Orthia is the entity responsible for processing personal data and makes a permanent public commitment to act in accordance with current and applicable national and EU legislation. The personal data of our customers is processed exclusively because it is necessary for the preparation of quotations, the conclusion and execution of contracts, the management of deliveries and tracking of orders, after-sales service, compliance with legal obligations or because consent has been given. The personal data provided by customers or generated by the use of services or purchase of goods will be processed and stored by computer and is intended to be used by O website Orthia for: marketing and sales, customer management, accounting, tax and administrative management, litigation management and, in general, compliance with general obligations. The processing of data for marketing purposes will be carried out in accordance with the option of consent expressed by the client. This consent must be prior, free, informed, specific and unequivocal, and must take the form of a written declaration, which may take the form of validation of an option. Opposition to the processing of data for marketing purposes may be declared in writing at any time. Personal data is kept for different periods of time, depending on the purpose for which it is intended, in accordance with the respective legal criteria, in compliance with the principles of necessity and minimization of storage time. Orthia may use subcontractors to process personal data, namely for promotional campaigns, marketing, customer account management, invoicing, transportation of goods, deliveries and after-sales assistance, accounting, litigation management, payroll processing, occupational health and safety services, among others, and such entities are obliged to develop data protection measures and ensure the defense of the rights of data subjects. Orthia guarantees all data subjects access, rectification, opposition, erasure, limitation and portability of the data provided. These rights can be exercised by contacting geral@orthia.eu. All data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the NATIONAL DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION.
THE ADVERTISEMENTS
Like other websites, we collect and use information contained in advertisements. The information contained in the advertisements includes your IP (Internet Protocol) address, your ISP (Internet Service Provider, such as NOS, MEO, or other), the browser you used when visiting our website (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time of your visit and which pages you visited within our website.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
We use cookies to store information such as your personal preferences when you visit our website. This may include a simple popup, or a link to various services we provide, such as forums. In addition, we also use third-party advertising on our website to support maintenance costs. Some of these advertisers may use technologies such as cookies and/or web beacons when advertising on our website, which will cause these advertisers (such as Google through Google AdSense) to also receive your personal information, such as your IP address, your ISP, your browser, etc. This function is generally used for geotargeting (showing advertising from Lisbon only to readers from Lisbon, for example) or presenting targeted advertising to a type of user (such as showing restaurant advertising to a user who regularly visits cooking sites, for example). Orthia is committed to making both your online experience and your interaction with our website informative and relevant, and to providing the best possible experience during your online visit. One way is through the use of cookies (own and third-party) to store information about your visit to our website on your computer. This information is necessary for the website to function properly.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded by your computer, cell phone or other device (subsequently referred to as a device) when you access our website or use our application. The cookie allows us to store and retrieve information about your browsing habits or your device where you access it, generally anonymously and depending on the information it contains, whether you are previously registered, to identify you as a customer or user. The information obtained is related to the number of pages you visit, the language, the location from which you access, the number of new users, the frequency and number of visits, the duration of the visit, the browser or device with which you visit the site or our application.
What kind of cookies are used on our website?
Own cookies
These are sent to the computer from a domain or computer operated by us.
Third-party cookies
These are cookies that are sent to your computer from a computer or domain that is not operated by us, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
Session cookies
They are a type of cookie that expire when you close your session on our website.
Persistent cookies
They are a type of cookie that are stored on your computer for a period of time that can vary from a few minutes to several years.
Analysis cookies
They are those that are processed by us or by third parties and that allow us to quantify the number of visits and the use that users make of our website with the aim of measuring and statistically analyzing their use and to resolve the gaps detected and facilitate the use of our website.
Advertising cookies
When you visit the pages of our website, email or run an application where we publish advertisements for our products or services, in order to control and monitor the effectiveness of the advertising, cookies are installed on your browser or computer which are used to measure, for example, the number of times you have seen the advertisements and where they appear, the time at which they are seen, from where or if you have not seen them before.
Behavioral advertising cookies
They are a type of cookie used to store and retrieve information on user behavior obtained by observing their browsing habits, which allows a specific profile to be developed in order to show the user advertising based on that profile.
Renewal and deletion of cookies
Most browsers allow you to control most cookies through their settings. If you wish, you can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on your computer by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer or from the computer’s privacy settings. For example, you can find information on how to do this if you use it as a browser:
- Firefox from enable and disable cookies that websites use to track your preferences | Firefox Help
- Chrome from how to manage cookies and websites
- Explorer from managing cookies in Internet Explorer
- Safari from Safari 8 (Yosemite): Managing cookies and website data
- Operates from Administrator cookies
More details about cookies
General information on how to block and remove cookies: http://www.aboutcookies.org/ You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that by not accepting cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of all the benefits on the respective websites. Category 1: strictly necessary cookies Strictly necessary These cookies are essential for you to be able to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the services you have asked for, such as shopping carts or electronic invoices, cannot be provided. Category 2: performance cookies Performance cookies These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for example, which pages are accessed most often by visitors and whether error messages are received from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information collected by these cookies is stored collectively and is therefore anonymous. They are only used to improve the functioning of a website. Category 3: Functionality cookies Functionality cookies These cookies allow the website to remember the choices you have made (such as your username, language or region) and to offer improved and more personal features. For example, a website may be able to provide you with local weather forecasts or traffic information by storing information about the region you are currently in in a cookie. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that can be customized. They can also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information collected by these cookies can be processed anonymously and they are not allowed to view your browsing activity on other websites.
Category 4: cookies Targeting or advertising cookies These cookies are used to display advertising that is more relevant to you and tailored to your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the permission of the website operator. They record that you have visited a particular website and this information is shared with other organizations, such as advertisers. Targeting or advertising cookies will often be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor.
Third-party cookies
These are similar to “direct” cookies, however, they originate from a different domain (unrelated/linked to Orthia) than the one you are visiting. These entities (unrelated/connected to Orthia) may also place cookies on your device when you visit the Orthia website.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect and analyze information on the use of the websites visited by the user. To find out more about Google Analytics cookies and their use by Google Inc., you can consult the information on Google’s use of cookies available at: https: //policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=pt and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 With regard to Addthis cookies, you can opt out via the following link: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out Most browser programs (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome) will be able to show you how to prevent new cookies, how you can be warned when you receive a new cookie and how you can disable and/or delete existing cookies. However, please note that by not accepting cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features of this website.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES
The Orthia website has links to other sites which, in our opinion, may contain useful information / tools for our visitors. Our privacy policy does not apply to third-party sites, so if you visit another site from ours you should read its privacy policy. We are not responsible for the privacy policy or content of those sites.