Last updated: August 4, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how BOCEAN IMMIGRATION PORTUGAL, LDA uses cookies on nif-express.com. We use strictly necessary cookies to operate the service and analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the site.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file stored by your browser when you visit a website. Cookies allow a site to remember your actions and preferences (such as login state) over time, so you don't have to re-enter them on every page.
Cookies we use
| Cookie | Purpose | Type | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
nifexpress_session |
Maintains your logged-in session and the multi-step checkout state. Without this cookie the site cannot function. | Strictly necessary | 8 hours |
nif-consent-v2 |
Records your cookie choice (accepted or declined) so we do not ask again. Kept in your browser's local storage; it is never sent to our servers. | Strictly necessary | 6 months, then we ask again |
nif_utm |
Records the campaign parameters (utm_*, gclid) of the advert you arrived from, so we can tell which advert produced an order. Only written after you accept. |
Advertising measurement | 30 days |
__cf_* |
Set by Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic and protect against DDoS attacks. | Strictly necessary (security) | 30 days |
__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid |
Set by Stripe on the payment page to detect fraud. Only active on the checkout page. | Strictly necessary (payment security) | 1 year / 30 minutes |
_ga, _ga_* |
Set by Google Analytics 4 to distinguish unique visitors and measure site usage. IP addresses are anonymised. Data is processed by Google LLC. See Google's Privacy Policy. | Analytics | 2 years |
_clck |
Set by Microsoft Clarity. Persists the Clarity user ID and preferences, so that visits to this site are attributed to the same pseudonymous ID. Only after you accept, and only on our public information pages. See Microsoft Clarity below. | Analytics | 1 year |
_clsk |
Set by Microsoft Clarity. Connects multiple page views by a visitor into a single session recording. Same conditions as _clck. |
Analytics | 1 day |
CLID |
Third-party cookie listed by Microsoft for Clarity. Identifies the first time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. Same conditions as _clck for when it is set. Withdrawing your consent does not delete it: see Withdrawing below. |
Analytics (third party) | Not stated by Microsoft |
MUID |
Third-party cookie listed by Microsoft for Clarity. Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites; Microsoft states that these cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. Same conditions as _clck for when it is set. Withdrawing your consent does not delete it: see Withdrawing below. |
Analytics (third party) | Not stated by Microsoft |
ANONCHK, MR, SM |
Third-party cookies listed by Microsoft for Clarity, linked to MUID: ANONCHK indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising (Microsoft states that Clarity does not use ANID, so it is always 0); MR indicates whether to refresh MUID; SM is used in synchronising MUID across Microsoft domains. Same conditions as _clck for when it is set. Withdrawing your consent does not delete it: see Withdrawing below. |
Analytics (third party) | Not stated by Microsoft |
Microsoft Clarity (heatmaps and session recordings)
Microsoft Clarity is a service of Microsoft that records how visitors interact with a web page (clicks, taps, scrolling, mouse movement and how the page is rendered) to produce heatmaps and session recordings. We use it for one purpose: to see where visitors get stuck on our public information pages, so we can improve them.
- Only after you accept. Until you accept, Clarity is not loaded: no request is made to Microsoft's Clarity servers and no Clarity cookie is set. We pass your choice to Clarity through its Consent API: analytics storage is granted only if you accept, and advertising storage is always denied.
- Only on public information pages: the home page, About, the Guides, the NIF online information page and the documents checklist. Never on the checkout, payment, client account (portal), sign-in, password-reset, document-upload or order-confirmation pages, nor in the admin area.
- Form fields. Microsoft states that the content of input boxes and drop-down menus is masked in all of Clarity's masking modes and is not uploaded to Clarity.
- Withdrawing. If you withdraw your consent, Clarity is not loaded on any page you open afterwards and we delete the
_clckand_clskcookies. If a page with Clarity is still open in another tab, we also tell Clarity through its Consent API to stop using cookies. The Microsoft third-party cookies listed above are set on Microsoft's domains, not ours: we cannot delete them from this site, and you can remove them in your browser settings. - Retention. Microsoft states that Clarity keeps recordings for 30 days from the time of recording, except favourited recordings and a randomly selected sample, which are kept for up to 9 months.
- Microsoft. Microsoft states that Clarity operates as a data controller and that data is stored in the Microsoft Azure cloud. See Microsoft's Privacy Statement and our Privacy Policy.
Advertising measurement
We advertise our service on Google. To know which adverts lead to an order —
and for no other purpose — we use Google Ads conversion measurement
(_gcl_au and related cookies, set by Google, kept for up to 90 days).
This tells us that an order came from a given advert; it does not build
an advertising profile of you and we do not use it to follow you around other
websites.
What we do not use
We do not use:
- Retargeting or remarketing cookies that follow you across other websites
- Social-network advertising pixels (Facebook/Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.)
- Behavioural profiling cookies for marketing purposes
- Cookies that sell or share your data with third parties for commercial purposes
Cookie consent
Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent under the EU ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC) and Article 5 of Portuguese Law 41/2004. Every other technology on this site is only activated after you accept it in the cookie banner. Until you accept, Google Consent Mode v2 keeps ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization and analytics_storage set to denied, Microsoft Clarity is not loaded at all (it is only ever used on our public information pages, see above), and the nif_utm cookie is not written. We do not rely on legitimate interest for analytics or advertising cookies. If you decline, the service works exactly the same.
ad_personalization stays denied even if you accept, because we use advertising data only to count conversions — never to build audiences or to show you personalised or remarketing adverts.
Your choice is stored in your browser under nif-consent-v2 and expires after six months, when we ask again. You can change or withdraw it at any moment — withdrawing is as easy as giving it: change your cookie choice. You may also write to [email protected] or clear cookies in your browser settings.
Sign-in with an external provider DRAFT
| Cookie | Purpose | Type | Lifetime |
|---|
When you choose Google, Apple or Microsoft, that provider may set its own cookies on its own website, under its own policy. We do not control them.
How to manage cookies
You can disable or delete cookies using your browser settings. Disabling the strictly necessary cookies will prevent you from using the service (you will not be able to log in or complete a checkout).
Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy? Write to [email protected].