Privacy and Cookies Policy

EnduranceTrio is being built to become a reference point for endurance sports in Portugal, starting with triathlon and related multisport disciplines. It combines the preservation and organization of historical data with the goal of also following the present-day development of the sport. Developed as a personal, non-corporate hobby project, EnduranceTrio aims to apply privacy and data protection requirements in a manner proportionate to its actual activities and resources, without prejudice to applicable legal obligations. Any advertising displayed on this website exists to help cover hosting, server, development, promotion, and other related operating costs.

Cookies Policy

This section explains how EnduranceTrio uses cookies and similar technologies on the website, in accordance with the GDPR and Portuguese Law no. 41/2004, as amended.

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They may be used to ensure technical operation, remember user choices, measure traffic, or support advertising.

2. How consent is managed

This website uses consent management mechanisms to obtain the user's explicit consent before non-essential cookies are activated. Users can accept, refuse, or change their preferences at any time.

3. Categories of cookies used

  • Essential: these cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They are typically set only in response to your actions, such as adjusting privacy settings, logging in, or filling in forms. While you can configure your browser to block or notify you about these cookies, doing so may prevent certain parts of the site from working properly. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
  • Functional: these cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
  • Analytics: these cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
  • Marketing: these cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

4. Cookies and technologies currently used

This website uses the following technologies and services:

  • endurancetrio-consent: the consent cookie used to store the user's consent choices. Category: Essential.
  • google-tag-manager (Google Tag Manager): used to load and manage scripts and tags. Category: Essential. Google Tag Manager is used as a technical deployment tool and operates in accordance with the consent preferences chosen by the user.
  • google-analytics (Google Analytics): uses cookies such as _ga, _gid, and _gat to measure visits, page views, and website interaction. Category: Analytics.
  • google-ads (Google advertising services, including Google AdSense): uses cookies such as _gac and _gcl and similar technologies to display ads, limit repetition, measure advertising performance, and, where permitted, personalize ads. Category: Marketing.

5. Legal basis for the use of cookies

Strictly necessary cookies may be used without prior consent where they are essential for the operation of the website. Analytics and advertising cookies are used on the basis of the user's consent.

6. How to change or withdraw consent

You may change your cookie preferences or withdraw your consent at any time through the consent management mechanisms made available on the website. You can also configure your browser to block or delete cookies, although this may affect the proper operation of some website features.

7. Specific information about Google advertising

Google and other third-party vendors may use cookies to serve ads based on previous visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on a user's visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

Users can learn more about how Google uses data and manage advertising preferences through Google's Privacy Policy and Ads Settings.

8. More information about privacy

For more information about the processing of personal data on this website, please see the Privacy Policy section.

Privacy Policy

1. Scope of this policy

This Privacy Policy explains how EnduranceTrio processes personal data in connection with the use of this website, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and applicable Portuguese law, including Law no. 41/2004, as amended.

This website does not provide user accounts and does not intentionally collect registration or profile data. Even so, use of the website may involve the processing of certain technical data and online identifiers, including IP addresses, cookie identifiers, consent choices, browser and device information, and identifiers related to analytics and advertising.

2. Personal data that may be processed

Depending on how you use the website, the following categories of data may be processed:

  • Technical data required to load and operate the website;
  • IP addresses and technical logs related to security and service availability;
  • Consent preferences recorded through the website consent management mechanisms;
  • Analytics data and identifiers associated with Google Analytics;
  • Advertising data and identifiers associated with Google AdSense and Google Tag Manager.

3. Purposes of processing

Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

  • To operate, secure, and maintain the website;
  • To manage and document consent choices regarding cookies and similar technologies;
  • To measure traffic, performance, and website usage through Google Analytics;
  • To display advertising through Google AdSense;
  • To comply with legal obligations and respond to rights requests.

4. Legal bases

Personal data is processed on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • Consent, for non-essential cookies and similar technologies, including analytics and advertising cookies;
  • Legitimate interest, where strictly necessary for security, abuse prevention, technical diagnostics, and basic website administration;
  • Compliance with legal obligations, where applicable.

5. Tools and services used on the website

This website uses the following tools and services:

  • EnduranceTrio consent management mechanisms;
  • Google Tag Manager, to load and manage tags and services;
  • Google Analytics, for website analytics;
  • Google AdSense, to display advertising.

Google services may process personal data in accordance with their own privacy policies and the consent settings chosen by the user.

6. International data transfers

Some service providers used by this website, especially Google services, may involve transfers of personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area. Where that occurs, such transfers are subject to the legal safeguards required by applicable law, including European Commission standard contractual clauses or other valid transfer mechanisms under the GDPR.

7. Data retention

Personal data is kept only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy, taking into account the nature of the data, the technical retention periods of the services involved, and any applicable legal obligations. Consent preferences may be retained while the consent cookie remains valid. More specific information about cookies is available in the Cookies Policy section.

8. Your rights under the GDPR

Under the GDPR, data subjects may, where applicable, exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection, and withdrawal of consent.

Consent can be withdrawn at any time through the consent management mechanisms made available on the website, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before that withdrawal.

9. Privacy contact

For privacy and data protection matters relating to this website, you may contact endurancetrio@endurancetrio.com (contact managed by Ricardo do Canto).

10. Complaints

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese supervisory authority, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), if they believe their personal data is being processed in breach of applicable law.

11. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect legal, technical, or operational changes. The most recent version will always be available on this page.