Cookies Policy
1. Data Protection and Privacy Commitment
This Cookie Policy or Connection Testimonial 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 Isofficer – Information Security Officer Services, Lda., NIPC 515233250, as the data controller, hereinafter referred to as “Isofficer”.
This Cookie Policy informs you of the types of Cookies used by Isofficer on its website accessible via the hyperlink http://www.isofficer.com/ , excluding other sites that may have specific Cookie Policies.
It is possible to choose the types of cookies that can be downloaded to your internet access device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) through the privacy settings in the options of the internet browser used (hereinafter referred to as “browser”).
2. Cookie Policy and Data Protection Policy
This Cookie Policy should be read by the User in conjunction with Isofficer’s general Personal Data Protection Policy, accessible to the User via the link http://www.isofficer.com/ .
3. Contact Points
For any questions regarding the Cookie Policy, you can contact Isofficer through the following contact points:
– Email Address: info@isofficer.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 “Connection Testimonials,” 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, based on:
– their purpose;
– the entity placing them; and
– their lifespan or retention period.
6. Categorization of Cookies by Purpose
Considering their purposes, cookies are classified as follows:
(a) Necessary cookies – these are functional and 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 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 displayed advertisements.
(c) Personalization cookies – these are ancillary, not necessary for the website’s operation, and improve its performance, allowing for the personalization of the user’s browsing experience.
(d) Advertising cookies – these are ancillary, aiming to make advertising more attractive to users and advertisers by selecting advertising based on the User’s choices, in order to improve campaign performance reports and enhance the presentation of ads that the User has already seen or marked as relevant.
7. Cookie Categorization 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 Isofficer 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 Isofficer has no control, in which case the third-party entity may eventually process the collected data without Isofficer having the ability to configure its operation.
8. Categorization of Cookies According to 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 specific date, at the browser level, and are used whenever the User makes a new visit to the site.
9. List of Cookies – Introduction
The following types of cookies may be used on this website:
a) Analytical cookies;
b) Performance cookies;
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 http://www.isofficer.com/
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
| wpEmojiSettingsSuporta |
isofficer.com
|
WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis correctly. | Session | Necessary |
10.2. Website http://www.isofficer.com/
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
| wpEmojiSettingsSuporta |
isofficer.com
|
WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis correctly. | Session | Necessary |
11. Acceptance of Cookies
Websites cannot function without strictly necessary functional cookies, therefore the User is obliged to accept their use. Regarding other types of cookies, the User is free to consent to their use.
We always request the User’s prior and express consent, except if 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 functionalities or pages, etc.
12. Browser Settings
Browsers allow individualized control of cookies stored on your device, as well as their immediate deletion if the user wishes to stop allowing the local storage of cookies.
Any user can change their browser settings to block the installation of cookies or to notify them each time a cookie is set.
For more information on how to perform “Private Browsing or Data-Free Browsing” 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 operation may 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 visited websites.
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:
- Ghostery;
- Privacy Possum;
- Cookie AutoDelete;
- etc.
14. Changes to the Cookie Policy
Isofficer reserves the right to freely and at any time, without prior notice and with immediate effect, change, 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 may 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, in particular the rights of withdrawal of consent, access, rectification, erasure, portability, restriction or objection to processing, under the terms and with the limitations provided for in the applicable regulations.
15. Exercising Rights
Any request to exercise data protection and privacy rights must be addressed in writing by the respective holder to the email address of the Data Protection Officer of Isofficer protecaodedados@isofficer.com , or submitted through the Rights Exercise Form accessible at any service point or at https://isofficer.protecaodedados.com/p/formularios/ .
16. Incident Reporting
Isofficer has implemented an incident management system for data protection and information security.
If any User wishes to report any 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@isofficer.com or use Isofficer’s general contact information.
The Isofficer Data Breach Incident Reporting Form is accessible at any service point or at https://isofficer.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 the Isofficer Data Protection Officer or through the Data Protection and Privacy Suggestion Form accessible at any service point or at https://isofficer.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
Isofficer has appointed a Data Protection Officer, whose contact details are as follows:
– Email address: protecaodedados@isofficer.com ;
– Postal address: Apartado 45, Entre as Águas, Estrada Nacional 255, s/n, 7860-909 Moura, Portugal.
19. Permanent Security Contact Point
Isofficer 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 the Isofficer 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 Isofficer service point and can also be requested to be sent by email to the Permanent Contact Point.
20. Data Processing Information Sheet
For even more detailed information on User Data Processing by Cookies, please contact the Data Protection Officer via email at protecaodedados@isofficer.com .
21. Useful Links
For more information about cookies, including applicable regulations, browser settings, user rights, etc., please visit www.politicasdecookies.com .
22. Cookie Policy Version and Date
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@isofficer.com .