Digital data policy

A “cookie” is a small electronic file stored on your device by your web browser when you visit a website. Cookies allow us to retain information about you (as described below) to recognize you when you visit our websites. 

The word “browser” here refers to the software that allows you to access the Internet, such as Chrome or Firefox. The word “device” refers to your computer, smartphone, tablet, or any other device used to access the Internet. 

Cookies can either be temporary or persistent: temporary means they are deleted from your device after your browsing session and browser are closed, and persistent means they are stored on your device until their deletion.  

In this policy, the term “cookies” also includes similar technology used by us or our partners to analyze a user’s browsing habits and device data.

With your approval (except where a cookie is necessary), the following information may be stored by a cookie on your device in a temporary or persistent manner: 

• The point of entry of your visit to our websites (e.g., social media, email, website, etc.);
• Your activities on our websites (e.g., day and hour of the beginning and end of your visit, pages visited, clicks, forms started or completed to sign up for a product, etc.);
• Advertising and links you clicked on;
• The type and version of your browser (e.g., Chrome or Firefox);
• The type and version of your operating system (e.g., Microsoft or iOS);
• The type and model of your device (e.g., smartphone, tablet, or computer); and
• Any other information you provide to us while using our websites (e.g., language preference and sign-in credentials) or that allows us to respect your preferences regarding the use of cookies.

While IP addresses are not stored by cookies, they may be transmitted to our partners when you approve the use of cookies. An IP address is the numeric code used to identify a device connected to the Internet. The IP address may locate the region and Internet service provider of a device. 

With your approval, we use the following optional cookies on our websites for the purposes identified below:

• Cookies to measure and analyze traffic and improve your browsing experience: These cookies allow us and our partners to better understand your use of our websites and evaluate its performance to improve your browsing experience.
  • They allow us to understand how you arrive at our websites and how you use them to improve performance, for example, by compiling statistics and visit volumes (e.g., pages consulted and browsing routes).
  • They are disabled unless you authorize them. If you refuse them, you will still be able to access our websites

• Cookies for offering personalized offers and services: These cookies allow us and our partners to define audiences (users with similar interests), share personalized offers and services, and measure the performance of our advertising campaigns.
  • These cookies record the pages you visit through our websites to determine your interests and the links you click on. This enables both us and our partners to share offers and services with you that correspond to your interests. They can also be used to define audiences, allowing us to personalize and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns for targeted users. By refusing these cookies, we will not be able to customize ads according to your interests.
  • These cookies are disabled unless you authorize them. If you refuse them, you will still be able to access our websites.

Essential cookies: These cookies contribute to the proper functioning and security of our websites. They cannot be disabled.

• For example, they can be used to collect sign-in credentials that secure your connection, customize the interface (e.g., language choice), and remember your preferences.
  

When you authorize the use of cookies on your device, cookies may be stored by us or our partners.

Our partners' cookies, known as “third party cookies,” also allow them to access the information they contain (e.g., your browsing statistics) and handle it in accordance with their privacy and cookie policies. 

We store your cookie preferences for 6 months. Once this period has expired, we present our cookie banner to you again so that you may indicate your preferences anew. 

However, for users of certain browsers such as Safari and Firefox, this storage period may be different. Some browsers erase cookies automatically, including those which allow your browser to retain your cookie preferences, after a set number of days. This means that, if you use one of these browsers, our cookie banner may be presented to you sooner than the 6-month delay described above. For further details, please consult your browser’s user guide.  

Additionally, our cookie banner may be presented to you again if you erase cookies, activate private browsing on your web browser or if we modify our websites. 

At any time, you can refuse cookies that are not necessary for the proper functioning and security of our websites (mandatory). You can also modify or accept your cookie preferences again. 

By refusing certain types of cookies, the content you view may not be tailored to your interests, but you will still be able to use our websites.

To delete cookies, you need to clear your browsing history by selecting cookies in your web browser. To erase this history, we invite you to consult your browser’s user guide to know how to manually erase this data.  

Our cookie banner enables us to modify the changes in real time. However, modifying your preferences does not erase information already stored by other cookies.