Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device (computer, tablet or mobile phone) when you visit it. They allow the website to “remember” information about your visit, making your experience smoother and more consistent.
Cookies are classified by origin (first-party or third-party), by lifetime (session or persistent) and by purpose (strictly necessary, functional, analytical, advertising).
This website uses only strictly necessary and functional cookies. We do not use tracking, analytics or advertising cookies.
| Name | Origin | Duration | Category | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | First-party | Session (deleted when browser is closed) |
Strictly Necessary | Identifies the current user session on the server. Required for the checkout process, administration area authentication and maintenance of visit state. Contains no personally identifiable data. |
| locale | First-party | 365 days | Functional / Preferences | Stores the user's preferred language (e.g. “en”, “pt”, “fr”). Allows the website to display in the correct language on subsequent visits. Contains only a two-to-three character language code. |
| PayPal cookies (various internal names) |
Third-party (paypal.com) |
Variable | Third-party — Payment | Set by the PayPal payment processor exclusively during the checkout process, when the user chooses to pay via this method. Their management is entirely the responsibility of PayPal. Please see the PayPal Privacy Policy. |
The use of cookies on this website is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK GDPR / EU GDPR), Directive 2009/136/EC (the ePrivacy Directive), and Portuguese national legislation: Law No. 41/2004 of 17 August, as amended by Law No. 46/2012 of 29 August. For users based in the United Kingdom, this website also takes account of the requirements of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the UK GDPR.
The PHPSESSID and locale cookies fall within the exemptions to the consent requirement set out in Regulation 6(1) of PECR and Article 5(3) of Directive 2002/58/EC:
PayPal cookies are set by a third party in the context of a transaction initiated by the user. Responsibility for the processing of that data lies exclusively with PayPal, Inc.
Since all first-party cookies used are strictly necessary or exclusively functional (no profiling, no analytics, no advertising), this website is not required to request prior consent for their installation, pursuant to Regulation 6(1) of PECR, Article 5(3) of Directive 2002/58/EC and Article 14(5) of Law No. 41/2004.
An unobtrusive informational notice is nonetheless displayed on first visit, in compliance with the transparency principle enshrined in Article 13 of the UK GDPR / EU GDPR. This notice does not require any user action to access the website's content.
You can configure your browser to refuse or delete cookies. Please note that disabling the PHPSESSID cookie will prevent the checkout process from working correctly.
Instructions for the main browsers:
For further guidance on cookies and privacy, see the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO): ico.org.uk.
For any questions regarding this Cookie Policy or the processing of personal data, please contact us at info@sales.easygate.pt.
This policy forms an integral part of our Privacy Policy, available on this website.
We reserve the right to amend this Cookie Policy whenever necessary, in particular in the event of changes to the website, applicable legislation or cookie usage practices. The “last updated” date at the top of this document always reflects the most recent version.
We recommend that you check this page periodically.