Privacy and cookies policy

CVR – Centro para a Valorização de Resíduos collects, through cookies, as much information as possible about its users in order to provide a personalized service and enable a better browsing experience.

Cookies are small information files placed on your electronic device (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) that can perform various functions, such as storing user preferences for certain types of information or recording details about your visit to this website.

What are cookies?

Cookies are files containing small amounts of information that are downloaded to the browser used when accessing any website you visit.

Their main purpose is to recognize users during their visits to a website and identify their configuration preferences, enabling secure and private sessions, preventing unauthorized access attempts, and ensuring appropriate data protection as required by law.

The use of cookies on the internet is common practice and does not harm users’ computers or other web-enabled devices.

What are cookies used for?

Cookies perform a variety of functions. In particular, they help website administrators and content managers better understand how websites are used, facilitate navigation, store user preferences, and generally improve the browsing experience. They also help ensure that websites present relevant content to users.

As such, cookies are an important tool for the continuous improvement of the user experience.

What types of cookies do we use?

CVR uses temporary cookies to maximize the security of its services and ensure the optimal delivery of online services.

CVR does not use cookies to track internet browsing activity outside CVR websites, nor does it use cookies to collect personal or confidential information that could be accessed by any other website. CVR also does not carry out marketing activities or distribute information based on cookies without prior authorization.

Accordingly, CVR uses cookie information for the following purposes:

  • To store user data and configuration settings and prevent unauthorized access attempts;
  • To ensure the privacy of restricted-access areas;
  • To collect information about the most relevant pages for users, including access and visit volumes;
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of advertising, promotional, or informational campaigns with a view to continuous improvement.

The following purposes are expressly excluded:

  • Storing information that allows personal identification of users;
  • Tracking user activity after leaving the CVR website;
  • Using data stored in cookies without consent where such consent is legally required.

How can you manage cookies?

By continuing to browse the CVR website, CVRESIDUOS.PT, and unless you have disabled cookies, you agree to their use on the device and browser you are using, in accordance with this Cookie Policy. If you choose to disable cookies, some or all website functionalities may become unavailable, which may negatively affect your browsing experience.

At any time, you may control how cookies are stored in your browser or remove them through your browser settings. Please note that changing these settings may affect the proper and full functionality of the CVR website.

What happens if you disable cookies in your browser?

Most modern browsers allow users to accept or reject cookies. This is a global setting that applies to all websites you visit.

If you disable cookie storage in your browser, you will no longer accept cookies from the websites you access.

How to enable or disable cookies

If you wish to change your browser settings or disable cookies, you can do so using the options available in your browser.

Please note that disabling cookies may prevent some website features from functioning correctly and may affect your browsing experience.

Internet Explorer v6.x or later

  • Select Tools from the main menu at the top of the screen;
  • Select Internet Options;
  • Select Privacy and then Advanced under the Settings section;
  • Change the cookie settings as required;
  • Enable or disable cookies by selecting Accept or Reject;
  • Enable or disable third-party cookies by selecting Accept or Reject;
  • Enable or disable the option Always allow session cookies;
  • Click OK.

Firefox v9 or later

  • Select Tools from the main menu;
  • Select Options;
  • Select Privacy;
  • Under History, locate the option Firefox will:;
  • Choose Remember history or Never remember history;
  • You can customize settings by selecting Use custom settings for history and enabling or disabling Accept cookies from websites;
  • Click OK.

Google Chrome v24 or later

  • Select Customize and Control Google Chrome;
  • Select Settings;
  • Select Advanced Settings;
  • Under Privacy, select Content Settings;
  • Choose Block sites from setting any data or Allow local data to be set;
  • Enable or disable Block third-party cookies and site data as required;
  • Click OK.