Cookies are small text files stored by a user’s browser when accessing a website. As soon as the user connects to a site, the server creates a cookie with a unique ID for each person, session, and device.
In practical terms, they function as a kind of digital “memory,” allowing the website to remember preferences, sessions, and usage behaviors.
Cookies are fundamental to the internet, as the information they store enables improved navigation and usability for each site, providing a better online experience.
Cookies can be classified into several categories that determine how each type is used according to its storage duration, source, and purpose.
VTEX uses different types of cookies on its website to ensure proper operation and enhance performance.
The use of cookies by VTEX complies with the General External Privacy Notice available on the website and with applicable law.
It depends on the category. Necessary cookies, as example, do not require consent because they are indispensable for navigation and for providing services requested by the user when accessing a website.
On the other hand, other types of cookies, such as performance, preference, and marketing cookies, require prior and informed consent since, depending on the information collected and/or combined with other data, they may constitute personal data.
In such cases, it is through the collection of consent that websites ensure the processing of users’ personal data is in compliance with applicable laws.
On the VTEX website, users can manage their consent simply and transparently through the cookie banner, where they can accept all cookies, reject non-essential ones, or adjust their preferences at any time.
VTEX uses both first-party and third-party cookies on its website to ensure the proper functioning of pages, improve the browsing experience, and analyze user performance and interaction with the content.
Listed below are the categories of cookies currently identified in the vtex.com domain.
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences.
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
It is possible to manage cookie consent through the cookie banner or directly in your browser settings, except for necessary cookies.
Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality and performance of specific pages.