A cookie is defined by the HTTP communication protocol as a string of information sent by an HTTP server to an HTTP client, which the latter returns each time the same HTTP server is queried under certain conditions.

The cookie is the equivalent of a small text file stored on the user’s terminal.

It is sent as an HTTP header by the web server to the web browser, which returns it unchanged each time it accesses the server.

A cookie can be used for authentication, session (status maintenance), and to store specific information about the user, such as site preferences or the contents of an electronic shopping cart.

Because they are generally stored as simple text files, cookies are not executable. They are not spyware or viruses.

Most recent browsers allow users to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Users can also choose how long cookies are stored. However, the complete rejection of cookies makes some sites unusable. For example, shopping carts from stores or sites that require a connection to a customer area for example. Source: www.wikipedia.org .

Each time you connect to our site, subject to your choices, various cookies may be installed in your terminal to enable us to recognize the Internet browser used, for example.

These are cookies linked to the operation of the website itself.

These cookies allow :

– the generation of statistics on the use of the elements present on our site (sections, sub-sections, products, services etc…) in order to improve the experience of your visit on a daily basis.

– the adaptation of the ergonomics and UX design of our site to the display preferences of your terminal (language of use, display resolution etc…) during your navigation.

– the association of your contact information or personal data with navigational information when you register or access our products and services, in order to send you emails that may be of interest to you.

– The recording by your web browser of information relating to a form you have filled out on our site (registration or access to a customer area for example) or to our products and services (subscribed service or details of a reservation for example).

– Access to reserved areas of navigation on our website such as a customer area for example, via identifiers and data that you have subsequently entrusted to us.

– The implementation of security measures, for example when you are invited to re-connect to all or part of the website, or to one of our products and services after a certain period of time has elapsed.

Attention, the refusal to use these cookies may impact the quality of your visit and the user experience. To learn more about cookies and how they work, please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Images and other objects contained in a web page may reside on servers other than the one hosting the page. To display the page, the browser downloads all these objects. Most web sites contain information from different sources.

For example, if you enter www.exemple.com in your browser, there will often be objects or advertisements on part of the page that come from different sources, i.e. from a different domain than www.exemple.com.

First-party” cookies are cookies that are set by the domain listed in the address bar of the browser. Third-party” cookies are cookies that are set by one of the objects on the page that come from a different domain.

By default, browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Opera accept third-party cookies, but users can change the settings in the browser options to block them.

There is no security risk inherent in third party cookies that enable web functionality.

For example, these third party cookies may allow us to perform statistics (via Google Analytics or Xiti for example), to offer targeted content based on your interests and preferences, or to identify the originating third party website that referred you to our website for example.

These third party cookies may also allow us to identify you and to share all or part of the content of our website on social networks via the “share” or “like” features for example.

To learn more about the use of cookies by different social networks (non-exhaustive list), please visit :

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/about/ads

Instagram : https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370?ref=ig

Twitter : https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170518

Snapchat : https://www.snap.com/fr-FR/cookie-policy/

Google+ : http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/

Pinterest : https://help.pinterest.com/fr/articles/personalization-and-data

To learn more about setting and configuring cookies in your browser, please visit the following links:

Chrome™: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=fr&hlrm=en&answer=95647 ;

Safari™ : http://www.apple.com/fr/privacy/use-of-cookies ;

Microsoft Edge™ : https://privacy.microsoft.com/fr-fr/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy ;

Firefox™ : http://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/Activer%20et%20d%C3%A9sactiver%20les%20cookies ;

Opera™ : http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/fr/cookies.html.

For any other browser, we invite you to search on the internet search engine of your choice, or to contact your manager or IT solutions provider.