Cookies

About cookies on our website 

We use various cookies on the website in order to: 

  • Allow the website to work in the way intended,  
  • Measure its audience, and  
  • Integrate services that make it more user-friendly. 

Some cookies require prior consent from you and some do not. More information is provided below. 

 

What is a cookie? 

A cookie is a file, generally small and identified by a name, placed in your browser by a website that you visit. Your browser will store the cookie until the end of its validity or retention period, and will send it back to the web server every time that you visit the website. Cookies allow us to collect information about your browsing and provide services appropriate to your device (PC, mobile or tablet). We do not use cookies capable of identifying your personally. 

 

Technical cookies 

We inform you about the use of technical cookies that allow the website’s main services to work optimally.  

Depending on your browser’s settings, you can block these cookies. However, blocking them may adversely affect your experience on the website. 

Name of cookie  Purpose   Retention period 
Cookie consent
CookieLawInfoConsent 
Records whether the user has consented to or refused the use of cookies.  6 months 
GDPR Cookie Consent: cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary  Used by the “GDPR Cookie Consent” module, this cookie is used to store the user’s consent to cookies in “Non-necessary” categories (Audience measurement – Social media).  6 months 
GDPR Cookie Consent: cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary  Used by the “GDPR Cookie Consent” module, this cookie is used to store the user’s consent to cookies in the “Technical” category.  6 months 
GDPR Cookie Consent: viewed_cookie_policy  Used by the “GDPR Cookie Consent” module, this cookie is used to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies.  6 months 
Pll_language  Management of the website’s multilingual features  12 months 
TS01#  Cookie that allows load balancing to function. This cookie is placed in your browser when you connect to the website.  Session 

 

 

Analytics cookies 

These cookies aim to measure the audience of our website’s content and sections in order to assess them and organise them better. They also allow us to detect browsing problems and therefore make our services more user-friendly.  

Depending on your browser’s settings, you can block these cookies. However, blocking them may adversely affect your experience on the website. 

 

The lifetime of these cookies does not exceed 13 months. 

Matomo. We use Matomo audience measurement cookies, the sole purposes of which are those listed above, for our sole benefit. 

These cookies only produce anonymous statistics and website traffic figures, and do not produce any individual information.  

 

Name of cookie  Purpose   Retention period 
_pk_id  Used to store some user details such as the visitor’s unique ID  13 months 
_pk_ref  Used to store the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website  6 months 
_pk_ses
_pk_cvar 
Cookies with a short life, used to store data temporarily for the user’s visit  30 minutes 
_pk_testcookie  Used to check whether the visitor’s browser supports cookies  session 

 

 

 

Cookies related to social media and third-party services 

Purpose. We request your consent before using cookies related to social media and third-party services, intended to facilitate the sharing of content and make the website more user-friendly. By default, refusal is assumed and these cookies are not placed in your browser or activated. 

The browsing data collected may be used by third parties operating these social media and third-party services on their own account, to offer targeted advertisements and content based on your browsing history. For more information, we encourage you to look at their privacy policies and cookie information pages, listed below. 

You can withdraw your consent at any time. 

 

Third-party services  Privacy policies and additional information about cookies used by third parties 

 

Facebook  Facebook privacy policy 

 

Information about cookies used by Facebook 

Twitter   Twitter privacy policy 

 

Information about cookies used by Twitter  

Google Maps  Google privacy policy 
YouTube (Google)  Google privacy policy 
LinkedIn  LinkedIn privacy policy  

 

Information about cookies used by LinkedIn  

Xing  Xing privacy policy