In short
- Essential: preferences (language, theme) and your cookie choice stay in your browser, with no tracking.
- Analytics (Google Analytics 4): only after you accept. Before that, no request goes to Google.
- Booking calendar (Cal.com): loads only after you click "Load the calendar".
- You can change your mind at any time, in the preferences on this page.
This page explains, simply, what cookies and similar technologies the coruz.pt website uses. It complements my Privacy Policy.
1. What is a cookie
A cookie is a small text file stored in your browser when you visit a website, used to remember preferences or recognise the device on subsequent visits.
2. Cookies and technologies I currently use
I use the following technologies:
- Language preference (PT/FR/EN): stored in the browser's local storage, it is not a tracking cookie and does not identify the visitor. (Essential.)
- Theme preference (light/dark): also stored in local storage, for the same reason. (Essential.)
- Cookie choice (consent): stored in local storage, so I don't ask again. (Essential.)
- Typefaces: hosted on the site itself. No requests to Google Fonts and no associated cookies. (Essential.)
- CORUZ Control (application at coruz.pt/control, account only): the signed-in session, the theme, the chosen organisation, the task view and whether you have seen the guided tour are kept in the browser's local storage, so that the password is not asked on every visit and your preferences are remembered. The application has no analytics or advertising cookies. (Essential.)
- CORUZ Process (app at coruz.pt/process, account only): the signed-in session and preferences (for example, the theme) are kept in the browser's local storage. The app has no analytics or advertising cookies. (Essential.)
- Google Analytics 4 (third-party cookies, Google): collect aggregated usage statistics (page views, traffic source, device type) to help me understand how the site is used and improve it. These cookies last up to 2 years and the data is processed by Google. The Google Analytics script is only downloaded after you accept: until then, no request goes to Google. (Analytics, only with your consent.)
- Cal.com (external booking service, only on pages with the calendar): the calendar only loads after you click the button that loads it. From that point, Cal.com may set its own cookies, needed for the booking to work, under Cal.com's privacy policy. (Only after your click.)
- WhatsApp buttons: plain links that open WhatsApp when you click. They set no cookies on the site.
Google Analytics 4 cookies (only with consent)
| Cookie | Purpose | Lifetime | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Tell visitors apart, for aggregated statistics | up to 2 years | |
_ga_MTGLX4MJTD | Keep the state of the measurement session | up to 2 years |
3. Managing preferences and consent
Essential cookies are required for the site to work. Analytics cookies (Google Analytics) are only enabled with your consent. You can accept or withdraw that consent here, at any time, without leaving the page:
You can also control your preferences in the following ways:
- Refuse/clear analytics cookies: you can block or delete them in your browser's privacy settings, or install the Google Analytics opt-out add-on.
- Language and theme preference: you can clear them at any time in your browser's storage settings.
Consent for analytics cookies is requested in advance, through a consent banner shown on your first visit: Google Analytics is only enabled after you accept. Until you accept (or if you decline), no analytics cookie is set, as required by applicable law (GDPR and ePrivacy).
Your choice is stored in this browser, with the date and the version of the notice, so that we can demonstrate consent. The choice is valid for 6 months; after that we ask again.
4. Changes to this policy
I may update this policy whenever the way I use cookies or similar technologies changes. The version in force is always the one published on this page.