COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Last updated March 31, 2024

This Cookies and Similar Technologies Policy is a complementary document to the Freitas Ferraz Privacy Policy, available on this link.
In this document, you will find clear information about what Cookies are, which Cookies we use in our applications, what role they play and how to configure them.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

"Cookies” are small data files (usually encrypted text files) that websites request users' browsers to store, whether on their computer, smartphone or other mobile devices used to access our platforms.

The main purpose of Cookies is to allow the user's browser to “remember” their actions and/or preferences over time, making it possible for websites that apply Cookies to provide faster, more efficient and customized services to users, eliminating the need for repeatedly enter the same information.

Thus, Cookies are used, among other purposes, to identify users, store and remember preferences personalized by the user, help users complete tasks without having to re-enter information when browsing from one website to another or when visiting our platform again. .

We emphasize that we do not collect information and data from users that is not necessary to allow the full and adequate functioning of our platforms and the provision of our services. Furthermore, Freitas Ferraz respects the provisions of the Privacy Policy regarding the treatment and use of information and data collected from users. Therefore, it is essential that users of our platforms carefully read the provisions of our Privacy Policy.

Your browser stores Cookies on your hard drive, but Cookies take up minimal memory space and do not affect your computer's performance. Most information is deleted when you close the session, as you will see in the next topic, but there are several types of Cookies whose storage time can be longer or shorter.

It is important to remember that, although most browsers accept Cookies, users can always configure them according to their preferences, as detailed below.

1.1. TYPES OF COOKIES

Cookies can be classified in several ways.

In relation to your owners, they can be:

Proprietary cookies: are those defined by the website you are currently accessing, whether by us or third parties on our behalf; It is

Third party cookies: are those defined by a party other than the owner of the website you are accessing. If you visit the Freitas Ferraz websites and a third party sets a Cookie through this website, we will be faced with third-party Cookies.

Regarding your lifetime, they can be:

Session or temporary cookies: These are Cookies that expire as soon as you close your browser, ending the session; It is

Persistent Cookies: These are Cookies that remain on your device for a specified period of time or until you delete them.

About goal, they can be:

Strictly necessary cookies: They are essential Cookies that enable navigation in our applications and access to all resources; Without them, our services may perform poorly or not at all. These Cookies do not collect information about you that could be used for marketing purposes and do not record your internet activity. Therefore, this category of Cookies, as they are necessary for our applications to function, cannot be deactivated in our systems or by users;

Performance cookies: are those who collect information about how visitors to our platforms use it. For example, which pages visitors access most and whether they receive error messages from web pages. These Cookies collect anonymous information about the pages visited. All information these Cookies collect is anonymous and only used to improve the way our services work;

Functionality cookies: These are the ones that allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information these Cookies collect may be anonymous and cannot control your browsing activities on other websites;

Targeting or advertising cookies are used to provide advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement, as well as help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. Generally, they are placed on advertising networks with the permission of the website owner. They remember that you visited a particular website, and this information is shared with other organizations, such as advertisers. It is very common for targeting or advertising Cookies to be linked to website functionality provided by other organisations. These Cookies collect information about your browsing habits to make advertising relevant to you and your interests;

Social media cookies: These are Cookies established by a series of social media services that we may add to our platforms so that users can share our content with their friends and acquaintances.

1.2. WHAT ARE SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES?

The functions normally performed by a Cookie may be achieved by other means. This may include, for example, using certain characteristics to identify devices so that visits to a website can be analyzed.

This Policy applies to any technology that stores or accesses information about a user's device. This could include, for example, local storage HTML5, local shared objects, digital printing techniques and other similar technologies implemented by Freitas Ferraz.

This Policy uses the single term “Cookies” to refer to cookies and similar technologies used by Freitas Ferraz, in all contexts of its applications.

2. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?

We use Cookies to provide you with the best experience using our applications, making them easier and more personalized and based on your browsing choices and behavior.

In this sense, we seek to understand how you use our applications to adjust content to make it more relevant to you, in addition to remembering your preferences. Cookies participate in this process, as they store, read and execute the data necessary to fulfill our personalization objective.

3. WHAT TYPE OF COOKIES DO WE USE? 

Below we list all the Cookies that can be used by Freitas Ferraz. It is important to remember that you can manage the permission granted for each Cookie in your browser.

Furthermore, since Cookies capture data about you, we advise you to read our Privacy Policy.

3.1 Strictly necessary cookies

3.2. Performance Cookies

3.3 Functionality cookies

3.4 Advertising Cookies

4. HOW TO MANAGE YOUR COOKIE PREFERENCES

The installation of Cookies is subject to your consent. Although most browsers are initially configured to automatically accept Cookies, you can review your permissions at any time, in order to block them, accept them or activate notifications when some Cookies are sent to your device.

Currently, the first time you access our applications, you will be asked to agree to the installation of Cookies. Only after your acceptance will they be activated.

To this end, we use a system of banner de cookies on the home page of Freitas Ferraz. Therefore, we not only ask for your agreement, but also inform you that continued browsing on our websites will be understood as consent to Freitas Ferraz's cookie practices.

As already mentioned, you can, at any time and at no cost, change permissions, block or refuse Cookies. You can also configure them on a case-by-case basis. However, revoking consent for certain Cookies may prevent the correct functioning of some features of our platforms.

To manage your browser's Cookies, simply do so directly in your browser settings, in the Cookies management area.

You can access tutorials on the topic directly from the links below:

This Cookies Policy may be changed by Freitas Ferraz at any time. If you wish to check which version of the Policy is in force at the time of your query, simply check this information in the box “Last updated on” located at the top of this Cookie Policy.

If you continue to use the tools offered by Freitas Ferraz after the change in the Cookies Policy has been communicated, this will mean and will be considered as your unequivocal acknowledgment and acceptance of the terms and conditions contained in the changed Policy. We advise you to always check the current version of this Policy, as well as our Privacy Policy, available at https://www.freitasferraz.com.br/politica-de-privacidade/.

This Cookies Policy will be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

If any provision contained in this Cookies Policy is considered invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality or enforceability of the other provisions contained in this Cookies Policy will not in any way be affected or impaired as a result of such fact.

The court of the district of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, is elected as the only one competent to resolve any disputes regarding the interpretation and compliance with this Cookies Policy. However, before starting a formal legal process, you can always count on the support of the Freitas Ferraz team to resolve your problems in a more agile and non-confrontational way, simply by contacting us through the service channel indicated in section 6 of this Cookies Policy.

1. QUESTIONS AND CONTACT WITH FREITAS FERRAZ
   If any point of this Policy is not clear, doubts have arisen or you wish to make any request on the topic to Freitas Ferraz, please contact our person in charge, inserting the topic “Cookies Policy” in the subject of the email:
   Person in charge: Adriano Augusto Teixeira Ferraz – email: [email protected] 

2. REVIEWS

• This document is reviewed annually or as Freitas Ferraz understands. For this reason, the date of the last update will always appear at the beginning of this Policy.