Cookie Policy
Last Updated: July 2026
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Branco de Cal – Turismo, Ambiente e Imobiliário, Lda. uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit the Branco de Cal Website. https://www.brancodecal.com
We use cookies to help the Website function properly, remember certain preferences and, where you have given your consent, understand how visitors use the Website so that we can continue improving it.
You can choose whether to accept optional cookies through our cookie preferences banner at any time.
For more information about how we process personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.
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2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.
Some cookies are essential for the Website to function correctly. Others help us understand how visitors use the Website or remember certain preferences, such as your chosen language.
Some technologies used on modern websites perform similar functions using your browser’s local storage rather than traditional cookies. For simplicity, we refer to these technologies collectively as “cookies” throughout this Policy.
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3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a limited number of purposes:
Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation of the Website.
They help provide core functionality such as:
maintaining the security of the Website (including the use of Google reCAPTCHA to prevent spam on our contact forms);
remembering your cookie preferences;
supporting essential Website functionality;
remembering certain user preferences where appropriate, such as your selected language.
Because these cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly, they cannot be disabled through our cookie preferences.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
With your consent, we use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our Website.
This information helps us:
understand which pages are most useful;
identify areas that could be improved;
monitor overall Website performance;
improve the experience for future visitors.
We use this information to better understand how our Website is used rather than to learn about individual visitors.
If you choose not to accept analytics cookies, your visit will not be included in these analytics.
Advertising Cookies
At the time this Cookie Policy was published, Branco de Cal does not use advertising cookies for personalized advertising or behavioral marketing.
However, the cookie preferences available through Squarespace include an Advertising category so that the Website can accommodate future services should they be introduced.
If we begin using advertising cookies in the future, this Cookie Policy will be updated accordingly.
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4. Cookie Consent
When you first visit our Website, you will be asked to choose your cookie preferences through our cookie banner. You can:
accept all optional cookies;
decline all optional cookies; or
choose which categories of optional cookies you wish to allow.
Your choice will be remembered and can be changed at any time.
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5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can update your cookie preferences at any time by selecting Cookie Preferences, available in the left bottom corner of the footer of our Website.
Most web browsers also allow you to control or delete cookies through their settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the Website function.
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6. Cookies Used on This Website
The specific cookies dropped on your device depend on your choices and how you interact with our site. We utilize cookies from the following trusted providers:
Squarespace (Necessary): Used for core website functionality, security, and remembering if you accepted or declined the cookie banner.
Duration: Varies from your current session up to 1 year.
Google reCAPTCHA (Necessary): Analyzes human vs. bot behavior to secure our contact forms against spam.
Duration: Persistent (Up to 6 months).
Weglot (Functional): Remembers your preferred language so the website displays correctly on your next visit.
Duration: Persistent (Typically 1 year).
Google Analytics (Analytics - Optional): Collects anonymous data on how visitors find and navigate our site. This is only active if you click "Accept" on our banner.
Duration: Varies (Typically 2 tracking cookies, up to 2 years).
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7. Website Translations
Our Website uses Weglot to provide content in multiple languages.
Weglot uses cookies and browser local storage to:
remember your selected language;
improve the loading of translated pages;
support multilingual navigation across the Website.
These technologies process pseudonymized data and are used solely to provide the Website’s multilingual functionality.
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8. External Booking Platform
Where available, our Website includes a link to an external online booking platform operated by Amenitiz.
If you choose to continue to that platform, you will leave the Branco de Cal Website.
The Amenitiz booking platform may use its own cookies and similar technologies in accordance with its own Cookie Policy. We encourage you to review the booking platform’s Cookie Policy before completing your reservation.
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9. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our Website, the services we use or applicable legal requirements.
Whenever we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date shown at the top of this Policy.
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10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on our Website, please contact us:
Branco de Cal – Turismo, Ambiente e Imobiliário, Lda.
Email: hello@brancodecal.com
Telephone: +351 919 968 116