General principles:
This article provides information about the use of cookies on the website. These are managed by the data controller.
The Data Controller uses cookies in order to make navigation on the website more useful and reliable. Some of these cookies are indispensable for the functioning of the website, others allow to improve the user's experience.
If the user wishes to personalise the management of cookies, he or she must modify the parameters of his or her browser.
By browsing the website and accepting cookies, the user expressly agrees with the management of cookies described below.
Definition of cookies:
A cookie is a data or text file which the server of an application or website stores temporarily or permanently on the user's equipment (computer hard drive, tablet, smartphone or any other similar device) through his browser. Cookies may also be installed by third parties with whom the Data Controller collaborates.
Cookies retain a certain amount of information, such as users' language preferences. Other cookies collect statistics on users or ensure that graphics appear correctly and that applications work properly. Still others make it possible to adapt the content and/or advertising of an application or website to the
Use of cookies on the website:
The data controller uses different types of cookies:
a) Necessary or technical cookies: these are cookies that are necessary for the operation of the website, allowing good communication and intended to facilitate navigation;
b) Statistical or analytical cookies: these cookies make it possible to recognize and count the number of users or visitors and to see their browsing behavior when using and navigating the website. This makes it possible to improve the navigation of users and visitors and enables them to facilitate their searches;
c) Functional cookies: these cookies enable specific features on the site to be activated to improve the user-friendliness and experience of visitors and users, including remembering their preference choices (e.g. language);
d) Performance cookies: these cookies collect information about how visitors use the website. They are used to evaluate and improve the content and performance of the site (e.g. by counting the number of visitors, identifying the most popular pages or clicks), and to better match marketing proposals with the user's personal preferences;
e) Tracking cookies: the Data Controller uses tracking cookies via Google Analytics, with the aim of helping the Data Controller to measure the ways in which users interact with the content of the website, and which generates visit statistics in a strictly anonymous manner. These statistics allow the website to be continually improved and to offer the user relevant content. The data controller uses Google Analytics to obtain an overview of the traffic on the website, the origin of this traffic and the pages visited. This means that Google acts as a subcontractor. The information collected by Google Analytics is generated as anonymously as possible.
The storage period of cookies varies according to their type: essential cookies are generally kept until the browser is closed, while functional cookies remain valid for one year and performance cookies for four years.
Cookie management:
Most browsers are configured to automatically accept cookies, but all allow you to customize the settings according to your preferences.
If the user does not want the site to place cookies on their mobile device, they can easily manage or delete them by changing their browser settings. The user can also set their browser to notify them when they receive a cookie and decide whether or not to accept it.
In the event that the user deactivates certain cookies, it is possible that certain parts of the website may not be consultable and/or usable, or may only be partially consultable and/or usable.