European laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the e-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC, create obligations for digital publishers to provide visitors to their sites and apps with information about their use and sharing of personal data, as well as the use of cookies, mobile advertising identifiers and other forms of local storage.

Since we use cookies on our website, clear and mandatory information must be mentioned on this cookie notice, as detailed below.

INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES

I. What are cookies ?

Cookies are small data files, usually consisting of letters and numbers, that a website places when you visit its website. A cookie is a text file sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the latter. These cookies, placed on your device (computer, phone, tablet), can be used to identify you or to collect information about you.

II. What types of cookies are there?

Cookies can be classified as follows, depending on their owner:

• First-party cookies: They are created, sent to your computer, and stored directly by the website you are visiting. They allow us to collect customer analytics, remember language settings, and perform other useful functions that help provide a good user experience.
• Third-party cookies: These are created and placed by third parties other than the website you are visiting directly. They are created and placed by third parties other than the website you are visiting directly.

Cookies can also be classified according to the purpose for which they are placed. The main categories are:

• Strictly necessary (technical) cookies: Cookies that allow you to navigate a website, platform or app and use the different options or services found therein (for example, controlling traffic, identifying data or the session, accessing restricted sections or content, etc.)
• Functional cookies: Functional cookies help us make the website usable by providing you with certain basic features and by remembering your preferences and choices in using the website (e.g. language, region from which the service is accessed, etc.). Not accepting cookies may result in slower website performance or poorly tailored recommendations.
• Statistical cookies:  Statistical cookies allow us to better understand how you interact with the website.
• Marketing cookies:  Marketing cookies allow us to track you across websites. The goal is to display ads that are meaningful and engaging for you and therefore more valuable to publishers and third-party advertisers, as well as to provide you with specific promotional information on the website.

Cookies can also be separated into two categories based on the period for which they are stored:

• Session cookies . Session cookies allow us to track and link your actions during a browsing session. When you access the login page, these temporary cookies are created to determine whether your browser accepts cookies or not.
• Persistent cookies . Persistent cookies are placed on your device between sessions. They can be used to remember your preferences or actions on the website.

III. How to use cookies?

Cookies in no way give access to your computer or any information other than the data you choose to share with us.

Concretely, these cookies help us to improve the functioning of the website and can be used for several purposes:

• Analyze traffic to a website;
• Understanding your browsing behavior;
• Make the website more efficient.