Cookie management

What are cookies?

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

The cookie contains a unique code that allows your browser to be recognised when you visit the website (“session cookie”) or during future repeat visits (“persistent cookie”). Cookies may be placed by the server of the website you are visiting or by partners with whom that website collaborates. A website’s server can only read the cookies it has placed itself; it has no access to any other information on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are stored on your computer or mobile device in your browser’s directory. The content of a cookie generally consists of the name of the server that placed the cookie, an expiry date and a unique encrypted code.

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

What are cookies used for?

Thanks to a cookie, our website can recognise you whilst 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 enter your login details every time. In short, they make using this website much quicker and more enjoyable.

Cookies can help you be more efficient. Have you ever added an item to a virtual shopping basket on an online shop, returned a few days later, and found that the item was still there? This is an example of how cookies work.

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

What types of cookies are used?

We use different types of cookies on this website.

Essential cookies

These cookies are required to enable you to visit our website and use certain parts of it.

Performance cookies

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

Marketing cookies

This website uses cookies which, depending on the pages you visit, keep track of the products or services that may be of interest to you. Thanks to these cookies and the advertising networks of Google (Google AdWords, Google Analytics, the Google Display Network and DoubleClick) and Facebook (Facebook, Instagram), we are able to show you adverts for products and services relevant to your interests on other websites that are part of these advertising networks. This technique is known as “remarketing”. These cookies do not contain any personal data.

How can you refuse or delete cookies?

In your browser settings, you can choose to block cookies. You can delete cookies already stored on your computer or mobile device at any time. Find out how to enable, disable or delete cookies.

If you wish to opt out of these marketing cookies (including those from 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 find out more about cookies, or how to manage or delete them, please visit www.aboutcookies.org.

Changes

We reserve the right to unilaterally amend this cookie policy. Any changes will be communicated on this website. If, following any amendments, you continue to use this website, the amended cookie policy will apply.

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