Last updated: 4 March 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly, improve user experience, analyse traffic, and deliver relevant advertising.
Some cookies are essential for the website to operate. Others are optional and require your consent.
2. How We Use Cookies
At The Sounds of Portuguese, we use the following categories of cookies:
1️⃣ Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable:
- Page navigation
- Security features
- Load balancing
- Cookie consent preferences
These cookies cannot be disabled through our consent tool.
2️⃣ Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website.
These cookies help us measure:
- Pages visited
- Time spent on pages
- Traffic sources
- Device and browser information
This information is anonymised where possible and used solely to improve website performance and content.
Analytics cookies are only activated after user consent in the European Economic Area (EEA).
You can learn more about how Google uses data here:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You may opt out of Google Analytics here:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
3️⃣ Advertising Cookies
We partner with Journey and Grow by Mediavine to manage advertising on this website.
Mediavine and its partners may use:
- Cookies
- Pixels
- Web beacons
- Device identifiers
These technologies may collect information such as:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Pages visited
- Interaction with advertisements
This data is used to:
- Serve personalised ads
- Measure ad performance
- Prevent repetitive ads
- Improve advertising relevance
Users in the EEA are presented with a consent management tool allowing them to accept or reject advertising cookies before they are activated.
For more information about Mediavine’s data practices, please visit:
https://www.mediavine.com/legal-and-privacy-center/
4️⃣ Email & Marketing Cookies
If you subscribe to our newsletter via MailerLite, cookies may be used to track email campaign performance and website interactions after clicking email links.
5️⃣ Social Media Cookies
Our website may include social sharing buttons (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest). These platforms may set cookies when you interact with their features.
We do not control these third-party cookies. Please refer to their individual privacy policies for more information.
3. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website, you are presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customise your preferences
You may change your preferences at any time by accessing the cookie settings link available on our website.
You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality.
4. Log Files
Like most websites, we collect limited information automatically through server log files. This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Internet service provider
- Date and time stamp
- Referring/exit pages
This information is used for security monitoring and website administration.
5. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the cookie practices or content of those websites.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our business practices. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page indicates when this policy was last revised.