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Privacy and Cookies Policy

The UPW IT Center respects individual privacy and values ​​the trust of its users. All information that is shared with UPW IT Center will be treated according to the General Regulation on Data Protection (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016), designated as "GDPR". This page describes how we use that information.

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Information Record
By giving us your personal information voluntarily, it will only be accessed by our services. The data supplied will not be transferred to third parties without your prior consent. We deem as personal information all the information that can be used to identify a user, such as, for instance, name, job, e-mail, and other contact elements, or other necessary data so we can supply the requested service. We don't automatically record personal information, including your IP address. The recording of the IP addresses that access the website are only used for purposes of statistical and traffic analysis. The statistical analyses of traffic is being held with the Google Analytics solution. This solution uses marks on the pages and anonymous cookies to analyze what happens on our pages. You can see more information about Google Analytics privacy policy at http://www.google.pt/intl/pt-PT/privacy.html.

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Information Update
The holder of the personal data is guaranteed the right to access, rectify, change, eliminate, limit the processing and request the portability of your data, as well as the right to object to treatment for legitimate reasons and also the right to revoke your consent, under the terms of General Regulation on Data Protection (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016). For any matter regarding this topic, please send an email to contact@upwitcenter.com.

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Links to External websites
Our website can contain links to some external websites. UPW IT Center is not responsible for the privacy policy of such websites. Thus, you must always consult the relevant privacy policy of all the websites you use and visit beforehand.

Changes to the Privacy Policy
Any changes made to the Privacy Policy of this Website will be listed in this page and can be made at any moment. If the proposed change is considered substantial and may have implications on how we use your personal data, you will be informed trough a notice that can be seen on the landing page of UPWITCENTER’s website.

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UPW IT Center uses cookies on their websites, allowing an improved performance and user experience, as described below. The cookies used do not store any information identifying the user. Cookies store generic information, namely the way users arrive at the websites and browse them, or the area of the country/countries where they access the website, among others. At any moment, the user may choose, through his browser, to be notified when he receives cookies, as well as to block their entry into his system. The refusal to use cookies on the website may result in losing access to some of the areas, or losing the ability to receive customised information.

 

What type of cookies do we use?

 

Our cookies have different purposes:

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  • Essential cookies – Some cookies are essential to access specific areas of our website. They allow browsing the website and using its applications, such as entering the secure areas of the website through login. Without these cookies, the services that require that entry may not be provided.

  • Marketing cookies – These cookies are used to track advertising effectiveness to provide a more relevant service and deliver better ads to suit your interests.

  • Functionality cookies – We use functionality cookies to save the user’s preferences. For example, these cookies enable the user to avoid typing in his name each time he enters the website. We also use functionality cookies to provide advanced services to the user, such as keeping him logged in, or to avoid typing his user name every time he enters the website. To sum it up, functionality cookies store the user’s preferences regarding the use of the website, so that it is not necessary to re-configure the website for each visit.

  • Analytical cookies – We use these cookies to analyse how the users browse the website and to monitor its performance. This allows us to provide a high-quality experience by customising our offer and quickly identifying and correcting any mistakes that may come up. For instance, we use performance cookies to know which pages are the most popular, what is the most effective means of connection between pages, or to determine the reason why some pages may be receiving error messages. Based on the use of the website, we can also use these cookies to highlight certain items or services that we believe may be of interest to the users. These cookies are used solely for purposes of creating and analysing statistics, without ever storing any personal information.

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The used cookies may be:

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  • Permanent cookies – They remain stored on the web browser in his access devices (PC, mobile, tablet) and are used every time the user visits the website. They are generally used to guide the browsing according to the user’s interests, allowing us to provide a more customised service.

  • Login cookies – They are temporary, remaining on your browser’s cookies until you leave the website. The information obtained allows us to identify issues and provide an improved browsing experience.

 

The use of cookies can be blocked

 

Cookies help you get the best of our websites. After authorising the use of cookies, the user can always disable our cookies totally or in part.

 

More information about cookies


For more information about cookies, visit the following links:

Microsoft Cookies Guide
All about Cookies

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