Astoria International School / Colégio Astória, S.A.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, what types of cookies are used on the Company’s website, for what purposes, and how users can manage or disable them.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on the user’s device when they visit a website, which allow the device to be recognized on subsequent visits and enable certain information about browsing to be stored.
2. What cookies do we use
Our website may use the following categories of cookies:
● Essential/technical cookies — strictly necessary for the website to function (e.g., navigating between pages, language preferences). They cannot be disabled.
● Preference cookies — allow us to remember the user’s choices (e.g., display preferences), making browsing more efficient.
● Analytical cookies — allow us to understand how users interact with the website (e.g., most-visited pages), using tools such as Google Analytics, with data processed in aggregate form.
Analytical and preference cookies are only installed after the user’s consent, provided via the cookie banner displayed upon the first visit to the website.
3. Legal Basis and Consent
The processing of data through non-essential cookies is based on the user’s consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, and Law No. 58/2019 of August 8). Essential cookies are based on the Company’s legitimate interest in ensuring the proper functioning of the website.
4. How to Manage or Disable Cookies
You may, at any time: (i) manage your preferences through the cookie consent banner/panel available on the website; or (ii) configure your browser to block or delete cookies, keeping in mind that this may affect the functioning of some website features.
5. Sharing Data with Third Parties
Whenever third-party cookies are used (e.g., Google Analytics), the data may be processed by those entities in accordance with their respective privacy policies. No advertising/marketing cookies are used on this website.
6. Updates to This Policy
This policy may be updated periodically; the date of the last revision is indicated at the end of the document.
7. Contact Information
For questions regarding this Cookie Policy or the processing of your personal data, you may contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO):
Elizabete Costa — Tel. 211 583 551, email address: secretariaescolar@colegioeuropeu-astoria.com.