Cookie policy (EU)

 

A cookie is a file containing information about the user's behaviour. This means that it retains certain Internet user preferences, such as the language chosen, location, demographic data and so on. Technically, a cookie is created by the server of the website visited, but is stored on the user's computer system (hard disk).

 

How does it work?

Some cookies are necessary for the operation of our site. Others are used to compile statistics and improve your user experience. To do this, we memorise certain preferences so that you do not have to repeat them each time you visit. There are several types of cookie. We use technical, tracking and third-party cookies.

 

Our technical cookies :

Allow us to personalise our services by remembering your preferences.

Enables us to collect the information communicated in the forms in order to feed our internal database for our newsletters and promotional emails.

Enables us to compile our statistics and reports.

Enable us to analyse the use of our site.

 

Our tracking cookies :

Prevents you from seeing the same advertisements over and over again.

Enable us to measure the effectiveness of our various marketing actions.

 

Our third-party cookies :

To improve the content and operation of the site through the use of Google Analytics or other tools.

Enables us to monitor and optimise our advertising campaign banners on other sites.

Enables us to draw up our remarketing lists.

 

What about my private life?

Cookies are stored on your computer's hard drive for a maximum of 12 months.

The cookies we use do not allow us to identify you as an individual. The information linked to cookies cannot be associated with a surname and/or first name because it does not contain any personal data. Only your IP address will be recognised because the cookies are stored there.

 

Should I authorise or block cookies?

Most web browsers are automatically configured to accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser to accept or block cookies.

 

Comments

 

When you leave a comment on our site, the data entered in the comment form, as well as your IP address and your browser's user agent, are collected to help us detect undesirable comments.

An anonymised string created from your e-mail address (also known as a hash) can be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The Gravatar service's confidentiality clauses are available here : https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment has been validated, your profile photo will be publicly visible next to your comment.

 

Media

If you upload images to the site, we advise you to avoid uploading images containing EXIF data of GPS coordinates. People visiting your site may download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you will be asked to save your name, e-mail address and site in cookies. This is purely for your convenience so that you do not have to enter this information if you leave another comment later. These cookies expire after one year.

If you go to the login page, a temporary cookie will be created to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal data and will be deleted automatically when you close your browser.

When you log on, we will set a number of cookies to record your login information and screen preferences. The lifetime of a connection cookie is two days, that of a screen option cookie is one year. If you tick "Remember me", your connection cookie will be kept for a fortnight. If you log out of your account, the login cookie will be deleted.

By modifying or publishing a publication, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data. It simply indicates the ID of the publication you have just modified. It expires after one day.

 

Embedded content from other sites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behaves in the same way as if the visitor were visiting that other site.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking tools and track your interactions with this embedded content if you have an account connected to their website.

 

Use and transmission of your personal data

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset e-mail.

 

Storage periods for your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This allows subsequent comments to be automatically recognised and approved instead of being left in the moderation queue.

For accounts that register on our site (where applicable), we also store the personal data indicated in their profile. All accounts can view, modify or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their user ID). Site managers can also view and modify this information.

 

The rights you have over your data

If you have an account or if you have left comments on the site, you may request to receive a file containing all the personal data we hold about you, including that which you have provided to us. You may also request the deletion of your personal data. This does not include data stored for administrative, legal or security purposes.

 

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments can be checked using an automated service to detect undesirable comments.