COOKIES POLICY
1. What are cookies?
A cookie (also known as a 'connection token') is a small text file that a website installs on your computer or mobile device when you visit it.
Each time you visit a Municipality of Lisbon website, you are asked to accept or decline the installation of cookies. The purpose of accepting is to allow the site to remember your preferences for a certain period. For example, when a User returns to the previous page of a site, the cookie allows them to return to that page with the preferences they had previously selected. Some cookies contain personal data (for example, when the User uses 'remember me', the cookie stores the username, which may contained the name of the data subject). Cookies can also be used to collect statistical data about the browsing experience on our sites.
2. How do we use cookies?
Some of our pages mainly include 'first-party cookies', which are exclusively installed and controlled by the Municipality of Lisbon, without interference from external organisations. However, to view some of our pages that provide content external to the Municipality's website, you must accept cookies from external organisations.
The two types of first-party cookies we use serve to:
The cookie settings used on this Municipality of Lisbon website are as follows:
2.1. Strictly necessary cookies:
Essential to help make the Website usable, they serve to improve your browsing experience, the security and performance of the Website, allowing you to access the main functionalities of the website, and are therefore always activated. They are specifically technical cookies, which are mandatory for certain computer systems. These cookies ensure the proper functioning of the website, the services and the different tools made available on it.
Only strictly necessary cookies can be installed without the user's consent. Without these cookies, the website may not function properly.
The list of strictly necessary cookies is subject to constant change and we recommend that you consult it from time to time.
| NAME | OU/Service | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASP.NET_SessionId | http://nyronmudequal.cm-lisboa.net | Session identification | While you're in session |
| SRLIST | http://nyronmudequal.cm-lisboa.net | Lists for printing/emailing | While you're in session |
| BACK | http://nyronmudequal.cm-lisboa.net | Back to previous page | While you're in session |
| dismissed | http://nyronmudequal.cm-lisboa.net | date the cookie disclaimer reappears | 9 years |
2.2. Performance and analysis cookies:
These make it possible to analyse the performance of the Website and its functionalities, as well as to monitor user experiences in relation to the use of aggregated Website data. They help, for example, to identify the most common geographical area of IP addresses, the type of devices used to access the Website, the most visited pages or the links the User clicks on.
These cookies make it possible to evaluate how the User interacts with our Website and are only installed with the User's consent.
| NAME | OU/Service | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | .google.com | Controls the rate of requests to Google Analytics | Two years |
| __utma | .google.com | Used to distinguish users | Two years |
| __utmz | .google.com | Used to distinguish users | One years |
These services (Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics) are provided by Google Ireland Limited (hereinafter referred to as Google). Google uses cookies to help us analyse how the Website is used.
The information collected by these cookies about your use of the Website is transmitted by your browser to Google's servers for processing. It is possible that the data will be processed outside the European Union.
Google may process the data to evaluate the use of this website, to compile reports on its activity. These cookies last for two years.
For more information on Google's data processing, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
2.3. Third-party cookies:
Some of our pages include content from external sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, and/or buttons for sharing content on social networks such as Facebook.
| NAME | UO/Service | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| uid | .addthis.com | Identification associated with the session | One month |
| sshs | .addthis.com | Know when the feature is being used | One month |
In order to access this third-party content or share content on social networks, the User must first accept the specific conditions of each external site, namely the cookie policies, over which we have no control.
However, if you do not view this type of content, no third-party cookies will be installed on your device.
The services provided by third parties are not controlled by the Municipality of Lisbon. Providers may, at any time, change the terms of service, use and purpose of their cookies.
3. How can I deactivate cookies?
Users can, at any time, configure their browser to reject all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is issued, not to receive any cookies or to delete any that they have already accepted. How you do this depends on the web browser you use. However, blocking cookies will have an impact on the visualisation of the content, functionalities and resources provided.
For more information on deleting, deactivating or blocking cookies, please visit: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
The links below explain how you can manage cookies in relation to the most common search engines:
In addition to control exercised through the search engine, the User can manage third-party cookies, for example through the following resources: http://aboutads.info/choices/ e http://youronlinechoices.eu/
4. Consent and withdrawal of consent
The placement of cookies necessary for the operation of the Website does not require the user's consent.
For more information on your rights, please consult our Privacy Policy available at https://www.lisboa.pt/politica-de-privacidade.
This Cookies Policy may be revised by the Municipality of Lisbon at any time. Whenever it is amended, we will update the revision date in the following paragraph. The amended Cookies Policy will come into force from the date of revision.
We recommend that users of our website review the Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about cookie management.
| Version identification | Date of last update |
|---|---|
| Version 01 | 21 February 2022 |