Cookie Policy · Website Data Controls
Villanova ESG uses cookies and similar technologies only to support website functionality, security, analytics and controlled user experience.
This Cookie Policy explains how cookies, pixels, tags, local storage or similar technologies may be used on the Villanova ESG website. The policy is designed around transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, consent where required and respect for user preferences.
Policy Scope
Cookies, analytics, website preferences and similar tracking technologies.
Control Standard
Non-essential cookies should be subject to user preference where required.
Legal Alignment
Structured with reference to LGPD, ANPD guidance and EU privacy expectations.
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1. Purpose of This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Villanova ESG may use cookies and similar technologies on its website.
Cookies can support essential website functions, security, performance analysis, user preferences, content measurement and communication efficiency. Some cookies may involve the processing of personal data depending on the technology used, the configuration applied and the information collected.
This policy should be read together with the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Cookie Control Principle
Cookies should be used for clear purposes, disclosed transparently and controlled according to user preference where required by law.
2. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small files or identifiers placed on a user’s device when visiting a website. They may allow the website to remember information about the visit, improve functionality, maintain security, measure performance or support user preferences.
Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, session storage, device identifiers or analytics tools.
Depending on their use, cookies may be temporary, persistent, first-party, third-party, essential, analytical, functional or marketing-related.
3. Categories of Cookies We May Use
Villanova ESG may use the following categories of cookies or similar technologies, depending on website configuration and available tools:
- Strictly necessary cookies: support website operation, security, page navigation, session integrity and basic functionality.
- Preference cookies: remember choices such as language, display settings or cookie preferences.
- Analytics cookies: help understand website performance, page visits, content engagement and general usage patterns.
- Performance cookies: support technical improvement, loading behaviour, error detection and website optimization.
- Marketing or third-party cookies: may support campaign measurement, embedded content, social media features or external platform analytics if enabled.
Cookie Governance Formula
Responsible Cookie Use = Purpose Clarity × Transparency × Consent Control × Data Minimization × Retention Discipline
This policy is designed to ensure that cookie use is connected to legitimate website purposes, disclosed to users and managed through appropriate controls where applicable.
4. Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to function properly. They may support security, network management, page rendering, user-session continuity, cookie-preference storage and technical reliability.
These cookies generally do not require consent where they are essential for delivering a service requested by the user or maintaining website operation, but they should still be disclosed transparently.
5. Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics and performance cookies may help Villanova ESG understand how users interact with the website, which pages are visited, how content performs and whether technical improvements are needed.
Where analytics cookies collect or process personal data, or where applicable law requires preference management, they should be subject to consent or equivalent control mechanisms.
Analytics data should be used for institutional improvement, not for unnecessary profiling or excessive tracking.
6. Functional and Preference Cookies
Functional and preference cookies may remember user selections, display preferences, language choices, accessibility configurations or cookie-consent choices.
These cookies improve user experience and reduce repeated prompts, but they should be limited to the information necessary to provide the requested functionality.
7. Marketing, Embedded Content and Third-Party Cookies
The website may include embedded content, analytics tools, social media integrations, video platforms, newsletter tools or external services that may place third-party cookies.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies. Villanova ESG does not control all third-party technologies, policies or retention practices.
Where marketing or non-essential third-party cookies are used, they should be subject to user preference or consent where required by applicable law.
Cookie Control Map
Purpose Identification
Each cookie category should have a defined purpose, such as functionality, security, analytics or user preference.
Consent Management
Non-essential cookies should be managed through consent or user preference where legally required.
User Choice
Users should be able to adjust browser settings or available cookie preferences where supported by the website.
Data Minimization
Cookies should not collect more information than necessary for the stated purpose.
Retention Review
Cookie duration should be proportionate to purpose and reviewed when tools or website configuration change.
Third-Party Review
External tools should be assessed for privacy impact, purpose, data sharing and user-control implications.
8. How Users Can Manage Cookies
Users may manage cookies through browser settings, device settings or website cookie-preference tools where available.
Most browsers allow users to block, delete or control cookies. However, disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality, performance, accessibility, security or user experience.
Where a cookie banner or preference tool is available, users may be able to accept, reject or configure non-essential cookies according to the options provided.
9. Consent and Preference Changes
Where consent is required for certain cookies, Villanova ESG aims to respect user choices according to the technical tools available on the website.
Users may be able to withdraw or modify cookie preferences through the website’s consent mechanism, browser settings or device controls.
If no dedicated cookie-management tool is visible, users should use browser-level controls to delete or block cookies, and may contact Villanova ESG for related questions.
10. Cookie Retention
Cookie duration may vary depending on category, purpose and provider. Some cookies may be deleted when the browser session ends. Others may remain for a defined period to remember preferences, support analytics or maintain functionality.
Villanova ESG seeks to use retention periods that are proportionate to the stated purpose and aligned with applicable privacy expectations.
11. Data Collected Through Cookies
Depending on configuration, cookies or similar technologies may collect information such as:
- device type, browser type and operating system;
- IP address or approximate technical identifiers;
- pages visited, session duration and navigation behaviour;
- referral source or campaign performance information;
- cookie preference choices;
- interaction with embedded content or third-party tools.
This information may be personal data in some situations, depending on whether it identifies or can reasonably be associated with a user.
12. Third-Party Providers
Some cookies may be operated by third-party providers, including analytics, hosting, security, video, newsletter, social media or embedded-content providers.
Users should review the privacy and cookie policies of those providers for additional information about their processing practices, retention periods and preference options.
Villanova ESG may change website tools over time. Cookie categories and providers may therefore change as the website evolves.
User Control Principle
Cookie governance is strongest when users receive clear information and can make meaningful choices about non-essential technologies.
13. Relationship with the Privacy Policy
Where cookies or similar technologies process personal data, that processing is also subject to the Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Policy explains broader data-processing practices, including categories of personal data, legal bases, sharing, retention, security and data-subject rights.
14. Updates to This Cookie Policy
Villanova ESG may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in website technology, legal requirements, analytics tools, third-party services or institutional practices.
Updated versions may be published on this page. Users should review the Cookie Policy periodically.
15. Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy or related privacy matters may be sent to:
Email: contact@villanovaesg.com
Regulatory Source Trail
This Cookie Policy is aligned with official data-protection and cookie-governance references:
- ANPD — Guia Orientativo Cookies e Proteção de Dados Pessoais
- ANPD — Announcement of the Cookie Guidance
- ANPD — Brazilian Data Protection Law, LGPD English Version
- European Commission — Cookies Policy
- Your Europe — Online Privacy and Cookie Consent
Cookie Contact · Preference and Privacy Questions
Cookie use should be transparent, controlled and connected to legitimate website purposes.
For questions about cookies, website technologies, consent preferences or related privacy matters, contact Villanova ESG through the official channel below.
Cookie and privacy inquiries: contact@villanovaesg.com.