Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device on subsequent visits and to store certain preferences or information. Cookies are widely used to make websites function correctly and to provide information to website operators.

2. Our Cookie Use

This Website uses a limited set of cookies. We do not use cookies for advertising or for tracking your activity across other websites. The cookies we use fall into the following categories:

2.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Website to function. They cannot be disabled. They include:

• nr_cookie_consent — Stores your cookie consent preferences so that we do not ask you again on each visit. Duration: 365 days. Set by: Nova Referentium.

2.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our Website, which pages are visited most frequently, and whether any errors are encountered. This information is used to improve the Website. Analytics cookies are only set if you accept them. No personally identifiable information is collected through analytics cookies.

• nr_analytics — Records whether you have consented to analytics tracking. Duration: 365 days. Set by: Nova Referentium.

If analytics are enabled, anonymised session data may be collected. This data is not shared with third parties for commercial purposes.

2.3 Marketing Cookies

We do not currently use marketing cookies. If this changes in future, this policy will be updated and your consent will be requested before any marketing cookies are placed. The preference you set now will apply to any future marketing cookies.

• nr_marketing — Records your marketing cookie preference. Duration: 365 days. Set by: Nova Referentium.

3. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our Website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can choose to:

• Accept All — Allows all cookie categories including analytics.
• Reject All — Only essential cookies will be set.
• Customise — Opens a preference panel where you can enable or disable each non-essential category individually.

You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your cookies and revisiting the Website, which will display the consent banner again.

4. Browser Controls

In addition to our consent mechanism, you can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies. Note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites. Instructions for managing cookies in common browsers:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

5. Legal Basis

Our use of non-essential cookies is based on your consent, in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and the Portuguese Law No. 41/2004 of 18 August 2004 (as amended) implementing the ePrivacy Directive. Essential cookies are placed on the basis of legitimate interest, as they are strictly necessary for the Website to function.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised.

7. Contact

For questions about our use of cookies, contact us at [email protected].