Cookie Policy

Vala e Vieira, Lda uses a set of cookies in order to allow for improved performance of the website and better user experience. The necessary cookies are stored in your browser as they are essential for basic functionality. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored on your browser, with your consent.

Deactivating some of these cookies is optional and may affect your browsing experience. Please note that if necessary cookies are disabled or removed, not all features of the website may function as intended.

What Is A Cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. These files are stored on your device when you visit our website. These cookies help the site to function correctly, more securely as well as providing a better user experience.

How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses necessary and third-party cookies for a variety of purposes.
Necessary cookies are mainly useful for the website to function correctly, and do not collect any personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are primarily for understanding how the website works, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing you with advertisements that are relevant to you and, above all, providing you with a better user experience and helping to speed up your future interactions with our site.

What types of cookies do we use?
Each cookie stored contains anonymous information, which allows us to determine the interest and number of users who visit our website:

Analytics, are used to understand how visitors interact with the site. These cookies help provide information about metrics, the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Preference, they collect information about user choices and preferences, allowing us to remember history, activity, language, location and other local settings in order to improve search and site presentation and navigation.
Performance, are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the site, which helps to provide a better user experience for visitors.
Statistics, store information such as the number of website visitors, the number of unique visitors, which website pages were visited, the source of the visit, etc. This data helps us to understand and analyze the performance of the site and identify any situation that needs improvement.
Security, security cookies are used in security controls and verifications.
Functional, these cookies help to perform certain features such as sharing website content on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
Necessary, these cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionality and security features anonymously and allow users to browse this site and use its applications, as well as access security areas within the site itself. In technical terms, cookies of this type are necessary for the correct functioning of some areas of the website, in the absence of these cookies, the website or some areas of it may not function correctly. These cookies are always used, regardless of user preferences.
Unnecessary, any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the correct functioning of the website and that are used specifically to collect personal data from the user through analytics, advertisements and other embedded content are called unnecessary cookies. It is mandatory to obtain the user’s consent before executing these cookies on the website.

How can I Control cookie preferences?
Accepting or deactivating cookies can be done at any time by configuring your browser and computer preferences.
Browsers store cookies and in turn some data for which we cannot assume any responsibility.
Different browsers offer different methods to block or delete cookies used by websites. You can change your browser settings to block or delete cookies within the browser itself.