A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer, tablet or mobile phone that makes it possible to save and track data about your use of the website. We use cookies to identify you or for statistical purposes, for example. Cookies are managed by your Internet browser.
By continuing to use our websites, you consent to our cookie settings and agree that you understand the terms of our cookies policy.
You can edit your preferences at any time by going to the HOW TO CONTROL OR PREVENT THE SAVING OF COOKIES section.
You want to navigate on the Convergences PP website in its classic or mobile version or use our mobile applications (hereinafter individually referred to as the “Site”), you must take into account the following points:
- During navigation on the Site, cookies are deposited on your computer, your mobile or your tablet (hereinafter your “Terminal”).
- This “Cookies Policy” offers you the chance to better understand how cookies work and how to use the tools to adjust them to suit you.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
The term “cookie” refers to all the tracers (pixel tag, bugs, web storage,…) which are deposited or read on your Terminal when you navigate on the pages of the Site or you consult an link, subject to the choices that you have expressed.
Cookies are deposited on your Terminal’s hard disk by the Site’s server.
These cookies may be of cookies from CONVERGENCES PP, or third-party companies, in order in particular to identify you and to customize pages available.
In your Terminal, cookies are managed by your Internet browser.
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CONVERGENCES PP’S COOKIES
This involves cookies deposited/read on your Terminal, notably in order to:
- identify you and know you better in order to offer you customized navigation.
- establish statistics of visiting our Site and determine what has led you to know our portals.
THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
This involves is cookies deposited/read by third-party companies (data about the pages visited) to identify your centers of interest through the products consulted or purchased on the Site.
In any case, the emission and/or the use of cookies by these third-party companies is subject to their own policies and is therefore not covered by this Cookies Policy. These cookies are dependent on ongoing campaigns and cannot be listed in an exhaustive manner.
CONVERGENCES PP ensures that partner companies agree to process the information collected on the Site exclusively for the needs of CONVERGENCES PP and in accordance with our instructions, in the respect of the French “Computing and Liberties” Act of 6 January 1978 amended and of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and undertakes to implement appropriate measures for securing and protecting the confidentiality of data.
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES
Different types of cookies are used on the Site; they have different purposes.
1- STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
This involves cookies necessary for the operation of the Site. They allow you to use the main features of the Site (for example access to your account). Without these cookies, you would not be able to use the Site normally. This involves cookies deposited which relate only to the operation of the Site. “Cookies essential” for use of the Site are, notably:
COOKIE’S NAME | FUNCTION | EXPIRATION |
PHPSESSID | session ID | When you quit the software. |
cnilAlertCookie | Allows the system to know if the CNIL message has been seen so it isn’t displayed again. | 1 year |
2- ANALYTICAL COOKIES
This involves cookies that allow us to understand the use and performance of the Site and to improve its interest and the ergonomics of its services, the operation, to establish statistics, to understand the visitor volumes and use of the various component elements of the Site. It mainly involves Google Analytics cookies:
COOKIE’ NAME | EXPIRATION | FUNCTION |
_ga | 2 years | Google Analytics data used to identify distinct users and adapt the refreshing time. The privacy policy is available here: www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html |
_gid | 24 h | Google Analytics data used to distinguish users. |
_gat | 1 mn | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_. |
AMP_TOKEN | 30 sec. to 1 year | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. |
_gac_ | 90 days | Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out |
3- SOCIAL NETWORK COOKIES
On certain pages of the Site, you can share content via social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Sometimes, we can integrate videos from sites such as YouTube. These sites configure their own cookies that we do not control and to which it has no access. In any case, the emission and/or the use of cookies by these third-party companies is subject to their own policies and is therefore not covered by this Cookies Policy. We recommend that you consult their Internet sites to learn more about their policies in terms of cookies.
ACCEPTING OR REFUSING COOKIES
When you first visit the Site, a banner informs you of the use of cookies and offers you direct access to the Site’s Cookies Policy page via the “MORE INFO” button.
If you confirm your acceptance of cookies, by clicking on the “OK” button or if you navigate on the site, a cookie confirming your consent is deposited on your Terminal. Once you have accepted, the services that use cookies can be activated. The banner requesting acceptance of cookies will no longer appear on the screen of your Terminal as long as this cookie is present there.
You have, nevertheless, different ways of managing cookies.
1- THE CONFIGURATION OF YOUR INTERNET BROWSER
You can choose to disable these cookies at any time. Your browser can also be configured to alert you to the cookies which are deposited on your computer and ask you to accept them or not.
Thanks to your browser, you can accept or reject cookies on a case-by-case basis or even refuse them systematically once and for all.
CONVERGENCES PP remind you that configuration is likely to change the conditions of your access to the services on the Site requiring the use of cookies.
If your browser is configured to refuse all cookies, it is possible that you may not be able to make purchases or take advantage of the essential functions of the Site, such as, for example, store items in your basket or receive customised recommendations.
In order to manage cookies as closely to your expectations as possible, you can configure your browser by taking into account the purpose of cookies such as those mentioned above.
2- HOW TO CONTROL OR PREVENT THE SAVING OF COOKIES:
The configuration of each browser is different.
It is described in the help menu of your browser, which will allow you to understand how to modify your wishes regarding cookies.
Please find below instructions about managing and disabling cookies, depending on your browser:
Internet Explorer | Go to the Tools menu, then Internet Options. |
Google Chrome | Click the Chrome menu, the upper right button. |
Mozilla Firefox | Go to the Tools then Options menu (for Windows) and Preferences (for Mac). |
Safari | Click on Safari, then Preferences. |
More information on cookies on the website of the CNIL: http://www.cnil.fr/vos-droits/vos-traces/les-cookies/