Cookies policy
1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE
You are informed that, during your visits to our website, cookies may be installed on your devices (desktop and laptop computer, tablet, smartphone).
As such, this policy explains the essential elements relating to the way in which we use these cookies, the purpose of their use and to inform you of your rights in this regard.
This policy complies with the requirements of the French “Data Protection Act” of 20 June 2018 as amended by the European Union’s GDPR with regard to the use of cookies.
It is applicable solely by virtue of its publication on our site and does not replace the policy on the protection of personal data of customers and prospects, available here.
2. WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A cookie is a small text file saved and/or read in a user’s device when visiting a website or any mobile application and used by this site to send information to the browser software.
Throughout its validity period, a cookie allows its issuer to recognise the device each time it accesses content containing cookies from the same issuer.
3. PURPOSES
The cookies we use are as follows:
- Essential or technical cookies: these are cookies whose exclusive purpose is to allow or facilitate communication by electronic means or those strictly necessary for the provision of an online communication service at the express request of the user (examples of purposes: preservation of the choice expressed by users on the deposit of tracers, authentication with a service, memorisation of the content of a shopping cart, personalisation of the user interface such as the choice of language, etc.) ;
- Audience measurement cookies: they are used to obtain information on the navigation of Internet users on a site (examples of purposes: performance measurement, detection of navigation problems, optimisation of technical performance or ergonomics, estimation of the power of the necessary servers, analysis of the content consulted, etc.).
4. THIRD PARTY COOKIES
Our website may contain third-party cookies. We ensure the proper management of these cookies by third-party services, but we cannot be held responsible for this.
5. RETENTION TIMELINE
We comply with the requirements set by the French CNIL in terms of the data retention period.
Technical or essential cookies are kept for the time necessary for the provision and proper operation of the service.
With regard to audience measurement cookies, their lifecycle will not exceed 13 months. As for the information collected through these tracers, it is kept for 25 months.
Where applicable, the validity of the consent granted will not exceed a period of 13 months.
6. CONSENT AND EXEMPTION
According to the French CNIL guidelines, cookies that are subject to prior consent must be distinguished from those that are subject to the exemption rule.
Technical cookies and those relating to audience measurements fall under the exemption rule.
You can exercise the right of opposition with regard to audience measurement cookies that process personal data.
7. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer, whose contact details can be found in the personal data protection policy for customers and prospects, available here.
For more general information on the protection of personal data, you can consult the website of the French CNIL at www.cnil.fr.
8. REVISIONS
In the event of regulatory changes or recommendations from the French CNIL, we reserve the right to modify this policy. You will be notified of any new policy before it enters into force.
