Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how DECOR PITA – MATERIAIS DE CONSTRUÇÃO, S.A., hereinafter referred to as “Decorpita”, uses cookies and similar technologies on the website www.decorpita.pt, hereinafter referred to as the “Website”.

This Policy explains:

a) What cookies are;

b) What categories of cookies may be used;

c) The purposes for which cookies are used;

d) Who may place or access cookies;

e) How long cookies may remain stored;

f) How Users may accept, reject, configure or withdraw their choices;

g) How to obtain further information concerning the processing of personal data.

 

This Policy should be read together with Decorpita’s Privacy and Data Protection Policy and Website Terms of Use.

The Website is owned and operated by:

DECOR PITA – MATERIAIS DE CONSTRUÇÃO, S.A.

Registered office:
Estrada do Casal da Coxa, no. 2
2600-056 Rondulha
Vila Franca de Xira
Portugal

Corporate and taxpayer identification number: 503 150 541
Telephone: +351 263 287 320
General email: geral@decorpita.pt
Data protection: privacidade@decorpita.pt
Website: www.decorpita.pt

Full corporate details are available in the Legal Notice and Corporate Information.

Cookies are small files or sets of information that may be stored in the browser or device used to access a website.

Cookies may be used to:

a) Support the technical operation of Website pages;

b) Maintain browsing security;

c) Remember choices or preferences;

d) Recognise a browsing session;

e) Enable specific tools or functionality;

f) Produce statistics concerning Website use;

g) Integrate third-party content or services.

 

Some cookies are deleted when the User closes the browser. Other cookies may remain stored for a predefined period or until deleted by the User.

For the purposes of this Policy, the term “cookies” may also include technologies serving similar functions, including:

a) Browser local storage;

b) Session identifiers;

c) Pixels or electronic tags;

d) Scripts;

e) Device identifiers;

f) Technologies incorporated into external content;

g) Other mechanisms that store or access information on the User’s device.

 

Where legally required, these technologies will be subject to the same transparency, necessity and consent requirements as cookies.

Cookies may be classified according to the entity that places or manages them.

 

5.1. 5.1. First-party cookies

First-party cookies are placed directly through Decorpita’s domain or by a service provider acting on Decorpita’s behalf.

These cookies may be used for technical operation, security, preference management and delivery of Website functionality.

 

5.2. 5.2. Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies are placed or managed by entities other than Decorpita, including providers of:

a) Chatbot technology;

b) Embedded content;

c) Mapping services;

d) Videos;

e) Social media services;

f) Analytics and Website usage measurement tools;

g) Other technology integrated into the Website.

 

Third-party cookies may enable the relevant provider to recognise the User’s browser or device in accordance with its own policies and settings.

Decorpita will seek to identify, through the cookie preference panel, the third parties placing or accessing cookies through the Website and, where applicable, their purposes and retention periods.

Strictly necessary cookies may be used without prior consent where their sole purpose is to transmit a communication over an electronic communications network or where they are indispensable to provide a service expressly requested by the User.

Other cookies, including non-essential functionality, analytics, statistics, personalisation, advertising and external service cookies, will only be activated after the applicable User choice or consent has been obtained.

Where consent is required, Decorpita will seek to ensure that it is:

a) Freely given;

b) Specific;

c) Informed;

d) Unambiguous;

e) Provided through a positive action;

f) Recorded so that the relevant choice can be demonstrated;

g) As easy to withdraw as it was to provide.

 

Continued browsing, silence, inactivity or preselected settings will not, in themselves, constitute consent to non-essential cookies.

The Website may use the categories described below.

 

7.1. 7.1. Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation, security and basic functionality of the Website.

They may be used to:

a) Transmit information through a communications network;

b) Support the technical display of Website pages;

c) Distribute traffic across servers;

d) Prevent abusive or malicious use;

e) Maintain browsing security;

f) Remember the User’s cookie choices;

g) Enable functionality expressly requested by the User;

h) Maintain technical session information.

 

Rejecting or blocking these cookies may prevent certain areas of the Website from operating correctly.

Strictly necessary cookies will not be used for advertising, commercial profiling or behavioural marketing analysis.

 

7.2. 7.2. Functionality and preference cookies

These cookies allow the Website to remember User choices and adapt certain functionality.

They may be used to:

a) Remember the selected language;

b) Store display settings;

c) Remember browsing preferences;

d) Prevent repetitive notices;

e) Adapt the presentation of functionality.

 

Where they are not strictly necessary for a service requested by the User, these cookies will only be activated after consent.

Rejecting these cookies may restrict certain functionality without necessarily preventing general access to the Website.

 

7.3. 7.3. Analytics and statistical cookies

These cookies may be used to understand, on an aggregated basis, how the Website is used.

They may enable Decorpita to:

a) Count visits;

b) Identify the most frequently viewed pages;

c) Understand browsing paths;

d) Identify technical errors;

e) Measure page performance;

f) Obtain general information concerning devices and browsers;

g) Improve Website structure, operation and content.

 

As at the preparation date of this Policy, Decorpita is confirming with its IT department whether an analytics or Website usage measurement tool will be implemented.

Where such a tool is implemented, the relevant cookies will only be activated after the applicable consent has been obtained, unless the selected solution does not store or access information on the User’s device and does not process personal data in a manner requiring consent.

The relevant provider, purposes and retention periods will be made available through the cookie preference panel before activation.

 

7.4. 7.4. Chatbot cookies

The Website will provide a chatbot intended to facilitate access to information and initial contact with Decorpita.

Depending on the selected technical solution, the chatbot may use cookies or similar identifiers to:

a) Start and maintain the conversation session;

b) Associate messages with the same interaction;

c) Maintain tool security;

d) Prevent abusive use;

e) Remember conversation status;

f) Diagnose technical failures;

g) Remember certain User choices.

 

Cookies strictly required to provide a conversation expressly initiated by the User may be activated when the User opens or uses the chatbot.

Where the provider uses additional cookies for analytics, personalisation, system training or improvement, advertising, cross-site tracking or other non-essential purposes, such cookies will remain blocked until the applicable consent has been obtained.

Before the chatbot becomes operational, Decorpita will confirm:

a) The chatbot provider;

b) The cookies and technologies used;

c) The purpose of each cookie;

d) The applicable duration;

e) The location of processing;

f) The use of subprocessors;

g) Any transfer of data outside the European Economic Area.

 

7.5. 7.5. External content cookies

The Website may embed third-party content or services, including:

a) Maps;

b) Vídeos;

c) Digital catalogues;

d) Social media publications;

e) Appointment tools;

f) Content provided by manufacturers or business partners.

 

Such services may place cookies or collect information concerning the User’s device and browsing activity.

Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, external content will remain blocked until the User provides the relevant consent.

Users may be informed that specific content will only become available after they accept the applicable cookie category.

 

7.6. 7.6. Advertising and marketing cookies

At the initial publication date of this Policy, Decorpita does not intend to use cookies for:

a) Personalised advertising;

b) Cross-site tracking;

c) Advertising profile creation;

d) Behavioural campaign measurement;

e) Remarketing or retargeting.

 

Where such cookies are introduced, this Policy and the cookie preference panel will be updated before their activation.

Advertising and marketing cookies may only be placed after the User has provided specific consent.

Cookies may be classified according to their duration.

 

8.1. 8.1. Session cookies

Session cookies remain active during the browsing session and are generally deleted when the User closes the browser.

 

8.2. 8.2. Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies remain stored for a predefined period, including after the browser has been closed.

The duration of each cookie should be proportionate to its purpose.

Where technically possible, the cookie preference panel should identify:

a) The specific cookie duration;

b) Whether it is a session cookie;

c) Its expiry date or condition;

d) The entity responsible for the cookie;

e) The purpose for which it is used.

On the User’s first visit, the Website should provide a cookie preference panel that enables an effective choice concerning non-essential cookies.

The panel should provide clear and accessible options to:

a) Accept all;

b) Reject non-essential cookies;

c) Manage preferences;

d) Read this Cookie Policy.

 

Non-essential options should not be selected in advance.

Users should be able to access the Website after rejecting non-essential cookies, subject to any functionality that genuinely depends on such cookies.

No non-essential cookies should be placed where the User has not made the relevant choice.

Where applicable, the panel should also provide information concerning:

a) The categories of cookies used;

b) The relevant providers;

c) Their purposes;

d) Retention periods;

e) Whether cookies are first-party or third-party;

f) Any international data transfers.

When selecting “Manage preferences”, Users should be able to decide separately for each applicable category.

The recommended structure is:

• Strictly necessary cookies — always active;
• Functionality and preference cookies — optional;
• Analytics and statistical cookies — optional;
• External content cookies — optional;
• Advertising and marketing cookies — optional, if introduced.

Acceptance of one category will not constitute acceptance of any other category.

The descriptions provided through the panel should enable Users to understand the consequences of accepting or rejecting each category.

Users may change or withdraw their choices at any time.

The Website should therefore provide a permanent option such as:

“Manage cookies”

or

“Cookie preferences”

This option should remain accessible through the Website footer or another permanent and easily identifiable location.

Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of cookie use before the withdrawal.

Following withdrawal, non-essential cookies will cease to be used. Where technically possible, cookies already stored should be deleted or rendered inactive.

Consent must be as easy to withdraw as it is to grant.

Decorpita may retain a technical record of the User’s choices in order to:

a) Remember the selected preferences;

b) Avoid repeatedly displaying the panel;

c) Demonstrate that consent was obtained;

d) Identify the version of the panel and Policy presented;

e) Enable subsequent changes or withdrawal.

 

The record may include:

a) The date and time of the choice;

b) Categories accepted or rejected;

c) Policy and panel version;

d) A technical identifier that does not directly identify the User by name;

e) The preference expiry date.

 

The record will be limited to the information necessary to manage and demonstrate the choices made.

Decorpita may request updated preferences where:

a) The retention period for the User’s choice expires;

b) New cookies or providers are introduced;

c) The purposes of use change;

d) This Policy or the panel is materially amended;

e) Consent must be renewed for legal or technical reasons;

f) The User deletes cookies from their browser;

g) The previously recorded choice cannot be retrieved.

 

The duration of the cookie or identifier used to remember preferences should be stated in the cookie preference panel.

Users may also manage or delete cookies through their browser settings.

Browsers generally allow Users to:

a) View installed cookies;

b) Delete individual cookies;

c) Delete all cookies;

d) Block third-party cookies;

e) Block all cookies;

f) Receive warnings before cookies are placed;

g) Apply different rules to specific websites.

 

Blocking all cookies may affect the operation of certain pages or functionality.

Deleting cookies may also delete the stored preference, causing the cookie panel to be displayed again.

Browser settings may not fully replace the Website preference panel, particularly where separate categories or technologies must be managed.

Third-party cookies are also subject to the policies and terms of the relevant providers.

Decorpita does not independently control how third parties use information outside the documented instructions issued to them.

Before integrating an external service, Decorpita will seek to assess:

a) The cookies and technologies used;

b) The purposes of processing;

c) Retention periods;

d) Server locations;

e) Subprocessors;

f) International data transfers;

g) Configuration and blocking options;

h) Security and confidentiality safeguards.

 

The use of a third-party service may also be subject to its respective terms of use and privacy policy.

As at the preparation date of this Policy, Decorpita does not expect personal data to be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area.

This position must, however, be confirmed following the identification and validation of the providers of:

a) Hosting services;

b) Technical maintenance;

c) Chatbot services;

d) Analytics services;

e) Embedded content;

f) Other technology services.

 

Where a third-party cookie or service involves an international transfer, Decorpita will ensure that an appropriate legal transfer mechanism is in place and will update this Policy and the cookie preference panel where necessary.

Certain cookies may not directly identify an individual by name but may be associated with:

a) IP addresses;

b) Device identifiers;

c) Session identifiers;

d) Usage logs;

e) Preferences;

f) Browser or device information.

 

Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, the relevant processing will also be governed by Decorpita’s Privacy and Data Protection Policy and applicable data protection law.

Data subject requests may be submitted to:

privacidade@decorpita.pt

Decorpita will implement technical and organisational measures considered appropriate to protect information collected through cookies and similar technologies.

Such measures may include:

a) Access restrictions;

b) Secure cookie configuration;

c) Encrypted connections;

d) Service provider controls;

e) Technical updates;

f) Defined retention periods;

g) Prevention of unauthorised access;

h) Security incident monitoring.

 

Where technically appropriate, cookies should be configured using suitable security attributes.

Decorpita may amend or update this Policy, including as a result of:

a) Legislative or regulatory changes;

b) Guidance issued by competent authorities;

c) Technical changes to the Website;

d) The introduction or removal of cookies;

e) Changes to service providers;

f) The introduction of analytics tools;

g) A change to the chatbot solution;

h) The integration of external content;

i) Changes to the purposes of use.

 

The updated version will be published on the Website together with the date of the latest update and the applicable version number.

Where an amendment is relevant to previous choices, Users may be asked to provide consent again.

This Policy shall be interpreted in accordance with:

a) Portuguese Law no. 41/2004 of 18 August, as applicable;

b) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — General Data Protection Regulation;

c) Portuguese Law no. 58/2019 of 8 August;

d) Any other applicable Portuguese and European privacy, data protection and electronic communications legislation.

Enquiries concerning this Cookie Policy or the processing of personal data may be submitted to:

DECOR PITA – MATERIAIS DE CONSTRUÇÃO, S.A.

Data protection: privacidade@decorpita.pt
General email: geral@decorpita.pt
Telephone: +351 263 287 320

Last updated: 01.09.2026
Version: 1.0