Cookie Policy
Version 1.5 · in force since 12 November 2026
This policy explains which cookies and similar technologies we use on esad.pt, esadidea.pt and the careers portal (empregabilidade.esad.pt), and how you can control them. The controller is C.I.F.A.D. — Centro de Investigação e Formação em Artes e Design, Lda., company number 502147350, the founding entity of ESAD — Escola Superior de Artes e Design ("ESAD" in this document). Our processing of personal data generally is described in the Privacy Policy.
Under Article 5 of Lei no. 41/2004, we may only store or read information on your device with your prior consent, except where strictly necessary to provide the service you asked for.
How you control cookies
On your first visit, a notice lets you Accept all, Reject all, or choose category by category. No statistics or marketing cookie is placed before you allow it.
You can change or withdraw your decision at any time via Cookie preferences in the footer of every page. When you withdraw a permission we delete the cookies of the categories you no longer allow and reload the page. Your decision applies per site — esad.pt and esadidea.pt ask separately — and for 180 days, after which we ask again. The careers portal uses necessary cookies only, so it does not show this notice.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block session cookies, you will no longer be able to sign in to the careers portal.
The cookies we use
Necessary. They make the site work — they keep you signed in, store your language and theme and record your cookie decision — and do not depend on consent.
See the necessary cookies
Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESAD | Keeps you signed in to the careers portal | Up to 7 days from sign-in |
| ESAD | Holds the sign-in request sent to | 15 minutes |
| ESAD | Stops a failed sign-in from repeating in a loop | 60 seconds |
| ESAD | Carries your search term from submission to the results page | Browser session |
| ESAD | Stores your chosen light or dark theme, so the server can render the page in the right theme | 1 year |
| ESAD | Stores the detected language so detection is not repeated on each visit | 1 year |
| ESAD | Stores your cookie decision. It is what prevents the other tools from loading | 180 days, after which we ask you again |
| ESAD | Remembers that you closed the profile notice in the careers portal, so it is not shown again | Browser session |
Statistics. They help us understand how the site is used. Only with your permission.
See the statistics cookies
Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distinguishes one visitor from another | 2 years | |
| Maintains analytics session state | 2 years |
Marketing. They measure the effectiveness of our campaigns. Only with your permission.
See the marketing cookies
Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Identifies the browser in order to match the visit to a Meta profile | 90 days from your last visit. Meta sets this period and may change it without notice. |
| Meta | Stores an ad-click identifier so a conversion can be attributed. It only exists if you arrived through a link carrying one | 90 days |
Data sharing with Google and Meta, joint controllership with Meta and transfers outside the European Economic Area are described in the Privacy Policy.
Local and session storage
We keep a few preferences in your browser's local and session storage (localStorage and sessionStorage). This information is never sent to our servers and none of these keys identifies you. You can clear them in your browser settings, in the same option that clears cookies.
See the stored keys
Key | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Stores your light or dark theme preference (also stored in the | Until you clear it |
| Remembers that we already showed you the brochure request form, so it is not repeated | Until you clear it |
| Remembers that you already submitted that form | Until you clear it |
| In the careers portal, stores whether you collapsed the side menu | Until you clear it |
| If your session expires as you send an application, keeps the cover letter you wrote so it can be restored when you sign back in | Until it is restored or you close the tab |
| Stops the automatic recovery from repeating after a page fails to load | Until you close the tab |
Statistics without cookies
Usage statistics are produced by Umami, installed on ESAD's own servers. It sets no cookies and writes nothing to your device; it reads a single local-storage key — umami.disabled — solely to respect anyone who has turned collection off. That read is strictly necessary to honour your objection, so it does not depend on consent. What Umami receives is described in the Privacy Policy.
To turn collection off in this browser, set the local-storage key umami.disabled to 1 in your browser's developer tools. You may also object by writing to info@esad.pt.
Third-party content
Some pages include YouTube or Vimeo videos; the Erasmus partner-schools page shows a map whose tiles are served by CARTO. We request this content in cookie-free mode — YouTube videos from youtube-nocookie.com and Vimeo videos with "do not track" enabled — and we have confirmed that neither the videos nor the map stores or reads information on your device. They therefore do not appear in the tables above and do not depend on your consent.
What does happen is different: when you open one of those pages, your IP address is disclosed to the content provider, which applies its own policies. Who receives what is described in the Privacy Policy.
Changes
This policy carries its own version, shown at the top, and is updated whenever we add or remove a tool.