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 |
| cli_user_preference
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Stores the user’s cookie consent status. | 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 |
| wp-settings-# | WordPress uses this cookie to personalise your view of the administration interface and possibly also the website’s main interface. | 12 months |
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 |
Google Analytics. We request your consent before using, in addition, Google Analytics audience measurement cookies. By default, refusal is assumed and these cookies are not placed in your browser nor activated.
As well as the purposes for our benefit listed above, the browsing data collected may be used by Google Analytics on its own account to offer targeted advertisements and content based on your browsing history. The purposes and conditions of that use are described in greater detail here.
You can withdraw your consent at any time.
| Name of cookie | Purpose | Retention period |
| _ga | This cookie saves a unique ID that is used to generate statistics about how the user uses the website. | 13 months |
| _gat | This cookie saves a unique ID that is used to generate statistics about how the user uses the website. | 1 minute |
| _gid | This cookie saves a unique ID that is used to generate statistics about how the user uses the website.
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24 hours |
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 | Privacy policies and additional information about cookies used by third parties |
| Facebook privacy policy | |
| Information about cookies used by Facebook | |
| Twitter privacy policy | |
| Information about cookies used by Twitter | |
| YouTube (Google) | Google privacy policy |
| LinkedIn privacy policy | |
| Information about cookies used by LinkedIn | |
| Xing privacy policy |
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