Cookie Policy
FCT, with registered office at Av. D. Carlos I, 126, 1249-074 Lisboa, NIPC 503904040, and NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA), with registered office at Campus de Campolide, 1099-085 Lisboa, legal person no. 501559094, are responsible for the processing of personal data carried out within the scope of this Website. For more information on how FCT and NOVA process personal data collected in this context, please consult our Privacy Policy.
Through this Cookies Policy, FCT and NOVA inform users about the use of cookies on the website accessible at www.encontrociencia.pt.
- What are cookies?
Cookies are small information files stored on the user's electronic device when accessing the website. The main purpose of these files is to recognize the user's visits and preferences, and they can save settings and information about browsing the website.
The use of cookies is common on the internet and does not harm the devices used to access the web.
- What are the functions of cookies?
There are different types of cookies with different forms of action and purposes in your internet browsing. Here are the existing categories we use:
Essential Cookies: These ensure the basic functioning of the website, such as navigation between pages.
Analytical Cookies: Evaluate interactions with the website, identify the most visited pages and detect errors, with the aim of improving performance.
Functional Cookies: These store preferences such as language, location or display settings, personalizing the experience.
Advertising Cookies: Display relevant advertisements based on your browsing on different websites.
- What kind of cookies do we use?
- Essential cookies
| Cookie name | Domain | The Way | Type | Duration | Description |
| CookieScriptConsent | www.encontrociencia.pt | / | Own | 1 month | Used by the Cookie-Script.com service to memorize the user's consent preferences. Essential for the proper functioning of the cookie banner on the website. |
- Analytical cookies
| Cookie name | Domain | The Way | Type | Duration | Description |
| _ga | .encontrociencia.pt | / | Own | 1 year and 1 month | Associated with Google Universal Analytics, it makes it possible to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated identifier. It is used in each page request to calculate data on visits, sessions and campaigns. |
| _ga_ZB0C2DEE52 | .encontrociencia.pt | / | Own | 1 year and 1 month | Used by Google Analytics to maintain session status while browsing the website. |
- Third-party cookies that involve the transfer of data outside the European Economic Area
Some third-party cookies may send data outside the EU without an adequacy decision from the European Commission. These countries may not guarantee the same level of protection, and FCT and NOVA cannot prevent this transfer. For example, Google Analytics cookies may send the device identifier to companies based in the USA. See the Google Analytics Privacy Policy for more information.
- How can you manage your cookies?
Cookies can collect personal data during browsing, such as navigation and tracking information. With the exception of strictly necessary cookies - the storage of which on the device is immediate because they are indispensable to the use of the website - the storage of the remaining cookies depends on the consent of the person using the website.
By selecting the "Accept all" option , you consent to the storage of all cookies used on your device.
By choosing the categories of cookies you wish to allow and clicking on "Save and close", you consent to the storage of only the selected cookies, according to your preferences.
By clicking on "Decline all", permission is not given for the use of non-essential cookies, which may affect some features of the website.
You can manage your cookie preferences on the www.encontrociencia.pt website via the icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the site, where you can enable or disable cookie categories as you see fit.
People using this website can also configure cookie management directly in their browser, following the specific procedures for each one. There is also an extension to disable Google Analytics, compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Edge browsers. You can access the extension via this Google Analytics opt-out add-on.
- Policy Update Policy
FCT and NOVA reserve the right to update this Cookie Policy whenever necessary. We recommend that you consult it regularly to stay informed about how we manage cookies.