Cookies Policy



Cookies are small pieces of information sent to your computer or navigation device when you access a site. These files are not computer programs and can not be used to cause damage to your computer. They are only used to help us provide you with a good online experience. Some areas of the website may not function properly without the use of cookies.


Cookies of RICAP Group online platforms are not used to:
- Store personal information on your/our hard drive.
- Collect personal information to others.

By accessing the RICAP Group platforms you agree that we can place cookies on your device. You can disable cookies altogether by changing the settings of your browser. However, some areas of the RICAP Group online platforms may not be available or may not work correctly.

Most sites use cookies, but not all for the same purpose.

Session Cookies
It is a type of cookie is only active during the time of use of the site. As soon as you leave the site, it is deleted from your device or cache of your browser. Typical uses for these cookies include:
- Filling out forms: When details are entered via a cookie will be used to store, temporarily, the information entered. If, then return to the previous page, the cookie will show the entered data so you do not need to enter them again.

Persistent Cookies
They are cookies that remain on the device after you have left the site or closed the web browser. They are commonly used to remember the settings for access to a site.

Third-party Cookies
They are selected cookies from other companies, in order to provide the best service to our customers and visitors. Like most websites, the RICAP Group online platforms use third-party cookies that provide us with analysis software. These software provide us with information on how people use our site. This information is completely anonymous and is only used to enhance the browsing experience of the RICAP Group online platforms.

Strictly necessary cookies
They are essential to improve the navigability of experience on the site and use all of its features.

Performance Cookies
These collect information about how visitors use a website. However, do not collect information that can identify a website user. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and only used to improve site performance.

In RICAP Group online platforms these cookies are used for:
- Provide statistics on how people use our site, for example, the number of visitors to a page.
- Identify any errors that occur in order to improve our website.
- Test different designs of our website.

We can use performance cookies in e-mails, to show us how the user interacted with an email that was sent. These can easily be disabled by setting your email client to not automatically download all the contents. .

Cookies segmentation and advertising
The websites of the RICAP Group do not use cookies to target other advertising cookies or use, provided by third parties for advertising purposes. These cookies are used on websites to show more relevant ads to the user, according to the interest of their own. They are also used to help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.


Cookies platforms and external sites
As a way to support our publishing content, they are sometimes included photos and video content from other websites, such as Youtube / other. When visiting publications with contents as mentioned above, cookies these websites can be created. The RICAP Group has no control in the dissemination of these cookies.

Cookies criados por ferramentas de partilha
We would like to draw attention to the fact that some of the pages of the RICAP Group online platforms have included a "share" buttons that allow users to easily share articles through various social networks. These sites may set cookies when they use this type of functionality. The RICAP Group has no control in the dissemination of these cookies. RICAP Group online platforms use the following third-party Cookies for analysis:
-Google Analytics
The tools provided by the analysis software include first-party cookies (small text files that are stored locally on your computer) used in: help identify the geographic location of visitors; assess usage patterns and perform traffic analysis; identify preferences; diagnose problems with our servers; analyze trends. Cookies stored does not include, in no time, personally identifiable information such as name, telephone number, e-mail address or address, or that data is stored on our servers or databases.

Below is more information about the cookies used in various RICAP Group online platforms and purpose of each: :

Google Analytics - Statistics
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These cookies allow us to count the number of visits and source access so that we can assess and improve the performance of our site, using a service provided by Google Analytics. More information here .

Cookie acceptance policy - User Preferences
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These cookies are set to record the response to a warning about cookies policy of the RICAP Group platforms presented to the user.

Authentication - Session
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These cookies are set to record the response to a warning about cookies policy of the RICAP Group platforms presented to the user.

Can block the creation of cookies by activating a setting in your browser that allows you to refuse the creation of some or all cookies.
Below find links to help pages of the major Internet browsers. However, if you block all cookies (including session cookies) may be unable to access some features of the RICAP Group online platforms.
If the browser you use is not listed below, you can use the help section of the same or contact the manufacturer.

Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Safari
Opera
Blackberry
Android
Safari iO
Windows Phone

For information on the legislation on cookies click here (Article 25).
Further information about cookies can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org.