Cookie Usage Policy
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit our website, it allows us to recognize your device. Cookies aim at facilitating your navigation and give you greater web-services.
Cookies are typically categorized as “session” cookies or “persistent” cookies. Session cookies help you navigate through the website efficiently, typically keeping track of your progression from page to page so that you are not being asked the same information several times during one visit. Session cookies are stored in temporary memory and erased when the web browser is closed.
Persistent cookies on the other hand, record user preferences for current and successive visits. They are stored on the hard disk of your device and are saved, even if your browser is restarted, in accordance with the retention period assigned to them.
What kind of cookies do we use?
Some of the cookies we use are deposited on your terminal by default because they are strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the website, or follow an express request from you to benefit from them. These cookies do not require your prior consent.
For all other categories of cookies, your prior consent will be requested via the solution for managing your preferences in terms of cookies. You are free to accept or refuse these other cookies at the time of your visit, but also to modify your choices later during your navigation.
Please note that refusing certain cookies may make some of our services unavailable (e.g. Youtube video integrations) or degrade the quality of your experience on our site.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We use such cookies for example, to make sure that our website is used by a human and not a robot, or to warn us of attacks by denial of service.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Third Party Cookies
Some of the features of this website rely on services offered by third-party sites. which may include, in particular :
- Sharing buttons (ex : Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter)
- Integrated tweets (ex : Twitter)
- Interactive timelines (ex : Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter)
- Videos (ex : Youtube)
- An interface allowing you to geolocate yourself thanks to Google services (Google Maps API);
- Information that is automatically added from third-party sources (e.g. stock market information)
To find out more about such third party cookies, you may consult the information provided by these third party sites on their own cookie policies (Youtube, Twitter, Linkedin).
How long are cookies kept?
The cookies used on the site can be kept, either for the time of your visit to the site (session cookies), or, at most, for a period of 13 months (persistent cookies). This retention period is not automatically extended when new visits to the websites are made. The information collected through these cookies may be kept for a maximum of 25 months.
How do I manage cookies on browsers?
If you do not wish to use cookies, you shall configure your web browser settings accordingly.
Cookies can be managed in different ways : depending on your preferences, you can authorize, refuse or deactivate them (a cookie that has already been deposited can only be deactivated, it will only be deleted at the end of its lifetime).
We draw your attention to the fact that the rejection of cookies may lead to some of our web services being inaccessible, or may result in less efficient web services.
You can express your choices and modify your wishes through our solution for managing your cookie preferences.
If you use different terminals, make sure you set your browsers to your preferences.