Beauty Atelier uses cookies and similar technologies to improve the user experience on the website mybeautyatelier.com . This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, what options are available to manage their use and your rights.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone) when you visit a website. These files contain essential information that allows us to optimize navigation, improve the user experience and ensure the efficient functioning of the website.

Cookies play a fundamental role in the interaction between the user and the website, allowing:

• Make navigation easier by remembering preferences and personalized settings;
• Ensure user security when using the website;
• Collect and analyze statistical information to improve the performance and usability of the platform;
• Provide personalized content and advertising , adapting to the user's interests and behavior.

📌 Important: Cookies do not contain sensitive personal information, such as passwords or bank details, and the user can manage or disable them at any time in the browser settings.

TYPES OF COOKIES USED

Beauty Atelier uses different types of cookies, classified according to their functionality and duration, to provide an optimized and secure browsing experience.

Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly, enabling the use of basic features. Without them, some areas of the website may not function properly. They are responsible for:

✔ Authentication and session management;

✔ Maintenance of shopping cart contents;

✔ Security and fraud prevention;

✔ Guarantee of correct functioning of the website.

📌 These cookies cannot be disabled as they compromise the basic usability of the website.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect data about how users interact with the website, allowing us to continually optimize its usability and performance. The information analyzed includes:

✔ Most visited pages and browsing patterns;

✔ Average time spent on the website;

✔ Bounce rate and page loading errors;

✔ Anonymous statistical data to improve user experience.

📌 All data collected is anonymous and used exclusively for statistical purposes and to improve the website.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember user preferences to provide more personalized and convenient navigation. Some of their functions include:

✔ Remembering language, location and display preferences;

✔ Storage of login credentials (to avoid repeated authentication);

✔ Website personalization based on user interactions.

📌 If you disable these cookies, some features may be limited or not work properly.

Advertising and Marketing Cookies

Advertising cookies are used to present more relevant advertisements to the user, based on their interests and browsing behavior. These cookies enable:

✔ Display of personalized and targeted ads;

✔ Limitation on the number of times the same advertisement is displayed;

✔ Measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

📌 These cookies may be managed by third parties, such as Google Ads, Facebook Ads and other advertising platforms.

Social Media Cookies

Social media cookies allow you to interact with external platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and others. These cookies enable:

✔ Sharing content directly on social media;

✔ Personalization of the experience with social widgets on the website;

✔ Easy interaction with user accounts on social networks.

📌 Disabling these cookies may prevent sharing buttons and social media widgets from working correctly.

COOKIE DURATION

The cookies used by Beauty Atelier can be classified according to the duration they are stored on the user's device:

✔ Session Cookies – These are temporary and are automatically deleted as soon as the user closes the browser. They are essential to ensure safe and efficient browsing, enabling features such as session authentication and maintaining items in the shopping cart.

✔ Persistent Cookies – These remain stored on the user’s device for a defined period, which may vary depending on the purpose of the cookie. These cookies allow, for example, the website to memorize user preferences for future visits. The user can delete them manually at any time in their browser settings.

📌 Note: The duration of each cookie may vary depending on the website settings and the policies of the external service providers. For more information, see our Cookie Policy .

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

In addition to Beauty Atelier 's own cookies, our website may use third-party cookies, provided by external services, with the aim of optimizing the user experience, analyzing statistics, personalizing advertising and integrating social media features.

🔹 Examples of external services that use cookies on our website:

✔ Google Analytics – Monitoring website traffic, analyzing user behavior and generating statistical reports for continuous improvement of the platform.

✔ Meta (Facebook & Instagram) – Ad personalization, remarketing and integration with social networks to enable actions such as sharing and interactions.

✔ Google Ads – Targeted advertising based on the user’s interests and browsing behavior, allowing more relevant ads to be displayed.

✔ Hotjar – Analysis of users’ browsing experience, including heat maps and recording of interactions to optimize website usability.

📌 Note: The use of these cookies is the sole responsibility of the external service providers and is subject to their respective Privacy and Cookies Policies . For more information, we recommend consulting these policies directly on the official websites of the mentioned providers.

HOW TO MANAGE AND DISABLE COOKIES?

The user can, at any time, manage their cookie preferences through the browser settings or the cookie management tool available on the Beauty Atelier website.

Browser Configuration

Most browsers allow you to block, delete or manage cookies in their settings. To make things easier, we have provided direct links below to configure cookies in the most commonly used browsers:

🔹 Google Chrome – Manage cookies

🔹 Mozilla Firefox – Manage cookies

🔹 Microsoft Edge – Manage cookies

🔹 Safari – Manage cookies

⚠ Attention : If you choose to block essential cookies, some website features may be compromised, affecting the user experience.

Website Cookie Preferences

Beauty Atelier provides a cookie management tool, allowing users to adjust their preferences directly on the website. This feature enables:

✅ Accept or reject non-essential cookies (performance, advertising and social media);

✅ Change preferences at any time ;

✅ Get more information about each type of cookie used .

CHANGES TO THE COOKIE POLICY

Beauty Atelier reserves the right to change or update this Cookie Policy at any time, in order to reflect legislative changes, improvements to the website or adaptations to user preferences.

🔹 Whenever there are relevant updates , we will notify users through the website or other appropriate means.

🔹 We recommend that you periodically consult this policy , ensuring that you are always informed about how we use cookies and the options available to manage your preferences.

The most recent version of this Cookie Policy will always be available on our website.

7. CONTACTS FOR MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy or how we use tracking technologies, you can contact us using the following means:

📍 Address:
Pharmacy Seixas, Lda.

175, 5000-413, Vila Real, Portugal

📧 Email: hello@mybeautyatelier.com

📞 Phone: +351 960 100 680

🌍 Website: www.mybeautyatelier.com

Your privacy is our priority. We appreciate your trust in Beauty Atelier!