Cookie management

What is a cookie?

Cookies are data stored on a user's device and used by the website to send information to the user's browser, enabling the browser to send information back to the original website (e.g. a session identifier, language choice or date).

There are session cookies, which disappear as soon as you leave the page, and persistent cookies, which remain on your device until their lifetime expires or you delete them using your browser's functionality.

Cookies allow status information to be stored during the validity period of the cookie concerned, when a browser accesses different pages of a website or subsequently returns to that website. Only the issuer of a cookie can read or change the information it contains.

Cookies do not allow an internet user to be identified by name.

Please be aware that cookies may be installed on your device during your visits to the website.

What types of cookies do we use?

The cookies we use on our website are divided into different categories.

• Strictly necessary cookies (mandatory)

These cookies are necessary for the website to operate. They allow you to navigate the website and use its services and features. Example: the wd cookie, which detects the screen resolution you use so that the website display can be optimised accordingly.

• Preference cookies (subject to your consent)

These cookies allow the website to remember your choices in order to offer personalised features. Example: your browser uses a cookie to store your passwords or bank details so that you do not need to enter them again the next time you log in or make a purchase.

• Audience measurement cookies (subject to consent, except under certain conditions)

These cookies allow us to identify and measure the number of visitors to our website and analyse how visitors navigate it.
In certain cases and in accordance with applicable regulations, we may also use audience measurement cookies without your consent.

• Advertising targeting and tracking cookies (subject to your consent)
  

These cookies are used to show you advertising that is more relevant to your interests. They record your visit to our website, the pages you visited and the links you followed. We use this information to make our website and its advertising as relevant to your interests as possible, where applicable.

We may also share this information with partners who use third-party cookies. These partners use this information for online advertising purposes, such as measuring the effectiveness of a campaign, limiting delivery frequency (i.e. limiting how often you see an advertisement) and advertising attribution.

• Social media and content-sharing cookies (subject to your consent)

Our website may contain content hosted by a third-party online content provider (e.g. YouTube) or social media plug-ins.

The use of these cookies is subject to the privacy policies of these third parties.

For more information about third-party cookies, see the table below.

What information can be stored in a cookie?

Within the limits of their lifetime, information stored by cookies placed on your device may relate to:

– the web pages you visited using that device;

– the advertisements you clicked;

– the type of browser you use;

– your IP address;

– your usage preferences;

– browsing times (website or pages); and

– data entered

How long are cookies retained?

Cookies remain in your browser for up to 13 months from the time they are placed on your device.

How can I manage cookies?

You can manage how we use cookies on our website by changing your cookie preferences at the end of this cookie notice or clicking the “Settings” button on the home page.

Please note that cookies strictly necessary for the website to function properly do not require your consent. For this reason, the “Strictly necessary cookies” option is preselected in our cookie management tool and cannot be deselected.

Please also note that rejecting certain types of cookies (e.g. preference cookies) prevents us from optimising your experience on our website. Example: if you frequently use a website, you cannot save your personal information before completing the contact form.

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings:

For example, here are links to the settings of the most commonly used browsers:

• For Internet Explorer™:http://windows.microsoft.com/fr-FR/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies ;
• For Safari™: https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac ;
• For Chrome™: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=fr&hlrm=en&answer=95647 ;
• For Firefox™: http://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/Activer%20et%20d%C3%A9sactiver%20les%20cookies;
• For Opera™:http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/fr/cookies.html.

Please note that setting your browser to reject cookies will make certain features, pages and areas of the website that require cookies inaccessible, for which we cannot be held responsible.

List of cookies used on our website: