Cookies Policy

This cookies policy (hereinafter the “Policy”) is applicable to all visitors and users (hereinafter “Users” or “You”) of this website (hereinafter the “Site”).

The purpose of this Policy is to provide you with information concerning:

  • The cookies that may, subject to your choices, be installed on your browsing device during your visit of the Site and for a limited period of time; and
  • Your rights in that regard.

Please note that this Policy may be updated from time to time to take into account modifications of cookies used on the Site as well as relevant legal and regulatory evolutions. We therefore recommend that you regularly consult this Policy.

1. Your choices regarding cookies

Your consent is required to activate certain cookies on the Site which are not strictly necessary for you to use this Site and that do not fall under the scope of legal exceptions to the collection of consent.

We acknowledge that your consent needs to be freely given, specific, informed, unambiguous and expressed through a positive act on your behalf.

As such, we provide you with the following information:

  • the identity of the person(s) in charge of processing operation(s) as stated and regularly updated in the Privacy Statement;
  • the purpose of the use of each cookie;
  • instructions on how to accept or refuse the use of cookies;
  • the consequences in case of refusal; and
  • the existence of your right to withdraw consent at any time.

The information stated above will allow you to assess whether you wish to consent to the use of cookies or not through the cookies banner appearing, in particular, when you first visit this Site.

You are free to accept or not the use of cookies that are not strictly technically necessary to navigate on this Site. In any case, the refusal of cookies will not obstruct your access to the Site, however, please note that by refusing or deleting cookies, you may deactivate some of the Site’s functionalities, notably the access to content or services requiring that you identify yourself (if any).

    i. Expressing your cookies choices through the cookies banner:

Your consent to the use of cookies will be collected though a banner system appearing on the Site. The banner will offer you three choices presented through checkboxes and which are the following: (i) allow all cookies, (ii) allow selection, and (iii) use necessary cookies only.

Please note that you are also entitled to withdraw your consent or modify your choices as regards cookies at any time by clicking on this “Change your consent” link.

    ii. Expressing general choices about cookies through your browser settings

You can also control the use of cookies by setting the preferences of your browser. You will find below certain information on how to set cookies preferences on your web browser.

For users of Microsoft Internet Explorer:

Step 1: Select “Tools” then “Internet Options”
Step 2: Click on “Privacy”
Step 3: Select the desired level using the cursor.

For users of Mozilla Firefox:

Step 1: Select “Tools” and then “Options”
Step 2: Select the “Privacy” panel
Step 3: Set “History” to “Use custom settings for history” and set your preference.

For users of Google Chrome:

Step 1: Click the Chrome menu on the browser “Settings”
Step 2: Click on “Show advanced settings” and then on “Privacy sections”
Step 3: Select in the “Cookies” section the desired level”.

For users of Safari:

Step 1: Click on the Safari menu
Step 2: Click on “Preferences”
Step 3: Select in “Security” the desired level.

For users of Microsoft Edge:

Step 1: Select "Settings" menu
Step 2: Click on “View Advanced Settings”
Step 3: In the "Cookies" section, select the desired preferences.

You may also use the “Do Not Track” setting which exists on most browsers. By doing so, your browser will send a signal to the websites you visit to inform them you do not wish to enable tracking cookies and may thus prevent certain tracking cookies and components from being placed on your device (but this does not guarantee all such technologies will be disabled).

    iii. The absence of choice

Should you choose not to express your choice (i.e. by not expressing your choice in the banner for a certain amount of time, closing the banner without selecting a cookie preference or selecting the “continue without accepting” box on the cookies banner), it shall be interpreted as a refusal to accept unnecessary cookies. As such, no cookies which are subject to your prior consent, shall be activated. Please note, that in such case, you may deactivate some of the Site’s functionalities. Also, as indicated above, you will be able to modify your cookies preferences and choices at any moment by clicking on this “Change your consent” in the Cookiebot Declaration below.

2. Language

This Policy has been drafted in English. Although translations in other languages of this Policy may be available, such translations may not be up to date or complete. Accordingly, you agree that in the event of any conflict between the English language version of the Policy and any other translations relating thereto, the English language version of the Policy shall prevail.

Version of the Policy - Last update made on October 20th, 2020. 

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