This Cookie Policy forms an integral part of the Privacy Policy of https://www.addpoint.pt (referred to below as the “Website”). Access to and browsing of the website, or the use of its services, implies acceptance of the terms and conditions contained in the Privacy Policy.

To facilitate and provide an improved experience when browsing the website, you are informed that ADD POINT, with headquarters at Rua Mário Pinto, 35A, Massamá, NIPC 506 468 380, uses Cookies or other files with similar functionality (referred to below as “Cookies”).

Due to the way in which Internet communication standards operate, access to websites may involve the use of cookies. You are informed that ADD POINT is responsible for the Cookies and for the processing of the data obtained through its own and third party cookies, and decides on the purpose, content and use of the information collected.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are files that contain small amounts of information that are downloaded to users’ devices when a website is visited.

The main objective is to recognise users whenever they visit the website, but they also allow improvements in quality and offer better use of the website. In short: they seek to simplify your browsing of www.addpoint.pt

Cookies are essential for the Internet to function; they do not damage users’ equipment / devices and, if they are activated in your browser settings, they help to identify and solve potential errors in the operation of the website.

Use of Cookies by ADD POINT.
By accessing the website, users expressly accept the use of this kind of Cookie on their devices. If Cookies are deactivated, your browsing experience on the website may not be optimised and some website features may not work properly.

Specifically, ADD POINT uses Cookies for the purposes set out below. If, in the future, ADD POINT introduces others with the purpose of providing more and better services, you will be informed accordingly.

Cookies Used

ADD POINT Cookies

Cookies created by ADD POINT for purposes of browsing the website, optimisation and customisation of services.

Third party Cookies

Cookies created by third parties (e.g., advertising agencies or partners) to identify users’ interests through the products viewed or purchased on the website and to customise the advertisements shown.

These cookies may be created while browsing our website or when the user clicks on advertisements on our website.

ADD POINT has no control over the cookies created by advertising agencies, which operate on their own account.

Types of cookie

Different kinds of cookie are used on our website for different purposes. Some are necessary to ensure the usability of our website.

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are required for the operation of the website. These allow the user to access the main resources of our website (e.g., use of the shopping cart or account access). Without these cookies, our website cannot work properly. These cookies are created by ADD POINT and relate only to the operation of our website.

Analytics Cookies

These are cookies that allow us to become familiar with the use and performance of our website and improve its operation (e.g., most frequently visited pages, user surveys on the www.addpoint.pt website).
These are mainly ADD POINT cookies.

Functionality Cookies

These are cookies that allow us to customise the users’ experience on our website (e.g., to remind users of the last products searched, memorise the items in their cart prior to continuing shopping). They also allow us to make customised recommendations and display special offers, according to browsing (e.g., if the user comes from partner websites). They may also serve to show selected features (e.g., my favourite store, my customised recommendations…). These are mainly ADD POINT cookies.

Advertising cookies

These are cookies used to present advertisements or send information aligned with the interests of the user on or outside our website during your Internet browsing. They are used to limit the number of times that an advertisement is displayed and to help to measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.

These cookies are mainly third party cookies and largely depend on the advertising agencies.

Social media cookies and plug-ins (social media buttons)

Social media cookies are intended to allow users to share pages and content using third party social media. They also allow the segmentation of advertising on social media.

Our website also uses plug-ins or social media buttons.

Social media plug-ins facilitate the sharing of pages and content from the www.addpoint.pt website to the different social media platforms. For instance, they allow users to like and share information from our website with their friends on social media.

To do this, the plug-ins use cookies to track users’ browsing habits, whether or not they are users of those platforms, and to verify whether or not they are connected to the social network during browsing. These cookies also enable the segmentation of advertising on those platforms.

For further information on the use of personal data in relation to social networks, the privacy policies of the third party social networks concerned should be consulted.

User settings to block cookies

In accordance with the legislation in force, below we provide information to enable users to configure their browser to manage and maintain their privacy and security in relation to cookies. Therefore, we are providing information and links to the official support websites of the most popular browsers so that users can decide whether or not to accept the use of Cookies.

Cookie settings can be changed in the browser preferences, by following the instructions found at the following links:
Chrome; Firefox; Internet Explorer; Safari.

Should you require further information regarding cookies, including whether or not cookies have been installed and how they can be managed and deleted, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org. Should users wish to prevent Google Analytics from detecting the Websites they visit, they should visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout .

Should users continue to browse our website without deactivating cookies, it shall be understood that those users accept the use of cookies.