Cookie Management

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files that websites place on your computer’s hard drive during your first visit.

A cookie contains a unique code that allows your browser to be recognized during your visit to the website (“session cookie”) or during future repeated visits (“persistent cookie”). Cookies can be placed by the server of the website you are visiting or by partners with whom that website collaborates. A website server can only read the cookies it has placed itself; it does not have access to any other information on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are stored on your computer or mobile device in your browser directory. The content of a cookie generally consists of the name of the server that placed the cookie, an expiration date, and a unique encrypted code.

Important: Cookies are completely harmless. They do not delete any data from your computer, do not alter any files or programs, and cannot contain any viruses.

What are cookies used for?

Thanks to a cookie, our website can recognize you while preserving your anonymity. The website learns your preferences and automatically adapts to your wishes. However, this information is in no way linked to your name or identity. For example, these cookies allow you to browse directly in your language and save you from having to re-enter your login details each time. In short, they make using this website much faster and more pleasant.

Cookies can help you be more efficient. Have you ever added an item to a virtual shopping cart on an online store and returned a few days later to find your item still there? That’s an example of cookies at work.

Cookies can also be used to make website content or advertising more relevant to the visitor and to tailor the website to the visitor’s personal tastes and needs.

Performance cookies

We use performance cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, with the aim of improving its content, better adapting it to visitors’ wishes, and increasing its user-friendliness. For website usage analysis, we also use Google Analytics (info) and Hotjar (info), which also use cookies for this purpose.

Commercial cookies

This website uses cookies that, depending on the pages you visit, track products or services that may interest you. Thanks to these cookies and the tools of Google’s advertising network (Google AdWords, Google Analytics, Google Display Network, and DoubleClick) and Facebook (Facebook, Instagram), we can show you ads for products and services that match your interests on other websites that are part of these advertising networks. This technique is called “remarketing.” These cookies do not contain any personal data.

How to refuse or delete cookies?

In your browser settings, you can refuse the installation of cookies. You can delete cookies already installed on your computer or mobile device at any time. See how to enable, disable, or delete cookies.

If you wish to refuse these commercial cookies (including Google, Criteo, or Facebook), you can do so via the following website: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/

If you do not wish to receive advertising based on your browsing habits and remarketing cookies, such as those from Google, you can change the settings in the Google Ads Preferences Manager. Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

To learn more about cookies or how to manage/delete them, visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.

Changes

We reserve the right to unilaterally modify the cookie policy. Changes will be communicated on this website. If you continue to use this website after the policy has been updated, the updated cookie policy will apply.

See also our page on principles relating to the collection of personal data.