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When you visit our website, cookies are stored on your computer, mobile phone or tablet, depending on the device you use to browse the internet.
We are particularly attentive to the quality of the services we offer, and the use of these cookies allows us to guarantee you a browsing experience tailored to your needs and personalised offers that meet your expectations.
In the interests of transparency, this page provides information about the storage of these cookies on your device and how you can prevent this.
COOKIES: WHAT ARE THEY?
Cookies, also known as ‘browsing cookies’, are small text files placed on your device by your browser when you visit certain websites. They enable information to be sent back to their issuer in order to personalise and/or improve your browsing experience on a website.
There are several types of cookies depending on the type of site you visit, the site publisher's policy and the services offered.
Only cookie issuers can read, modify and use the information contained in the cookies they have placed.
Technical cookies
These are mainly issued by e-commerce website publishers. They are ESSENTIAL for browsing the website, the ordering process, shopping basket functionality, the security of your account, etc.
Third-party ‘advertising and services’ cookies Some of the content on our website in our advertising spaces may be issued by third-party advertising agencies. These may issue cookies to identify the type of equipment used by the internet user, the originating site (ours in this case) when you click on one of these pieces of content, the number of displays, the number of views, etc.
Certain third-party services on our website may also place cookies on your device. These are mainly specific payment services (payment in instalments), verified review sites, etc.
Third-party ‘social’ cookies We offer visitors to our website the opportunity to share products they like with their friends via social networks or share buttons. When you ‘share’ content, the networks used may place cookies on your device in order to offer you similar content in the future.
These networks may also identify your browsing on our site, even if you do not use the ‘social’ sharing or recommendation buttons during your visit. We do not know how these networks collect data and cannot provide you with information on these methods (data collected, use, retention period, etc.).
‘Statistical’ cookies These cookies enable us to identify the type of device used, the times of connection to the site, the countries and regions of connection, hourly traffic, etc.
All this information enables us to offer you better accessibility to the site based on traffic, and to configure the display settings (colour, language, etc.). They also enable us to improve the ergonomics of our site based on an analysis of your browsing history (similar to redesigning a physical shop).
Lifespan The lifespan of cookies on our site is limited to 13 months, in accordance with the recommendation of the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) dated 5 December 2013 (No. 2013-378).
CONTROLLING AND/OR PREVENTING THE STORAGE OF COOKIES ON OUR WEBSITE
Each browser offers different settings. The procedures are described in your browser's help menu, which will allow you to find out how to change your cookie preferences. Here we present the main features of the most commonly used browsers.
You can disable cookies by following these instructions:
Internet Explorer
Click the Tools button, then click Internet Options.
On the General tab, under Browsing history, click Settings.
Click the View Files button.
Click on the Name column header to sort all files alphabetically, then
Browse the list until you see files beginning with the prefix ‘Cookie’. (All cookies have this prefix and usually contain the name of the website that created the cookie).
Select the cookie(s) containing our site's name and delete them.
Close the window containing the list of files, then double-click OK to return to Internet Explorer.
FIREFOX
Browser ‘Tools’ tab and select the ‘Options’ menu.
‘Privacy’ tab and click on ‘Show cookies’.
Select the cookie(s) containing the name of our site and delete them.
SAFARI
Browser ‘Edit’ menu and select ‘Preferences’
Click on Security.
Click on Show Cookies.
Select the cookie(s) containing the name of our site and delete them
Click on ‘Done’
CHROME
Click on the Tools menu icon.
Select ‘Options’.
Advanced Options tab and ‘Privacy’ section.
Click on ‘Show cookies’.
Select the cookie(s) containing the name of our site and delete them.
Click on ‘Close’.
Third-party advertising cookies
We recommend that you use the YourOnlineChoices online service. This inter-professional platform, offered by digital advertising professionals, is managed in France by the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau).
It lists the various companies registered with the programme and allows you to accept or refuse the installation of third-party cookies from these companies on your device with a single click.
To log in, go to www.youronlinechoices.com, under the heading ‘control your cookies’.
Version V0. Valid from 14/06/2014.
