What are cookies and what are they for

This website uses a feature of the internet browser known as ‘cookies’ to improve its performance and provide better and more efficient use.

A ‘cookie’ is therefore information stored in a small simple text file, automatically stored on users' computer hard discs or mobile devices when they access certain websites, and is intended to increase the speed and efficiency of the website's response, eliminating the need for the user to have to repeatedly enter the same information every time they access the Festival Med website again.

Most browser programmes are set to accept cookies, although any user can configure their browser to prevent ‘cookies’ from being installed on their computer. You can configure cookies in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser in order to accept or refuse their use at any time, either specifically or in general. However, this option may slow down your browsing on this and other websites, hindering their normal performance.

How we use cookies

When you browse this website, cookies can identify your browser for the duration of your visit (‘session cookies’) or on subsequent visits (‘persistent cookies’).
This website provides a contact and information request form and an email address for possible contact by the user. In these cases, we may use cookies to ‘remember’ whether you have already used the contact form, information request form or user details for future correspondence. No personal data will be stored.

Disable cookies

You can prevent the use of ‘cookies’ on your computer by adjusting the settings of your internet browser (you can check the ‘help’ section of your browser to find out how to do this).
However, as previously mentioned, deactivating 'cookies' will affect the normal functioning of your internet browsing, in particular the operation of this page.

Cookies from third parties

When browsing this website, the user may come across third-party cookies which may record the user's browsing behaviour and allow these third parties, during their period of validity, to determine the advertising or other content which may be of interest to the user.
This is the case with Google Analytics, one of the web's most widespread analysis solutions, which makes it possible to find out how users navigate the website and how to improve their experience. These ‘cookies’ can track items such as how much time the user spends and the pages visited, although in an aggregate form (not individualised), with IP anonymisation.
This website also uses various icons and/or plug-ins with links to social networks, such as Facebook and Instagram, which may allow the respective social networks to record your browsing behaviour on the website, provided that your browser is linked to your personal accounts on the respective networks, even without sharing them.
For more information on the use of the data collected during your browsing, and on how you can configure the respective privacy settings in your social media accounts, we recommend that you check the respective privacy policies.

Changes to the Cookie Policy

The Municipality of Loulé reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to amend, revise and update this cookie policy, so users are advised to check it regularly to confirm whether any updates or changes have been made.

The list of cookies will be updated whenever necessary, namely when the functionalities made available through this website are modified, and it is possible that the list no longer includes a certain cookie.

Final information

We hope that the information provided here has been sufficiently informative on how we use cookies.
If you need more information on this subject, you can obtain it from the website of the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD): http://www.cnpd.pt , the website of the European Union (EU): https://europa.eu/european-union/abouteuropa/cookies.pt or by contacting us at: festivalmed@cm-loule.pt