Cookies policy

Our website: www.datahub.ren.pt (hereinafter the “Website”), uses a technology called “Cookies” (hereinafter “Cookies”) to collect information about the Website’s usage.

The purpose of this policy is to provide clear and precise information about the Cookies that are used on our Website (“Cookies Policy”).

 

Cookies

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the user’s computer or mobile device, to store information that can be updated and collected by the entity responsible for the installation of the Cookie.

Information gathered using Cookies may include the date and time of visits to the Website, the pages viewed, the time spent on the Website and the sites visited just before and just after it.

 

Type of cookies used on the website

Our Website uses the Cookies described below:

• In-house Cookies:
  These Cookies are sent to the user’s computer and managed exclusively by us to ensure a better operation of the Website. The information collected is used to improve the quality of our service and to improve user experience. These Cookies remain on the user’s browser for longer, enabling us to recognize the user as a recurring visitor to the Website and adapt its content for us to be able to provide the user with content that meet his/her preferences.
• Third-party analytics Cookies:
  Our Website also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics tool from Google that enables us to analyse how users interact with our Website. It also sets Cookies on the domain of the website that the user is visiting. Additionally, it uses a set of Cookies called «__utma» and «__utmz» to gather information anonymously and to communicate the Website’s trends, without identifying individual users. Learn more about the Cookies and privacy information of Google Analytics.

Together with our server logs, the Cookies enable us to ascertain the total number of users visiting our Website and the most popular areas. This way, we can get information that helps us improve navigation and provide better services.

If the user interacts with our Website’s content, Cookies by third parties may also be installed (e.g., by clicking on social-network buttons or by viewing videos hosted on other websites). Third-party Cookies are those set by a domain other than our Website’s. REN has no access to the data stored in Cookies from other websites when browsing those websites.

 

Consent

By browsing and remaining on our Website, the user consents to the use of the above Cookies, for the time periods established and on the conditions contained in the Cookies Policy.

 

Disabling and blocking cookies

Regardless, once the Cookies are not required for the use of our Website, we inform the user that he/she can block or disable the Cookies by configuring the browser to enable blocking the installation of a part or of all of them. Almost all browsers enable the user to be alerted to the presence of Cookies or to block them automatically. If the user blocks the Cookies, he/she can continue to use our Website, although some services may be impaired, which may lead the experience in our Website to be less satisfactory.

 

Revocating and authorisation

If the user wishes, at any time, to revoke consent regarding the Cookies Policy, he/she must eliminate the Cookies configured in his/her computer (or mobile device), using the options and the configuration of his/her internet browser.

Learn more about deleting, disabling or blocking Cookies at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/

Changing cookies settings and options

Unless the user has adjusted the browser’s settings, our system creates Cookies when he/she visits our Website. All Internet browsers enable the user to change this setting. For further information about how to adjust the Cookie settings in the following browsers, click the corresponding link:

• Edge
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd
• Firefox
  http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies
• Chrome
  http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
• Safari e IOS
  http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677

 

Changes to the cookies policy

Our Website’s Cookies Policy is subject to change. For this reason, we advise the user to recheck this policy each time he/she accesses our Website – this way, he/she will always be informed about why we use cookies and about how we use them.

The Cookies Policy was updated on 11 December 2020.