Cookie Policy

Effective date: December 30, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Best Ideas and Guides (Melhores Dicas EN) (the “Site”) uses cookies and similar technologies, and what choices you have.

This policy applies to melhoresdicas.net, including pages under /en/.

For broader details about how we handle information, please see our Privacy Policy.

1) What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, phone, tablet) when you visit a website. Cookies help websites work properly, remember preferences, and understand how visitors use pages.

We may also use similar technologies such as pixels (tracking pixels), local storage, and other identifiers for similar purposes.

2) Why we use cookies

We use cookies and related technologies for purposes such as:

A) Strictly necessary cookies

These are essential for the Site to function and for basic security. They help with things like:

Maintaining site stability and performance
Protecting the Site from abuse or attacks
Ensuring pages load correctly

These cookies are generally required and cannot always be disabled without affecting the Site.

B) Functionality and preference cookies

These may remember choices you make, such as:

Language preferences
Layout or interface preferences

C) Analytics and performance cookies

These help us understand how visitors use the Site, so we can improve content and performance. For example, they can help us learn:

Which pages are visited most
How visitors navigate the Site
Whether pages are loading properly

Analytics data is generally used in aggregated form to improve the Site.

D) Advertising cookies (including Google and other partners)

We may display ads on the Site, including via Google and other advertising partners.

Advertising cookies and identifiers may be used to:

Serve ads and measure ad performance
Limit how often you see the same ad
Detect invalid traffic and prevent fraud
Depending on your settings and region, support personalized advertising

Even when ads are not personalized, some cookies/identifiers may still be used for essential ad functions such as frequency capping, reporting, and fraud prevention.

3) Third-party cookies

Some cookies on the Site may be placed by third parties, such as:

Advertising networks (e.g., Google)
Analytics providers
Security providers

These third parties may collect information about your device and your activity on the Site according to their own privacy policies. We do not control third-party cookies directly.

If you want more information about how Google uses data from sites that use its services, you can visit:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

4) Personalized vs. non-personalized ads

Depending on your location and your cookie/consent choices, ads may be:

Personalized (based on interests and browsing behavior), or
Non-personalized (based on page context rather than a user profile)

You can manage Google ad personalization through:
https://myadcenter.google.com/

You can also review additional opt-out choices (where available) at:
https://optout.aboutads.info/

5) Cookie consent (EEA/UK/Switzerland and other regions)

If you are located in regions where consent is required for certain cookies (for example, the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland), the Site may show a cookie banner or consent tool that allows you to:

Accept or reject certain categories of cookies
Change your choices later (when the option is available)

If you do not consent to optional cookies, some features (like certain analytics or ad personalization) may be limited.

6) How to control or delete cookies

You can manage cookies in the following ways:

A) Browser settings

Most browsers allow you to:

See what cookies are stored
Delete cookies
Block cookies from specific sites
Block third-party cookies

Instructions vary by browser. Check your browser’s help section for details.

B) Device settings (mobile)

Some mobile operating systems provide controls that limit ad tracking or reset advertising identifiers.

C) Advertising controls (Google)

You can manage Google’s ad personalization settings at:
https://myadcenter.google.com/

Important: If you delete cookies, your preferences may be reset and you may see the cookie banner again.

7) Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, law, or our practices. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and update the “Effective date” at the top.

8) Contact

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us through the Contact page on this website.