Cookies Policy
BESTOFGIFTS - INTERNACIONAL GIFTS, UNIPESSOAL LDA
1. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on the user’s device when visiting a website. They are used, for example, to ensure the technical functioning of the site, remember preferences, measure performance and, where authorised, support analytical or advertising functionalities.
2. Who is responsible for processing
The entity responsible for the website and the management of cookies is BESTOFGIFTS - INTERNACIONAL GIFTS, UNIPESSOAL LDA, with registered office at Zona Industrial da Poupa 2, Rua B n.º 92, 4780-321 - Santo Tirso, NIPC/NIF 509 896 812 and contact [email protected].
3. What types of cookies we may use
The following types of cookies may be used on our website:
a) Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies essential for the technical functioning of the website and the provision of basic functionalities, such as navigation, security, session authentication, load balancing, shopping cart, form completion or essential technical preferences.
b) Preference cookies
These allow the user’s choices to be remembered, such as language, location, display format or other non-essential settings.
c) Analytical or statistical cookies
These allow the collection of statistical information about the use of the website, such as pages visited, traffic source, time spent and browsing behaviour, in order to improve performance and user experience.
d) Marketing or advertising cookies
These may be used to measure campaigns, limit advertising repetition, create audiences, personalise communications and present more relevant promotional content.
4. Basis for the use of cookies
Strictly necessary cookies may be used without prior consent, insofar as they are essential for the functioning of the website or the provision of a service expressly requested by the user.
Preference, analytical and marketing cookies will only be activated after prior, free, specific, informed and unambiguous consent of the user, where legally required.
5. Consent management
At the time of the first visit to the website, the user may choose between:
- accepting all cookies;
- rejecting all non-essential cookies;
- configuring their preferences by category.
The refusal of non-essential cookies will be presented clearly and simply, under conditions equivalent to acceptance. The user may, at any time, change or withdraw their consent through the cookie management tool available on the website.
6. When cookies are activated
Non-strictly necessary cookies will not be installed on the user’s device before the corresponding choice and consent, where such consent is required by law. Continued browsing alone shall not be considered valid consent.
7. Third-party cookies
The website may use third-party services, including statistical tools, maps, embedded videos, advertising platforms, social networks or technical integrations.
These third parties may place their own cookies, in accordance with their respective privacy and cookie policies.
Where this occurs, Best Of Gifts will seek to provide appropriate information regarding:
- identity of the third party;
- purpose of the cookie;
- duration;
- category;
- need for consent.
8. Duration of cookies
Cookies may be:
- session cookies, which are deleted when the browser is closed;
- persistent cookies, which remain on the device for a defined period or until deleted by the user.
The updated list of cookies used, their purpose and duration should be included in the consent management tool or in a dedicated table on this page.
9. How to disable cookies in the browser
The user may additionally block or delete cookies through their browser settings.
Disabling strictly necessary cookies may compromise the proper functioning of certain areas of the website.
10. Personal data protection
Whenever cookies involve the processing of personal data, such processing will be carried out in accordance with our Privacy Policy, based on an appropriate legal basis and only for the period necessary for the defined purposes.
11. Updates to this policy
This Cookie Policy may be revised at any time, namely for legal, technical or operational reasons. The most recent version will always be the one published on the website.