Cookies: a word that often arouses fear among Internet users. But what exactly is a cookie, and why should you welcome them with open arms rather than fear them?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website, and they play an essential role in enhancing your online experience.

Cookies are not spies. They cannot read your files or access your personal data without your consent.

What is the purpose of cookies?

When you visit a site, cookies store information such as your language preferences, the fact that you have hidden a message you find unnecessary, your favorite items, or the pages you visit. These data are then used to personalize your online experience by showing you relevant content and making it easier to access the features you use most often. These cookies also allow us to count the number of unique visitors to our site. If you come to the site twice, you will count as only one user instead of two.

In summary, cookies serve to:

• Store your browsing preferences (language, hiding a message, visited pages, etc.).
• Count the number of visitors to our site.

Some may worry about the privacy of their data with the use of cookies. However, it is important to note that cookies are generally anonymous and only contain basic information.

Cookies are not intruders. Consider them as digital assistants that work in the background to make your web browsing more efficient and pleasant. With a better understanding of how they function, you can browse the Internet with confidence, knowing that cookies are there to improve your experience while respecting your privacy.

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Cookies on this site

The site contains a number of hyperlinks to other sites, set up with their permission. The company has no ability to check the content of the sites visited in this way, and cannot be held responsible for any damage resulting from the access and visit by the user to one of these sites from a hyperlink on the site.

The company declines all responsibility regarding the content of these sites to which the hyperlinks present on the site point.

The user may not set up a hyperlink to the site without the prior, written, and express authorization of the company.

Cookie Settings

Browsing the site may cause the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file, which does not allow the identification of the user, but which records information relating to the browsing of a computer on a site. The data thus obtained are intended to facilitate subsequent browsing on the site, and also allow various measures of traffic.

Refusal to install a cookie may make it impossible to access certain services. The user can, however, configure their computer in the following way, to refuse the installation of cookies:

Instructions for disabling cookies:

• Under Internet Explorer: Tool tab (gear icon in the top right) / Internet options. Click on Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Confirm by clicking OK.
• Under Firefox: At the top of the browser window, click the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab. Set the Retention Rules to: use custom settings for history. Finally, uncheck the box to disable cookies.
• Under Safari: Click at the top right of the browser on the menu icon (represented by a gear). Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the 'Privacy' section, click on Content settings. In the 'Cookies' section, you can block cookies.
• Under Chrome: Click at the top right of the browser on the menu icon (represented by three horizontal lines). Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the 'Privacy' section, click on Preferences. In the 'Privacy' tab, you can block cookies.

The user can find information about these procedures to change their Internet browser settings from the publisher of their Internet browser or on the CNIL website.

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