Cookies Policy

Lusilectra uses 3 categories of Cookies:

Essential cookies, they allow you to navigate in the website, enabling, though the collection of anonymous information, to help in the improvement of the way in which the website works and to better understand what matters to our users.

Analytical and functional cookies, they analyse the way users use the website, without never collecting personal data. Besides that, they also allow to remember user preferences regarding the use of the website, so it is not necessary to reconfigure the website every time you visit it.

Advertising cookies, they allow you to target advertising according to the interests of each user, in order to target advertising according to navigation habits, allowing also to connect to social networks, such as Linkedin, Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, among others, in order to target also the advertising on that websites.

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What are cookies?

Cookies are small information files stored on your computer, tablet, phone or other internet-enabled device through your browser. Although they do not contain personal information that identifies the user, they store generic information about the user’s browsing preferences on the device.

What are cookies used for?

Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse it.

Cookies may also be used to help speed up users’ future activities and experiences on our website.

We also use cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that help us understand how users use our website and improve its structure and content.

What types of cookies do we use?

By lifespan, cookies can be:

• Session cookies: remain in your browser only during your visit and disappear as soon as you leave the website.
• Persistent cookies: remain in your browser after you leave the website and close the browser on your device.

By the domain they belong to, cookies can be:

• First-party cookies: originate from our website’s domain.
• Third-party cookies: originate from a third-party domain. Please note that third parties (including, for example, external web traffic analysis providers) may also use cookies over which we have no control.

By function, cookies can be:

• Essential cookies: allow you to browse the website and, by collecting anonymous information, help improve how the website works and understand what interests our users. Accepting these cookies is a condition for using our website.
• Analytical and functional cookies: allow us to analyse how users use the website, without ever collecting personal information. They also remember users’ preferences regarding the use of the website, so that it does not need to be set up again on each visit.
• Advertising cookies: allow advertising to be targeted to each user’s interests, directing advertising campaigns according to browsing habits, and also allow connection to social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, among others, so that advertising can also be targeted on those websites.

Which cookies do we use?

Essential cookies

Cookie	Purpose	Source	Retention period	Personal data collected
_hpcookielevel	Indicates the cookie option selected by the user.	First-party	1 month	Does not collect personal data.
_hpcookiebox	Indicates the cookie option selected by the user.	First-party	1 month	Does not collect personal data.
pll_language	Required for the website to work in multiple languages, i.e. in the user’s language.	First-party	1 year	Does not collect personal data.
PHPSESSID	Identifies sessions (visits) on the website.	First-party	Session	Does not collect personal data.
ESSID	Identifies sessions (visits) on the website.	First-party	Session	Does not collect personal data.
_GRECAPTCHA	Protects the website’s forms against spam and abuse (Google reCAPTCHA).	Third-party (Google)	6 months	Does not collect personal data.

This table is updated as soon as possible whenever the cookies used on this website change. However, it may occasionally not include a cookie, tag or similar device as a result of an update, although such devices will always have purposes identical to those listed in this table.

Analytical and functional cookies

Cookie	Purpose	Source	Retention period	Personal data collected
_ga	Used to distinguish users and sessions.	First-party and third-party (Google)	2 years	Pseudonymous identifier.
_ga_FCDYG008DP	Used by Google Analytics 4 to persist session state.	First-party and third-party (Google)	2 years	Pseudonymous identifier.
_ga_ZVY8JEJDG8	Used by Google Analytics 4 to persist session state.	First-party and third-party (Google)	2 years	Pseudonymous identifier.
_gid	Used to distinguish users and sessions.	First-party and third-party (Google)	24h	Pseudonymous identifier.
_gat	Used to throttle the request rate to Google Analytics.	First-party and third-party (Google)	1 min	Does not collect personal data.
__Secure-SSID	Used to store information about how users use the website and any advertising they saw before visiting it; it also helps personalise advertising by remembering recent searches, previous interactions or search results and visits.	Third-party (Google)	3 days	Does not collect personal data.
SAPISID	Allows Google to store user preferences.	Third-party (Google)	2 years	Does not collect personal data.
__Secure-HSID	Used for security purposes to store digitally signed and encrypted records of the Google account ID; it may also be used to show relevant, personalised content.	Third-party (Google)	3 days	Does not collect personal data.
HSID	Allows Google to store user preferences.	Third-party (Google)	2 years	Does not collect personal data.
SSID	Allows Google to store user preferences.	Third-party (Google)	2 years	Does not collect personal data.
CONSENT	Used to track users’ consent to the use of cookies.	Third-party (Google)	18 years	Does not collect personal data.
SIDCC	Security cookie that protects user data from unauthorised access.	Third-party (Google)	1 year	Does not collect personal data.
SEARCH_SAMESITE	Used to prevent the browser from sending this cookie with cross-site requests.	Third-party (Google)	6 months	Does not collect personal data.
ANID	Indicates how the user uses the website and whether they saw any advertising before visiting it.	Third-party (Google)	1 year	Does not collect personal data.

This table is updated as soon as possible whenever the cookies used on this website change. However, it may occasionally not include a cookie, tag or similar device as a result of an update, although such devices will always have purposes identical to those listed in this table.

Advertising cookies

Cookie	Purpose	Source	Retention period	Personal data collected
_gcl_au	Used by Google Ads to measure conversions from ads.	First-party and third-party (Google)	3 months	Pseudonymous identifier.
_fbp	Used by Meta (Facebook/Instagram) to measure and optimise advertising and build audiences.	Third-party (Meta)	3 months	Pseudonymous identifier.
1P_JAR	To display personalised ads on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions.	Third-party (Google)	1 month	Does not collect personal data.
NID	To display personalised ads on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions.	Third-party (Google)	6 months	Does not collect personal data.
__Secure-APISID	Used for targeting purposes to build a profile of website visitors’ interests in order to show relevant, personalised Google advertising.	Third-party (Google)	3 days	Does not collect personal data.
APISID	To display personalised ads on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions.	Third-party (Google)	2 years	Does not collect personal data.
__Secure-3PAPISID	Used for targeting purposes to build a profile of website visitors’ interests in order to show relevant, personalised Google advertising.	Third-party (Google)	2 years	Does not collect personal data.
SID	To display personalised ads on Google, based on recent searches and previous interactions.	Third-party (Google)	2 years	Does not collect personal data.
__Secure-3PSID	Used for targeting purposes to build a profile of website visitors’ interests in order to show relevant, personalised Google advertising.	Third-party (Google)	2 years	Does not collect personal data.

This table is updated as soon as possible whenever the cookies used on this website change. However, it may occasionally not include a cookie, tag or similar device as a result of an update, although such devices will always have purposes identical to those listed in this table.

How can I manage cookies?

I – In your web browser

You can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on your device by changing your browser settings. If you block them, some services that require them may not be available.

II – On this website

You can set your cookie preferences in the Cookie Settings box shown before you start browsing our website and at https://lusilectra.com/en/cookies-policy/, to prevent their installation or withdraw your consent. Deleting or rejecting some cookies may adversely affect your user experience on our website.

Changes and updates to the Cookies Policy

We may amend this Policy, so all users are advised to review it periodically.

Contacts

If you need further information about cookie settings and our cookies policy, please contact us at: qualidade@lusilectra.pt