Cookie Policy

Last updated: 19 October 2026

1. Identification of the website owner

This website, available at https://valevinagre.eu, is owned by:

• Entity: Philippe Albert Beernaert

• Company/tax number (NIPC/NIF): 242568920

• Registered office: Vale Vinagre 101X, 8375-029 São Bartolomeu de Messines, Silves

• Email: info@valevinagre.eu

• Telephone: +351 966 163 761

Hereinafter referred to as the “Company”.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on the user’s device (computer, smartphone or tablet) when they visit a website.

Cookies make it possible to:

• Ensure the technical operation of the website;

• Remember the user’s preferences;

• Improve the browsing experience;

• Collect statistical information;

• Show personalised content and advertising;

• Measure the effectiveness of campaigns and services.

For the purposes of this policy, the term “cookies” also includes similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, web beacons, local storage and equivalent identifiers.

3. Legal basis

The use of cookies is governed, in particular, by:

• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR);

• Portuguese Law no. 41/2004 of 18 August, as amended;

• Portuguese Law no. 58/2019 of 8 August;

• The ePrivacy Directive and other applicable legislation.

Strictly necessary cookies may be used without prior consent.

All other cookies will only be placed after the user’s free, specific, informed and unambiguous consent.

4. What types of cookies do we use?

4.1 Strictly necessary cookies

These are essential for the website to work and cannot be switched off in our systems.

Examples:

• Session management;

• Security and authentication;

• Remembering cookie consent;

• Fraud prevention.

4.2 Preference cookies

These remember the user’s choices, such as language, region or display preferences.

No preference cookies are used on this website: the language choice is part of the page address, not stored in a cookie.

4.3 Analytics or statistics cookies

These collect statistical information about how the website is used, helping us understand how visitors interact with its pages.

These cookies are only used after consent.

This website does not use analytics cookies. If they are ever enabled (e.g. Google Analytics), this policy will be updated and your consent requested first.

4.4 Marketing and advertising cookies

These make it possible to show relevant advertising, measure campaigns and build usage profiles.

These cookies are only placed with prior consent.

No marketing or advertising cookies are used on this website. If that ever changes, this policy will be updated and consent requested first.

4.5 Third-party cookies

Some pages of this website show maps from Google Maps, provided by Google Ireland Limited. A map is only loaded after you accept cookies or click “Show the map”; until then, the page sends no request to Google.

Once a map is loaded, Google may set or read its own cookies (service operation, security and preferences), under its policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies. If you reject cookies you can still see the location through the “Open in Google Maps” link.

5. Consent management

When the user visits the website for the first time, a banner or consent management platform is shown, allowing them to:

• Accept all cookies;

• Reject all non-essential cookies;

• Set preferences by category.

The user may change or withdraw consent at any time through:

• the “Manage cookies” link in the footer of this website;

• their browser settings.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

6. How to disable cookies in your browser

The user can manage or delete cookies directly in their browser.

Useful links:

• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-GB/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop

• Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

• Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09

• Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Disabling certain cookies may affect how well the website works.

7. International data transfers

Whenever the use of cookies involves transferring data outside the European Economic Area, the Company ensures that such transfers are made with appropriate safeguards, including:

• Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission;

• Adequacy decisions;

• Other legally permitted safeguards.

Examples of entities that may receive data:

• Google Ireland Limited (Google Maps), which may transfer data to Google LLC in the United States under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses.

8. Data retention

Cookies may remain on the user’s device:

• Session cookies: deleted when the browser is closed;

• Persistent cookies: kept for the period shown in the table above.

Data collected through cookies will only be kept for as long as necessary for the respective purposes and in accordance with the privacy policy.

9. User rights

Under the GDPR, the user may exercise the following rights:

• Right of access;

• Right to rectification;

• Right to erasure;

• Right to restriction of processing;

• Right to object;

• Right to data portability;

• Right to withdraw consent.

To exercise these rights, the user may contact:

• Email: info@valevinagre.eu

• Address: Vale Vinagre 101X, 8375-029 São Bartolomeu de Messines, Silves

If the user considers that their rights have not been respected, they may lodge a complaint with the Portuguese data protection authority:

Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD) Av. D. Carlos I, 134 – 1.º 1200-651 Lisboa www.cnpd.pt

10. Changes to this Cookie Policy

The Company reserves the right to change this Cookie Policy at any time.

Changes take effect once published on the website.

We recommend checking this page periodically.