Cookies Policy

 

This Cookies Policy governs the processing of data, including personal data, of users ("User" or "Users"), collected in the context of the use of Benfica Group websites and applications through cookies, by Sport Lisboa e Benfica (hereinafter "SLB"), as the entity acting as controller for the processing.

This Cookies Policy should be read in conjunction with the Privacy Policy, where SLB explains how we protect the privacy of Users in SLB's use of Cookies and other information.

For any questions about the Cookies Policy, the User may contact SLB through the e-mail linhabenfica@slbenfica.pt.

1. What are cookies?


Cookies are small information files placed by visited websites and stored in the browser of the device used to access the Internet (e.g., computer or cell phone). These files allow for a certain period for the website or application to "remember" the actions and preferences of the Users, namely the username, the chosen language, the font size, and other display settings. Therefore, when you scroll through the pages of a website or application or return to a website or application you have already visited you do not, in principle, must indicate your preferences again. Cookies can also be used to remember passwords so that you don't have to keep entering them.

Benfica Group websites and applications use Cookies to distinguish Users. These technologies help us provide a better experience every time Users navigate SLB websites or applications, allowing us to improve the website or application itself and provide targeted and personalized content, offers, campaigns, promotions, or information to different Users.

2. What type of cookies exist?

 

There are several types of Cookies. Cookies can be classified according to the following characteristics:

a) Cookies Lifespan: 

  • Persistent Cookies - are Cookies that are stored in the Users' access equipment (computer, cell phone, and tablet), even after closing the browser or application. They are used whenever a new visit is made to one of our websites or applications. They are generally used to target navigation to the User's interests, allowing us to provide more personalized service.
     
  • Session Cookies - are temporary Cookies and are deleted from the Cookie file when or shortly after you close your browser or application. The information obtained by these Cookies allows us to analyze web traffic patterns, enabling us to identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.

b) Origins of the Cookies:

  • First-Party Cookies – are Cookies sent to the User's terminal equipment from a device or domain managed by SLB and from which the service requested by the User is provided.
     
  • Third-party Cookies – are Cookies sent to the User's terminal equipment from a device or domain that is not managed by SLB, but by another third-party entity over which SLB has no control.
     

c) Purpose of Cookies:

  • Strictly necessary Cookies – those that are necessary to ensure the functioning of the website and/or to ensure the provision of features that are requested by the User.
     
  • Analytical Cookies - these are Cookies that allow tracking and analysis of User behaviour. They are used to measure activity, to draw up User browsing profiles, to focus efforts on improving the most visited areas and making it easier for the User to find what they are looking for.
     
  • Personalization Cookies - these are of an accessory nature (not necessary for the functioning of the website but may improve its performance) and are used to personalize the User's browsing experience.
     
  • Advertising Cookies - these are the Cookies that allow you to manage, in the most efficient way possible, the advertising spaces found on the website and applications.

3. What type of cookies do we use and for what purposes?

 

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.

Please see the table below for more detailed information regarding the necessary Cookies we use, their functionality and their duration.

3. What type of cookies do we use and for what purposes?

 

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.

Please see below more detailed information regarding the necessary Cookies we use, their functionality and their duration.

Cookie: Route
Retention: Session
Description: A standard cookie used for session stickiness between the organization's public career site generated by Career Site Builder, and pages generated by SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting, such as Candidate Profile.
The cookie is required and can't be disabled.

Cookie: carreerSiteCompanyID
Retention: Session
Description: Used by Akamai to send the request to the correct data center. The cookie is required. If disabled, users can no longer access the site. Career Site Builder cookie.
(Legacy) This cookie is part of the Legacy Site Banner settings, and is used only when you have a legacy site banner enabled.
A number that indicates whether the user has acknowledged the cookies policy banner. If the cookie isn’t set, then the banner may be presented. If they cookie is set and its value is 1, the banner may be suppressed. This cookie persists across user sessions, no matter which type of cookies are enabled sitewide.
Users can disable this cookie through browsers or computer configurations. Once disabled, the cookie banner will always be present.

Cookie: JSESSIONID
Retention: Session
Description: Career Site Builder cookie.
Single cookie placed on the users device during their session so the server can identify the user.
This cookie replaces the RMK0, RMK1, and RMK4 cookies.
This cookie is required for login.

Cookie: LOAD BALANCER COOKIES
PERSIST (Rack-space)
Cookie_j2w (DC10, DC12)
BIGipServer~partitionsaas_prod-<DCnumber>_staging_lb-<randomkey>(DC17, DC19 and all new DCs online after DC19)
Retention: Session
Description: Career Site Builder cookie.
Cookie for session stickiness preventing a user from bouncing from one instance to another. Typically issued by F5.

4. How to manage cookies?


At any time, the User can configure their preferences about the Cookies used on websites and applications that are not strictly necessary at any time, through the tool made available here.

Additionally, most browsers allow control over the Cookies stored on the devices, as well as their immediate deletion if the User wishes to stop allowing the local storage of Cookies. The User can change the settings of his browser through the following links:

  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Internet Explorer
  • Safari
  • Opera
  • Microsoft Edge

The User should, however, be aware that by disabling Cookies through the browser settings you may not have access to certain features of the website and applications, since the settings panel of most modern browsers does not offer a level of detail that allows Users to clear all Cookies that are not strictly necessary to enable the use of the websites you visit.

 




 

Last updated: February, 2024

[1] The Benfica Group is made up of: Sport Lisboa e Benfica, NIPC 500276722; Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD, NIPC 504882066; Sport Lisboa e Benfica SGPS, S.A. NIPC 505270048; Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Multimédia, S.A., NIPC 505564424; Benfica TV, S.A. NIPC 508517494; Benfica FM, S.A. NIPC 514631228; Benfica Estádio - Construção e Gestão de Estádios, S.A., NIPC 505813378; Parque do Benfica - Sociedade Imobiliária, S.A., NIPC 506807410; Clínica do SLB, Unipessoal, Lda. NIPC 508205360; Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Seguros, Mediação de Seguros, Lda. NIPC 508797404; Identiperímetro Sociedade Imobiliária, S.A. NIPC 508992770; Red Up Sports, Lda. NIPC 514395931; Fundação Benfica NIPC 509259740. All of them are based at the Sport Lisboa e Benfica Stadium, Avenida Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, 1500-313, Lisboa.