Privacy Policy

International Sharing School (ISS) recommends a careful reading of the Terms and Conditions below.
By accessing and using this Website, you declare that you have read, understand and accept the Terms and Conditions presented, without the need for any subsequent act or consent.
Access to and use of other ISS platforms are likewise governed by these Terms and Conditions to the extent applicable and with the respective adaptations.
The Terms and Conditions may be changed at any time, considering that the changes take effect as of the date of their update on the website. Your subsequent access to and use of the website or platforms will be treated as an unmistakable sign that you have read, understood and accepted the new changes to the Terms and Conditions.

ISS is committed to respecting the privacy of its users, for this reason, the following Privacy Policy is designed to properly inform users of how the website works and how your personal information is treated.
References in this Privacy Policy to “ISS”, “we”, “us” or “our” refer to ISS-The Oporto International School.
Any changes to our Privacy Policy, subsequent to your active submission of personal data that might question the purposes for why it was given, can be found on this page.

Preservation of personal information

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council – all personal data supplied will be subject to computer processing and will be in our possession.
After collecting the personal information that you voluntarily transmitted to us, we will preserve and maintain it until otherwise instructed, or for the minimum period necessary for the purposes that led to its collection or processing, or for the period of time authorized by the National Commission for the Protection of Data. The preservation of this information allows us to continue to provide you with personalized services without interruption.
Any user may freely choose whether or not to provide any individualized personal information. By making your personal data available you are authorizing the collection, use, and disclosure of such information between ISS and its subsidiaries in accordance with the rules set forth herein, namely not to use information relating to users and have been authorized by them, except for the purposes for which it is intended.
As provided in the Data Protection Regulation, the holder of the personal data provided may, at any time, exercise its right to oppose marketing communications, rectification, and cancellation of any personal data provided, which may be exercised through the email: office@taguspark.sharingschool.org

Any form on this site allows to subscribe you to the newsletter database according to the principles outlined in this section.

Security and use of information

ISS commits itself to ensure the privacy of its website visitors on the Internet.
In addition to guaranteeing the confidentiality and absolute secrecy of the data to which we have access, we commit ourselves to use it within the strict purpose for which it was collected, never allowing the sale, rental or availability to any third party of any personal data sent by our website users.
ISS respects the most correct and effective practices in the field of security and protection of personal data, ensuring all measures are taken accordingly to the current technical knowledge to prevent loss, misuse, alteration, illegal intrusion or removal of personal data. Still, it is important to note that no method of communication or electronic storage is totally safe, for that reason we cannot guarantee that they will not be viewed by third parties.

Cookies Policy

Cookies used on our website serve to improve its performance and your experience as a user. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that collect information about the device and its user experience.
This information is used to record visits and statistics about user activity on the website.
Holders of this domain do not use the information contained in these files for commercial purposes with third parties, nor do the cookies store data that may be used for marketing purposes.
By browsing this website, you are consenting to the use and storage of cookies on your device. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can prevent them from being stored on your device by setting your browser to not accept cookies. Cookies stored on your device can be deleted at any time.

What is the purpose of cookies?

Cookies help you get the most out of our websites, they help determine the usefulness, interest, and the number of uses of websites, allowing for faster and more efficient browsing, thus eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the website’s information.

What types of cookies do we use?

Essential Cookies: They allow browsing the website and the use of your applications, also allowing access to safe areas of the website. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided.
Analytical Cookies: They are used to analyse how users use the website and monitor its performance. This allows us to provide a high-quality experience by customizing our offer and quickly identifying and correcting any problems that are identified. These cookies are used only for the purpose of statistical creation and analysis, without ever collecting personal information.
Functionality Cookies: They uphold user preferences about using the website, so you do not need to re-configure the website each time you visit.
Third Party Cookies: Measure the success of applications and the effectiveness of third-party advertising. They can also be used to customize a widget with user data.

Cookies can be:

Permanent – They remain stored, for a variable time, at the level of the browser in their access devices (pc, mobile, and tablet) and are used whenever the user makes a new visit to the website. They are generally used to direct navigation according to the interests of the user, allowing us to provide further personalized service.
Session – These are temporary, remain in the cookies of your browser until you leave the website. The information obtained allows you to identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.

Cookie Management:

Some cookies are deleted as soon as you close the tab or browser (depending on which browser you use), others are renewed with each visit, and others are deleted after a period of time.
You can configure the devices and browsers you use to reject some or even all the cookies.
The most common method is by anonymous browsing.
Information about “Incognito Navigation” and Cookies management in the Chrome browser: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Information about “Incognito Navigation” and Cookies management in the Firefox browser: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Information about “Incognito Navigation” and Cookies management in the Safari browser: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/ibrw1069/mac
Information about “Incognito Navigation” and Cookies management in the Internet Explorer browser: https://support.microsoft.com/pt-pt/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
You can also get more information on how to handle cookies here: https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies/
For information on how to delete cookies in other browsers: https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/

If you take the action of blocking or deleting cookies in this domain, you are restricting a significant portion of the features that are available that could lead to unexpected behaviour.
For more information about cookies and their use, we suggest you check:
https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
https://www.aboutcookies.org/

To control the collection of information from third-party cookies, you can do so here:
https://www.youronlinechoices.com/
https://preferences-mgr.truste.com/

DNT (Do not track) is a standard that is not adopted by default by many third-party cookies. To see if your browser navigation is being monitored and change your settings, click here: https://allaboutdnt.com/

Cookies used:

Google Analytics
Duration: 2 years
Responsibility: Google Inc.
Reason for use: Session registration, page movement and interaction with content for statistical purposes
More information and opt-out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Cookie Consent:

Responsibility: Own
Reason for use: It registers the consent of the user to our cookie policy.

Copyright and Intellectual Property

All data, trademarks and general content on this website, may be protected under the general terms of law by national and international intellectual property protection legislation. Reproduction for personal use is permitted, but its modifications, imitations, loans, leases, transmissions or the sale of any content on this website are prohibited.
All rights not expressly granted by us, are copyrighted. In this way, all texts, images, illustrations, photographs, publicity, trademarks and other elements of the content of the website may be protected by law, and any copy, reproduction, diffusion or transmission, use, modification, distribution or any other use, in whole or in part, whatever the means used, isn’t allowed.
Exceptions to this prohibition are free uses authorized by law, namely the right of citation, provided that its origin is clearly identified.
You are authorized to use documents (such as Press Releases, Announcements and Reports and Accounts) from this website, provided that the copyright notice appears on all copies. The use of such documents shall be used exclusively for informational and non-commercial or personal purposes and shall not be copied or placed on any computer network or distributed in any other medium and that no changes are made to the documents. Violators will be prosecuted.
Although personal data provided to us is within the scope of our privacy policy, we understand that all information communicated via the internet (including suggestions, material or ideas) will be exclusively owned and used by us. Such information will not have to be treated by us as confidential.
Some parts of the website may contain images that are the copyright of their suppliers (such as image bank photos).
Any file that is made available for download from the website is copyrighted by the operator who provides the file. The terms of use of these files are established by the operator that makes them available, so we recommend you read them.

Hyperlinks

To facilitate accessibility, links to other websites will be added. If you choose to use the links to those websites, you should review and accept the rules of this website before using it. We can’t guarantee its quality, nor do we assume any responsibility for the content or other functionalities of these websites.
The Company website will not take responsibility for the content or the theme of any other portals, including any website that was given access or been accessed through your portal.

Use and Risk

Neither ISS nor any other party involved in the creation, production, maintenance or implementation of the website may be liable for any losses or damages in civil liability (including, without limitation, damages or loss of profits arising directly or indirectly from the correct or incorrect use of the website and its contents by the user, access to the computer and computer system of the user by third parties, viruses, etc.
While we are committed to the security of your website and to enforce the appropriate technical, physical and logical protection measures to ensure its protection, we do not guarantee or declare that the files available for download on the website are free from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, scripts, or any other code or program that contains destructive or harmful properties. The information contained on the website should be considered for its informative aspect. Although our efforts to keep the contents updated and reliable, they may be incorrect, outdated or have typographical errors, and may be changed at any time without prior notification. Therefore, its use in decision making is not recommended.

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