Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file containing alphanumeric information stored by the browser in local device storage when accessing a website. The Advanced Therapies Group website uses cookies to improve browsing experience, eliminate repetitive data entry, and increase response efficiency.

Portuguese law implements the European e-Privacy Directive through Law No. 41/2004 (amended by Law No. 46/2012) on "Protection of personal data and privacy in telecommunications," requiring informed consent before storing information on user devices.

Cookies – Data Controller

Cookies are classified by ownership:

First-party cookies — Processed by the entity responsible for the website domain.

Third-party cookies — Processed by entities other than the website owner. The only third-party cookies on this website come from embedded YouTube videos, which set their own cookies subject to Google's privacy policy, and only after you have given your consent.

Cookies – Duration

Session cookies — Active only during one browsing session and automatically deleted when the browser closes.

Persistent cookies — Remain on your device for a specified period or until manually deleted. They collect information across sessions to remember preferences and measure usage.

Cookies – Purpose

Essential cookies — Necessary for the website to function correctly. These cannot be disabled without affecting core functionality.

Analytical and marketing cookies — Collect statistical information about website usage or track users for advertising purposes. This website does not use analytical or marketing cookies.

Multimedia cookies — Set by embedded video players (YouTube) to enable playback and remember preferences. These are subject to YouTube's own cookie policy.

Cookies Used

This website itself does not set any cookies. The only cookies that may be set when you visit are third-party cookies from embedded YouTube videos, listed below.

Multimedia (YouTube)

Some pages on our site embed video content hosted on YouTube (served through YouTube's privacy-enhanced domain, youtube-nocookie.com). These videos are only loaded after you accept cookies via the consent banner; if you decline, they are not embedded and no third-party cookies are set. When you play a video, YouTube may set its own cookies on your device. These cookies are subject to YouTube's privacy policy, available at policies.google.com/privacy.

Name	Duration	Type	Description
__Secure-1PAPISID	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	User profile building for personalised Google advertising.
__Secure-1PSID	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	User profile creation for personalised Google advertising.
__Secure-1PSIDCC	Session	Advertising (Google)	User profile identification for personalised Google advertising.
__Secure-1PSIDTS	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	User authentication and session preference storage.
__Secure-3PAPISID	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	User profile creation for personalised Google advertising.
__Secure-3PSID	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	User profile creation for personalised Google advertising.
__Secure-3PSIDCC	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	User profile creation for personalised Google advertising.
__Secure-3PSIDTS	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	User profile creation for personalised Google advertising.
__Secure-BUCKET	Persistent	Essential	Tests whether the browser supports cookies.
__Secure-ENID	Persistent	Essential	Stores encrypted user identity information for Google services.
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN	Persistent	Essential	Used for gradual feature rollout tracking across Google services.
__Secure-STRP	Persistent	Essential	Google session cookie for security and fraud prevention.
__Secure-YEC	Persistent	Multimedia	YouTube encrypted cookie for user session management.
__Secure-YENID	Persistent	Multimedia	YouTube encrypted user identifier.
__Secure-YNID	Persistent	Multimedia	YouTube user identifier for session management.
AEC	Persistent	Essential	Session request verification ensuring the user is authorised.
APISID	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	YouTube embedded video playback and Google Maps integration.
DV	Session	Advertising (Google)	Personalised advertisement delivery service.
HSID	Persistent	Essential	Fraud prevention service using digitally signed Google account records.
LOGIN_INFO	Persistent	Multimedia	Stores login preferences for YouTube.
NID	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	Stores user preferences for Google services (e.g. language, safe search).
PREF	Persistent	Multimedia	Stores user preferences such as page size and autoplay settings.
SAPISID	Persistent	Essential	User preference storage including language and browser preferences.
SEARCH_SAMESITE	Persistent	Essential	Prevents cross-website cookie transmission (SameSite enforcement).
SID	Persistent	Multimedia	YouTube embedded video playback service.
SIDCC	Session	Essential	Security cookie used to protect user data from unauthorised access.
SSID	Persistent	Advertising (Google)	Digitally signed and encrypted user Google account records.
test_cookie	Session	Essential	Tests whether the browser supports cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	6 months	Multimedia	Estimates bandwidth to determine whether to serve the old or new player interface.
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	6 months	Multimedia	Stores the user's cookie consent status for the current domain.
YSC	Session	Multimedia	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of videos watched on YouTube.

Cookies Exempt from Consent

Cookies that are strictly necessary for the website to function do not require prior consent. These include session cookies used to maintain basic navigation and any cookies essential to an expressly requested service.

How to Manage Cookies

You can change your consent choice at any time via the "Cookie Preferences" link in the website footer. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it: if you decline, embedded videos are removed and cookies previously set on this domain are deleted.

You can also control and/or delete cookies directly in your browser. You can delete all cookies already on your device and set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our site, and some services and functionalities may not work.

Find out how to manage cookies in your browser:

Contact

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at lino.ferreira@uc.pt.

Last revised: July 2026