1. What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer when visiting a website. These files are widely used to ensure the website functions correctly and efficiently, as well as to provide information to website owners.

There are two main categories of cookies:

• First-party cookies, used directly by us on your device.
• Third-party cookies, used by third parties, through ARSOPI-THERMAL.

2. How are cookies used?

Visitors to this website use different computers and web browsers. To make your visits as simple as possible, a record of the browser type (for example, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox) and operating system (for example, Windows, Macintosh) used, as well as the domain name of your Internet service provider, is automatically saved.

3. Why do we use cookies?

During a visit to our web pages, files called "Cookies" may be placed on the user's computer.

The use of cookies aims to improve the performance of our websites and maximize your browsing experience, particularly by allowing faster and more efficient navigation, eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.

4. Cookie Management

All browsers allow their users to accept, refuse or delete cookies, particularly by selecting the appropriate settings in their respective browser.

Please note, however, that disabling cookies may partially or completely affect your browsing experience on the websites.

You can configure cookies in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser.

To learn more about cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org where you can find information on how to manage your settings for various browser providers.

External web services:

We sometimes use external web services to display content within our pages. This helps us understand and target more relevant advertising campaigns in the future. For example, to show images or videos or to conduct surveys. Similar to social media buttons, we cannot prevent these external websites or domains from collecting information. If you need more information about our providers or how these cookies work, please contact us via our email: thermal@arsopi-thermal.pt.

For more information about cookies and their use, we suggest you consult the following links: www.allaboutcookies.org

5. Types of Cookies on our sites

We use different types of cookies, as described below:

• Essential or strictly necessary cookies, which ensure the basic functioning of the site, enabling features such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website;
• Performance cookies, which help us measure website performance and improve user experience. Through the use of performance cookies, we do not store personal data, we only use the information collected through these cookies in an aggregated and anonymous manner;
• Functional cookies, which allow storing user preferences, such as language and region, to provide a more personalized experience;
• Advertising (or marketing) cookies, which are used to provide more relevant ads to the user, limiting how often an ad is displayed and helping to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns;
• Third-party cookies, which are set by domains different from the one being visited, generally used for external features such as social media buttons, analytics services, or programmatic advertising;
• Session cookies, which are temporary and expire as soon as the user closes the browser, used to maintain relevant information only while navigation is active;
• Persistent cookies, which remain stored on the user's device for a defined period, allowing preferences and settings to be remembered between sessions;
• Tracking cookies, which monitor user activity across different websites to create browsing profiles and offer personalized content;
• Security cookies, which help protect against fraud and unauthorized access, ensuring the integrity and security of interactions on the website.

Table of Cookies used on the ARSOPI-THERMAL website

Can cookie usage be blocked?

Yes. If you do not want the website to store cookies, you can at any time refuse or delete them through your internet browser.

Please note that refusing to use website cookies may partially or completely affect your navigation.

For more information about cookies and how to prevent them from being installed or how to delete existing ones on your devices, the user can visit the following website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

You can find information about controlling cookies according to your internet browser at the following addresses:

• Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
• Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
• Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History
• Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

6. Cookies that were set in the past

ARSOPI-THERMAL may continue to use the information collected before the cookie preference was disabled, even though ARSOPI-THERMAL stops using the disabled cookie to collect more information.

7. Consent

By accepting the use of cookies, we consider that the user accepts the use of cookies for the indicated purposes and in accordance with the conditions contained on this page.

If, at any time, you wish to withdraw your consent to our Cookie Notice, you should delete the stored cookies by adjusting the corresponding options found in the "Tools" menu of your browser.

8. Changes to the Cookie Notice

ARSOPI-THERMAL reserves the right to, at any time, without prior notice and with immediate effect, change, add, update or delete, partially or completely, this cookie information.

Thus, occasionally, this Notice will be updated to reflect changes in our practices and services. When we publish changes to it, we will review the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Notice. We recommend that you check our website periodically so that you can be informed about any changes to the Cookie Notice or any other Notice.