LEGAL
Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how gabrieldeavilabatista.com uses cookies and similar technologies, what they do, when they may be used and how you can control them.
Last updated: 6 October 2026
AT A GLANCE
This website is designed to minimise unnecessary tracking. Cookies may be used for essential WordPress functions, authorised administration, forms and other features that require them.
Advertising or behavioural-profiling cookies are not part of the intended website configuration.
Optional analytics or third-party technologies should not be introduced without updating this policy and, where required, providing an appropriate consent mechanism.
ON THIS PAGE
- 1. Overview
- 2. What cookies are
- 3. How this website uses them
- 4. Cookie & technology register
- 5. Optional technologies & consent
- 6. Forms
- 7. Comments
- 8. Administration cookies
- 9. Third-party content & links
- 10. Managing cookies
- 11. Changes & contact
This policy should be read together with the Privacy Policy.
01
Overview
Cookies and similar technologies can support essential website functions, remember preferences, protect forms and sessions, or measure how a website is used. They can also be used for advertising or profiling, although this website is not intended to use advertising or behavioural-profiling cookies.
The aim of this website is to use only the technologies reasonably required for its operation and the features you choose to use. Where a technology is optional and applicable law requires consent, it should not be activated before that consent is obtained.
Important: cookie behaviour can change when WordPress, the theme, plugins, hosting services or site features are updated. For that reason, this policy distinguishes between ordinary visitor use, authorised administration and technologies that are conditional on a feature being enabled.
02
What are cookies and similar technologies?
A cookie is a small piece of information that a website can store on your device and read again later. Similar technologies may include local storage, session storage or other mechanisms that store or access information on a browser or device.
First-party
Set or accessed by this website or its own technical infrastructure.
Third-party
Set or accessed by another service integrated into a webpage or feature.
Session
Generally kept only for the current browser session.
Persistent
Remain for a defined period or until removed, depending on their configuration.
03
How this website uses cookies
The categories below describe the purposes for which cookies or similar technologies may be relevant to this website.
STRICTLY NECESSARY
Core operation, security & requested features
Technologies that are necessary to provide a function you request, maintain a secure session, support authorised administration or operate a feature that cannot work without them.
FUNCTIONAL / PREFERENCES
Remembering optional choices
These may be used only where a feature remembers an optional preference. Whether consent is required depends on the feature, purpose and applicable law.
ANALYTICS / PERFORMANCE
Measuring website use
No optional analytics technology should be activated without first reviewing its data flow, updating this policy and implementing consent controls where required.
ADVERTISING / PROFILING
Not part of the intended site configuration
This website is not intended to use cookies for behavioural advertising, remarketing or cross-site profiling.
04
Cookie & technology register
The table below records technologies that are built into WordPress or may be used by features currently included in the site. A conditional entry does not mean that the cookie is set on every visit or that the associated feature is enabled.
| Cookie / technology | Provider / context | Purpose | Category | Typical duration | When used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
wordpress_[hash]wordpress_sec_[hash]wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | WordPress | Authentication and logged-in session management. | Strictly necessary | Varies with login/session settings | Authorised logged-in users only |
wp-settings-* | WordPress | Remember administration-interface preferences for a logged-in user. | Functional / administration | Varies with WordPress configuration | Authorised users |
wordpress_test_cookie | WordPress | Checks whether the browser supports cookies. | Strictly necessary / technical | Temporary / session | Login or cookie-test context |
wp_lang | WordPress | Stores the selected language for the WordPress login interface. | Functional / administration | Session | Login context |
srfm_partial_resume_<form id> | SureForms | Allows a visitor to resume a partly completed form. | Necessary to save-and-resume feature | 7 days | Only if that feature is enabled |
comment_author_{HASH}comment_author_email_{HASH}comment_author_url_{HASH} | WordPress comments | Remembers commenter details for convenience on a future comment. | Functional / optional | A little under one year | Only if comments are enabled and the visitor opts in |
Technical names may contain hashes, identifiers or prefixes that vary by installation. Hosting, security or anti-abuse infrastructure may also use technically necessary mechanisms that are not represented by a stable public cookie name.
05
Optional technologies & consent
If an optional technology is introduced that requires consent, it should remain inactive until an appropriate choice is made. Where a preference tool is available, visitors should be able to reject optional technologies as well as accept them and later change or withdraw their choice.
DESIGN PRINCIPLE
Consent should be specific, informed and based on an active choice. Optional categories should not rely on pre-selected consent, and access to ordinary website content should not depend on accepting unnecessary tracking.
If optional analytics, embedded media, maps, advertising technology or another third-party service is added in the future, this policy should be updated to identify the provider, purpose, retention period and consent status before the technology is treated as part of the normal site configuration.
06
Forms
The contact page uses SureForms. Form submissions concern personal data and are described primarily in the Privacy Policy.
SureForms can provide optional features that use cookies or interact with third-party services. For example, its save-and-resume feature can use a seven-day cookie so that a partially completed form can be continued later. This cookie is relevant only when that feature is enabled.
Anti-spam, CAPTCHA, payment, address-autocomplete or other integrations may involve additional third parties if they are enabled. Such integrations should be reviewed individually before use and added to this policy when relevant.
08
WordPress administration cookies
WordPress uses authentication and preference cookies for authorised users who sign into the website administration area. These cookies support account authentication, logged-in sessions and administration-interface preferences.
They are not intended as advertising or behavioural-tracking cookies for ordinary visitors. A person who only browses the public website does not become a WordPress administrator and does not receive administration cookies simply because the site uses WordPress.
09
Third-party content & external links
The website contains links to external professional and academic services such as LinkedIn, ORCID, Google Scholar and other external resources. A normal hyperlink does not by itself mean that the external service sets a cookie on this website; its own privacy and cookie practices become relevant when you visit that external service.
Embedded content is different. A video player, map, social feed or other embedded third-party component may contact its provider while the page is loading and may use cookies or similar technologies. If such components are introduced, they should be reviewed and documented before being treated as part of the normal site experience.
10
Managing cookies in your browser
Most browsers allow you to view, delete or block cookies and other site data. The exact controls depend on your browser and device. You can normally find them under privacy, security or site-data settings.
Blocking technically necessary cookies may prevent some functions from working correctly, particularly login, session or feature-specific functions. Removing a cookie may also remove the preference or session information that it was designed to remember.
If the website displays a cookie-preference control for optional technologies, you can also use that control to review or change the choices it manages.
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Changes to this policy & contact
This Cookie Policy may be updated when the website, its plugins, its hosting environment or the services integrated into it change. The date at the top of this page indicates the latest revision.
If you have a question about cookies, privacy or the way this website handles information, contact:
Gabriel de Avila BatistaContact, Project & Opportunity Enquiries(Copy)
This page is intended to provide clear information about website technologies and privacy choices. It does not replace legal advice for a specific situation.
07
Blog comments
If commenting is enabled on a post, WordPress may offer visitors the choice to save their name, email address and website in convenience cookies so that these details do not need to be entered again on a future comment.
These comment-preference cookies are optional and should be set only after the visitor actively chooses the relevant option. If comments remain disabled, these cookies are not relevant to ordinary visitors.