All of your personal information collected will be used to help make your visit to our website as productive and enjoyable as possible. Ensuring the confidentiality of the personal data of our website users is very important to us.
All personal information regarding members, subscribers, customers, or visitors who use the HQ da Vida website will be treated in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law of October 26, 1998 (Law No. 67/98).
The personal information collected may include your name, email, phone number and/or mobile number, address, date of birth, and/or others.
Use of the HQ da Vida website assumes acceptance of this Privacy Agreement. The HQ da Vida website team reserves the right to change this agreement without prior notice. Therefore, we recommend that you consult our privacy policy regularly so that you are always up to date.
About advertisements
Like other websites, we collect and use information contained in advertisements. The information contained in the advertisements includes your IP (Internet Protocol) address, your ISP (Internet Service Provider, such as Sapo, Clix, or another), the browser you used when visiting our website (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time of your visit, and which pages you visited within our website.
DoubleClick Dart Cookie
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to display ads on our website;
With the DART cookie, Google can display ads based on visits the reader has made to other websites on the Internet;
Users can opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
Links to third-party sites
HQ da Vida has links to other sites which, in our opinion, may contain useful information/tools for our visitors. Our privacy policy does not apply to third-party sites, so if you visit another site from ours, you should read its privacy policy. We are not responsible for the privacy policy or content present on those sites.
What personal data we collect and why?
Comments:
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser data, to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string of characters created from your email (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible next to your comment.
Media:
If you upload images to the site, avoid uploading those containing embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download these images from the site and extract their location data from them.
Embedded media from other sites:
Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, articles, etc. Embedded content from other sites behaves exactly the same as if the visitor were visiting the other site.
These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to the site.
How long we keep your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. We do this so that it is possible to automatically recognize and approve any subsequent comments instead of holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our site (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.
What rights you have over your data?
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we remove any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Cookie Policy
HQ da Vida uses cookies on its sites to improve performance and the user experience as described below.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files with relevant information that your access device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) loads, through your internet browser, when a site is visited by the user.
The placement of cookies will not only help the site recognize the user’s device the next time they visit, but it will also often be essential for the site to function. The cookies used by HQ da Vida on all its sites do not collect personal information that identifies the user. They store generic information, namely the form or location/country of access of users and how they use the sites, among others. Cookies retain only information related to your preferences.
The user can, at any time and through their internet browser, decide to be notified about the receipt of cookies, as well as block their entry into their system. It is noted, however, that refusing the use of cookies on the site may result in the impossibility of accessing some of its areas and may not allow for the full browsing experience.
Functionality of Cookies
In general, cookies are used to improve the user’s browsing experience, increasing the speed and efficiency of response. They eliminate the need to repeatedly enter the same information and help determine whether the advertising messages the user sees are relevant and fit their interests, that is, the utility, interest, and number of uses of the sites.
Different types of Cookies
Each cookie used has a function and an expiration date. Regarding their function, the cookies used can be:
Essential cookies
Some cookies are essential to access specific areas of the HQ da Vida site. They allow browsing the site and using its applications, such as accessing secure areas of the site through a login. Without these cookies, services that require them cannot be provided.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies allow remembering the user’s preferences regarding browsing the site. Thus, you do not need to reconfigure and personalize it every time you visit.
Analytical cookies
These cookies are used to analyze how users use the site, allowing us to highlight articles or services that may be of interest to users, and to monitor site performance by knowing which pages are most popular, which method of linking between pages is most effective, or to determine the reason why some pages are receiving error messages.
These cookies are used only for statistical creation and analysis purposes, without ever collecting personal information. Thus, HQ da Vida can provide a high-quality experience by personalizing its offer and quickly identifying and correcting any problems that arise. Regarding the expiration date, the cookies used can be:
Permanent cookies
These are stored on your access devices (computer, mobile/smartphone, or tablet), at the internet browser level, and are used whenever the user visits the site again. In general, they are used to direct browsing according to the user’s interests, allowing HQ da Vida to provide a more personalized service.
Session cookies
These are temporary; cookies are generated and available until you close the session. The next time the user accesses their internet browser, the cookies will no longer be stored. The information obtained allows managing sessions, identifying problems, and providing a better browsing experience.
Blocking the use of Cookies
The user can disable part or all of the cookies at any time. By disabling cookies, the HQ da Vida site may not function correctly.
Cookies when opening Newsletters/Emails
Newsletters/Emails may, for statistical purposes, contain a small image that allows knowing if they are opened and verifying clicks through links or ads within the Newsletter. The user always has the possibility to disable receiving the Newsletter/Email through the specific option at the bottom of the Newsletter/Email.
How to manage Cookies?
HQ da Vida uses cookies on its sites that allow improving performance and the user experience. All internet browsers allow the user to accept, refuse, or delete cookies by managing the settings in their respective browser. If you disable cookies, you may prevent some internet services from working correctly, partially or totally affecting your browsing on the site.
How can you enable and disable Cookies in your internet browser?
Google Chrome
The user has full control over cookie permissions in Google Chrome. By default, all cookies are allowed, but you can adjust this setting. If cookies have been set or blocked on the page you are viewing, an icon is displayed at the end of the address bar.
Disable all cookies in Google Chrome:
- Click on the Chrome menu in the toolbar;
- Select “Settings”;
- Click on “Show advanced settings”;
- In the “Privacy” section, click the “Content settings” button;
- Select the option “Block sites from setting any data”;
- You can change the following cookie settings in the “cookies” section:
Delete Cookies;
- Block cookies by default;
- Allow cookies by default;
- Keep cookies and website data by default until you exit the browser;
- Create exceptions for cookies from specific websites or domains.
Note: There are several levels of enabling and disabling cookies in Google Chrome. For more information about cookie settings in Google Chrome, see the Google Chrome page.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
To disable all cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer:
- Click the “Tools” menu and choose “Internet Options”;
- Select the “Privacy” tab;
- Move the bar to the top, where “Block all cookies” will appear.
Note: There are several levels of enabling and disabling cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer. For more information about Microsoft Internet Explorer cookie settings, see the Microsoft page.
Mozilla Firefox
To disable all cookies in Mozilla Firefox:
- Click the “Tools” menu;
- Select “Options”;
- Click the “Privacy” icon, found in the top panel;
- In the “cookies” section, disable the “Accept cookies from sites” option;
- Click “OK” to save changes and close.
Note: There are several levels of enabling and disabling cookies in Mozilla Firefox. For more information about cookie settings in Mozilla Firefox, see the Mozilla Firefox page.
Safari
To disable all cookies in Safari:
- Click “Edit”;
- Select “Preferences”;
- In the top panel, select the “Privacy” icon;
- In the “Accept cookies” section, select “Never”.
Note: There are several levels of enabling and disabling cookies in Safari. For more information about cookie settings in Safari, see the Apple page.
All other internet browsers
Please check the browser’s “Help” menu or contact the browser provider.
Changes
HQ da Vida reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time.
Updated on January 25, 2021.