Cookie policy

1. Foreword

We want to inform you in a clear and transparent manner about how we use cookies when you visit our site, developped by A3BC Group (hereinafter “A3BC Group” or “we”). This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Personal data policy.

2. Preamble

To enable you to benefit from the services offered by our site (visit it, enhance your user experience on it, customize it), our site uses cookies. You can deactivate the cookies you have accepted at any time and free of charge, using the deactivation options offered to you online or in writing. This policy is established in application of the following laws and regulations:

• Article 82 of the Data Protection Act;
• The GDPR (2016/679) and in particular its Article 7 on the methods of collecting consent;
• the CNIL guidelines of 17 September 2020;
• the CNIL recommendations of 17 September 2020.

3. Definition

When you visit our site, information on how your terminal (e.g., computer, tablet, smartphone) browses our site may be recorded in text files called “cookies”, set on your browser. A cookie will be used to recognise your browser for as long as the cookie is valid. A cookie is a file that is activated in write or read mode. On telephone devices, these trackers are device identifiers and advertising identifiers.

There are different types of cookies:

• technical cookies, including session cookies that either disappear as soon as you leave our site or remain permanently;
• functional cookies, which allow you to manage the language or the duration of your consent;
• analytics cookies, which remain on your terminal until their lifetime expires or until you delete them using your browser settings;
• advertising personalisation cookies and cookies for similar operations. You are informed that cookies may be placed and read when you visit our site.

4. Purposes

4.1 Introduction

The purposes of cookies are determined by the nature of the cookies. Cookies are used by our site for different purposes, for which your consent is not required. This applies to cookies relating to:

• technical and functional cookies;
• audience analysis cookies exempt from consent.

4.2 Technical and functional cookies

These cookies, which do not require prior consent, enable opt-in management so that cookie banner does not need to be shown again.

4.3 Audience analysis cookies exempt from consent

In accordance with the guidelines of the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), certain audience measurement cookies are exempt from obtaining your prior consent. These are cookies that are strictly necessary for the functioning and analysis of our website, which do not allow individual tracking or cross-referencing of data.

We use these cookies provided by Matomo with a configuration that complies with CNIL recommendations to compile anonymous statistics on the traffic and use of our site. This information helps us understand how visitors interact with our content, identify the most visited pages or technical errors, and thus improve the usability and performance of our site. The data collected is completely anonymized and does not contain any information that could directly identify you .

5. Cookies used by our site

The cookies used on our site are exclusively cookies set by our company. Our cookies are detailed in the table below:

6. Consent

When you first visit our site, you will see a banner informing you about our use of cookies. This banner is designed to be clear and to reassure you that we strictly comply with current regulations, in particular the GDPR.

To understand how our site is used and to continuously improve it, we use an audience measurement tool called Matomo. However, it is crucial to emphasize that Matomo has been configured on our website in strict compliance with the recommendations of the CNIL for audience measurement cookies exempt from consent.

More specifically, we have configured Matomo according to the guidelines detailed in the CNIL guide, available here: https://www.cnil.fr/sites/cnil/files/atoms/files/matomo_analytics_-exemption-_guide_de_configuration.pdf#page=4&zoom=100,56,410.

This specific configuration ensures that:

• Your IP address is anonymized as soon as it is collected.
• The data collected is aggregated and does not allow to personally identify you.
• The retention period for cookies is limited in accordance with the recommendations.
• No data is cross-referenced with other processing operations.

Thanks to this approach, the use of Matomo cookies for audience measurement is considered exempt from your prior consent by the CNIL, as it does not infringe on your privacy.

In summary, our use of cookies is intended to provide you with a functional website and enable us to improve it, while ensuring maximum protection of your personal data.

7. Cookie management

Although Matomo cookies are exempt from consent, you have the option to object to their use. You can do this by configuring your browser settings to refuse all cookies or to be alerted when cookies are sent. For more specific management, you can also use the opt-out module below or your browser’s privacy settings:

7.2 Browser settings

You can adjust the settings of your browser so that it systematically accepts or rejects all cookies or only cookies from certain issuers. You can also regularly delete cookies from your terminal via your browser. Remember to adjust the browser settings on each of your terminal.

Each browser has its own way of managing cookies and cookies settings. Go to the “Help” menu of each browser to know how to change cookie settings. For example:

• for Microsoft Edge™: https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies;
• for Safari™: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac;
• for Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=en;
• for Firefox™: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences;
• for Opera™: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies.

Please note, however, that setting your browser to disable cookies may restrict you from accessing certain features, pages, or areas of our site that require the use of cookies and that we will not accept any liability in such case.

To find out more about how to configure your browser, please visit the website of the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/les-conseils-de-la-cnil-pour-maitriser-votre-navigateur

7.3 Advertising cookie blocking platforms

Several professional advertising platforms also offer the possibility to reject or accept the cookies used by their member companies. Please note that these centralised mechanisms do not block the display of advertisements on the websites that you visit; they will only block the placing of cookies that allow advertisements to be customised to your interests.

For example, you can go to www.youronlinechoices.com to prevent these cookies from being placed on your terminal. This website is offered by digital advertising professionals who are members of the European association EDAA (European Digital Advertising Alliance) and is managed in France by the Interactive Advertising Bureau France.

You can find out which companies are registered on this platform and offer you the possibility of rejecting or accepting the cookies they use for interest-based advertising on your web browser: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.

This European platform is shared by hundreds of Internet advertising professionals and provides a centralised interface allowing you to reject or accept cookies as described above.

8. Rights of data subjects

The storage period is defined according to the type of cookie. These periods are specified for each cookie or tracker.

For more information, including on how to exercise your rights, please refer to our Personal data policy.

Requests to exercise your rights should be sent to our Data Protection Officer.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés, the competent supervisory authority located at 3, place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris.

9. Effective date

This policy is effective as of the date it is posted online. The same applies to its modifications.