What is a cookie?
Many websites use cookies, primarily to improve your user experience. A cookie is a piece of information placed on your hard drive by the server of the website you visit. This information is sometimes stored on your device in a simple text file that a server can access to read and record data.
A website can only read and write the cookies that belong to it.
Why we use cookies
When browsing the Site, cookies allow us to “recognise” your browser, either for the duration of your visit (“session cookie”) or across multiple visits (“persistent cookie”).
Cookies may serve several purposes and are used on our Site:
- for technical purposes (session identification, saving preferences, shopping cart, etc.), for example to adapt the presentation of the Site to your device
- for statistical analysis and traffic management, enabling us to improve the usability of the Site and the relevance of our services
- to offer you commercial content, whether related or not to your interests, on our Site or on third-party websites
Third-party cookies
Depending on the choices you have made regarding cookies (see “Your choices regarding cookies”), cookies may be placed/read by third parties (advertising providers, communication agencies, audience measurement companies, etc.) when you browse our Site.
These cookies allow such companies, during their validity period, to determine the advertising content most likely to match your interests, based on your browsing activity on our Site.
The use of cookies by these companies is governed by their own privacy policies.
Social media
To allow you to share content or express your opinion about our services, we may integrate elements (buttons, plug-ins, etc.) linked to social media platforms on our Site.
These elements enable social networks to track your browsing activity, provided you are logged into your social media account on your browser (even if you do not actively use the “share” button, for example).
The use of information collected via these elements is governed by the privacy policies of the relevant social media platforms. We have no control over how this data is used. We encourage you to consult their privacy policies to understand how your data is used and how to manage your privacy settings.
If your device is shared by multiple users
As cookies are linked to a device and a browser, we cannot reliably identify the person using a given device. As a result, the services and advertisements displayed may only partially correspond to your own use, as they may also reflect the browsing behaviour of other users of the same device.
The security of your device depends on your own choices, both in terms of access (who can use it) and configuration (including cookie settings).
Your choices regarding cookies
At any time, you have several options to manage cookies, as described below.
Please note that any settings you apply may affect your internet browsing experience and the operation of certain services that require the use of cookies. We therefore decline any responsibility for any degraded functioning of our services resulting from your inability to accept or refuse cookies on your device.
Additional information on cookies
For more information about cookies, you can visit the website of the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL):
https://www.cnil.fr/vos-droits/vos-traces/les-cookies/