Platform Cookies Policy
Policy applicable to the cookies used on the Borgstena Group Data Protection Platform, distinct from the Cookies Policy of the website www.borgstena.com.
This Policy governs the use of cookies on the Borgstena Group Data Protection Platform, accessible at borgstena.dataprotectionofficer.help. It is distinct from the Cookies Policy applicable to the institutional website www.borgstena.com.
1.Object and scope
This Policy provides information on the cookies used on the Data Protection Platform, in particular on the domain borgstena.dataprotectionofficer.help, and governs the related consent and configuration. It does not apply to other websites of the Borgstena Group, namely www.borgstena.com, which has its own Cookies Policy.
2.Identification of the controller
The controller of the personal data collected through the cookies used on the Platform is Dual Borgstena Textile Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda., a legal person with identification number 502355409, with registered office at EN 234 — km 87.7 (Chão do Pisco), Apartado 35, 3521-909 Nelas.
3.Data Protection Officer
For any matter relating to the cookies used on the Platform, the user may contact the Borgstena Group's Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@borgstena.com.
4.Legal framework
The use of cookies on the Platform is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), as regards the processing of personal data, and by Law No. 41/2004 of 18 August, as amended by Law No. 46/2012 of 29 August, on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector. The use of cookies that are not strictly necessary depends on the user's prior and informed consent.
5.Concept and categorisation of cookies
Cookies are small information files placed by the websites visited by the user and stored in the browser of the device used to access the internet. By purpose, the cookies used on the Platform are classified as necessary cookies, indispensable for the operation of the Platform and for the storage of the user's privacy preferences, and as non-necessary cookies, the use of which depends on consent. By placing entity, they are classified as first-party cookies and third-party cookies. By duration, they are classified as session cookies and persistent cookies.
6.Cookies used on the Platform
The table below identifies the cookies used on the Platform. The list is kept up to date on the basis of periodic technical audits.
| Cookie | Domain | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress_test_cookie | borgstena.dataprotectionofficer.help | Technical cookie used by WordPress to check whether the browser accepts cookies. | Session | Necessary |
| wp-settings-* / wp-settings-time-* | borgstena.dataprotectionofficer.help | Cookies used by WordPress to store the display preferences of authenticated users. | [1 year, to be confirmed] | Necessary |
| gdpr[allowed_cookies] / gdpr[consent_types] | borgstena.dataprotectionofficer.help | Cookies of the Platform's consent mechanism, used to store the user's cookie preferences. | [1 year, to be confirmed] | Necessary |
| _GRECAPTCHA | www.google.com | Cookie set by Google's reCAPTCHA service to identify bots and protect the Platform against malicious spam attacks. | 5 months and 27 days | Necessary |
7.Consent management
The Platform provides a privacy settings panel that allows the user to authorise or refuse the cookies that depend on consent and to change, at any time, the preferences previously expressed. Strictly necessary cookies do not depend on consent, being indispensable to the operation of the Platform and to the very management of privacy preferences.
8.Browser configuration
The user may configure the browser to block or delete cookies, or to be notified each time a cookie is set. Specific instructions are available in the documentation of the main browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari and Opera). Disabling necessary cookies may affect the operation of the Platform.
9.Users' rights
To the extent that cookies involve the processing of personal data, the user may exercise the rights provided for in the GDPR — namely withdrawal of consent, access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection — through the Rights Exercise Form or by contacting the Data Protection Officer. The user also has the right to lodge a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission, at www.cnpd.pt.
10.Relationship with the borgstena.com Cookies Policy
This Policy applies exclusively to the Platform. The processing of cookies on the Borgstena Group's institutional website is governed by the Cookies Policy of the website www.borgstena.com, accessible at borgstena.dataprotectionofficer.help/borgstena/policies, and by the Special Data Processing Information Sheet — Cookies.
11.Versions of the Policy
Version of this Policy: 202605. Date: 26 May 2026. To consult previous versions, the user may send a request by email to dataprotection@borgstena.com.