose: saves user preferences regarding the cookie bar display
Duration: persistent cookie, deleted within 1 year
Type of cookie: functionality
_ga
Purpose: used to distinguish users
Duration: persistent cookie, deleted within 2 years
Type of cookie: analytical
__utma
Purpose: used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library is run and when there is no __utma cookie. The cookie is updated each time the data is sent to Google Analytics
Duration: persistent cookie, disposed of within 2 years from analytical definition / update
Type of cookie: analytical
__utmb
Purpose: used to determine new sessions / visits. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library is run and when there is no __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated each time the data is sent to Google Analytics
Duration: persistent cookie, disposed of within 30 minutes from analytical definition / update
Type of cookie: analytica
__utmc
Purpose: not used in ga.js. Defined for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operates in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine if the user is on a new session / visit
Duration: session cookie
Type of cookie: analytical
__utmt_myTracker
Purpose:used to control the request rate
Duration: persistent cookie, eliminated within 10 minutes
Type of cookie: analytical
__utmz
Purpose: stores traffic source or campaign that explains how the user came to your website. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library is run and refreshed each time the data is sent to Google Analytics
Duration: persistent cookie, deleted within 6 months from the setting / update
Type of cookie: analytical
3. Controlling cookies usage
If you wish to change the use of cookies on your internet browser (e.g., block cookies or block cookies from specific websites, delete cookies, etc.) check its settings.
4. Contacts
If you have any questions about the processing of personal data, the rights that you enjoy as the holder of the data, or the processing of personal data that we perform based on our cookies, contact us via e-mail at geral@mf-ac.pt, or by letter addressed to MF_AC to the address Rua Joshua Benoliel, 6 - 8.º A e C, 1250-133 Lisboa.