Cookies Policy
1. Commitment to Data Protection and Privacy
The Cookie Policy or Connection Testimonials Policy governs the processing of data, including personal data, of users (“User” or “Users”), collected in connection with the use of websites or applications through Cookies, by Audiqcer – Auditing, Quality & Certification Services, Lda., NIPC 515234583, as the data controller, hereinafter referred to as “Audiqcer”.
This Cookie Policy informs you of the types of cookies used by Audiqcer on its website, accessible via the hyperlink https://www.audiqcer.com/, excluding other websites that may have specific Cookie Policies.
You can choose which types of cookies can be downloaded to your internet access device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) through the privacy settings in the options of the internet browser you use (hereinafter referred to as “browser”).
2. Cookie Policy and Data Protection Policy
This Cookie Policy should be read by the User in conjunction with Audiqcer’s general Personal Data Protection Policy, accessible to the User via the link https://www.audiqcer.com/.
3. Contact Points
For any questions regarding the Cookie Policy, you can contact Audiqcer through the following contact points:
– Email Address: info@audiqcer.com;
– Postal Address: Apartado 45, Entre as Águas, Estrada Nacional 255, s/n, 7860-909 Moura, Portugal;
– Telephone Contact: (+351) 213 243 750.
4. Concept of Cookies
Cookies, known in Portuguese as “Testemunhos de Conexão,” are small information files placed by websites that the User visits and stored in the browser of the device used to access the internet (for example, a computer or mobile phone). These files help websites remember information about the visit and facilitate the next visit, maintaining the actions and preferences of Users for a certain period of time, maintaining or recognizing the User’s name, the language in which they wish to browse the sites or other settings, as well as personalizing the User’s experience through specific content or even allowing the collection of information about the use of websites.
5. Cookie Categorizations
Cookies can be classified according to three main categories, depending on:
– its purpose;
– the placing entity; and
– the lifespan or conservation period.
6. Categorization of Cookies according to Purpose
Considering their purposes, cookies are classified as follows:
(a) Necessary cookies – these are functional and are necessary to ensure the operation of the site and/or to ensure the availability of functionalities requested by the User, as well as to save their browsing preferences on the site, whenever they use the same device and request it.
(b) Analytical cookies – these are ancillary and collect statistical information for the purpose of analyzing their use and managing the relationship with visitors, measuring interactions with the ads displayed.
(c) Personalization cookies – these are ancillary, not necessary for the operation of the website and, by improving its performance, allow for personalization of the user’s browsing experience.
(d) Advertising cookies – are ancillary in nature, seeking to make advertising more attractive to users and advertisers, by selecting advertising based on the User’s choices, in order to improve reports on campaign performance and enhance the presentation of ads that the User has already seen or marked as relevant.
7. Categorization of Cookies according to the Placing Entity
Considering the entity responsible for placing the cookies, they are classified as follows:
(a) First-party cookies – Cookies that are sent to the User’s device through equipment or domains managed by Audiqcer and from which the service requested by the User is provided.
(b) Third-party cookies – are sent to the User’s device from equipment or a domain managed by a third-party entity over which Audiqcer has no control, in which case the third-party entity may eventually process the collected data without Audiqcer having the ability to configure its operation.
8. Categorization of Cookies according to their Lifespan
Considering the lifespan of cookies, they are classified as follows:
(a) Session cookies – Temporary cookies that are normally deleted when the User leaves the website that generated them.
(b) ‘Persistent’ cookies – these are cookies that remain on the User’s device until a certain date, at the browser level, and are used whenever the User makes a new visit to the site.
9. List of Cookies – Presentation
The following types of cookies may be used on this website:
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a) Analytical cookies;
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b) Performance cookies;
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c) Advertising cookies.
10. List of Cookies – Description
Currently, detailed information regarding the functionality and use of these cookies is as follows:
10.1. Website https://www.audiqcer.com/
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
10.2. Website https://www.audiqcer.com/
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
11. Acceptance of the Use of Cookies
Websites cannot function without strictly necessary functional cookies, therefore the User is obliged to accept their use. As for other types of cookies, the User is free to consent to their use.
We always request the User’s prior and express consent, except when the placement of certain Cookies is strictly necessary to provide the service that has been expressly requested or to provide access to a specific functionality of that service, such as access to restricted areas, access to specific features or pages, etc.
12. Browser Configuration
Browsers allow for individualized control of the cookies stored on your device, as well as their immediate deletion, should the user wish to stop allowing the local storage of cookies.
Any user can change their browser settings to block the installation of cookies or to be notified each time a cookie is set.
For more information on how to perform “Private Browsing or No Data Logging” and manage cookies efficiently, please consult:
– Firefox, click here;
– Chrome, click here;
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en?hl=en
– Internet Explorer, click here;
– Microsoft Edge, click here;
– Safari, click here;
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
– Opera, click here.
https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/#privateWindow
You should be aware of the consequences of disabling cookies, as this can impact the functioning of the respective websites, since the settings panel of most modern browsers does not offer a level of detail that allows users to disable only those cookies that are not strictly necessary to allow the use of the websites visited.
13. Privacy Applications
On websites, devices, or equipment that offer this type of functionality, the User may have greater control over their Cookies by using free privacy protection applications available on various online platforms – some examples of such applications include, among others, the following:
- Ghostery;
- Privacy Possum;
- Cookie AutoDelete;
- etc.
14. Changes to the Cookie Policy
Audiqcer reserves the right to freely and at any time, without prior notice and with immediate effect, modify, add to, or revoke, in whole or in part, this Cookie Policy.
All changes will be immediately disclosed through the organization’s Communication Channels, and Users can access the information and, depending on the specific type of cookie in question, consent, in an informed manner, to its use, or, if applicable, withdraw previously granted consent, through the settings of their browsers.
Users, as holders of personal data, may at any time exercise their data protection and privacy rights, including the rights to withdraw consent, access, rectification, erasure, portability, restriction or objection to processing, under the terms and with the limitations provided for in the applicable regulations.
15. Exercise of Rights
Any request to exercise data protection and privacy rights must be addressed in writing by the respective data subject to the email address of the Audiqcer Data Protection Officer, protecaodedados@audiqcer.com, or submitted through the Rights Exercise Form accessible at any service point or at https://audiqcer.protecaodedados.com/p/formularios/.
16. Incident Reporting
Audiqcer has implemented an incident management system within the scope of data protection and information security.
If any User wishes to report any situation involving a personal data breach that accidentally or unlawfully results in the destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored, or otherwise processed, they may contact the Data Protection Officer via email at protecaodedados@audiqcer.com or use Audiqcer’s general contact information.
The Audiqcer Data Breach Incident Reporting Form is accessible at any service point or at https://audiqcer.protecaodedados.com/p/formularios/.
17. Suggestions, Complaints or Grievances
Users may submit suggestions regarding technical or organizational measures they deem most appropriate for improving data protection and privacy conditions by sending an email to Audiqcer’s Data Protection Officer or through the Data Protection and Privacy Suggestion Form accessible at any service point or at https://audiqcer.protecaodedados.com/p/formularios/.
Users also have the right to file a complaint, either by registering the complaint in the Complaints Book or by submitting a complaint to the supervisory authorities – in the latter case, they may submit a petition or complaint directly to the national Supervisory Authority through the contacts available at www.cnpd.pt.
18. Data Protection Officer
Audiqcer has appointed a Data Protection Officer, whose contact details are as follows:
– Email address: protecaodedados@audiqcer.com;
– Postal address: [POSTAL ADDRESS] + [Postal Code] + [Postal Location].
19. Permanent Security Contact Point
Audiqcer has implemented a Permanent Contact Point for the purpose of managing information security and cybersecurity incidents.
If any User, Service Recipient or Client wishes to report an information security or cybersecurity incident, they can contact Audiqcer’s Permanent Contact Point through the following communication channel:
– telephone: (+351) 213 243 750;
An Information Security or Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Form is available at any Audiqcer service point, and can also be requested to be sent by email to the Permanent Contact Point.
20. Data Processing Information Sheet
For more detailed information regarding the processing of user data by cookies, please contact the Data Protection Officer via email at protecaodedados@audiqcer.com.
21. Useful Links
For more information about cookies, including applicable regulations, browser settings, user rights, etc., please visit www.politicasdecookies.com.
22. Version and Date of the Cookie Policy
Date: April 18, 2023;
Version: 2023.04;
To consult previous versions of the Cookie Policy, please contact the Data Protection Officer via email at protecaodedados@audiqcer.com.