Cookies Policy

1. What are cookies? As is common practice with almost all professional websites, our website www.casasdosmilagres.pt (hereinafter referred to as "Site") uses cookies, which are small files downloaded to your computer, to enhance your experience. This page describes what information these cookies collect, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, though this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the Site’s functionality.

2. How do we use cookies? We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry-standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this Site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

3. Disabling cookies You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser's Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this Site and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in disabling certain functionalities and features of this Site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

4. The cookies we set

a) Account-related cookies If you create an account with us, we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out; however, in some cases, they may remain afterward to remember your preferences when logged out.

b) Login-related cookies We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this action. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

c) Email newsletter-related cookies This Site offers newsletter or email subscription services, and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications that might only be valid for subscribed/unsubscribed users.

d) Orders processing-related cookies This Site offers e-commerce or payment facilities, and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.

e) Survey-related cookies Periodically, we offer surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, useful tools, or to better understand our user base. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already participated in a survey or to provide accurate results after you change pages.

f) Form-related cookies When you submit data through a form, such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

g) Site preferences cookies To provide you with a great experience on this Site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this Site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be recalled whenever you interact with a page affected by your preferences.

h) Third-Party Cookies In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. Specifically, this Site uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web, to help us understand how you use the Site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit, so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on GA4 cookies, see the official GA4 page.

From time to time, we test new features and make subtle changes to how the Site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience while on the Site, while ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most. As we sell services, it’s important for us to understand statistics about how many visitors to our Site actually make a purchase, and as such, this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and service costs to ensure the best possible price.

5. User Commitment The user agrees to make appropriate use of the content and information that “Casas dos Milagres” offers on the Site, including but not limited to: a) Not engaging in activities that are illegal or contrary to good faith and public order; b) Not disseminating propaganda or content of a racist, xenophobic nature, or related to gambling, any kind of pornography, support of terrorism, or against human rights; c) Not causing damage to the physical (hardware) and logical (software) systems of “Casas dos Milagres”, its partners, suppliers, or third parties, by introducing or spreading computer viruses or any other hardware or software systems that are capable of causing the aforementioned damage.

6. More information We hope that we have clarified things for you, and as mentioned before, if there is something that you are not sure whether you need or not, it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it interacts with one of the features you use on our Site.

This policy is effective from 1 August 2024.